X-Nico

7 unusual facts about Fantagraphics Books


Christopher Sperandio

Grennan and Sperandio have produced 18 comic books for museums with Fantagraphics Books, DC Comics and under their own imprint Kartoon Kings.

Eric Stanton

In addition to books about his work, Stanton's art was reprinted in the 1990s in a comic book from Fantagraphics Books' imprint Eros Comix, Tops and Bottoms.

Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko (Fantagraphics Books, Seattle, Washington, 2008), p. 50.

Hank Ketcham

Fantagraphics Books published the complete Dennis by Ketcham from the start of the strip, in thick volumes collecting two years per book.

Kid Anarchy

Kid Anarchy was a three-issue comic book series written and illustrated by George Cole and Mike McCarthy, and published by Fantagraphics Books between 1991 and 1992.

Krazy Kat

Chris Ware admires the strip, and his frequent publisher, Fantagraphics, is currently reissuing its entire run in volumes designed by Ware (which also include reproduction of Herriman miscellanea, some of it donated by Ware).

The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library

When he heard about it, Fantagraphics Books publisher Gary Groth got in contact with Disney, securing the rights to Floyd Gottfredson's work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip, which resulted in the Floyd Gottfredson Library series that started publication in mid-2011.


Frank Thorne

His most notable works include being the creator/artist/writer of "Moonshine McJugs" for Playboy magazine, as well as Ghita of Alizarr for Fantagraphics Books, "Lann" for Heavy Metal magazine, Ribit for Comico, The Iron Devil and Devil's Angel for Eros Comix, and Danger Rangerette for National Lampoon and High Times.

Twentieth Century Eightball

Twentieth Century Eightball is a book collection of comics by Daniel Clowes published by Fantagraphics Books in 2002.


see also