Tag fantagraphics
Link Ink: ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ Art Auctioned, Portal Guns and Spider-Ham
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Auctions: Heritage Auctions has some of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns art you can bid on... if you've got Bruce Wayne money. [ComicVine]
Industry: Fantagraphics co-founder Mike Catron and original staffer P... [read more]
Catron and White return to their roots at Fantagraphics
Over the weekend, Tom Spurgeon spotlighted the return of two old school members to the Fantagraphics mansion with Mike Catron and Preston White joining as editor and designer, respectively. Catron is actually the co-founder of Fantagraphics, going back to the VIrginia/Connecticut origins of the company as The Nostalgia Journal. White [read more]
Nice Art; Jaime Hernandez’s Return of the Ti-girls
Over at FLOG, they have released the back cover for Jaime Hernandez's God & Science: Return of the Ti-Girls, a collection of the story from the first two issues of Love and Rockets: New Stories Vols 1 and 2.
While Jaime's story from volumes 3 and 4 "The Love Bunglers" [read more]
21 Portraits from Tony Millionaire’s ’500 Portraits’ [Preview]
Filed under: Fantagraphics, Indie, Previews
On sale now from Fantagraphics is 500 Portraits, a very handsome hardcover volume collecting more than two decades of pen-and-ink portraiture by Tony Millionaire, the award-winning cartoonist of Drinky Cro... [read more]
Fantagraphics 40% off sale will increase your bookshelves
Fantagraphics is having a four-day 40% off sale featuring some amazing books by Gilbert Hernandez, Robert Williams, Jules Ffeiffer, Carol Tyler and more. You really can't go wrong with anything on the list, but here are a few of our own picks:
Link Ink: Marvel’s Xbox Avatar Gear, Kevin Eastman’s Auction and Fantagraphics’ Sale
Filed under: Link Ink, Culture
Gaming: New Marvel Comics items are now available on Xbox Marketplace, including web-shooters, Hulk hands and Captain America's shield. [Marvel]
Records: The Dark Knight Rises trailer had had more than 12.5 million... [read more]
Kim Thompson on “The Graphic Novel Decade”
Share this link on Facebook!“I think a solid core of high-selling mainstream-y genre comics would be nice, but it really hasn’t happened (except for arguably the manga phenomenon, and I don’t get the impression that the success of manga has bled back into non-manga comics) and “art comics” have achieved [read more]
SOLICITATIONS: Wandering Son Volume 2 available now
Press Release Fantagraphics has announced that the second volume of Shimura Takako’s Wandering Son has arrived, and is shipping now for after-Christmas delivery. Wandering Son Vol. 2 by Shimura Takako 228-page black & white (with some color) ... [read more]
Holiday Gift Guide: The Floyd Gottfriedson ‘Mickey Mouse’ Box Set
Filed under: Indie
Mickey Mouse v.1 and 2: Race to Death Valley and Trapped On Treasure Island
Available From: Fantagraphics
Price: $49.99
When this year's Holiday Gift Guide started, the very first thing I recommended was Fantagraphics' new ... [read more]
Elysian to Brew Charles Burns’ 12 Beers of the Apocalypse in 2012
Filed under: Fantagraphics, Culture
If you've invested in Roland Emmerich's life-altering film 2012 starring John Cusack, you are fully aware that the world is totally going to end next year on December 21 (What's that? Something about a Mayan calen... [read more]
Link Ink: Daniel Clowes Covers The New Yorker, Sleeved Superhero Blankets and Sci-Fi Eateries
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Art: Daniel Clowes comments on the changing shape of book stores on a new cover for The New Yorker. [Fantagraphics Tumblr]
Eats: Blastr has a list of sci-fi restaurants currently in operation. Sadly, none of them ar... [read more]
PREVIEW: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes
This month's release of the first volume of Fantagraphics' Carl Barks reprints is call for rejoicing. There have been many reprint projects centered on Barks' work, but they must have been designed by the three bears: one was too expensive, one was too cheap, one had garish color, and so [read more]
Coming Attractions: Fall 2011: Fantagraphics
Mark Twain and Flannery O'Connor! Estonia and the Andes! Armed Gardens and Treasure Island! Joe Kubert, Tony Millionaire, Jack Davis! Old Comedians and Young Romance! And Gahan Wilson's Nuts! [read more]
Fantagraphics Spring 2012 lineup is awesome
Fantagraphics Books has posted their releases for early 2012 and a link to their catalog to see for yourself, but here are some very tasty highlights: [read more]
The Complete Pogo is at the printers
Long, long delayed by difficulties finding the source materials, Fantagraphics long awaited reprinting of the complete Pogo by Walt Kelly is finally at the printers, Mark Evanier announces. [read more]
Coming Attractions: 2012!
Trying something a little different this month... [read more]
Jason Conquers America due in October
Over on his blog, Norwegian superstar Jason has revealed the front and back covers for October's JASON CONQUERS AMERICA,
a 32-page tribute to all things Jason: [read more]