Cullen Murhpy on how Mort Walker invented the language of comics. This month, we are reissuing the Lexicon of Comicana ("which enjoyed an immediate vogue among the cartoonist set") and @fantagraphics.bsky.social: Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles. airmail.news/issues/2025-... @airmail.news

New arrivals: all brow levels accepted. @fantagraphics.bsky.social @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social #literatureintranslation

Wish We Weren’t Here, but here we are. Speechless.Comics. Coming in October from Fantagraphics @fantagraphics.bsky.social #climatecrisis #extinctionrebellion

New on Comic Frontier: Exclusive Preview: Nocturnos by Laura Pérez from @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.comicfrontier.com/p/exclusive-...

In this intricate, wildly inventive graphic memoir from Eisner nominee Carol Tyler, grief is a physical place populated by odd but helpful guides. In Tyler’s capable hands, grief is not exactly beautiful, but it is specific and transformative. @fantagraphics.bsky.social

It's back to back show action for the fieldmice! We're going to be at @cartooncrossroads.bsky.social this weekend at table 3, right next to our fine friends at @fantagraphics.bsky.social!

"...Death in Trieste masterfully blends comic-strip hijinks and art with a greater sense of existential wonder." @fantagraphics.bsky.social #NCBD #comicbooks #comicsky Read @colinreedmoon.bsky.social's review:

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Anyone here a fan of Jason? The Norwegian cartoonist’s latest book from @fantagraphics.bsky.social is out this week! Death in Trieste! And here is my video review: youtu.be/rJzNsn9zGpA?...

The Ignatz Award for Outstanding Graphic Novel went to Kayle E. for Precious Rubbish!

@thorazos.bsky.social won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Collection for World Within the World!

Book Review: Hal Foster's #PrinceValiant Sketchbooks: An Illustrated Memoir: Volume 1 by Brian M. Kane cinemasentries.com/book-review-... @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Check it out! @fantagraphics.bsky.social has released the long awaited VOLUME 1 of the Complete Carl Barks Library! Here is your overview: youtu.be/ZNSfUpol6Ek?... #comics #comicbooks #graphicnovels #carlbarks #disneycomics #donaldduck #scroogemcduck #ducktales #fantagraphics

Final cover for Young Shadow & The Watchdogs, out April 6th 2026 via @fantagraphics.bsky.social

My @fantagraphics.bsky.social order arrived today. Very excited.

📚 Tradewatch is @colinreedmoon.bsky.social's weekly spotlight on the most exciting new TPBs & hardcovers hitting shelves! For 9/15 we’ve got: Tara O’Connor’s Cry Out Loud, DC's Spectre, Jason’s Death in Trieste (@fantagraphics.bsky.social), Generation X & Howard the Duck. #comicsky #comicbooks

Drop everything you’re doing… Another blazing triumph from the folks at @fantagraphics.bsky.social! Death in Trieste is a new short story collection featuring Jason’s classic crisp line work, dry wit, and distinctive pop culture obsessions. Out next week! okcomics.co.uk/products/pre...

Review! Jessica Farm – Fantagraphics’ Collection of Josh Simmons’ Quarter of a Century Work-in-Progress Story Captures a Unique Experiment in the Form. @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/jessica-farm...

Next up, some very important purchases from the SPX @fantagraphics.bsky.social booth.

Night Drive — Richard Sala’s haunting debut from 1984, now back in print from @fantagraphics.bsky.social Edited by Dana Marie Andra, designed by Daniel Clowes. Includes rare art, interviews, and an essay. Limited history, lasting impact. okcomics.co.uk/products/nig...

Review! Raging Clouds – Yudori Confronts Patriarchy with a Story of Resilience, Friendship and Freedom. From @fantagraphics.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/raging-cloud... Welcoming Swati Nair to the BF reviewing team!

CBS Saturday Morning ran a segment on Mort Walker and Beetle Bailey, which has its 75th anniversary this year and a new collection from @fantagraphics.bsky.social. NYR Comics is publishing Walker's Lexicon of Comicana, the teaching aide that will bring a smile. Intro by Chris Ware!

New review up on my site, "Laser Eye Surgery" from Walker Tate and @fantagraphics.bsky.social : #altcomics www.patreon.com/posts/book-r...

Pretty happy with our current range of signed print editions! @douglasnoble.bsky.social @jordanthomas.bsky.social @thatjacobphillips.bsky.social @xaimeh.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @jefflemire171.bsky.social @seanphillips.bsky.social @seanazz.bsky.social okcomics.co.uk/collections/...

