Jacques Tardi!
As reported in PW Comics Week, one of the famed masters of international comics is finally getting an American edition: the great Jacques Tardi:All that is changing this summer as Fantagraphics is launching an...
Reynolds on benchmarks
We've been waiting a long time for someone to sit down and ask Eric Reynolds what he thinks about Diamond's benchmarks, and Chris Mautner finally stepped up to do it himself. The general thrust...
Blecky goes online
Fantagraphics' website is now running Johnny Ryan's Blecky Yuckerella, which we know many folks will enjoy.
Fantagraphics offers PDF previews!
Via Flog, gladsome news that FBI is offering PDF previews of several upcoming books
Download links are available on the product listing pages for the books listed and linked below. Try before you buy with...
A night of European comics
(l-r, front row Igort, Isabel Kreitz, Max, Nicolas de Crécy; standing, Jaromir 99 and Jaroslav Rudiš)
Euro comics week in NYC continued with an evening of slideshows and presentations by David B., Nicolas de Crécy,...
Fantagraphics 2nd Anniversary bash
Fantagraphics is having a big party on 12/13, and we're gutted that we can't go.
Over the course of two years, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery has become woven into the region’s cultural fabric and drawn...
“Please Destroy Every Copy of Mome Vol. 12”
We suspect this could be a routine inspired by Andy Kaufman, but an argument between colorist Jon Adams and cartoonist Al Columbia over a missing color on a cat's leg escalates into a call...
Comic books in the news
§ Jules Feiffer's THE EXPLAINERS gets a front-page review in the NY Times Book Review by David Kamp:
Of course, representing any Feiffer strip with a quick quotation really doesn’t do it justice. His...
ROCKY online
Are Scandinavian comics the next big thing? We're not sure if a big thing is even possible anymore, but they are one of the freshest, funniest new waves of comics out there, and the...
Fantagraphics at SPX
Eric Reynolds writes:
Gary Groth, Kim Thompson and myself are all headed east this weekend to attend one of our favorite shows of the year:
Taking place Saturday and Sunday in Bethesda, MD, SPX...
