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

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 due to the failure of its then-distributor to the book trade. 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.

Publications

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COMICS
Acme Novelty Library
The Adventures of Captain Jack
Angry Youth Comics
Black Hole
Critters
Dalgoda
Doofus
Eightball
Evil Eye
Fission Chicken
Frank
Hate
Jim
Journey
Love and Rockets
Meatcake
Naughty Bits
Neat Stuff
Raisin Pie
Schizo
The Stuff of Dreams
Usagi Yojimbo (up to volume 7)
Tales Designed to Thrizzle

MAGAZINES
Amazing Heroes - a defunct publication devoted mostly to mainstream comics
The Comics Journal â€" magazine of comics news and criticism
Honk - magazine of comics news and criticism

GRAPHIC NOVELS
*"Ghost World"
King
*"Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron"
Palomar

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