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Fantagraphics

January 01, 1970

Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and (formerly) the erotic Eros Comix imprint.

Fantagraphics
Founded1976
FounderGary Groth
Michael Catron
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationSeattle, Washington
DistributionW. W. Norton & Company (United States)
Diamond Book Distributors (Canada)[1]
Turnaround Publisher Services (United Kingdom)[2]
Key peopleGary Groth
Kim Thompson
Eric Reynolds
Publication typesBooks, comic books, magazines
ImprintsEros Comix
Ignatz Series
Redbeard Inc.
Official websitefantagraphics.com

History edit

Founding edit

 
The Fantagraphics booth at the Stumptown Comics Fest 2006

Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park, Maryland. The company took over an adzine named The Nostalgia Journal, which it renamed The Comics Journal.[3][dead link]

As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years."[4] Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, using his inheritance to keep the company afloat.[4] (He soon became a co-owner.)[5]

The company moved from Washington, D.C., to Stamford, Connecticut, to Los Angeles over its early years, before settling in Seattle in 1989.[6]

Beginning in 1981 Fantagraphics (under its Redbeard Inc. imprint)[7] published Amazing Heroes, a magazine which examined comics from a hobbyist's point of view,[8] as another income stream to supplement The Comics Journal.[9] Amazing Heroes ran for 204 issues (plus a number of specials and annuals), folding with its July 1992 issue.[10]

Comics publisher edit

Beginning in 1979, Fantagraphics began publishing comics, starting with Jay Disbrow's The Flames of Gyro.[11] They gained wider recognition in 1982 by publishing the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets,[12] and moved on to such critically acclaimed and award-winning series as Acme Novelty Library, Eightball, and Hate.

The company moved operations to Greater Los Angeles in 1984.[6]

Catron acted as Fantagraphics' co-publisher until 1985 (also handling advertising and circulation for The Comics Journal from 1982 to 1985), when he left the company.[13]

The Kirby Award and the Harvey Award edit

From 1985 to 1987, Fantagraphics coordinated and presented (through their magazine Amazing Heroes) The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books, voted on by comic-book professionals. The Kirby Award was managed by Dave Olbrich, a Fantagraphics employee (and later publisher of Malibu Comics). In 1987, a dispute arose when Olbrich and Fantagraphics each claimed ownership of the awards.[14] A compromise was reached, and, starting in 1988, the Kirby Award was discontinued and two new awards were created:[15] the Eisner Award, managed by Olbrich; and the Fantagraphics-managed Harvey Award, named for cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman.

Relocation to Seattle edit

In 1989, Fantagraphics relocated from Los Angeles to its current location in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.[6]

In 1990, the publisher introduced Eros Comix, a lucrative line of erotic comics that provided a replacement revenue stream for Amazing Heroes and which helped the company again avoid bankruptcy.[4]

Longtime employee Eric Reynolds joined Fantagraphics in 1993, first as news editor for The Comics Journal from 1993, before moving to marketing and promotion in 1996.[16] Groth and Thompson acknowledged Reynolds was key to the company's rise to profitability.[17]

Tom Spurgeon, later known as the publisher of The Comics Reporter, was editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999.[18]

Financial ups and downs edit

In 1998, Fantagraphics was forced into a round of layoffs;[4] and in 2003 the company almost went out of business, losing over $60,000 in the wake of the 2002 bankruptcy of debtor and book trade distributor Seven Hills Distribution.[19] One employee quit during the subsequent downsizing while denouncing Fantagraphics' "disorganization and poor management."[4] Fantagraphics was saved by a restructuring and a successful appeal to comic book fandom that resulted in a huge number of orders.[4] After restructuring, the company has had greater success with such hardcover collections as The Complete Peanuts, distributed by W. W. Norton & Company.[6]

In 2009, Fantagraphics ceased publishing the print edition of The Comics Journal,[20] shifting from an eight-times a year publishing schedule to a larger, more elaborate, semi-annual format supported by a new website.[21][22]

European line edit

Starting in 2005, Fantagraphics began a European graphic novel line,[23] starting with the co-publication of the Ignatz Series, edited and produced by the Italian artist Igort. The publisher announced a deal with Jacques Tardi in March 2009 that would see co-publisher Thompson translate a large number of his books.[24]

New challenges edit

 
Larry Reid (left), manager and curator of the Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery with Martin Imbach, part owner of Georgetown Records, which shares the same storefront, in 2016

In 2006, Fantagraphics opened its own retail store, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood.

In 2009 Jacq Cohen started as the publicist for Fantagraphics.[25]

Co-publisher Kim Thompson left Fantagraphics due to illness in March 2013,[26] and died of lung cancer a few months later.[27] His absence left the company without a number of titles it had been counting on for the summer and fall of 2013;[23] and, in November, Fantagraphics started a Kickstarter campaign to raise $150,000, which it surpassed in four days.[23][28]

In August 2020 the company rebranded, from Fantagraphics Books to just Fantagraphics. At the same time it introduced a more compact logo featuring a stylized ink pen nib and a torch.[29]

Imprints edit

Ignatz Series edit

The Ignatz Series is an international comic imprint. It is published by Fantagraphics (U.S.), Avant Verlag (Germany), Vertige Graphic (France), Oog & Blik (Holland), Coconino Press (Italy), and Sinsentido (Spain). It is named for Ignatz Mouse, a character in the comic strip Krazy Kat.

The books in the Ignatz Series are designed midway between standard North American comic book pamphlet-size and graphic novel-size. Each title is 32 pages, two-color, saddle stitched, 81⁄2″ × 11″, with jacket, priced at $7.95.

The Ignatz collection is edited and produced by Italian artist Igort. Fantagraphics editor Kim Thompson frequently provided translations.

