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Eric Reynolds to edit the three-times-a-year publication; first issue will feature Sammy Harkham, Rebecca Morgan, Dash Shaw, Noah Van Sciver, Gabrielle Bell and more.
Fantagraphics is bringing back a reoccurring alt.comics anthology with the launch of Now this September. Like MOME, the quarterly anthology that ran for 22 issues about 10 years ago, Now will be edited by Fantagraphics Associate Publisher Eric Reynolds.
Reynolds spoke with The Comics Reporter’s Tom Spurgeon about why now is the time for Now:
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It’s Black Friday, the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season (Unless you’re my sister-in-law, and you started in July). But anyway, yes, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holiday season mean that lots of things are on sale. Here’s a rundown of some comic-related things to check out.
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Based on designs by Ed Piskor, the set includes Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and Terminator X.
One of the coolest pieces of merch I saw coming out of San Diego this year (besides that Flex Mentallo towel) was this box set of Public Enemy action figures based on designs by Hip Hop Family Tree creator Ed Piskor. I was afraid they might be an SDCC exclusive, but they are available to the rest of the world as well.
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Annual “Can’t Make It To Comic-Con Sale” offers 20 percent off everything on Fantagraphics.com.
If you can’t make it to Comic-Con International in San Diego this year, you can still get some pretty good deals on comics and graphic novels from Fantagraphics. Through July 24, they’re offering 20 percent off everything they sell on Fantagraphics.com.
The sale includes their Comic-Con debuts, including Moto Hagio’s “Otherworld Barbara”, Gilbert Hernandez’s “Blubber” #3 and “Garden of the Flesh,” “Meat Cake Bible” by Dame Darcy and “Real Deal Comix” by Lawrence Hubbard and H.P. McElwee. You can also grab the new “Kramers Ergot” 9 if you are so inclined.
