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RIP M.D. gets exclusive preview at SDCC 2010
Media Release -- This year's Comic-Con International attendees will be among the first to get a peek at—and maybe even a copy of—RIP M.D., the new graphic novel from Lincoln Butterfield Animation and Fantagraphics Books. Exclusive preview copies will be available at the Fantagraphics booth (#1718), at $12.99 each. Read more
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Brown, Bagge, Bá and Moon contribute to SDCC/CBLDF Auction
by Elisabeth@TFAW Ignatz Award-winning artist and writer Jeffrey Brown is supporting the First Amendment rights of the comics community by joining our Second Annual SDCC Autograph Card/CBLDF Auction ! Brown is best known for his funny yet poignant memoirs from independent publisher Top Shelf Productions , including Funny Misshapen Body , Clumsy , and Every Girl Is the End of the World for Me . His latest work from Top Shelf is Undeleted Scenes , which contains his shorter works and stories from anthologies. Brown will contribute an original sketch to the CBLDF, which will then be auctioned off at San Diego Comic-Con in July. Plus, TFAW will be taking all of the sketches from our participating publishers and creators and creating limited-edition autograph cards! To collect yours for free, visit the Top Shelf or TFAW booths at SDCC ! Harvey Award-winning artist Peter Bagge is the latest addition to our Second Annual SDCC Autograph Card/CBLDF Auction event, which will raise funds to support the First Amendment rights of the comics community! Bagge is well-known throughout the industry as a cartoonist who deals with political and social issues, so it's no surprise that he's a fan of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund! His semi-autobiographical comic book, HATE ,
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Book Review: “Almost Silent” by Jason aka John Arne Sæterøy | UWIRE
Book Review : “Almost Silent” by Jason aka John Arne Sæterøy. Posted on11 May 2010. By Christine Texeira. Whitman College Pioneer, Whitman College via UWIRE. “Almost Silent,” released last month from Fantagraphics Books in Seattle, ...
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Fantagraphics Books and Rick Marschall announce Marschall Books
Media Release -- Fantagraphics Books and noted historian and critic Rick Marschall have announced the establishment of a new line of books, Marschall Books, an imprint devoted to comics, cartoons, and graphic humor. Read more
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Wednesday New Releases: Batman and Robin, Adventure Comics, Farscape
by Elisabeth@TFAW New Reviews of This Week’s Releases! Hey everyone! Better late than never, eh? Today we take a look at Uncanny X-Men First Class #8 , Adventure Comics With Black Lantern Superboy #7 , Batman & Robin #8 , Farscape: D’Argo’s Quest #3 , All-Star Superman Vol. 2 TPB , the King Special-Edition graphic novel from Fantagraphics, and Classic Simpsons Character #5: Comic Book Guy : Read more
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Fantagraphics Bookstore And Gallery celebrates third anniversary
Media Release -- The third anniversary celebration for Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, December 12, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM, promises to be an unforgettable affair. The event features appearances by an international cadre of compelling cartoonists and artists as well as the world premiere of PORTABLE GRINDHOUSE with editor Jacques Boyreau. An entertaining panel discussion will be held the following Sunday afternoon, December 13. Read more
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Fantagraphics Books announces acquisition of What Is All This
Media Release -- Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce the acquisition of What Is All This?, a 900-page collection of previously uncollected short fiction by two-time National Book Award Nominee (1991, 1995) Stephen Dixon. The collection will be published in May, 2010 and mark the third entry in Fantagraphics burgeoning line of literary fiction, following Alexander Theroux's Laura Warholic (2007) and Monte Schulz's This Side of Jordan (2009). Along with Theroux, Dixon is the second National Book Award nominated-author to publish new fiction through Fantagraphics. Read more
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Fantagraphics celebrates Al Columbia’s new graphic novel PIM & FRANCIE
Media Release -- Al Columbia is widely regarded among his peers as one of the most accomplished and influential artists working in comics today. On the occasion of the publication of PIM & FRANCIE , his most ambitious work to date, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is hosting a rare public appearance by the cartoonist on Saturday, November 7 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Read more
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Seven (Seven!) New Fantagraphics Classic Comics Volumes
Okay, we know what we expect now. Big thick volumes of comics, lovingly restored at vast expense, shoved in a thick hard cover with a hope that a mainstream market and a very long tail indeed will turn this into a viable market opportunity. And with Fantagraphics has jumped on ex-employee comics historian and editor Greg Sadowski ( Supermen: The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 ) to put these new books together. The once-a-quarter line starts with the pictured Four Color Fear: Forg
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