Fantagraphics Books

Fantagraphics Books is an American publisher of alternative comics, underground comics, classic comic strip anthologies, magazines, and graphic novels located in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Mike Catron. Kim Thompson joined the company several years later, and is currently co-owner with Groth. In 2003 the company nearly went out of business, but was saved by a restructuring and an outpouring of support from customers.

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American - Alternative comics - Underground comics - Magazine - Graphic novel - Maple Leaf - Neighborhood - Seattle, Washington - 1976 - Gary Groth - Mike Catron - Kim Thompson

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Fantagraphics is a company dedicated to promoting comics as a respectable art form, although for many years it was financially dependent on its adult-oriented sub?division, Eros Comix. The company has found greater success recently through hardcovers such as The Complete Peanuts, and has plans for similar compilations directed at the retail bookstore market in the future.

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Eros Comix - The Complete Peanuts

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Publications include:

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• Acme Novelty Library
• Amazing Heroes - a defunct publication devoted mostly to mainstream comics
• Angry Youth Comics
• The Comics Journal - comics news and criticism
• The Complete Peanuts
• Critters
• Doofus
• Eightball
• Fission Chicken
• Frank
• Hate
• Jim
• Love and Rockets
• Meatcake
• Neat Stuff
• Palomar
• Raisin Pie
• The Stuff of Dreams
 
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