SD10: FBI and Disney team for Mickey Mouse reprints

Probably the biggest “classic comics” announcement at SD10 was a new series of reprints of Floyd Gottfredson’s Mickey Mouse comic strip. Disney is partnering with Fantagraphics for the reprints, which will begin in 2011. Gottfredson’s Mickey was far from the benign company spokesman we all know and love. Rather he was a bold, dynamic adventurer, [...]

SD10: Indie Comics Saturday

Dark Horse Given that pretty much all of the Spartans died at the Battle of Thermopylae - which was sort of the point - people have been speculating for years about how Frank Miller would wring a sequel out of his hit Dark Horse graphic novel and movie 300. Today, at Comic-Con, the answer came out. The sequel, XERXES, will actually take place at exactly the same time on another battlefield of the same war.

SD10: Fantagraphics #1718

Where at Comic-Con will you see Stephen DeStefano signing with Moto Hagio? Did you even know such a thing was possible? IT IS! At the Fantagraphics booth where books by Charles Schulz, Jacques Tardi, Norman Pettigill, The Hernandez Brothers, Drew Friedman and C. Tyler will debut. And that's only a smattering of the treasures to be found. You can find a Fantagraphics Comic-Con 2010 Pocket Guide here if this is too much to take in. Clearly, this is the place to be.

Jim Woodring in New York!

Speaking of New York, Jim Woodring, the magical cartoonist of existential dread and mysetry, is here! Three nights in a row!

Adèle Blanc-Sec — the movie

Luc Besson has directed a flim version of Jacques Tardi’s great comics heroine, Adéle Blanc-Sec, a sort of one woman BPRD of Steampunk. The fim has just been released in France but has no US distribution plans yet (Boooo!) Fantragraphics will release an Adele Blanc-Sec book later this year. More at io9. PS: here’s the [...]

Fantagraphics launches Marschall Books imprint

Fantagraphics and respected comics scholarship pioneer Rick Marschall have announced the new line, Marschall Books, an imprint devoted to comics, cartoons, and graphic humor. Marschall has a long legacy in comics, including launching EPIC Magazine for Marvel and a previous historical collaboration with Fantagraphics, NEMO, which plumbed comic strip history to introduce such things as Polly and her Pals to a new generation. The press release for the netire line can be read here, but here are highlights:

Fantagraphics to publish manga — UPDATE

Fantagraphics is joining the gekiga (art manga) movement with a new line of manga edited by Matt Thorn and licensed from Shogakukan (A co-parent company of Viz) . The first two books are by much admired manga-ka Moto Hagio and Shimura Takako. Hagio, a member of the 49ers, is one of the most influential manga-ka [...]

These guys really don’t know much about the internet, do they? UPDATED

You may recall that a few days ago we cataloged a litany of multi-platform complaints about the new TCJ.com in terms of its editorial guidance and web design. Now, normally these days when the internet goes after you, there are a couple of standard responses. Either you: a) Get your point person online and defend yourself, [...]

Big ole’ beatdown: The new TCJ.com

After a grace period of a few months, internet pundits are targeting the hapless TCJ.com for an old school internet beatdown. TCJ.com thought it knew its way around the ‘net, but wandered up the wrong side of the street and is getting an absolute pasting from hardcore internet bullies site contributors and longtime Journal admirers. Noah [...]

Tonight To Do: Gahan Wilson in Seattle

Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons Saturday, February 13, 6:00 – 9:00 PM Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 1201 S. Vale St. (at Airport Way S.) Seattle, WA Phone 206.658.0110 Open daily 11:30 – 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM

SD08: Fantagraphics

You can read all of FBI’s Comic-Con activities here , but we’ve pasted in the signing schedule, which is highlighted by Kim Deitch, Los Bros, Jim Woodring and the debut of…Natalia Hernandez.

Bottomless Belly Button Trailer

Dash Shaw has created an animated trailer for Bottomless Belly Button his epic tome that has every one talking. View it above and then read Laura Hudson’s analysis. BONUS: Laura breaks the code.

MoCCA: Fantagraphics

News Bytes: Valiant, Wash Tubbs

§ ICv2 reports the thrilling news that Fantagraphics will begin reprints of Prince Valiant and Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy, two more incredible comic strips that deserve to be seen once again. Prince Valiant will be presented in an oversized color hardcover format, with two years per book, beginning in 2009. This presentation will be [...]

Fantagraphics goes exclusive with Diamond

Diamond sent out a press release yesterday confirming that Fantagraphics is going exclusive to the comic shop trades with Diamond. You can read the whole thing in the jump. While Norton’s exclusive with FBI to bookstroes remains untouched, Diamond Books will sell them in Canada. The main reasons for the move are covered in a [...]