All the news from Fantagraphics Books, publishers of the world\'s greatest cartoonists. http://www.fantagraphics.com Tue, 21 May 2013 12:25:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.fantagraphics.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.fantagraphics.com All the news from Fantagraphics Books, publishers of the world\'s greatest cartoonists. http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/guy-peellaert-the-adventures-of-jodelle-french-pop-years-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-gallery.html Guy Peellaert: The Adventures of Jodelle and Fragments of the French Pop Years at Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery. The late French artist Guy Peellaert was among the most influential figures in European pop culture throughout his career. His collaborations with personalities like Serge Gainsbourg, Yves Saint Laurent, Mick Jagger, Wim Wenders, David Bowie, Martin Scorsese, and others left an indelible mark on contemporary culture. The legacy of this important artist is celebrated in a new book and exhibition, Guy Peellaert: The Adventures of Jodelle and Fragments of the French Pop Years at Fantagraphics Bookstore opening May 11, 2013. The book begins with Peellaert’s stunning 1965 comic album www.fantagraphics.com (/) Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM Thu, 02 May 2013 18:52:39 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/dash-shaw-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-on-free-comic-book-day.html April 23, 2013 – Seattle, WA. One of America’s most provocative cartoonists and animators will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery (http://www.fantagraphics.com/bookstore). Dash Shaw (http://www.fantagraphics.com/dashshaw) will discuss his work, screen animated shorts, and sign copies of new publications at a reception on Saturday, May 4 at 6:00 PM at Fantagraphics’ lively space at 1201 S. Vale St. in Georgetown. Shaw is the creator of several highly regarded comix and graphic novels including Peter Bagge (http://www.fantagraphics.com/peterbagge), Ellen Forney (http://www.fantagraphics.com/ellenforney), Jim Woodring (http://www.fantagraphics.com/jimwoodring), and Kazimir Stzrepek. Freak Comic Book is limited to 100 copies. Many of the contributing artists will be in attendance to sign their work. “This is the comic you’re looking for.” Listing Information: Saturday, May 4, 6:00 - 8:00 PM Dash Shaw screening animated shorts and book signing May 4 is Free Comic Book Day. Drop by for an exclusive minicomic by local cartoonists Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery 1201 S. Vale Street Seattle, WA 98108 | 206.658.0110 Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM. Sundays until 5:00 PM www.fantagraphics.com (/) | www.facebook.com/fantagraphicsbookstore (http://www.facebook.com/fantagraphicsbookstore) Tue, 23 Apr 2013 19:04:52 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/eat-comics-with-lucy-knisleys-relish-at-the-fantagraphics-bookstore.html Lucy Knisley Presents Relish: My Life in the Kitchen at Fantagraphics Bookstore April 11, 2013 - Seattle, WA. New York cartoonist Lucy Knisley (http://www.lucyknisley.com/) will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery on Friday, April 19 at 7:00 PM to discuss her new graphic memoir Relish: My Life in the Kitchen. As the daughter of a chef, the artist examines her life in the context of cooking, from casual childhood comfort food to exotic gourmet cuisine. Knisley's engaging narrative is interspersed with appealing recipes, resulting in readers working up quite an appetite. With that in mind, her slide talk will be followed by a tasting of some of the delicious offerings in the book: Sautéed mushrooms, pasta carbonara, chocolate chip cookies, and more. The perfect complement to a comic book about food! Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in Seattle's historic Georgetown arts community. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110. Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:32:40 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/provocative-american-cartoonist-and-animator-dash-shaw-at-fantagraphics-bookstore.html Provocative American Cartoonist and Animator Dash Shaw at Fantagraphics BookstoreApril 4, 2013 - Seattle, WA. The experimental work of accomplished contemporary cartoonist and animator Dash Shaw (http://www.fantagraphics.com/dashshaw) will be featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery with an exhibition opening Saturday, April 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM, followed by a film screening, discussion, and book signing on Saturday, May 4 at 6:00 PM. Shaw is the creator of several highly regarded comix and graphic novels including www.fantagraphics.com (http://www.fantagraphics.com) | www.facebook.com/fantagraphicsbookstore (http://www.facebook.com/fantagraphicsbookstore) Thu, 04 Apr 2013 21:54:37 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/fantagraphics-at-mocca-2013-in-nyc.html Fantagraphics is excited to be attending the 2013 MoCCA Arts Festival on Saturday, April 6th and Sunday, April 7th at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City! We've got so many beautiful debuts in store for you -- in very limited quantities, so make our table your first stop: • Dash Shaw (http://www.fantagraphics.com/dashshaw) • Dash Shaw (http://www.fantagraphics.com/dashshaw) (UPDATE: A slight delay at the printer means this will miss the festival. Sorry!)• Bill Griffith (http://www.fantagraphics.com/billgriffith)• Crockett Johnson (http://www.fantagraphics.com/crockettjohnson); edited by Eric Reynolds and Philip Nel • Kim Deitch (http://www.fantagraphics.com/kimdeitch)• Al Williamson (http://www.fantagraphics.com/alwilliamson) et al.; written by Al Feldstein (http://www.fantagraphics.com/alfeldstein) et al. • Jack Davis (http://www.fantagraphics.com/jackdavis); written by Al Feldstein (http://www.fantagraphics.com/alfeldstein)• Guy Peellaert (http://www.fantagraphics.com/guypeellaert) Pierre Bartier • Julio's Day (http://www.fantagraphics.com/juliosday) by Gilbert Hernandez (http://www.fantagraphics.com/gilberthernandez)• Bill Griffith (http://www.fantagraphics.com/billgriffith) 11:30-12:30 PMDash Shaw (http://www.fantagraphics.com/dashshaw) 12:30-2:00 PMJames Romberger (/7milesasecond) 3:30-5:00 PMKim Deitch (http://www.fantagraphics.com/kimdeitch) 2:00-3:30 PMLeslie Stein (lesliestein) 12:30-2:00 PMMarguerite Van Cook (/7milesasecond) 3:30-5:00 PMSUNDAYBill Griffith (http://www.fantagraphics.com/billgriffith) 1:30-3:00 PMDash Shaw (http://www.fantagraphics.com/dashshaw) 3:00-4:30 PMJames Romberger (/7milesasecond) 12:00-1:30 PMKim Deitch (http://www.fantagraphics.com/kimdeitch) 1:30-3:00 PMLeslie Stein (/lesliestein) 3:00-4:30 PMMarguerite Van Cook (/7milesasecond) 12:00-1:30 PM You can also join Bill Griffith (http://www.fantagraphics.com/billgriffith) for a panel on Saturday: Saturday, April 6th // 1:00 - 2:00 PMGuest of Honor Bill Griffith (http://www.fantagraphics.com/billgriffith) in conversation with Paul Di Filippo [in the Programming Room in the Lower Level]Where will all these wonderful books and artists be, you might be wondering? Why, tables B64, B65, C80, C81 -- right in front as you walk through the main entrance! (See a bigger version of this map here (http://www.societyillustrators.org/uploadedFiles/MoCCA%20Floor%20Plan.pdf).) Our PR/Marketing duo of Jacq Jen will be happy to see you at MoCCA! Mon, 01 Apr 2013 17:30:58 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/dash-shaws-new-school-tour.html Lily Benson (http://lilybenson.com) and Doron Sadja (http://doron.sadja.com). Dash Shaw lives in Brooklyn, NY. He is currently writing and directing an animated feature film. A former student of the genius artist-seer-cartoonist Gary Panter, Dash, it's fair to say, is something of a genius as well. - Chris Ware April 5th • Desert Island, Brooklyn, NY. 7-9PMApril 6-7th • MoCCA Festival, NYC. 11AM-6PM April 13th • Hub Comics, Somerville, MA. 7-9PM April 18th • Atomic Books, Baltimore, MD. 7-9PM April 20th • Carnegie Library Comics Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. 10AM-5PMApril 20th • Copacetic Comic, Pittsburgh, PA. 7-11PMApril 27-28th • Stumptown Comics Festival, Portland, OR. Sat 10AM-6PM, Sun Noon-6PMMay 2nd • Floating World, Portland OR. 6-10PM, Presentation at 7PMMay 4th • Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery, Seattle, WA. 6-9PM May 11-12th • TCAF, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sat 9AM-5PM, Sun 11AM-5PM May 21st • Light Industry, Brooklyn, NY. 7:30PM Complete Venue Information:Desert Island (http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/) 540 Metropolitan AveBrooklyn, NY 11211718.388.5087MoCCA Festival (http://www.societyillustrators.org/Mocca_Event.aspx?id=8605), NYC69th Regiment Armory68 Lexington Avenuebetween E. 25th E. 26th StreetNew York, NY 10010Hub Comics (http://www.hubcomics.com/) 19 Bow StSomerville, MA 02143617.718.0987Atomic Books (http://www.atomicbooks.com/) 3620 Falls Rd.Baltimore, MD 21211410.662.4444Carnegie Library Comics Conference (http://clpzines.