Eros Comix edit

Eros Comix was an adult-oriented imprint of Fantagraphics,[30] established in 1990 to publish pornographic comic books like Gilbert Hernandez' Birdland and reprints of work by Wally Wood and Frank Thorne.[31][32] Eventually, Eros added to its catalogue dozens of comics titles, over 40 collected editions, anime videos, DVDs, and books of erotic art and photography. The 2006 Eros Comix print catalog sold over 470 items, including adult comic books and humorous cheesecake-style comics often featuring pin-up girls like Bettie Page. The Eros Comix imprint was popular enough that it is credited with making Fantagraphics financially solvent.[33]

Notable Eros titles include Bill Willingham's Ironwood, SS Crompton's Demi the Demoness, Howard Chaykin's Black Kiss, Domino Lady; and the Italian series Djustine, Ramba, and Adult Frankenstein.

Writer-artist Tom Sutton contributed work to Eros titles under the pseudonym "Dementia".[34] Other contributors to Eros titles included Eric Stanton, Mary Fleener, Mikael Oskarsson, Bill Pearson, Malachy Coney, Richard Bassford, Gary Dumm, Frank Stack, Bob Fingerman, Molly Kiely, Yanick Paquette, Robert Peters, John Workman, Colleen Coover,[35] Marc Andreyko, Raulo Cáceres, Larry Fuller, Dennis Eichhorn, Dennis Cramer/Justine Mara Andersen,[36] Jon Macy, John Blackburn, and Greg Budgett.

Eros' MangErotica line featured translated hentai manga[37] by the likes of Isutoshi, Oh! great, Toshiki Yui, Teruo Kakuta, and Benkyo Tamaoki; and titles like Bondage Fairies, Hatsuinu, Hot Tails, A Strange Kind of Woman, Slut Girl, and Super Taboo.

In the beginning, there was some controversy over Eros titles featuring back cover ads with phone sex numbers.[38] In 1994, Eros editor Tom Verre was replaced by Jeremy Pinkham.[39]

By the late 1990s, the imprint was no longer profitable, and the publication of new material diminished rapidly.[40] The Eros Comix website was no longer being maintained by 2017; its titles no longer appear on the Fantagraphics website under that label.

Titles edit

Comics anthology magazines edit

  • Anything Goes!
  • BLAB!
  • Blood Orange
  • Critters
  • Ganzfeld
  • Graphic Story Monthly
  • Hotwire Comix and Capers
  • MOME
  • NOW
  • Pictopia
  • Prime Cuts
  • Snake Eyes
  • Zero Zero

Magazines edit

Comic book series edit

# series edit

0: Babel #1 by David B. [France]
  1. Baobab #1 by Igort [Italy]
  2. Insomnia #1 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.]
  3. Wish You Were Here #1: The Innocents by Gipi [Italy]
  4. Interiorae #1 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  5. Ganges #1 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.A.]
  6. Chimera #1 by Lorenzo Mattotti [Italy]
  7. Insomnia #2 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.]
  8. Babel #2 by David B. [France]
  9. Wish You Were Here #2: They Found the Car by Gipi [Italy]
  10. Reflections #1 by Marco Corona [Italy]
  11. Baobab #2 by Igort [Italy]
  12. Niger #1 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy]
  13. Delphine #1 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  14. New Tales of Old Palomar #1 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.]
  15. Interiorae #2 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  16. Calvario Hills #1 by Marti [Spain]
  17. The End #1 by Anders Nilsen [U.S.]
  18. Reflections #2 by Marco Corona [Italy]
  19. New Tales of Old Palomar #2 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.]
  20. Delphine #2 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  21. Sammy the Mouse #1 by Zak Sally [U.S.]
  22. Grotesque #1 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  23. Niger #2 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy]
  24. Reflections #3 by Marco Corona [Italy]
  25. Insomnia #3 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.]
  26. New Tales of Old Palomar #3 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.]
  27. Ganges #2 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.]
  28. Baobab #3 by Igort [Italy]
  29. Delphine #3 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  30. Grotesque #2 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  31. Interiorae #3 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  32. Sammy the Mouse #2 by Zak Sally [U.S.]
  33. Grotesque #3 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  34. Delphine #4 by Richard Sala [U.S.]
  35. Ganges #3 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.]
  36. Niger #3 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy]
  37. Grotesque #4 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy]
  38. Interiorae #4 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy]
  39. Sammy the Mouse #3 by Zak Sally [U.S.]
  40. Ganges #4 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.]
To be released
[when?]
  1. XX: Babel #3 by David B.
  2. XX: Baobab #4 by Igort [Italy]
  3. XX: Calvario Hills #2 by Marti
  4. XX: The End #2 by Anders Nilsen
  5. XX: Wish You Were Here #3 by Gipi [Italy]

Graphic novels edit

Classic comics compilations edit

Books edit

Eros Comix titles edit

MangErotica titles edit

  • Bondage Fairies (1996)
  • Hot Tails (1996)
  • Spunky Knight (1996)
  • Super Taboo (1996)
  • Secret Plot (1997)
  • Countdown: Sex Bomb (1997)
  • Misty Girl Extreme (1997)
  • Secret Plot Deep (1998)
  • Silky Whip by Oh! great (1998)
  • New Bondage Fairies: Fairie Fetish (1998)
  • Co-ed Sexxtacy (1999)
  • Slut Girl (2000)
  • Pink Sniper by Kengo Yonekura (2006)
  • Domin-8 Me! by Sesshu Takemura (2007, original title: Take On Me)
  • Milk Mama by Yukiyanagi (2008)
  • Love Selection by Gunma Kisaragi (2010)
  • Too Hot to Handle by Jogi Tsukino (2010, original title: ♭37 °C)
  • Love & Hate by Enomoto Heights (2011)
  • A Strange Kind of Woman by Inu (2011)

Recognition edit

Kirby Awards edit

1986

Note: In 1988, the Kirby Awards was disbanded and replaced by the Harvey and the Eisner Awards.

