I, René Tardi, P.O.W. Vol. 1-3 – Jacques Tardi Chronicles Memory and Survival After World War II
How do you tell a story that has already been told many times? How do you tell a story that at times seems stuck in time because the past, present,…
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The End of the Arab of the Future: A Youth in the Middle East Vol. 1 – Riad Sattouf’s Graphic Memoir Exploration of Clashing Cultures Continues
The End of the Arab of the Future: A Youth in the Middle East Vol. 1 features 14-year-old Riad, an aspiring artist and a self-proclaimed loser, whose seemingly ordinary life…
The Book of Murmurs – Candice Purwin’s Graphic Novel is a Knock-Out Fantasy Epic You Won’t Want to Miss
As a child, I devoured books about heroes who went on great adventures. I was the weird kid who spent more lunches than I cared to admit in the library,…
Peter Kuper Announced as a 2026 Pulitzer Prize Finalist for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary – Nomination Includes Work from the Fantagraphics Collection ‘Wish We Weren’t Here’
Congratulations to cartoonist Peter Kuper (World War III Illustrated, Spy Vs. Spy, Ruins) on his Pulitzer nomination, announced today by Fantagraphics in the press release below. PETER KUPER IS A…
Fantagraphics to Publish R. E. Burke’s ‘Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility’ – Former BF Team Member’s Graphic Memoir to Explore Her Story and Those She Was Incarcerated With
Announced just before the weekend by Publishers Weekly, Fantagraphics have secured the rights to R. E. Burke’s graphic memoir Visiting America: 19 Days in an I.C.E. Facility. As long-term Broken Frontier…
The Idris File – Dix’s Tale of Conspiracies and the Supernatural in a 1970s Coastal Town Has a Peculiarly British Eccentricity
Stories about quiet seaside towns with something dark to hide feel almost like a sub-genre of British horror in themselves. Dix’s The Idris File follows the 1970s exploits of teenage…
Brain Damage – Shintaro Kago Pushes Absurdist Horror to New Extremes, from Fantagraphics
In 2018, manga artist Shintaro Kago burst onto the comic scene with his English debut: Dementia 21 (reviewed here at Broken Frontier), a collection of absurdist short stories. Reminiscent of…
Fantagraphics to Publish New Investigative Graphic Journalism on the Plight of Displaced Palestinians in Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco’s ‘Requiem for Gaza’
We’ve seen some powerful comics work centring on the atrocities in Gaza over the last couple of years. You can discover more of it via our Palestine comics resource list…
Laser Eye Surgery – Walker Tate Blurs the Boundaries of Reality in this Fantagraphics Underground Offering
From New Yorker cartoonist Walker Tate, Laser Eye Surgery comes to its audience via the Fantagraphics Underground imprint. It represents Tate’s first full-length comics offering and centres on an unnamed…
Fantagraphics Announces New Imprint – Takumigraphics to Celebrate the Art and Craft of East Asian Comics in 2026
Fantagraphics are 50 next year and they’re already making some very cool announcements for that anniversary. Details and preview images below for new imprint Takumigraphics. NEW FROM FANTAGRAPHICS: TAKUMIGRAPHICS Ever…
Jessica Farm – Fantagraphics’ Collection of Josh Simmons’ Quarter of a Century Work-in-Progress Story Captures a Unique Experiment in the Form
The chances are that I will be long dead before Josh Simmons’ Jessica Farm reaches its projected conclusion around 25 years from now. And yet, perhaps peculiarly, this harsh reality…
Night Terror – Grisly, Whimsical and Sinister Dreams from John Kenn Mortensen and Fantagraphics
A viscous, elongated creature with the body of a large crow, the skull of a man, and a gaping mouth full to the brim of sharp teeth shrieks down at…
Raging Clouds – Yudori Confronts Patriarchy with a Story of Resilience, Friendship and Freedom
The act of invention is rarely just about machines or ideas. It’s also about survival and resilience, and finding ways to imagine freedom when the world insists on restraint. In…
Preview: Tales of Paranoia – First New Robert Crumb Comic in 23 Years to Usher in Fantagraphics’ 50th Anniversary
Fantagraphics’ 50th anniversary is coming and Robert Crumb’s Tales of Paranoia is heralding it in… TALES OF PARANOIA FANTAGRAPHICS PRESENTS THE FIRST NEW COMIC BY ROBERT CRUMB IN 23 YEARS!…
Goes Like This – An Eccentric New Compendium of Jordan Crane’s Comics from Fantagraphics
Having previously reviewed Jordan Crane’s Keeping Two for Pipedream Comics, I was thrilled to see an exciting new collection of his works being published at Fantagraphics this year. For the…
Preview: Roy #1 – Fantagraphics to Publish a New Collaboration from Gilbert and Natalia Hernandez
Check out this tasty preview of Roy #1 coming from Fantagraphics, Gilbert Hernandez and Natalia Hernandez this August… FANTAGRAPHICS TO PUBLISH ROY #1 BY GILBERT AND NATALIA HERNANDEZ FANTAGRAPHICS PRESENTS…
Baby Blue – Bim Eriksson’s Dystopian Graphic Novel, the Swedish Underground in Translation from Fantagraphics
There is a burgeoning alternative comics scene in Sweden that Fantagraphics Books and translator Melissa Bowers have been bringing to English-speaking audiences over the last seven years. It includes Erik…
Preview: Witchcraft – Sole Otero’s Follow-Up to ‘Mothballs’ is Coming from Fantagraphics Books in October
Witchcraft is Sole Otero’s new book which Fantagraphics have announced will be published in the Autumn. Check out our Lydia Turner’s review of Otero’s 2024 graphic novel Mothballs here at…
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