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/4202013-drawing-power-comics-zines-and-books-in-pittsburgh-and-beyond/) 4400 Forbes AvenuePittsburgh, PA 15213Copacetic Comics Company (http://www.copaceticcomics.com/) 3138 Dobson St. - 3rd floorPittsburgh, PA 15219412.251.5421Event Page (http://www.facebook.com/events/299808006808131/)Light Industry (http://www.lightindustry.org) 155 Freeman StreetBrooklyn, NY 11222 Stumptown Comics Fest (http://www.stumptowncomics.com/) Oregon Convention Center777 NE ML King Blvd.Portland, OR 97232Floating World (http://www.floatingworldcomics.com/main/) 400 NW Couch StPortland, OR 97209503.241.0227Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=55 Itemid=126) 1201 S. Vale St.Seattle, WA 98108206.658.0110TCAF (Toronto Comics Arts Festival) (http://torontocomics.com/) Toronto Reference Library789 Yonge St.Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4W 2G8 Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:10:24 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/fantagraphics-to-publish-book-of-guantanamo-courtroom-sketches-by-janet-hamlin.html Janet Hamlin Uncovers the Humanity Hidden Within Guantanamo's Walls in Sketching Guantanamo(not final cover art)Sketching Guantanamo: Court Sketches of the Military Tribunals, 2006-2013 by Janet HamlinIn the wake of 9-11, alleged terrorists were housed on a U.S. military base in Guantanamo, Cuba. While there, these terrorist suspects were confined in indefinite detention, off the American mainland, unaccountable to the U.S. judicial system, nameless and faceless to the world. At the military trials of Guantanamo, which started in 2006, no photographs were permitted in the courtroom. Only one person was allowed to cover the trials, not with a camera but with her pencils and pastels. Janet Hamlin has been the only sketch artist covering the trials from 2006 to the present, granting the suspects humanity and dignity while allowing the world to see the process through an unapologetic lens. Sketching Guantanamo is both a collection of her most potent and revealing sketches drawn during this period, as well a chronicle of her experience at Guantanamo.Fantagraphics publisher Gary Groth states, Janet's courtroom sketches and commentary comprises a significant moral document, of interest to every citizen who cares about what the United States government is doing in his and her name. Sketching Guantanamo helps bring out of the shadows and into the light of public scrutiny these extra-judicial trials. Before entering the viewing booth at the back of court, Hamlin is subjected to daily thorough searches, wanding, and metal detecting in three separate checkpoints. All a reader needs to do is open the book to be transported to the infamous base. Hamlin's drawings and accompanying text provide a rare insight into the military courts of Guantanamo; they've appeared on ABC News and Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and were recently featured in The Colbert Report's story on censorship of the trials. With nearly 150 drawings, the book will also include photographs of the surrounding facilities to enhance Hamlin's illustrations and commentary. It also includes a foreward by Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award winner Carol Rosenberg, a member of a reporting team that won a 2001 Pulitzer Prize.ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Janet Hamlin graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design and lives in New York. Her clients include Time Warner, Universal Studios, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, IBM, HarperCollins and Associated Press to name a few. 176-page full-color 11 x 8.5 hardcoverCover price: $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-691-1Published by Fantagraphics BooksIn-store date: October 2013 (subject to change) Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:56:01 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/peanuts-every-sunday-full-color-comics-by-schulz.html When Dorothy first finds herself in Oz, the whole world refocuses and shifts from black and white to full color. The time has come for Peanuts to turn a page into the same spectrum! Coming in the Fall of 2013, Fantagraphics will be releasing The Complete Peanuts (http://www.fantagraphics.com/peanuts) was a black and white reprinting of every Peanuts strip ever drawn and that reprinting the Sunday strips in color would be too distracting. But, we always wanted to reprint just the Sunday Peanuts in full color at a size closer to what they were originally printed in in the newspapers — and so we are, gloriously re-colored using Charles Schulz's original palette. Created by Charles Schulz in 1950, Peanuts ran for 50 years until he retired on February 12th, 2000. He passed away that day with one final strip ready to print.Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955by Charles M Schulz$49.99 Hardcover • 288 pagesFull color • 12.75 x 10 ISBN: 978-1-60699-692-8 Designed as a series of ten massive coffee-table quality books, each one containing a half-decade's worth of Sunday strips, Peanuts Every Sunday is a book to be enjoyed any day, not just Sundays. Recolored by Joanne Bagge, the striking colors of the Red Baron dashing across the sky to the soft blue hue of Linus' blanket to Woodstock's fuzzy yellow head all grace the pages of Peanuts Every Sunday. Enjoy the secret pleasure of seeing Charlie's original zigzag shirt in many colors before becoming its trademark yellow.Don't be a blockhead – get ready for for the majestic beauty of Charles M. Schulz in full color. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:56:37 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/be-our-valentine-sexytime-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-on-february-9.html Be our Valentine! Sexytime at Fantagraphics Bookstore on February 9. January 31, 2013 - Seattle, WA. The 1960s ushered in era of sexual liberation that profoundly influenced American pop culture. The social stigma was removed from adult films, which were openly advertised in major publications and attracted throngs of curious patrons. Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery (bookstore) examines the aesthetics of erotic movie posters in Sexytime: The Post-Porn Rise of the Pornoisseur opening Saturday, February 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Grindhouse movie aficionado Jacques Boyreau assembled an amazing collection of porn movie posters with lurid titles like Teddy Bare, Hot Lunch, and Milk Lady ( She Delivers! ). The films often parodied blockbuster hits of the day, nakedly mimicking their plots while featuring look-alike stars. The content of the book remarkably reflect the fads, films, and fashions of the decades of the 1960s and 70s. These relics of the golden age of American pornography are at once alluring and ridiculous. The Sexytime exhibition opens on Friday, February 9, which coincides with the Valentine's edition of the Georgetown Art Attack, marking the 5th anniversary of this lively art walk. Editor Jacques Boyreau will be available to sign copies of the oversize, hardbound book (sexytime). Musical entertainment will be provided by Molly Rainey with her post-apocalyptic pop act Poppet. Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way S.) only minutes from downtown Seattle. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110. Listing information: Sexytime vintage porn poster exhibition and book signing. Opens Saturday, February 9, 6:00 to 9:00 PM with music by Poppet. Exhibition continues through March 6, 2013. Fantagraphics Bookstore Gallery. 1201 S. Vale St. Seattle, WA 206.658.0110 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:56:22 +0100 http://www.fantagraphics.com/fantagraphics-news/fantagraphics-books-to-publish-in-case-we-die-a-novel-by-danny-bland.html FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS TO PUBLISH IN CASE WE DIE, A NOVEL BY DANNY BLAND(not final cover)SEATTLE, WA 1/23/13 -- Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce the forthcoming summer 2013 publication of In Case We Die, the first novel by longtime Seattle music figure Danny Bland, which follows a pair of addict outsiders who find themselves locked in the palpable, dizzy grunge-rock drug scene of '90s Seattle. The book will also be supported by a unique audiobook project from Seattle's Local638Records. It wasn't the pounding headache or the all-too familiar taste of blood in my mouth that woke me that morning, but the stink of cat piss. They all have cats. Cats and bad tattoos and mops of dyed black hair that reek of cigarettes and watermelon Bubblicious. They all have ripped fishnets and dark red lips and Daddy issues. Both love story and horror story, In Case We Die is a semi-autobiographical and visceral story of love, crime, addiction, redemption and revenge. Bland, a 25-year veteran musician (The Dwarves, Cat Butt, Best Kissers In the World) and road manager (Dave Alvin and