Eisner Awards edit

List of won Eisner Awards:[45][46][47][48]

Harvey Awards edit

List of won Harvey Awards:[49]

References edit

Notes edit

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  3. ^ "The Comics Journal #32 (January 1977)". The Comics Journal Message Board. ...transforming it from an adzine into a magazine of news and criticism that just happened to carry advertisements
  4. ^ a b c d e f Dean, Michael (July 11, 2003). "Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue". The Comics Journal.
  5. ^ Spurgeon, Tom; Covey, Jacob (2016). Comics As Art: We Told You So. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics. ISBN 978-1606999332.
  6. ^ a b c d Matos, Michelangelo (September 15, 2004). "Saved by the Beagle". Seattle Arts.
  7. ^ "Indicia". Amazing Heroes. No. 7. December 1981. p. 5.
  8. ^ Spurgeon and Dean, "'Everything was in Season.'" Kim Thompson: "We decided to do a magazine that would cover the mainstream in a more fannish manner."
  9. ^ Spurgeon and Dean, "'Everything was in Season.'" Kim Thompson: "If you want to look at it cynically, we set out to steal The Comic Reader's cheese. Which we did."
  10. ^ "Amazing Heroes Folding". Newswatch. The Comics Journal. No. 149. March 1992. p. 22.
  11. ^ "GCD :: Issue :: The Flames of Gyro". Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  12. ^ Schmidt, Joseph (January 18, 2017). "6 Alternative Comics Publishers You Need to Know — And Read". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  13. ^ "Mike Catron". Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
  14. ^ Olbrich, Dave (December 17, 2008). "The End of the Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards: A Lesson in Honesty". Funny Book Fanatic (Dave Olbrich official blog). from the original on June 24, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  15. ^ "Newswatch: Kirby Awards End In Controversy," The Comics Journal #122 (June 1988), pp. 19–20.
  16. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (January 4, 2008). "CR Holiday Interview #9: Eric Reynolds". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
  17. ^ Collins, Sean T. (March 2003). "Armed and Dangerous" (PDF). Wizard. No. 138. p. 43. Kim Thompson: 'By any standard, Eric's the stabilizing third wheel on the erratic Groth-Thompson bicycle.'
  18. ^ "Comics Reporter Blog Reaches Anniversary". Editor & Publisher. October 10, 2007.
  19. ^ Dean, Michael (August 30, 2002). "Seven Hills Follows LPC into Limbo, Marvel Abandons Diamond for CDS". The Comics Journal.
  20. ^ . The Comics Journal. No. 300. Archived from the original on April 30, 2012.
  21. ^ Phegley, Kiel (October 30, 2009). "Rethinking 'The Comics Journal'". Comic Book Resources.
  22. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (October 27, 2009). "TCJ Moves More Dramatically On-Line; Print Version To Come Out Two Times A Year". The Comics Reporter.
  23. ^ a b c Kozinn, Allan. "Fantagraphics Seeks Support With a Kickstarter Campaign," New York Times (November 6, 2013)
  24. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (March 9, 2009). "CR Newsmaker: Kim Thompson On Fantagraphics Publishing Jacques Tardi". The Comics Reporter. Retrieved March 15, 2010.
  25. ^ "The Comics Reporter". www.comicsreporter.com. Retrieved September 21, 2023.
  26. ^ Ulin, David L. "Jacket Copy: Fantagraphics' co-publisher Kim Thompson has lung cancer," Los Angeles Times (March 7, 2013).
  27. ^ "Obituary: Kim Thompson, 1956-2013". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  28. ^ Melrose, Kevin. "Fantagraphics surpasses its $150,000 Kickstarter goal," November 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Robot6 (November 12, 2013).
  29. ^ . CBR. August 18, 2020. Archived from the original on October 13, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  30. ^ Wong, Alex (December 13, 2016). "40 Years Later, Fantagraphics Is Still the Most Progressive Force in Comics: Shut out from the DC & Marvel Universe, alternative comics find a home at Fantagraphics". Complex.
  31. ^ "Newsline". Amazing Heroes. No. 180. Fantagraphics Books. June 1990.
  32. ^ Groth, Gary (April 1991). "Confessions of a Smut Peddler: On the Creation of Eros Comix". The Comics Journal. No. 143. pp. 5–7.
  33. ^ Booker, M. Keith, ed. (2014). Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-0313397516.
  34. ^ "An Odd Man Out: Tom Sutton". The Comics Journal. No. 230. Interviewed by Gary Groth. Seattle, Washington: Fantagraphics Books. February 2001. from the original on November 26, 2012.
  35. ^ JOHNSON, CHELSEY (February 2002). "From the Vaults: A Toon Temptress in a Male Dominated Comics World: Chelsey Johnson talks with Colleen Coover about her lesbian porn comic Small Favors". Out.
  36. ^ "Mara Pitches In to Help CBLDF". Newswatch. The Comics Journal. No. 185. March 1996. p. 26.
  37. ^ Hennum, Shea (February 24, 2015). "Big in Japan: How Fantagraphics Started Publishing Manga and What It Means". Paste.
  38. ^ "1-900-Condemn". Newswatch. The Comics Journal. No. 149. March 1992. p. 26.
  39. ^ "New Eros Comics Editor". The Comics Journal. No. 168. May 1994. p. 39.
  40. ^ Dallas, Keith; Sacks, Jason (December 5, 2018). American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1990s. TwoMorrows Publishing. ISBN 978-1-60549-084-7.
  41. ^ The Eye of Mongombo at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on June 26, 2016.
  42. ^ Fantagraphics Looses the Beasts Again, Comic Book Resources, November 13, 2008
  43. ^ Jason Brice. . comicsbulletin.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  44. ^ "Karate Girl (Volume) - Comic Vine". comicvine.com. Retrieved August 23, 2015.
  45. ^ a b "1980s Recipients". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on July 4, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  46. ^ "1990s Recipients". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  47. ^ "2000s". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  48. ^ "2010-Present". Comic-Con International: San Diego. December 2, 2012.[permanent dead link]
  49. ^ . Harvey Awards. October 5, 2018. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

Sources edit

  • Spurgeon, Tom; Dean, Michael (December 8, 2016). "'EVERYTHING WAS IN SEASON': FANTAGRAPHICS FROM 1978–1984". The Comics Journal.

