We were extremely pleased to learn that Ellen Forney and Sherman Alexie won a National Book Award for young people's literature for The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, written by Alexie and illustrated by Forney. Hearty congratulations! You can congratulate Ellen in person tonight at Richard Hugo House, or, if you're patient and/or cheap, at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on February 9th at the opening of her exhibit "Lust," celebrating the release of her new book Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's The Stranger. More details TBA.
Announcing Love and Rockets Vol. III
LOVE AND ROCKETS MOVES TO ANNUAL, BOOK-SIZE FORMAT IN 2008 Seattle, WA — After 25 years of being published in a traditional saddle-stitched magazine format released three or more times a year — first in the magazine-sized VOLUME I (50 issues, 1982-1996) and then in the comic book sized VOLUME II (20 issues, 2000-2007) — the award-winning LOVE AND ROCKETS comic book series will go on hiatus effective immediately and return next summer in its third incarnation, as a series of all-original, graphic novel-length releases. Each annual volume will comprise at least 100 pages of all-new comics, split evenly between…
Sat., Dec. 8 at Rocketship: FLETCHER HANKS!
Slate on Peanuts
Slate Magazine has a nice slideshow feature on Peanuts today, focusing on strips from the Schulz and Peanuts bio.
Old school: Beat Happening played the warehouse
Holy wow: 10 Things Zine has posted this historic photo of Beat Happening playing at our old warehouse back in 1992 or '93:
The Satirical Intellectual
Anthony Miller wrote this great feature on Alexander Theroux for this week's LA City Beat newspaper.
Announcement: Love & Rockets moves to annual book format!
LOVE AND ROCKETS MOVES TO ANNUAL, BOOK-SIZE FORMAT IN 2008
Seattle, WA —- After 25 years of being published in a traditional saddle-stitched magazine format released three or more times a year — first in the magazine-sized VOLUME I (50 issues, 1982-1996) and then in the comic book sized VOLUME II (20 issues, 2000-2007) – the award-winning LOVE AND ROCKETS comic book series will go on hiatus effective immediately and return next summer in its third incarnation, as a series of all-original, graphic novel-length releases.
Each annual volume will comprise at least 100 pages of all-new comics, split evenly between its creators, Gilbert, Jaime (and sometimes Mario) Hernandez. (The 21st issue of Volume 2, announced in #20, will now become part of Vol. III #1.)
More Wordstock
Eric's been having trouble with Blogger, so he asked me to post these pictures he took at Wordstock. Captions by Eric.
Our stunning display of awesomeness:
Yeah but can he skate?
Former Fallout Records owner and long-time Friend of Fantagraphics (and occasional employee back in the day) Tim Hayes is opening up a bar called Tigertail this next Friday in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. If you know what's good for you, you'll be there. Besides a sake menu and what's sure to be a great jukebox, the works of Daniel Johnston (from Hayes' collection) will be up on display! Seattle Weekly has more here.
Sacco interviewed
Minnesota Public Radio talks to Joe Sacco. Listen!
