Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, graphic novels, and the adult-oriented Eros Comix imprint. Fantagraphics Books logo from http://www. ... The term alternative comics is one of several labels applied to a range of comics that have appeared since about 1980, in the wake of the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 70s. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ... A collection of magazines A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers. ... Trade paperback of Will Eisners A Contract with God (1978), often mistakenly cited as the first graphic novel. ... Eros Comix. ...

The company, located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Mike Catron. Kim Thompson joined the company not long after meeting Groth, then in College Park, Maryland, in the summer of 1977, and the two became co-owners. In 2003, the company nearly went out of business due to the failure of its then-distributor to the book trade. In the end a restructuring and an appeal to comic book fandom that resulted in a huge number of orders placed by concerned fans brought the company back from the brink. Maple Leaf is a neighborhood in Seattle. ... Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Emerald City Location Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Washington King County Incorporated December 2, 1869 Mayor Greg Nickels Geographical characteristics Area     City 369. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Gary Groth (born 1954) is an American comic book publisher, critic, editor in chief of the Comics Journal and co-founder of Fantagraphics Books. ... Motto: Nickname: Map Political Statistics Founded 1856 Incorporated 1945 Prince Georges County Mayor Stephen A. Brayman Geographic Statistics Area  - Total  - Land  - Water 14. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While Fantagraphics, which has published such critically acclaimed and award-winning series and graphic novels as Ghost World, Hate and Love and Rockets, is dedicated to promoting comics as an art form, the company for many years was financially dependent on its pornographic Eros imprint. After restructuring, the company has found greater success through such hardcover collections as The Complete Peanuts. Book cover Ghost World is a set of comics stories by Daniel Clowes, usually presented as a graphic novel. ... Hate is a humorous, cynical, semi-autobiographical comic book by Peter Bagge, published by Fantagraphics Books. ... Love and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez -- sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros. ... Pornography (from Greek πορνογραφια pornographia — literally writing about or drawings of harlots) is the representation of the human body or human sexual behaviour with the goal of sexual arousal, similar to, but (according to some) distinct from, erotica. ... A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) book is bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with cloth or heavy paper) and a stitched spine. ... Charlie Brown is the principal character of the Peanuts comic strip. ...

Fantagraphics titles are distributed by W. W. Norton & Company. W. W. Norton & Company is an American book publishing company that has remained independent since its founding. ...

Publications

This list is incomplete

COMICS

• Acme Novelty Library
• The Adventures of Captain Jack
• Angry Youth Comics
• Critters
• Doofus
• Eightball
• Evil Eye
• Fission Chicken
• Frank
• Hate
• Jim
• Journey
• Love and Rockets
• Meatcake
• Neat Stuff
• Raisin Pie
• The Stuff of Dreams
• Usagi Yojimbo (up to volume 7)

MAGAZINES The cover ACME Novelty Library issue 15 Acme Novelty Library is a singular and artistically adventurous comic book created by Chicago cartoonist Chris Ware and published by Fantagraphics Books. ... The Adventures of Captain Jack is a furry comic book created by Mike Kazaleh about the misadventures of a shady private starship captain and his misfit crew. ... Angry Youth Comics is an adult humor comic-book written and drawn by Johnny Ryan. ... Critters #1 featuring the feature characters of the strips, Usagi Yojimbo, Birthright and Cutey Bunny. For the horror films see Critters (film series) Critters was a furry anthology comic book published by Fantagraphics Books from 1985 to 1990 under the editorship of Kim Thompson. ... Doofus is an alternative comic by Rick Altergott about two foolish creeps, Doofus and his pal Henry Hotchkiss, and their adventures in Flowertown U.S.A. Admirers of Doofus praise it as one of the 20th centurys last great humor strips. ... Eightball is an alternative comic book series written and drawn by Daniel Clowes. ... John Phillip, The Evil Eye (1859), a self-portrait depicting the artist sketching a Spanish gypsy who thinks she is being given the evil eye The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore, in which it is believed that the envy elicited by the good luck of fortunate... Fission Chicken has problems with the TV. Art by J.P. Morgan. ... Frank is a cartoon character created by Jim Woodring. ... Hate is a humorous, cynical, semi-autobiographical comic book by Peter Bagge, published by Fantagraphics Books. ... Jim was a comic book series by Jim Woodring, which the artist described as an autojournal. It contained comics on a variety of subjects, many based on dreams, as well as surrealist drawings and free-form text which resembled automatic writing. ... Love and Rockets is a black and white comic book series by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez -- sometimes cited jointly as Los Bros. ... Peter Bagges first one-man comics anthology (there would be many more) was first published by Fantagraphics in the mid-1980s, and introduced the unsuspecting public to Bagges manic style of cartooning and black-humoured prose. ... Usagi Yojimbo book 11: Seasons Usagi Yojimbo (Literally Rabbit Bodyguard, can be written うさぎ用心棒 or 兎用心棒 Usagi Yojimbo) is a comic book series created by Stan Sakai. ...

• 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

GRAPHIC NOVELS Amazing Heroes was a magazine about the comic book medium that was published by Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. ... The Comics Journal is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books and strips, renowned for its in-depth interviews, often scathing reviews, and an editorial ethos that views comics as a fine art deserving of broader cultural respect. ... Issue 2 of Honk magazine Honk! was an American magazine produced in the 1980s by |Fantagraphics, featuring reviews of graphic novels, satirical articles, and comic strips. ...

• Palomar

CLASSIC COMICS COMPILATIONS Palomar (subtitled The Heartbreak Soup Stories) is the title of a graphic novel written and drawn by Gilbert Hernandez and published in 2003 by Fantagraphics Books (ISBN 1560975393). ...

• The Complete Crumb Comics
• Dennis the Menace
• Krazy Kat
• The Complete Peanuts

Self-portrait. ... Dennis the Menace is a comic strip (single panel on weekdays, full strip on Sundays) originally created by Hank Ketcham. ... Detail of a Sunday page in which Ignatz, disguised as a painting, hurls a brick at Krazy Kat, who interprets it as an expression of love. ... Charlie Brown is the principal character of the Peanuts comic strip. ...

External links

• Fantagraphics Books