External links edit

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This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article April 2024 Fantagraphics previously Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics classic comic strip anthologies manga magazines graphic novels and formerly the erotic Eros Comix imprint FantagraphicsFounded1976FounderGary GrothMichael CatronCountry of originUnited StatesHeadquarters locationSeattle WashingtonDistributionW W Norton amp Company United States Diamond Book Distributors Canada 1 Turnaround Publisher Services United Kingdom 2 Key peopleGary GrothKim ThompsonEric ReynoldsPublication typesBooks comic books magazinesImprintsEros ComixIgnatz SeriesRedbeard Inc Official websitefantagraphics wbr com Contents 1 History 1 1 Founding 1 2 Comics publisher 1 3 The Kirby Award and the Harvey Award 1 4 Relocation to Seattle 1 5 Financial ups and downs 1 6 European line 1 7 New challenges 2 Imprints 2 1 Ignatz Series 2 2 Eros Comix 3 Titles 3 1 Comics anthology magazines 3 2 Magazines 3 3 Comic book series 3 4 series 3 5 Graphic novels 3 6 Classic comics compilations 3 7 Books 3 8 Eros Comix titles 3 8 1 MangErotica titles 4 Recognition 4 1 Kirby Awards 4 2 Eisner Awards 4 3 Harvey Awards 5 References 5 1 Notes 5 2 Sources 6 External linksHistory editFounding edit nbsp The Fantagraphics booth at the Stumptown Comics Fest 2006 Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park Maryland The company took over an adzine named The Nostalgia Journal which it renamed The Comics Journal 3 dead link As comics journalist and former Fantagraphics employee Michael Dean writes the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years 4 Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977 using his inheritance to keep the company afloat 4 He soon became a co owner 5 The company moved from Washington D C to Stamford Connecticut to Los Angeles over its early years before settling in Seattle in 1989 6 Beginning in 1981 Fantagraphics under its Redbeard Inc imprint 7 published Amazing Heroes a magazine which examined comics from a hobbyist s point of view 8 as another income stream to supplement The Comics Journal 9 Amazing Heroes ran for 204 issues plus a number of specials and annuals folding with its July 1992 issue 10 Comics publisher edit Beginning in 1979 Fantagraphics began publishing comics starting with Jay Disbrow s The Flames of Gyro 11 They gained wider recognition in 1982 by publishing the Hernandez brothers Love and Rockets 12 and moved on to such critically acclaimed and award winning series as Acme Novelty Library Eightball and Hate The company moved operations to Greater Los Angeles in 1984 6 Catron acted as Fantagraphics co publisher until 1985 also handling advertising and circulation for The Comics Journal from 1982 to 1985 when he left the company 13 The Kirby Award and the Harvey Award edit From 1985 to 1987 Fantagraphics coordinated and presented through their magazine Amazing Heroes The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books voted on by comic book professionals The Kirby Award was managed by Dave Olbrich a Fantagraphics employee and later publisher of Malibu Comics In 1987 a dispute arose when Olbrich and Fantagraphics each claimed ownership of the awards 14 A compromise was reached and starting in 1988 the Kirby Award was discontinued and two new awards were created 15 the Eisner Award managed by Olbrich and the Fantagraphics managed Harvey Award named for cartoonist Harvey Kurtzman Relocation to Seattle edit In 1989 Fantagraphics relocated from Los Angeles to its current location in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle Washington 6 In 1990 the publisher introduced Eros Comix a lucrative line of erotic comics that provided a replacement revenue stream for Amazing Heroes and which helped the company again avoid bankruptcy 4 Longtime employee Eric Reynolds joined Fantagraphics in 1993 first as news editor for The Comics Journal from 1993 before moving to marketing and promotion in 1996 16 Groth and Thompson acknowledged Reynolds was key to the company s rise to profitability 17 Tom Spurgeon later known as the publisher of The Comics Reporter was editor of The Comics Journal from 1994 to 1999 18 Financial ups and downs edit In 1998 Fantagraphics was forced into a round of layoffs 4 and in 2003 the company almost went out of business losing over 60 000 in the wake of the 2002 bankruptcy of debtor and book trade distributor Seven Hills Distribution 19 One employee quit during the subsequent downsizing while denouncing Fantagraphics disorganization and poor management 4 Fantagraphics was saved by a restructuring and a successful appeal to comic book fandom that resulted in a huge number of orders 4 After restructuring the company has had greater success with such hardcover collections as The Complete Peanuts distributed by W W Norton amp Company 6 In 2009 Fantagraphics ceased publishing the print edition of The Comics Journal 20 shifting from an eight times a year publishing schedule to a larger more elaborate semi annual format supported by a new website 21 22 European line edit Starting in 2005 Fantagraphics began a European graphic novel line 23 starting with the co publication of the Ignatz Series edited and produced by the Italian artist Igort The publisher announced a deal with Jacques Tardi in March 2009 that would see co publisher Thompson translate a large number of his books 24 New challenges edit nbsp Larry Reid left manager and curator of the Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery with Martin Imbach part owner of Georgetown Records which shares the same storefront in 2016 In 2006 Fantagraphics opened its own retail store Fantagraphics Bookstore amp Gallery in Seattle s Georgetown neighborhood In 2009 Jacq Cohen started as the publicist for Fantagraphics 25 Co publisher Kim Thompson left Fantagraphics due to illness in March 2013 26 and died of lung cancer a few months later 27 His absence left the company