Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic

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anthologies,

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, magazines,

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s, and the

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Eros Comix imprint.

History

Founding

Fantagraphics was founded in 1976 by Gary Groth and Michael Catron in College Park, Maryland. The company took over an adzine named ''The Nostalgia Journal'', which it renamed ''

The Comics Journal ''The Comics Journal'', often abbreviated ''TCJ'', is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books, comic strips and graphic novels. Known for its lengthy interviews with comic creators, pointed editorials and scathing re ...

''. As comics journalist (and former Fantagraphics employee) Michael Dean writes, "the publisher has alternated between flourishing and nearly perishing over the years." Kim Thompson joined the company in 1977, using his inheritance to keep the company afloat.Dean, Michael
"Comics Community Comes to Fantagraphics' Rescue,"
''The Comics Journal'', Posted July 11, 2003. (He soon became a co-owner.) The company moved from Washington, D.C. to

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, to Los Angeles over its early years, before settling in Seattle in 1989.Matos, Michelangelo
"Saved by the Beagle," ''Seattle Arts'' (September 15, 2004).
/ref> Beginning in 1981 Fantagraphics (under its Redbeard imprint)''Amazing Heroes'' #7, December 1981, p. 5 indicia published ''

Amazing Heroes ''Amazing Heroes'' was a magazine about the comic book medium published by American company Fantagraphics Books from 1981 to 1992. Unlike its companion title, ''The Comics Journal'', ''Amazing Heroes'' was a hobbyist magazine rather than an analyti ...

'', a magazine which examined comics from a hobbyist's point of view, as another income stream to supplement ''The Comics Journal''. ''Amazing Heroes'' ran for 204 issues (plus a number of specials and annuals), folding with its July 1992 issue.

Comics publisher

Beginning in 1979, Fantagraphics began publishing comics, starting with Jay Disbrow's ''The Flames of Gyro''.{{cite web, url=http://www.comics.org/issue/854466/, title=GCD :: Issue :: The Flames of Gyro, access-date=February 6, 2016 They gained wider recognition in 1982 by publishing the Hernandez brothers' '' Love and Rockets'', and moved on to such critically acclaimed and award-winning series as '' Acme Novelty Library'', '' Eightball'', and ''

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''. The company moved operations to

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in 1984. Catron acted as Fantagraphics' co-publisher until 1985 (also handling advertising and circulation for ''

'' from 1982 to 1985), when he left the company.{{cite web, url=http://www.bailsprojects.com/%28S%28euvopi45ji5gunarjfrdourx%29%29/bio.aspx?Name=CATRON%2c+MIKE, website=bailsprojects.com, title=Who's Who of American Comic Books, 1928–1999 , access-date=January 10, 2021

The Kirby Award and the Harvey Award

From 1985 to 1987, Fantagraphics coordinated and presented (through their magazine ''Amazing Heroes'') The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in comic books, voted on by comic-book professionals. The Kirby Award was managed by Dave Olbrich, a Fantagraphics employee (and later publisher of

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). In 1987, a dispute arose when Olbrich and Fantagraphics each claimed ownership of the awards.{{cite web , url = https://funnybookfanatic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-the-jack-kirby-comics-industry-awards-a-lesson-in-honesty/ , first=Dave, last= Olbrich , date= December 17, 2008 , title= The End of the Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards: A Lesson in Honesty , publisher= Funny Book Fanatic (Dave Olbrich official blog) , access-date= August 22, 2015 , archive-date=June 24, 2013 , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130624035429/http://funnybookfanatic.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/the-end-of-the-jack-kirby-comics-industry-awards-a-lesson-in-honesty/ , url-status=live A compromise was reached, and, starting in 1988, the Kirby Award was discontinued and two new awards were created: the

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, managed by Olbrich; and the Fantagraphics-managed

Harvey Award The Harvey Awards are given for achievement in comic books. Named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman, the Harvey Awards were founded by Gary Groth in 1988, president of the publisher Fantagraphics, to be the successor to the Kirby Awards that we ...

