Fantagraphics Books

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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.

Fantagraphics is dedicated to promoting comics as a venerable art form.

Publications include:

• 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
• Frank
• Hate
• Jim
• Love and Rockets
• Meatcake
• Neat Stuff
• Raisin Pie
• The Stuff of Dreams
• Usagi Yojimbo

External links

• Fantagraphics Books