without a number of titles it had been counting on for the summer and fall of 2013 23 and in November Fantagraphics started a Kickstarter campaign to raise 150 000 which it surpassed in four days 23 28 In August 2020 the company rebranded from Fantagraphics Books to just Fantagraphics At the same time it introduced a more compact logo featuring a stylized ink pen nib and a torch 29 Imprints editIgnatz Series edit The Ignatz Series is an international comic imprint It is published by Fantagraphics U S Avant Verlag Germany Vertige Graphic France Oog amp Blik Holland Coconino Press Italy and Sinsentido Spain It is named for Ignatz Mouse a character in the comic strip Krazy Kat The books in the Ignatz Series are designed midway between standard North American comic book pamphlet size and graphic novel size Each title is 32 pages two color saddle stitched 81 2 11 with jacket priced at 7 95 The Ignatz collection is edited and produced by Italian artist Igort Fantagraphics editor Kim Thompson frequently provided translations Eros Comix edit Eros Comix was an adult oriented imprint of Fantagraphics 30 established in 1990 to publish pornographic comic books like Gilbert Hernandez Birdland and reprints of work by Wally Wood and Frank Thorne 31 32 Eventually Eros added to its catalogue dozens of comics titles over 40 collected editions anime videos DVDs and books of erotic art and photography The 2006 Eros Comix print catalog sold over 470 items including adult comic books and humorous cheesecake style comics often featuring pin up girls like Bettie Page The Eros Comix imprint was popular enough that it is credited with making Fantagraphics financially solvent 33 Notable Eros titles include Bill Willingham s Ironwood SS Crompton s Demi the Demoness Howard Chaykin s Black Kiss Domino Lady and the Italian series Djustine Ramba and Adult Frankenstein Writer artist Tom Sutton contributed work to Eros titles under the pseudonym Dementia 34 Other contributors to Eros titles included Eric Stanton Mary Fleener Mikael Oskarsson Bill Pearson Malachy Coney Richard Bassford Gary Dumm Frank Stack Bob Fingerman Molly Kiely Yanick Paquette Robert Peters John Workman Colleen Coover 35 Marc Andreyko Raulo Caceres Larry Fuller Dennis Eichhorn Dennis Cramer Justine Mara Andersen 36 Jon Macy John Blackburn and Greg Budgett Eros MangErotica line featured translated hentai manga 37 by the likes of Isutoshi Oh great Toshiki Yui Teruo Kakuta and Benkyo Tamaoki and titles like Bondage Fairies Hatsuinu Hot Tails A Strange Kind of Woman Slut Girl and Super Taboo In the beginning there was some controversy over Eros titles featuring back cover ads with phone sex numbers 38 In 1994 Eros editor Tom Verre was replaced by Jeremy Pinkham 39 By the late 1990s the imprint was no longer profitable and the publication of new material diminished rapidly 40 The Eros Comix website was no longer being maintained by 2017 its titles no longer appear on the Fantagraphics website under that label Titles editComics anthology magazines edit Anything Goes BLAB Blood Orange Critters Ganzfeld Graphic Story Monthly Hotwire Comix and Capers MOME NOW Pictopia Prime Cuts Snake Eyes Zero Zero Magazines edit Amazing Heroes 1981 1992 a defunct publication devoted mostly to mainstream comics The Comics Journal 1977 present magazine of comics news and criticism Honk 1986 1987 magazine of comics news and criticism Nemo the Classic Comics Library 1983 1990 a defunct magazine devoted to classic comics Comic book series edit Acme Novelty Library Artbabe The Adventures of Captain Jack Angry Youth Comix Big Mouth The Biologic Show Black Hole Castle Waiting Crap Cud Dalgoda Doofus Duplex Planet Illustrated Eightball The Eye of Mongombo 41 Evil Eye Fission Chicken Frank Ganges Good Girls Grit Bath Hate Hip Hop Family Tree Vol 1 4 by Ed Piskor Jim Jizz Journey La Perdida Love and Rockets Meatcake Mechanics Three issue miniseries Megahex Naughty Bits Neat Stuff The Nimrod Raisin Pie Real Stuff Schizo Shadowland Stinz The Stuff of Dreams Unsupervised Existence Uptight Usagi Yojimbo up to volume 7 Tales Designed to Thrizzle Wandering Son Weasel Whot Not Wuvable Oaf series edit 0 Babel 1 by David B France Baobab 1 by Igort Italy Insomnia 1 by Matt Broersma U K U S A Wish You Were Here 1 The Innocents by Gipi Italy Interiorae 1 by Gabriella Giandelli Italy Ganges 1 by Kevin Huizenga U S A Chimera 1 by Lorenzo Mattotti Italy Insomnia 2 by Matt Broersma U K U S A Babel 2 by David B France Wish You Were Here 2 They Found the Car by Gipi Italy Reflections 1 by Marco Corona Italy Baobab 2 by Igort Italy Niger 1 by Leila Marzocchi Italy Delphine 1 by Richard Sala U S New Tales of Old Palomar 1 by Gilbert Hernandez U S Interiorae 2 by Gabriella Giandelli Italy Calvario Hills 1 by Marti Spain The End 1 by Anders Nilsen U S Reflections 2 by Marco Corona Italy New Tales of Old Palomar 2 by Gilbert Hernandez U S Delphine 2 by Richard Sala U S Sammy the Mouse 1 by Zak Sally U S Grotesque 1 by Sergio Ponchione Italy Niger 2 by Leila Marzocchi Italy Reflections 3 by Marco Corona Italy Insomnia 3 by Matt Broersma U K U S A New Tales of Old Palomar 3 by Gilbert Hernandez U S Ganges 2 by Kevin Huizenga U S Baobab 3 by Igort Italy Delphine 3 by Richard Sala U S Grotesque 2 by Sergio Ponchione Italy Interiorae 3 by Gabriella Giandelli Italy Sammy the Mouse 2 by Zak Sally U S Grotesque 3 by Sergio Ponchione Italy Delphine 4 by Richard Sala U S Ganges 3 by Kevin Huizenga U S Niger 3 by Leila Marzocchi Italy Grotesque 4 by Sergio Ponchione Italy Interiorae 4 by Gabriella Giandelli Italy Sammy the Mouse 3 by Zak Sally U S Ganges 4 by Kevin Huizenga U S To be released when XX Babel 3 by David B XX Baobab 4 by Igort Italy XX Calvario Hills 2 by Marti XX The End 2 by Anders Nilsen XX Wish You Were Here 3 by Gipi Italy Graphic novels edit King by Ho Che Anderson Pixy by Max Andersson Ghost World by Dan Clowes Caricature by Dan Clowes Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Dan Clowes Patience by Dan Clowes Beasts by Jacob Covey 