Summer Reading

"...Fantagraphics, 14 pp., $9.95 (paper) It could be, fellow traveler,..."

June 9, 2006 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Words & Pictures by Martin Wagner

"...Stalwart alternative comics publisher Fantagraphics Books has now signed Ware, and is releasing both..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

This Week's Recommended Arts Events

On walls, on screens, and in crates, get some culture this week

"...Grab Free Comic Book Day specials from Archie, Dynamite, Fantagraphics, IDW, Marvel and more, including a special Star Wars..."

May 3, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A New Chapter for Austin’s Small Bookstores

From serving neighborhoods to serving wine, how innovative local booksellers are filling the shelves

"...comics, and minicomics. Not just the hipster sensations from Fantagraphics or Drawn & Quarterly, which are there, but smaller..."

Nov. 10, 2023 Arts Feature by Joe Gross

Owen Kline Turns the Funny Pages

New movie looks at the grotesque and absurd sides of collection

"...all the while, actual alternative comics from publishers like Fantagraphics and Drawn & Quarterly were selling a fraction of..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Perfect Date Night Is In the Details

A sort of recipe for showing your beloved (and yourself) some love

"...you recall the artist’s earlier House of Women from Fantagraphics and are glad that Top Shelf Comics has done..."

Sept. 22, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Zack Carlson Cracks the Vault on Terror Tuesdays at the Drafthouse

Wild and weird movie expert on the underground horror phenom

"...a Bleeding Skull book coming out this year through Fantagraphics in Seattle...."

Jan. 29, 2019 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Eating My Way Through Two and a Half Decades of Comics

The Drawn and Quarterly 25th Anniversary Anthology

"...I’ve reviewed a fair amount of titles from Drawn..."

June 5, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Jillian Tamaki Schools Up Some Wicked Bittersweet Humor

SuperMutant Magic Academy, FTW

"...Tamaki, who recently received a Caldecott Honor for the..."

April 30, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Strong and Talented and Young

Austin's Raw Paw collective inhales life, exhales art

"...in a collection from, say, Drawn & Quarterly or Fantagraphics. And the thing's printed on a Risograph, Kauber's thin..."

Dec. 26, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Three Cheers for Reading

Our favorite books of 2013

"...Genius continues to blossom at Fantagraphics – which released Dash Shaw's New School to intrigue,..."

Jan. 3, 2014 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...in Action Time Buddies. On a more classical note, Fantagraphics digs into the archives for Prince Valiant, while Action..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

There's This 35-Year-Old Who's Totally Into Graphic Novels …

… and its name is Austin Books & Comics!

"...both, from the likes of Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics and Top Shelf and PictureBox and Oni and First..."

Aug. 30, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Some Kind of Troll Inside Domy Books

Yes, some kind of hideous, godforsaken troll

"...Blexbolex's new No Man's Land and the latest from Fantagraphics in stock. Or how the store's now carrying titles..."

July 6, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Bedside Manner

So I'm trying this new thing …

"...And Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things (Fantagraphics Books) arrived today; it's a spinoff from the website..."

June 12, 2012 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

It's Free Comic Book Day

The where, what and how of comic collectors' favorite Saturday

"...Drawn & Quarterly: Marble Season Preview; Moomin Color Special Fantagraphics Books: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Family Comics; Crockett Johnson's..."

May 5, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...for the rights of sex workers. Dave McKean's Celluloid (Fantagraphics), on the other hand, is an unfettered erotic fantasy..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Ax-Wielding 101

Manga Beyond the Norm, in Excellent Paperback Form

"...Look: They’ve got Sean Michael Wilson as editor for..."

Dec. 8, 2010 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

BodyWorld

Dash Shaw's new graphic novel is a twisted masterpiece of storytelling built from stunning visuals and panel-manipulation

"...whose first full-length graphic novel, Bottomless Belly Button (from Fantagraphics), was a black-and-white foreshadowing of what he's capable of..."

April 23, 2010 Books Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

New in Graphic Novels

The Chronicle Comics & Manga Team hunts down some inky delights

"...of Brooklyn. The production values here aren't at the Fantagraphics or D&Q level of high-grade papers and total-spectrum ink..."

May 7, 2009 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mr. Brown Will Come to Town

Comic-book creator Jeffrey Brown is a featured guest at this year's Staple! The Independent Media Expo

"...out by Top Shelf and Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics is what I keep up with. And once in..."

March 6, 2009 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Spandex Not Required

Comic-Con 2008

"...inspiring number of self-publishers and long-running independent heroes like Fantagraphics and Last Gasp, who continually show up each year..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Screens Feature by Zack Carlson

Also New in Graphic Novels

"...The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8by Thomas Ott Fantagraphics Books, 142 pp., $28.95..."

July 11, 2008 Books Review by Rick Klaw

Your Library Wants These Bad

How do we recommend these books highly enough? What miracles of precision can be created with pen-and-ink?

"...be done. The Education of Hopey Glassby Jaime Hernandez Fantagraphics, 114pp., $19.99..."

May 2, 2008 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Funeral of the Heart

Candidly morbid is perhaps the best way to describe Leah Hayes' five fairy-tale-ish stories

"...Funeral of the Heartby Leah Hayes Fantagraphics, 120 pp., $14.95 (paper)..."

March 14, 2008 Books Review by Sofia Resnick

Maakies' Daddy in the House

Austin Books & Comics hosts Tony Millionaire

"...with Billy Hazelnuts in hardcover via indy comics powerhouse Fantagraphics, with a panoply of sharp and shining merch available..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'Za Gotcha

Austin's Pizza doesn't suck, though their old logo lead Brenner to think otherwise.

"...It makes the gorge rise, doesn't it? It's a..."

Nov. 7, 2007 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Comic Book Day: Hey kids! Free books with words and pictures!

Free Comic Book Day, which began with the opening of the first Spider-Man film, has been so successful for the comics industry that it's still here for Spidey's second sequel

"...Owly! Mickey Mouse meets Robin Hood! Pirates vs. Ninjas! Fantagraphics offers a look back at 100 rarely reprinted strips..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Man and Myth

Comic-book artist Dean Haspiel set to attend Staple! Independent Media Expo

"...Shelf and Alternative Comics, I've been in anthologies by Fantagraphics, AdHouse Books, and so on. But these days I'm..."

March 2, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Best Books of 2006

"...expanded the parameters of storytelling and elegant presentation; Schizo (Fantagraphics) by Ivan Brunetti was a tureen of bitter ambrosia...."

Jan. 5, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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