r/FantagraphicsBooks
I'm Finally Getting Around to Reading The Complete Eightball
I'm halfway through and really enjoying it. I like seeing some of my favorite cartoonists' early work and watching them progress. I finished Adrian Tomine's 32 Stories before this, same type of deal.
The hand lettered ads and letters pagers really are something else. Dan has such a solid grasp on typography (though using serifs on the dialog in some of the stories is really hard to read.)
u/ReverseCowboyKiller — 2 days ago
Guido Crepax: erotica? Pornography? Or something more?
I am looking up European cartoonists in order to expose myself to anything beyond Asterix and Tintin. I came across Guido Crepax on the Fantagraphics website.
I did some research and sampled some pages online, and while I can appreciate he's a master of the craft, I feel a bit ashamed that I don't think I could convince anyone, be it my wife, family, or friends, that it's high art or worthy of deep study/introspection, which I associate more with Fantagraphics than say Marvel or DC. Though I'm aware of the Fantagraphics "Underground" line and that they've published Johnny Ryan, lol.
I guess I'm just rambling a bit here but I'm curious what your take on it it. Nudity in a museum as fine art, or lower on the artistic expression totem pole?
u/ShangoX3 — 2 days ago
Just a fun McFarlane cover you don't see often
u/ShangoX3 — 3 days ago
Introducing Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez's Love and Rockets (interior ad from Amazing Heroes #10, April 1982)
It was still about four months before Love and Rockets #1 officially came out.
u/Mt548 — 4 days ago
Ghost World - Daniel Clowes
Copped this from my used books place yesterday. It's not everyday you stumble on graphic novels on my side of town. Don't know the writer but I love Fantagraphics, the publisher, so I had to have it.
Has anyone else read it? I totally love the illustration style. Reminds me a little of Chris Ware. Just a little.
u/ShangoX3 — 6 days ago
Out this week: How I Make Comics by Kim Deitch; Fungae by Wojtek Wawszczyk and Tomasz Lew Lesniak; Breakthrough: A Life on the Brink by Christopher Fink; Our Little Wild Time by Fred Noland; The Book of Murmurs by Candice Purwin
u/ShangoX3 — 5 days ago
Life and times deluxe edition
Hello everybody. I’ve been considering purchasing the Deluxe edition of life and times of Scrooge mcDuck. Most sites have prices that are totally absurd while others have more reasonable ones although saying is a back order. I have asked a few and said that their supplier has a few open orders waiting for inventory restocking. Is there any chance that these back orders may be fulfilled? I know the book is no longer printed after the 2023 Disney censorship, I am just thinking if there is any possibility of a stock waiting to be sold. Also what are your thoughts on this edition ?
Kindly thank you all.
u/Creative_Travel9268 — 8 days ago
Kirby colors on John Severin (p) and Will Elder (i)
If you saw the Steranko's speech at the Kirby street sign ceremony, he mentioned being amazed at Kirby's coloring abilities. This is the original art from the cover Prize Comics Western no.89 (1951) that Kirby colored and displayed in his kitchen. The printed cover is from Fantagraphics The John Severin Western, a great book for Severin and Golden Age fans.
u/ShangoX3 — 8 days ago
The Lost Worlds of George Metzger
This is the big collection of George’s work published by Fantagraphics in 2024. George was born in the States but has lived in Vancouver since the 70s. Attached are pages from Truckin’, Mu: The Land That Never Was, and Fog City Comics.
u/CBLCanada — 8 days ago
I can’t believe this book finally came out in English!
I actually started doing French Duolingo during the pandemic because I wanted to read the ending so bad. I didn’t make it too far. Now I’m glad all that laziness finally paid off for me! Can‘t wait to jump in!
u/PinMaximum1018 — 10 days ago
Fantagraphics at 50: Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds on Keeping Classic Comics Alive
panelsandprose.comu/Mt548 — 9 days ago
The Life And Legend Of Wallace Wood
Just picked these up. He was a…complicated guy.
u/Miniscule_Platypus — 10 days ago
Clowes signed Lloyd Llewellyn print
Circa 1987? “This is an official Lloyd print, limited to 600 copies, and signed by the author, Mr. Daniel Clowes, Genius.”
u/ShangoX3 — 13 days ago
I just read the two volumes that have been translated into English and I love them. The art, humor and characters are great. Is there any chance that Fantagraphics will translate any more volumes?
u/Riddick_B_Riddick — 10 days ago
Back in stock for anyone that may have missed the first print run
u/Character_Tackle_423 — 13 days ago
The first page from "Extend the Hand of Love to All Who Can Use It" by Gilbert Hernandez- a story featuring Roy
from Goody Good Comics (2000); also in Comics Dementia
u/ShangoX3 — 12 days ago