42 My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris Drawn to Berlin by Ali Fitzgerald The Wipeout by Francesca Ghermandi Black is the Color by Julia Gfrorer Laid Waste by Julia Gfrorer Amsterdam by Simon Hanselmann Megahex by Simon Hanselmann One More Year by Simon Hanselmann Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez Locas by Jaime Hernandez I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason 43 The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish Anywhere But Here by Miki Tori Palestine by Joe Sacco Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco Harum Scarum by Lewis Trondheim The Hoodoodad by Lewis Trondheim Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality by David Sandlin Weathercraft Congress of the Animals and Fran by Jim Woodring Frederick and Eloise A Love Story by Brian Biggs Classic comics compilations edit Disney comics The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Disney Masters The Don Rosa Library Walt Disney s Mickey Mouse Walt Disney s Uncle Scrooge amp Donald Duck Bear Mountain Tales Walt Disney s Silly Symphonies Other titles Barnaby Buz Sawyer Captain Easy The Complete Crumb Comics Dennis the Menace The EC Artists Library Feiffer The Collected Works Humbug Krazy Kat Little Nemo Little Orphan Annie Nancy The Complete Peanuts Pogo The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Poor Arnold s Almanac The Complete E C Segar Popeye Powerhouse Pepper Prince Valiant Sam s Strip Books edit Black Images in the Comics A Visual History by Fredrik Stromberg Blacklight The World of L B Cole by Bill Schelly Film Noir 101 The 101 Best Film Noir Posters from the 1940s amp 1950s by Mark Fertig Laura Warholic by Alexander Theroux 2007 Massive Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It edited by Anne Ishii Chip Kidd and Graham Kolbeins No Straight Lines edited by Justin Hall Significant Objects edited by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker Tales of Terror The EC Companion by Grant Geissman and Fred von Bernewitz Take That Adolf The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War by Mark Fertig Eros Comix titles edit Adult Frankenstein by Enrico Teodorani Aunts in your Pants by Enrico Teodorani Birdland by Gilbert Hernandez Elizabeth Bathory by Raulo Caceres Ironwood by Bill Willingham Karate Girl 44 Omaha the Cat Dancer by Kate Worley story and Reed Waller art Ramba by Rossi Delizia and Laurenti whose protagonist is an erotic Italian hitlady Small Favors by Colleen Coover Sticky by Dale Lazarov and Steve MacIsaac Submit by Silvano amp Enrico Teodorani Tales from the Clit by Enrico Teodorani Tijuana Bibles Untamed Love by Frank Frazetta Vladrushka and Rosa amp Annalisa by JLRoberson Wendy Whitebread by Don Simpson Wheela Biker Bitch of the Apocalypse by Enrico Teodorani MangErotica titles edit Bondage Fairies 1996 Hot Tails 1996 Spunky Knight 1996 Super Taboo 1996 Secret Plot 1997 Countdown Sex Bomb 1997 Misty Girl Extreme 1997 Secret Plot Deep 1998 Silky Whip by Oh great 1998 New Bondage Fairies Fairie Fetish 1998 Co ed Sexxtacy 1999 Slut Girl 2000 Pink Sniper by Kengo Yonekura 2006 Domin 8 Me by Sesshu Takemura 2007 original title Take On Me Milk Mama by Yukiyanagi 2008 Love Selection by Gunma Kisaragi 2010 Too Hot to Handle by Jogi Tsukino 2010 original title 37 C Love amp Hate by Enomoto Heights 2011 A Strange Kind of Woman by Inu 2011 Recognition editKirby Awards edit 1986 Best Black and White Comic Love and Rockets by Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez 45 Note In 1988 the Kirby Awards was disbanded and replaced by the Harvey and the Eisner Awards Eisner Awards edit List of won Eisner Awards 45 46 47 48 1994 Best Archival Collection Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol 6 by Winsor McCay 1995 Best Publication Design The Acme Novelty Library designed by Chris Ware 1996 Best Continuing Series Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware Best Archival Collection The Complete Crumb Comics Vol 11 by Robert Crumb Best Coloring Chris Ware The Acme Novelty Library Best Comics Related Publication Periodical The Comics Journal Best Publication Design The Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware 1997 Best Comics Related Periodical The Comics Journal Best Publication Design Acme Novelty Library Vol 7 1998 Best Coloring Chris Ware The Acme Novelty Library Best Comics Related Periodical The Comics Journal Best Comics Related Product Acme Novelty Library display stand designed by Chris Ware 1999 Best Comics Related Periodical The Comics Journal 2000 Best Continuing Series Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware Best Graphic Album New Acme Novelty Library Vol 13 by Chris Ware Best Writer Artist Dan Clowes Eightball 2001 Best Writer Artist Humor Tony Millionaire Maakies Best Coloring Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library 14 2002 Best Single Issue Eightball 22 by Dan Clowes Best Writer Artist Dan Clowes Eightball Best Publication Design Acme Novelty Library 15 designed by Chris Ware 2003 Best Single Issue or One Shot The Stuff of Dreams by Kim Deitch Best Archival Collection Project Krazy amp Ignatz by George Herriman Best Writer Artist Humor Tony Millionaire The House at Maakies Corner Best Comics Related Publication Periodical or Book B Krigstein Vol 1 by Greg Sadowski 2004 Best Archival Collection Project Krazy amp Ignatz 1929 1930 by George Herriman edited by Bill Blackbeard 2005 Best Single Issue or One Shot Eightball 23 The Death Ray by Dan Clowes Best Archival Collection Project The Complete Peanuts edited by Gary Groth Best Publication Design The Complete Peanuts designed by Seth 2007 Best Archival Collection Project Strips The Complete Peanuts 1959 1960 1961 1962 by Charles Schulz Best U S Edition of International Material The Left Bank Gang by Jason Best Writer Artist Humor Tony Millionaire Billy Hazelnuts 2008 Best Archival Collection Project Comic Books I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets by Fletcher