FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

'Fantagraphics Books' is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint.
The company is currently located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington

Contents

Company history

Publications

Comics

Anthologies

Magazines

Graphic novels

Classic comics compilations

External links

Company history

Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Mike Catron at College Park, Maryland. Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, and became a co-owner with Groth.
While Fantagraphics is dedicated to promoting comics as an art form and has published critically acclaimed and award-winning series and graphic novels such as ''Ghost World'', ''Hate'' and ''Love and Rockets'', for many years it was financially dependent on its pornographic Eros imprint.
In 2003 Fantagraphics almost went out of business, losing over $60,000 in the wake of debtor and book trade distributor Seven Hills Distribution's 2002 bankruptcy. ^[1] Fantagraphics was saved by a restructuring and a successful appeal to comic book fandom that resulted in a huge number of orders. After restructuring, the company has had greater success with such hardcover collections as ''The Complete Peanuts'', distributed by W. W. Norton & Company.
In 2006, Fantagraphics opened its own retail store in Seattle.

Publications

Comics

★ ''Acme Novelty Library''

★ ''Artbabe''

★ ''The Adventures of Captain Jack''

★ ''Angry Youth Comics''

★ ''Anything Goes!''

★ ''Black Hole''

★ ''Castle Waiting''

★ ''Critters''

★ ''Dalgoda''

★ ''Doofus''

★ ''Eightball''

★ ''The Eye of Mongombo''

★ ''Evil Eye''

★ ''Fission Chicken''

★ ''Frank''

★ ''Good Girls

★ ''Grit Bath''

★ ''Hate''

★ ''Jim''

★ ''Journey''

★ ''La Perdida''

★ ''Love and Rockets''

★ ''Meatcake''

★ ''Naughty Bits''

★ ''Neat Stuff''

★ ''Poor Arnold's Almanac''

★ ''Raisin Pie''

★ ''Real Stuff''

★ ''Schizo''

★ ''Stinz''

★ ''The Stuff of Dreams''

★ ''Uptight''

★ ''Usagi Yojimbo'' (up to volume 7)

★ ''Tales Designed to Thrizzle''

Anthologies

★ ''Snake Eyes''

★ ''Pictopia''

★ ''Graphic Story Monthly''

★ ''Hotwire Comix & Capers''

★ ''BLAB!''

★ ''MOME''

★ ''Blood Orange''

★ ''Zero Zero''

Magazines

★ ''Amazing Heroes'' - a defunct publication devoted mostly to mainstream comics

★ ''The Comics Journal'' — magazine of comics news and criticism

★ ''Honk'' - magazine of comics news and criticism

★ ''Nemo, the Classic Comics Library'' - a defunct magazine devoted to classic comics

Graphic novels

★ ''King'' by Ho Che Anderson

★ ''Ghost World'' by Dan Clowes

★ ''Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron'' by Dan Clowes

★ ''Palomar'' by Gilbert Hernandez

★ ''Locas'' by Jaime Hernandez

★ ''Palestine'' by Joe Sacco

★ ''Safe Area Goražde'' by Joe Sacco

★ ''Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth'' by Chris Ware

Classic comics compilations

★ ''The Complete Crumb Comics''

★ ''Dennis the Menace''

★ ''Feiffer: The Collected Works''

★ ''Krazy Kat''

★ ''Little Orphan Annie''

★ ''The Complete Peanuts''

★ ''Pogo''

★ ''The Complete E. C. Segar Popeye''

★ ''Powerhouse Pepper''

★ ''Prince Valiant''

External links

★ Fantagraphics Books - official website