the Blasters, The Supersuckers) and longtime Seattlite, brings his own experience to a harrowing tour through Seattle's darkest underground. When I first read a draft of In Case We Die, I did it purely as a favor to Rachel [Flotard, proprietor of Local638], said Fantagraphics Associate Publisher and acquiring editor Eric Reynolds. Rachel is hard to say no to. But I read it and loved it and actually tried to convince Danny to get an agent, and sell it to a big NY house who could land him a big movie deal. I actively discouraged him from thinking about Fantagraphics. But Danny told me all the reasons he thought that would be a bad idea, and I knew we were kindred spirits. He's shown great faith in us packaging the book he envisions and I'm proud to make that happen, because it's a book I'll be particularly proud of not just as a publisher, but as a Seattlite. It's a quintessentially Seattle novel. Vulnerable to the high relief of heroin addiction, Bland's characters — Charlie Hyatt and Carrie Finch — are beloved, unapologetic protagonists whose epiphanies are as blinding as their weaknesses. Finch, 21, beautiful and dangerous, drowns out the voices in her head and the consequences of a misled life with electric guitar, booze and petulant misbehavior. Her single abiding faith takes the form of an unlikely savior — 60s psychedelic musician Roky Erikson. At the ripe old age of 28, Hyatt attempts to make sense of the cards he has been dealt; a miserable job, a drug habit he cannot afford and the wildly unstable woman he had chosen to love.In Case We Die will also exist as a remarkable audio book project to be released by Local638Records [ http://www.local638records.com (http://www.local638records.com) ]. An exclusive roster of legendary artists, musicians, actors and friends have lent their support and donated their talent by reading and recording chapters of the book including Dave Alvin (Blasters, Knitters), Greg Dulli (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers), Duff McKagan (Guns Roses), Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy, American Splendor), Blag Dahlia (Dwarves), Wayne Kramer (MC5), Eddie Spaghetti (Supersuckers), John Doe (X, Knitters), Jacob Pitts (actor, Justified), Damien Echols (West Memphis Three), Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age), Rob Delaney (comic, Twitter superstar), Lou Beach (author, artist), Steve Earle (singer, songwriter, actor), Mark Boone Jr. (Sons of Anarchy), Amiee Mann (singer, songwriter, actress), Marc Maron (WTF podcast), John Sinclair (White Panther Party, MC5 manager), Lew Temple (The Devil's Rejects, The Walking Dead), Mark Arm (Mudhoney) and others t.b.a., with a portion of the proceeds benefitting MusicCares, a non-profit organization helping musicians and roadies gain sobriety and obtain medical care. Two damaged people can balance a seesaw for a long time, even finding the illusion of safety; but when one gets off unannounced, the other will fall. As Finch finds sobriety, her sanity and her relationship with Hyatt falter until an inevitable event brings the two back together a decade later.In Case We Die will premiere in Seattle this July with a number of local events t.b.a. promoting the release, with a wide release in August. IN CASE WE DIEA Novel by Danny BlandHardcover • Summer 2013ISBN 978-1-60699-675-1http://incasewedie.com (http://incasewedie.com)http://dannybland.com (http://dannybland.com/) -------------------------ADVANCE PRAISE FOR IN CASE WE DIE: Our anti-hero is floating in a tiny lifeboat made of heroin, graveyard shifts rock music. His companions are two fabulous women; a bombshell who robs banks a beautifully pale rock violinist who can barely dodge suicide. ICWD is much funnier more satisfying than any other junkie rock'n'roll tragedy. – John Doe (X) Bland is a brutally funny and bravely honest writer. A perfect guide through the bloodshot streets and desperate bedrooms of the underground wilderness. – Dave Alvin (Blasters) In Case We Die is a poetic and elegant journey ... straight to the gutter. – Wayne Kramer (MC5) Beautiful, literary redemption. – Exene Cervenka (X) A great piece of work — full of filth and heart. - Steve Earle A suitably Peckinpah finale. Bravo. It has been like a traveling dream state and sometimes familiar look into the abyss. – Greg Dulli (AfghanWhigs) I am a believer in what Bland has to say. He writes with eloquence, candor, darkness, and humor....the good stuff! – Duff McKagan (Guns N' Roses) Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:34:09 +0100