Hanks Best U S Edition of International Material I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason 2009 Best U S Edition of International Material The Last Musketeer by Jason 2011 Best Reality Based Work It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi Best U S Edition of International Material It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi 2012 Best Archival Collection Project Comic Strips Walt Disney s Mickey Mouse Vols 1 2 by Floyd Gottfredson edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth 2013 Best Short Story Moon1969 The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch by Michael Kupperman in Tales Designed to Thrizzle 8 Best Archival Collection Project Strips Pogo Vol 2 Bona Fide Balderdash by Walt Kelly edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson 2014 Best Short Story Untitled by Gilbert Hernandez in Love and Rockets New Stories 6 Best U S Edition of International Material Goddam This War by Jacques Tardi and Jean Pierre Verney Best Writer Artist Jamie Hernandez Love and Rockets New Stories 6 2015 Best Reality Based Work Hip Hop Family Tree Vol 2 by Ed Piskor 2016 Best Archival Collection Project Strips The Eternaut by Hector German Oesterheld and Francisco Solana Lopez edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti Best Writer Artist Bill Griffith Invisible Ink My Mother s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist 2017 Best Archival Collection Project Comic Books at least 20 years old The Complete Wimmen s Comix edited by Trina Robbins Gary Groth and J Michael Catron 2018 Best Graphic Album New My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris Best U S Edition of International Material Run for It Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom by Marcelo D Salete translated by Andrea Rosenberg Best Writer Artist Emil Ferris My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Best Coloring Emil Ferris My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Best Comics Related Periodical Journalism The Comics Journal edited by Dan Nadel Timothy Hodler and Tucker Stone www tcj com Best Comics Related Book How to Read Nancy The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden Harvey Awards edit List of won Harvey Awards 49 1989 Best Writer Gilbert Hernandez Love and Rockets Best Continuing or Limited Series Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb 1990 Best Writer Gilbert Hernandez Love and Rockets Best New Series Eightball by Dan Clowes Best Continuing or Limited Series Love and Rockets by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez Best Single Issue or Story Eightball 1 by Dan Clowes Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay 1991 Best Cartoonist writer artist Peter Bagge Hate Best Letterer Dan Clowes Eightball Best New Series Hate by Peter Bagge Best Continuing or Limited Series Eightball by Dan Clowes Best Single Issue or Story Eightball 3 by Dan Clowes Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth and Helena Harvilicz Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb Special Award Excellence in Presentation The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay edited by Richard Marschall designed by Dale Crain 1992 Best Inker Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets Best Continuing or Limited Series Eightball by Dan Clowes edited by Gary Groth Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth Helena Harvilicz and Frank Young Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb Special Award Excellence in Presentation The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay edited by Richard Marschall art directed by Dale Crain 1993 Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth and Frank Young Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb 1994 Best American Edition of Foreign Material Billie Holiday by Jose Antonio Munoz and Carlos Sampayo edited by Gary Grot Robert Boyd and Kim Thompson Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Little Nemo In Slumberland Vol 6 by Winsor McCay edited by Bill Blackbeard packaged by Dale Crain 1995 Best New Series Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Crumb Comics by Robert Crumb edited by Gary Groth and Robert Boyd art direction by Mark Thompson Special Award Excellence in Presentation Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson 1996 Best Letterer Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best Colorist Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Crumb Comics Vol II by Robert Crumb edited by Mark Thompson Special Award Excellence in Presentation Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson art directed by Chris Ware 1997 Best Writer Daniel Clowes Eightball Best Letterer Dan Clowes Eightball Best Colorist Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best Continuing or Limited Series Eightball by Dan Clowes edited by Gary Groth Best Single Issue or Story Acme Novelty Library 13 by Chris Ware Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon Special Award Excellence in Presentation Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson art directed by Chris Ware 1998 Best Colorist Chris Ware his body of work in 1997 including Acme Novelty Library Best New Series Penny Century by Janime Hernandez edited by Gary Groth Best Single Issue or Story Eightball 18 by Dan Clowes edited by Gary Groth Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth Special Award Excellence in Presentation Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson art directed by Chris Ware 1999 Best Artist or Penciller Jaime Hernandez his body of work in 1998 including Penny Century Best Inker Charles Burns Black Hole Best Single Issue or Story Penny Century 3 Home School by Jaime Hernandez Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon Special Award Excellence in Presentation Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson art directed by Chris Ware 2000 Best Inker Jaime Hernandez Penny Century Best