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• Comics As Art: We Told You So

  Posted Friday, January 16, 2009 1:11 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: Fantagraphics As I was putting together my 2009 preview of most-anticipated graphic novels , I wondered what was up with the delayed publication of the Fantagraphics history Comics As Art: We Told You So , written by Tom Spurgeon. The book has been on my most-anticipated Read More...

• A Look at...Barry Windsor-Smith

  Posted Friday, December 05, 2008 4:39 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: Fantagraphics, barry windsor-smith In 1999, while working for an Albany, New York radio station, I contacted Barry Windsor-Smith 's studio to inquire about possibly interviewing the artist about his then-new hardcover art book Opus . I had been amazed by the quality of the book, and Read More...

• 5 Great Graphic Novels from Fantagraphics Books

  Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 6:10 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: graphic novels, Fantagraphics Introduction When you hear the term "comic books," your first thought might be of brightly-colored superheroes flying through the skies, swooping down from time to time to right wrongs, stave off alien invasions, or head off a crisis that threatens Read More...

• Recommended: Tim Lane's "Abandoned Cars"

  Posted Tuesday, September 02, 2008 8:56 AM by alandaviddoane | 0 Comments Tags: Fantagraphics, tim lane Tim Lane's fascination with what he calls "The Great American Mythological Drama," comes along at the perfect time, the beginning of the end of the automobile era. The title Abandoned Cars couldn't be more resonant. I abandoned mine Read More...

• A History of Underground Comics

  Posted Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:02 AM by alandaviddoane | 1 Comments Tags: underground comix, Fantagraphics, comix A new edition of Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 is out now from Fantagraphics Books . One of my pet peeves is comic book readers of a certain age who dislike the term "comix." If you can't parse the important difference Read More...