In the comics world and beyond, Jaime Hernandez needs no introduction. However, his place in the radical revolution of comics — mainstream and Indy — does merit some review. In 1982, Fantagraphics published (64-pages in magazine size) Jaime and his bro Beto’s Love and Rockets. Together they showed the comics world a radically new aesthetic,…
Anatomy of a Panel: Ho Che Anderson and GODHEAD
From his erotic I Want to Be Your Dog (1990) as well as the masterfully braided narratives that make up Pop Life (1998) and Young Hoods in Love (1995) to his extraordinarily kinetic, hard-hitting three volume biography of King (1993-2002; 2010), genre bending Scream Queen (2005), and sci-fi existentialist extravaganza, Godhead (2018), since the early 1990s, Toronto based comics…
KIRBYOLOGY!: The Cosmic Science of Charles Glaubitz’s STARSEEDS
A bazillion years ago, my current atoms — and yours — arrived on Earth thanks to exploding stars. About a month ago, I heard about painter-turned-graphic-novelist Charles Glaubitz’s Starseeds, specifically the publication of volume two from Fantagraphics. At my local comic book store, I picked up volume one, which blew my brain into my mind…
Interview: Josh Bayer Unveils The ALL TIME COMICS Universe
Up later this Spring, we’re seeing a brand new super-hero universe arrive to the comics stands. No, not from Marvel. Not from DC. Move over Image Comics. Fantagraphics is rolling out All Time Comics, a brand new super-hero line envisioned by Josh Bayer, with contributions from a slew of classic and indie comic book creators.…
Fantagraphics Announces Forney’s ROCK STEADY: BRILLIANT ADVICE FROM MY BIPOLAR LIFE
Fantagraphics is proud to announce the acquisition of Ellen Forney’s forthcoming graphic novel/self-help book, Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life. This companion book to her best selling graphic memoir, Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me (Avery, 2012) marks Forney’s return to the publisher where she began her career over 15 years ago. Due…
40th Anniversary of Fantagraphics to be Celebrated at SPX
Bethesda, Maryland; July 7, 2016 Media Release – Small Press Expo is proud to announce that SPX 2016 will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Fantagraphics with an all-star line-up and special events. Founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron, in the ensuing years Fantagraphics provided the foundation for today’s wealth of indie comics, graphic…
Gilbert and Jamie Hernandez Revive LOVE AND ROCKETS
SEATTLE, WA–– Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez’s beloved Love and Rockets will return this fall in the same magazine format that fans fell in love with during its original 50 issue run from 1982-1996. Love and Rockets has been Fantagraphics’ flagship publication since its initial magazine debut in 1982,…
TRADE WAITING: The Week of July 22, 2015
It’s Monday, which means another look at some of the hottest trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels in this week’s “Trade Waiting” – your weekly spotlight of five noteworthy comic book collections that are being released to stores this Wednesday and why you should watch out for them! VERTIGO CMYK TP Written by Various…
TRADE WAITING: Week of May 13, 2015
Greetings and salutations comic fans! It’s another Monday and that means another look at some of the hottest trade paperbacks, collected editions, and graphic novels in this week’s “Trade Waiting” – your weekly spotlight of five noteworthy comic book collections that are being released to stores this Wednesday and why you should watch out for…
Fantagraphics & comiXology for Digital Exclusive VIOLENZIA
Fantagraphics and comiXology have announced a partnership to distribute the publisher’s first digital exclusive comic, Violenzia by Richard Sala. Official Press Release November 20th, 2013 – Seattle, WA / New York, NY – Fantagraphics Books, publisher of the world’s greatest cartoonists, partners with comiXology, the revolutionary cloud-based digital comics platform, to debut Fantagraphics’ first original, digital…