Letterer Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best Colorist Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best Cover Artist Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best New Series Weasel by Dave Cooper edited by Gary Groth Best Continuing or Limited Series Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson Best Single Issue or Story Acme Novelty Library 13 by Chris Ware Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal Special Award Excellence in Presentation Acme Novelty Library 13 by Chris Ware 2001 Best Artist or Penciller Jaime Hernandez Penny Century Best Inker Charles Burns Black Hole Best New Series Luba s Comix and Stories by Gilbert Hernandez edited by Gary Groth Best Continuing or Limited Series Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware edited by Kim Thompson Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal 2002 Best Cartoonist writer artist Daniel Clowes Eightball Best Inker Charles Burns Black Hole Best Letterer Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best Colorist Chris Ware Acme Novelty Library Best New Series La Perida by Jessica Abel Best Single Issue or Story Eightball 22 by Dan Clowes 2003 Best Inker Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work 20th Century Eightball by Daniel Clowes Best Anthology Comics Journal Summer Special 2002 Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation B Krigstein Vol 1 Best Domestic Reprint Project Krazy and Ignatz Special Award Excellence in Presentation Krazy and Ignatz designed by Chris Ware 2004 Best Inker Charles Burns Black Hole Best Cover Artist Charles Burns Black Hole Best Single Issue or Story Love and Rockets 9 by Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez tied with Gotham Central 6 10 by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark Best Domestic Reprint Project Krazy and Ignatz by George Herriman edited by Bill Blackbeard 2005 Best Writer Daniel Clowes Eightball Best Inker Charles Burns Black Hole Best Single Issue or Story Eightball 23 by Daniel Clowes 2006 Love and Rockets vol 2 15 by Hernandez Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Peanuts 1950 1952 by Charles Schulz Special Award Excellence in Presentation The Complete Peanuts 1950 1952 by Charles Schulz designed by Seth 2006 Best Inker Charles Burns Black Hole Best New Talent R Kikuo Johnson Night Fisher split award with tied Marvel Knights 4 by Roberto Aguirre Sacasa Best Biographical Historical or Journalistic Presentation The Comics Journal edited by Gary Groth 2007 Best Cartoonist writer artist Jaime Hernandez Love and Rockets Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Peanuts 2008 Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Peanuts 2009 Best Domestic Reprint Project The Complete Peanuts 2011 Best Continuing or Limited Series Love and Rockets Vol 3 by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez 2013 Best Cartoonist writer artist Jaime Hernandez Love and RocketsReferences editNotes edit diamondbookdistributors com Publishers diamondbookdistributors com Retrieved January 10 2021 Publishers Representatives Publishers Distributors Turnaround Publisher Services Archived from the original on July 1 2017 Retrieved January 12 2018 The Comics Journal 32 January 1977 The Comics Journal Message Board transforming it from an adzine into a magazine of news and criticism that just happened to carry advertisements a b c d e f Dean Michael July 11 2003 Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics Rescue The Comics Journal Spurgeon Tom Covey Jacob 2016 Comics As Art We Told You So Seattle WA Fantagraphics ISBN 978 1606999332 a b c d Matos Michelangelo September 15 2004 Saved by the Beagle Seattle Arts Indicia Amazing Heroes No 7 December 1981 p 5 Spurgeon and Dean Everything was in Season Kim Thompson We decided to do a magazine that would cover the mainstream in a more fannish manner Spurgeon and Dean Everything was in Season Kim Thompson If you want to look at it cynically we set out to steal The Comic Reader s cheese Which we did Amazing Heroes Folding Newswatch The Comics Journal No 149 March 1992 p 22 GCD Issue The Flames of Gyro Retrieved February 6 2016 Schmidt Joseph January 18 2017 6 Alternative Comics Publishers You Need to Know And Read Phoenix New Times Retrieved August 17 2017 Mike Catron Who s Who of American Comic Books 1928 1999 Retrieved January 10 2021 Olbrich Dave December 17 2008 The End of the Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards A Lesson in Honesty Funny Book Fanatic Dave Olbrich official blog Archived from the original on June 24 2013 Retrieved August 22 2015 Newswatch Kirby Awards End In Controversy The Comics Journal 122 June 1988 pp 19 20 Spurgeon Tom January 4 2008 CR Holiday Interview 9 Eric Reynolds The Comics Reporter Retrieved June 3 2011 Collins Sean T March 2003 Armed and Dangerous PDF Wizard No 138 p 43 Kim Thompson By any standard Eric s the 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February 2001 Archived from the original on November 26 2012 JOHNSON CHELSEY February 2002 From the Vaults A Toon Temptress in a Male Dominated Comics World Chelsey Johnson talks with Colleen Coover about her lesbian porn comic Small Favors Out Mara Pitches In to Help CBLDF Newswatch The Comics Journal No 185 March 1996 p 26 Hennum Shea February 24 2015 Big in Japan How Fantagraphics Started Publishing Manga and What It Means Paste 1 900 Condemn Newswatch The Comics Journal No 149 March 1992 p 26 New Eros Comics Editor The Comics Journal No 168 May 1994 p 39 Dallas Keith Sacks Jason December 5 2018 American Comic Book Chronicles The 1990s TwoMorrows Publishing ISBN 978 1 60549 084 7 The Eye of Mongombo at Don Markstein s Toonopedia Archived from the original on June 26 2016 Fantagraphics Looses the Beasts Again Comic Book Resources November 13 2008 Jason Brice I Killed Adolf Hitler Review Line of Fire Reviews Comics Bulletin comicsbulletin com Archived from the original on September 9 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