Tag: Fantagraphics
Preview: Love and Rockets New Stories #6
What was that we were saying about Fall shaping up? Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 is coming out in October, and will undoubtedly be the talk of the town. Pre-orders from the...
What Should You Buy In August? Seth, Doran, Gillen and more
August! New month, more comics, 'nuff excitement. We have a shuftie round and picked out the comics we're looking forward to this month:
Jessica Lee:
PALOOKAVILLE #21
SETH
With an appearance slated for September's SPX, Seth's long awaited...
Here’s All Our News from SDCC in One Place
One of the things heard most frequently this weekend online was 'why is there no comic news coming out of SDCC'? You mean aside from the masses and masses of comics news which came...
Fantagraphics are the new home for Tony Millionaire’s Sock Monkey
It's back to our old pal Tom Spurgeon at The Comics Reporter, for the news that Fantagraphics are preparing a collection of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey character for later this year.
Spurgeon reports that the...
Fantagraphics to Publish an Eleanor Davis Collection in 2014
As revealed today by Tom Spurgeon on The Comics Reporter, Fantagraphics will be publishing a collection of short stories from Eleanor Davis into a book for 2014 release.
Spurgeon speculates that this will likely collect...
Thinking about Kim Thompson, life and death
(Photo from and © American Virus)
When I moved to Los Angeles in the 80s, I lived in West Hollywood at the height of the AIDS crisis. I was a sheltered young woman without much...
RIP Kim Thompson
Photo by Lynn Emmert.
Fantagraphics co-founder and industry titan Kim Thompson has lost his battle with lung cancer. A statement was released below, but I am crying as I type this, as are so...
It’s time for a Peter Bagge retrospective
A two part conversation between Peter Bagge (Hate, Reset) and Zak Sally at TCJ.com plants the flag on the idea that Bagge's achievements need a reassessment:
His editorship of Weirdo followed by Neat Stuff followed...
On the Scene: Denver Comic Con 2013, Life as a Moving Picture in Chris...
William Kuskin, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado, Boulder, introduced Denver Comic Con’s keynote speaker, cartoonist Chris Ware, as a man who presents “honesty” as an “antidote to the emptiness we see in culture...
Cartoonists coming to a town near you: Knisley, Hernandez, Shaw, Hanawalt, Katin
We'd like to remind you that a number of fantastic cartoonists are on tour either at the moment or upcoming soon this Spring. We've posted their schedules previously but here's a quick catch-up on...
Cartoonists on Tour: Gilbert Hernandez
Few cartoonists can hope to have as great a year as Gilbert Hernandez is having, with two upcoming releases of majestic power: JULIO'S DAY and MARBLE SEASON. And you'll be able to meet the...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Julia Gfrorer
About a month ago, Steve asked me who my favourite comic creators were, and horrible as I am at answering on the spot questions, I did manage to provide him with one name: Julia...
