Tag: Fantagraphics

Sadly I can't embed the local news scare quotes story here but the transcript is almost as good. A mother in Rio Rancho, NM found her son had checked out Gilbert Hernandez' PALOMAR from the school library, and then things got dangerous!

Benjamin Marra's saucy blend of over the top violence, in your face graphics and themes of exploitation movies is coming to Fantagraphics in Fall 2015 with a large scale edition of TERROR ASSAULTER: O.M.W.O.T. (One Man War On Terror). Marra's work deals with the same themes of simplistic adventure and alpha males who kill and kiss with impunity...and a layer of self-awareness means that you can read it, enjoy the violence and not feel guilty afterwards. What is not to love here, people?

Do I really need to say any more? After more than a year, a new issue of Love and Rockets: New Stories is coming out in a few weeks. While everyone else is popping the champagne, I'll celebrate by running the nine page preview of new work by the incomparable Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez.

You guys! You guy! Ohmigod! Cartoonist Tony Millionaire and animator Matt Danner are trying to make a hybrid CGI/live action movie based on Millionaire's Sock Monkey books. Danner—WWE Slam City, Hotwheels—has penned a script and the duo re attempting to line up financing for the film.

By Bruce Lidl A number of comics publishers today joined comiXology's no-DRM initiative, and will start offering their titles without digital anti-copying technology. Comixology's announcement at...

Rumors about Fantagraphics launching a smaller, micro press had been floating around for a while and in advance of SPOX they've made it official....

More news through from San Diego, as Fantagraphics have announced that they'll be collecting the webcomic 'Sacred Heart', by Liz Suburbia, as a one-shot...

Fantagraphics has released a bunch of previews of their summer hits, including Simon Hansellman's Megahex, Carol Swain's Gast and the Drew Friedman cartoonist portrait...

by Benjamin Rogers -- Once again the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo was a huge success. CAKE 2014 featured over 120 exhibitors and drew 2,200 attendees over the course of the weekend, a ten percent increase from last year’s show. Conference organizer Neil Brideau said that CAKE was excited to continue increasing its scope, noting that “this was the first year we’ve had a large international presence.” He highlighted some artists who travelled a long way to attend the show such as Inés Estrada of Mexico, and Philippa Rice and Luke Pearson of the UK.

Continuing a move to acquire some books that fit in with their art comix profile while not being obvious choices, Fantagraphics will collect Wuvable...

Fantagraphics has posted an except from Jaime Hernandez's The Love Bunglers, coming in April. This reprints the story from Love and Rockets #3-4 which...

Lucy Knisley was one of the breakout cartoonists of 2013 with Relish, a charming, warm illustrated memoir mixing food and memory which even included...