My package from @fantagraphics.bsky.social arrived today and they are beautiful! I don’t know which one to read first!

Ooh! I did not know this existed. (I’m a big fan of Delany’s and his erotic/pornographic novels are mind-blowing.) Published by @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Book Review: Walt Disney's #DonaldDuck: "Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold" by Carl Barks cinemasentries.com/book-review-... @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Out today in book stores...maybe (some) comic shops tomorrow. Bread And Wine in which Samuel R Delany relates with the help of artist Mia Wolff the story of how he found love in a very unlikely place. Thoughts to come soonish in a review. @fantagraphics.bsky.social

In my latest newsletter update, I discussed my top 2025 Harvey Awards nominees. @kamigarcia.bsky.social @fantagraphics.bsky.social @yenpress.com @pantheonbooks.bsky.social samsstudios.substack.com/p/week-of-82...

"Death is when the sugar is gone." From Carol Tyler's THE EPHEMERATA, out soon with @fantagraphics.bsky.social #GraphicMedicine

Corto Maltese's comics are among the best of the best. Hugo Pratt was a master storyteller and I'm so happy @fantagraphics.bsky.social is doing this! It looks like it will be a definitive edition. I better start making space in my shelves #comics

Thanks so much to @fantagraphics.bsky.social for sending me a copy of the upcoming installment of their Atlas Comics Library collection - Shiver as You Read! Read more about it here: comicswithdan.wixsite.com/comics-with-... #comics #comicsky #comicbooks #horror #horrorstories #horrorcomics

"Finally collecting the very beginning of Carl Barks' comic book work, Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold shows glimmers of what would make Barks' duck stories so exciting." @fantagraphics.bsky.social #comicsky #comicbooks #DonaldDuck #Disney Read @colinreedmoon.bsky.social's review:

www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/... @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Book Review: Buff Soul by Moa Romanova cinemasentries.com/book-review-... @fantagraphics.bsky.social

Donald Duck the 90th Anniversary Collection from @fantagraphics.bsky.social is up for review today! 🦆 youtu.be/iU9szrmqSCw?... #donaldduck #fantagraphics #comics #disney #comicbooks #comicart #duckcomics #thecomicbookreport

Last day to get in on @fantagraphics.bsky.social 30% off sale!! blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...

The "We've Been Robbed!" 30% Off Sale!! @fantagraphics.bsky.social is currently in need of help. Please check out their current sale and support them by buying something you're interested in. Please don't hesitate the sale ends today 8/25/25. www.fantagraphics.com

Swell book reminder, still 30% off from @fantagraphics.bsky.social

RUN FOR IT (2017) came to my attention at some point, but I whiffed the follow-through. Missed news of ANGOLA JANGA (2019) entirely. But thanks to the @fantagraphics.bsky.social sale ending today, I scored both (612 pages!) at 30% off.

Still some time left the @fantagraphics.bsky.social sale! I snagged some things but have recently read Life Drawing, The Devil's Grin, and the reprint of Richard Sala's Night Drive. All killer stuff! blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...

Big sale at @fantagraphics.bsky.social who are being screwed by Diamond Just picked up The Eternaut.

The Phantom Blot is BACK 🫟 cover art variants for the upcoming Mickey Mouse comic book series from @fantagraphics.bsky.social coming 11/19/25!!

More terrible fallout from Diamond. @fantagraphics.bsky.social is hosting a 30% off sale because Diamonds is holding a million dollars worth of their books hostage. ale runs through today. Already picked up Ditko and Krazy Kat, may get more. via @richjohnston.bsky.social & @bleedingcool.com

Today (August 25th) is the final day to take part in @fantagraphics.bsky.social's "We've Been Robbed!" sale, with 30% off all items, sitewide! blog.fantagraphics.com/the-fantagra...

Don't forget this important and awesome sale from @fantagraphics.bsky.social - Get those Carl Barks books!

I might have procured more comics 🙄 @fantagraphics.bsky.social

I just did the folks @fantagraphics.bsky.social a solid, picking up a book I’ve had my eye on for the past year. Their sale is partially to raise funds to contest the mess that was/is Diamond’s bankruptcy proceeding. www.fantagraphics.com/products/the...

Oh fuck this. It's been years since I read Bagge's Hate (and its offspring) and other @fantagraphics.bsky.social stuff, but goddamn did I love them.