Out this week! Aquatlantic is the first English-language graphic novel by Italian maestro, and former Raw contributor, Giorgio Carpinteri. Watch this great trailer, then buy the book! In this graphic novel, Aquatlantics maintain a fragile peace with their “surface brothers”—as long as their world remains a myth. But when an actor who plays the character of the “indefensible Earthman,” all cynicism and vulgarity, is gradually possessed by his role, a chain reaction jeopardizes the entire kingdom and the uneasy peace between the two species. Giorgio Carpinteri’s sheer graphic brilliance — fusing aspects of Futurism, Cubism, Russian Constructivism, and German Expressionism with echoes…
Fantagraphics: A New & Improved Look!
For over 45 years, Fantagraphics has been an advocate for and publisher of the greatest comics in the world of sequential art. When the time came to refresh our visual identity, we knew we wanted our new look to be as strong and inventive as the work we champion. We’re now incredibly proud and excited to unveil our company-wide rebrand, wherein these aesthetic ideals are represented by our new logo, the Legacy Torch, and a thoroughly revamped website. The New Logo Fantagraphics Art Director Jacob Covey explains the intention behind the new Legacy Torch logo: “We are the torchbearers of…
Fantagraphics Comic-Con @Home Panels & Web Sale!
Is 2020 the Year Without a Comic-Con? Well, not quite! While we are extremely bummed not to be seeing you all in person down in San Diego this year, we’re rolling with the punches and working to bring the best of our would-have-been Comic-Con programming, new releases, announcements and exclusives directly to your screen! Plus, we’re pumping up our annual web sale to give you better deals than ever before. So check it out, treat yourself to some new comics, and we’ll hopefully see you next year for the real thing! Panels & Programming: Thursday, July 7/23, 4:00pm — Teaching…
Summer Clearance Sale!
Summertime, and the living is…still pretty stressful actually! Hope you all are doing okay out there! In an attempt to lighten the mood (and our warehouse shelves) a little, we are ringing June in with a massive sale, 40% off on dozens of titles. Don’t drag your feet on this one, because this sale is first come first serve until it’s gone, on existing warehouse stock only! Sale starts at 12 am PDT on June 10th and ends 11:59 pm PDT on June 13th. Click here to shop the sale! For questions, please email fbicomix@fantagraphics.com with “Summer Clearance Sale” in…
Fantagraphics To Publish Monsters by Legendary Cartoonist Barry Windsor-Smith
Fantagraphics is excited to announce the world-wide publishing rights to Barry Windsor-Smith’s graphic novel, Monsters! Monsters is the legendary project Windsor-Smith has been working on for over 35 years. A 360-page tour de force of visual storytelling, Monsters’ vast narrative canvas is part familial drama, part espionage thriller, part metaphysical journey — in sum, an intimate portrait of individuals and an epic political odyssey spanning two generations of American history. Trauma, fate, conscience, and redemption are a few of the themes that intersect in Windsor-Smith’s Monsters. When he walks into a military recruitment office, Bobby Bailey has no idea that he is…
TCAF 2020 Would-Have-Been Highlights
Hey everybody! So, we are just incredibly bummed to not be in Toronto right now (all the Tim Hortons we could have been eating ????) because it’s one of the best shows in this hemisphere to bring new books to the people! To help assuage our grief, we decided to put together a roundup of things new stuff that we were especially excited to show you, and the artists we were going to be hosting, so that you can still check them out! Obviously it’s not as good as the real thing, but it’ll have to do for now! Our…
Gilbert Hernandez T-Shirt Fundraiser for BINC
Snag this sweet new Love and Rockets Tee to support indie bookstores and comic shops! Hey folks! After querying the Instagram hive mind, we’ve created a brand new Fantagraphics shirt, featuring art by the one and only Gilbert Hernandez, pulled straight from the pages of Love and Rockets Vol. IV #8! Even better, we’re turning it into a fundraiser for BINC (that’s the The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, FYI) who are working tirelessly to support independent bookstores and comic shops nationwide through these unstable times. 30% of each purchase (which is the net profit after fees and taxes) will go to BINC to…
Fantagraphics To Publish Exciting Debut: Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
MARCH 23, 2020—SEATTLE, WA—Fantagraphics is excited to announce the 2021 publication of Stone Fruit by debut cartoonist Lee Lai . Lee Lai is one of the most exciting new voices to break into the comics medium. At the age of 27, Lai has created one of the most sophisticated graphic novel debuts in recent memory. Stone Fruit is an ode to the love and connection shared between sisters. Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties for Ray’s niece Nessie. Their bi-weekly playdates are little oases of wildness, joy, and ease in daily…
Discount Digital Comics for Dark Times
Hey folks! As I’m sure you don’t need another person or corporate entity to tell you, we’re living through some strange times right now. Staying inside is the order of the day for the foreseeable future, and that has far-reaching ramifications for a lot of people and places we care about. We’ll take this opportunity to remind you to reach out to your local comic shops and bookstores to see how you can support them, donate if you can, and support artists directly whenever possible! As part of our continuing initiative to limit contagion, we’re encouraging everyone to adopt our…
Stay Home, Read Comics! Free USPS Media Mail Shipping
In the light of the recent quasi-apocalyptic happenings, we’re encouraging folks to stay home and read comics by offering free USPS Media Mail rate shipping for just about everything at Fantagraphics.com! Just use code STAYHOME at checkout! Stock up on reading material for the uncertain days to come! Need some suggestions to get you started? No worries, we’ve been stuck at home and just bored enough to put together this excessive reading list. Whether you’re looking for some escapist fluff, a bottomless ongoing series, or something truly dystopian to wallow in, we’ve got you covered! Escapist “Take Your Mind Off…
