Tag Archive | "Fantagraphics"

Fantagraphics to publish manga

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Dirk at Journalista confirms that Fantagraphics, one of the homes of quality comics publishing in our book, is to publish a manga line (although I suppose since Fanta used to publish Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo you could say they’ve published a manga series before). From Dirk’s post on Journalista: “For the past four years or [...]

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Almost Silent

Thursday, February 25, 2010

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New in this week from Fantagraphics is Almost Silent, a collection of four earlier original graphic novels by the brilliant Jason. Regulars will know we love Jason’s work and if you’ve been meaning to read some and somehow never quite got round to grabbing the earlier works then this lovely little hardback is the perfect [...]

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Mr Natural – the tree decoration, the hardback ….

Saturday, December 12, 2009

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Go on, someone create a Robert Crumb themed Christmas tree using these Mr Natural papercraft toys from the Toy-A-Day blog. The timing is perfect, since Fantagraphics have just announced that the first ever hardback edition of The Book Of Mr Natural will be available in March 2010. (via Fantagraphics blog) And whilst on the Toy-A-Day [...]

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Dear Santa….. Gahan Wilson’s Fifty Years Of Playboy Cartoons

Sunday, November 29, 2009

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Over on the Fantagraphics website, they’ve a couple of sneak peaks for those of you thinking about getting the rather gorgeous 3 volume collection of Gahan Wilson’s Playboy cartoons. First there’s Neil Gaiman’s introduction as a nice entree followed by 25 pages of Gahan cartoons to download and really get your teeth into. And after that [...]

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TCJ 300 free online

Monday, November 16, 2009

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The 300th issue of the excellent Comics Journal, one of the best reads about the medium you’ll find in the English language (and now the final issue in the traditional format as it moves to a bi-annual, larger format), is now available to read free online – From Dirk’s description of the line-up in #300: “*  [...]

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Strange Suspense: the Steve Ditko Archive

Thursday, November 12, 2009

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Okay, I see a lot of books and comics passing my desk every week but ye gods this stood out – pre comic code Steve Ditko. Let me just say that again: STEVE DITKO!! The first volume of Fantagraphics’ Strange Suspense: the Steve Ditko Archives goes on sale today, collecting material from the first couple [...]

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Everyone is Stupid…

Thursday, July 9, 2009

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Rejoice, a new Peter Bagge collection hits the shelves today from Fantagraphics, Everyone is Stupid Except Me & Other Astute Observations. I do like Bagge’s sarcastic, satirical style, offset by his very cartoony characters.

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