• Minneapolis, MN:Dash Shaw will be a special guest at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design! This lecture is open to the public. (more info)
Saturday, March 9th
• Seattle, WA: Join us at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery for a book signing for Geneviève Castrée's Susceptible, along with a presentation and art exhibit of originals from her graphic novel debut! Ashley Eriksson of LAKE will perform music. (more info)
Sunday, March 10th
• San Francisco, CA: It's your last chance to see the Love and Rockets 30th Anniversary Celebration exhibit at the Cartoon Art Museum! Of course, you've already been! Go again! (more info)
Castrée is a gifted cartoonist, visual artist and musician raised in Quebec and currently residing in Anacortes, Washington, where she is central to the lively cultural climate in that remote island community. She will display original work from her first full-length graphic novel Susceptible and give a brief presentation on her creative process.
Eriksson, another Anacortes resident, is best known for her band Lake. The group composed the music that plays at the end of each episode of the popular show Adventure Time on Cartoon Network. She’ll be performing songs from her forthcoming K Records release Colours.
This event coincides with the colorful Georgetown Art Attack featuring visual and performing arts presentations through the historic neighborhood. Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street, only minutes south of downtown Seattle. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110.
Yes! We are all set-up and ready for you to come buy some comics from us at Booth 510 at the 11th Annual Emerald City Comicon! We'll be joined by our wonderful guests:
We've got our exclusive limited-edition Peter Bagge t-shirt in stock, featuring our anti-superhero, Buddy Bradley! Get yours while supplies last, along with a debut copy of Peter Bagge's Other Stuff, not due in stores until May!
Buy the book, and the tee is yours for only $10! Or just get the tee for $15!
In fact, all our t-shirts are on sale for a mere $15, including our highly-sought-after Love & Rockets t-shirts!
So, be sure to come see us at Booth 510! We're right by the superhero stuff... no, literally...
Fantagraphics is in the North Lobby this year for a change, near the photo ops area, and across from our friend, local artist Augie Pagan (Booth 506).
We're thrilled to announce a free performance by Lauren Ashley Eriksson at the opening reception and book signing for Geneviève Castrèe's Susceptible exhibition on Saturday, March 9 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery.
Eriksson is best known for her band Lake. The group composed the music that plays at the end of each episode of the popular Adventure Time show on Cartoon Network. She'll be performing songs from her forthcoming K Records release Colours. Don't miss this!
We're excited to present an exclusive limited-edition Peter Bagge t-shirt, featuring our anti-superhero, Buddy Bradley! (That's the design above, a take on the official ECC logo.)
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Galleryempresario Larry Reid will be behind the booth with our Jen Vaughn, Ian Burns, and intern Lillian Morlock.
Booth 510 is located near the frontline of the exhibitor floor, in the second row as you cross the Sky Bridge. Please note: this is a condensed version of the map. You can view the full map here.
Our Outreach Fiend, Jen, will also be droppin' some knowledge at the panel "The Big Picture" on Friday from 4:20-5:15 PM in Hall C, where she'll discuss how the landscape of the comics field has changed along with fellow panelists Allison Baker, Shannon Watters, Kelly Sue DeConnick, and Emi Lenox.
While supplies last, you can still get tickets at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Georgetown. (But, you better hurry, 'cause as of this typing, quantity is dwindling quickly!)
Thank you to everyone who came out for this sexy time to celebrateSexytime! Sexytime will continue to be on display at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery through Wednesday, March 6th. Drop by to see it in person at 1201 S. Vale Street in Seattle's Georgetown district. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone: (206) 658-0110.
Or if you live outside of Seattle, you can check out more photos from our opening reception on the Fantagraphics Flickr!
Set your clocks to Sexytime at this Saturday evening at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Enjoy an awesome exhibition of silly and sexy classic porn posters, loopy post apocalyptic pop music by Poppet, free kisses from Georgetown’s Little Black Devil burlesque beauties, and so much more. Sexytime editor and pop culture archeologist Jacques Boyreau will be available to sign copies of his latest masterpiece.
This event coincides with the Valentine’s edition of the lively Georgetown Art Attack, featuring visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic neighborhood. Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street at the corner of Airport Way S. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110.
Seattle simply can't get enough of Ellen Forney, and we want more, more, MORE! On Wednesday, February 27th, we will get what we want: an evening of music inspired by her 2007 collection Lust: Kinky Online Personal Ads from Seattle's The Stranger, presented by our friends at the Bushwick Book Club and the Richard Hugo House!
The evening features a talk from Ellen herself, and then local musicians will perform original material inspired by the book! Come hear new songs from Levi Fuller, Robert Heyer, Karen Lindenberg, Darren Loucas, Kimo Muraki, Aaron Starkey, Mike Votava, Tekla Waterfield, Wes Weddell, and more.
The Fantagraphics Bookstore staff will be on site with copies of Lust and other tantalizing titles from Ms. Forney for you to get signed.
Doors and bar at 7:00 PM. Showtime at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $10 pre-sale and $15 at the door. The Richard Hugo House is located at 1634 11th Avenue in Seattle.
Visitors to the sensational Sexytime exhibition of vintage porn posters opening this Saturday, February 9 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will be treated to a free music performance by Poppet. A project of Olympia's Molly Raney, Poppet uses a keyboard, drum machine, loop pedal, and her own voice to create fully orchestrated electro-loop-pop. Weird pop for the post-apocalypse. Birds included. Spaceship recommended. Don't miss Poppet and other sexy surprises at the Valentine's edition of the lively Georgetown Art Attack, featuring visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic neighborhood. Romance awaits!
• Seattle, WA: The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery examines the aesthetics of erotic movie posters with an exhibit for Sexytime: The Post-Porn Rise of the Pornoisseur! Editor Jacques Boyreau will be available to sign copies of the oversize, hardbound book. Musical entertainment will be provided by Molly Rainey with her post-apocalyptic pop act Poppet. (more info)
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