, named for cartoonist

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Relocation to Seattle

In 1989, Fantagraphics relocated from Los Angeles to its current location in the

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neighborhood of

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. In 1990, the publisher introduced

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, a lucrative

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of erotic comics that provided a replacement revenue stream for ''Amazing Heroes'' and which helped the company again avoid bankruptcy. Longtime employee Eric Reynolds joined Fantagraphics in 1993, first as news editor for ''The Comics Journal'' from 1993, before moving to marketing and promotion in 1996.{{Cite web , url = http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_holiday_interview_5/ , title = CR Holiday Interview #9: Eric Reynolds , author=Spurgeon, Tom, author-link=Tom Spurgeon, publisher
The Comics Reporter
, date = January 4, 2008 , access-date = June 3, 2011 Groth and Thompson acknowledged Reynolds was key to the company's rise to profitability.

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, later known as the publisher of ''

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'', was editor of ''

'' from 1994 to 1999.

Financial ups and downs

In 1998, Fantagraphics was forced into a round of layoffs; and in 2003 the company almost went out of business, losing over $60,000 in the wake of the 2002 bankruptcy of debtor and book trade distributor Seven Hills Distribution. One employee quit during the subsequent downsizing while denouncing Fantagraphics' "disorganization and poor management." Fantagraphics was saved by a restructuring and a successful appeal to comic book

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that resulted in a huge number of orders. After restructuring, the company has had greater success with such hardcover collections as '' The Complete Peanuts'', distributed by W. W. Norton & Company. In 2009, Fantagraphics ceased publishing the print edition of ''The Comics Journal'', shifting from an eight-times a year publishing schedule to a larger, more elaborate, semi-annual format supported by a new website.

European line

Starting in 2005, Fantagraphics began a European graphic novel

,Kozinn, Allan
"Fantagraphics Seeks Support With a Kickstarter Campaign,"
''New York Times'' (November 6, 2013) starting with the co-publication of the

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, edited and produced by the Italian artist

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. The publisher announced a deal with

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in March 2009 that would see co-publisher Thompson translate a large number of his books.

New challenges

In 2006, Fantagraphics opened its own retail store, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, in Seattle's Georgetown neighborhood. In early 2012, Michael Catron returned to Fantagraphics as editor with the company he had co-founded 36 years earlier. Co-publisher Kim Thompson left Fantagraphics due to illness in March 2013, and died of lung cancer a few months later. His absence left the company without a number of titles it had been counting on for the summer and fall of 2013; and, in November, Fantagraphics started a

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campaign to raise $150,000, which it surpassed in four days. In August 2020 the company rebranded, from ''Fantagraphics Books'' to just ''Fantagraphics'', to reflect its status as a digital publisher also. At the same time it introduced a more compact logo featuring a stylized ink pen nib and a torch.

Imprints

Ignatz series

The Ignatz series is an international comic imprint. It is published by Fantagraphics (U.S.), Avant Verlag (Germany), Vertige Graphic (France), Oog & Blik (Holland),

Coconino Press Coconino Press is an Italian publisher of comic books, founded in 2000 in Bologna, Italy. They are notable for their translations of comic books from around the world, including the Americans Daniel Clowes, Jason Lutes, Simon Hanselmann and ...

(Italy), and Sinsentido (Spain). It is named for Ignatz Mouse, a character in the comic strip ''

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''. The books in the Ignatz series are designed midway between standard North American comic book pamphlet-size and

-size. Each title is 32 pages, two-color, saddle stitched, 8{{frac, 1, 2″ × 11″, with jacket, priced at $7.95. The Ignatz collection is edited and produced by Italian artist

. Fantagraphics editor Kim Thompson frequently provided translations.

Eros Comix

{{Update, section, reason=The Eros Comix Web site is dead, and its titles no longer appear on the Fantagraphics Web site under that label, date=August 2021 Eros Comix is an adult-oriented imprint of Fantagraphics, established in 1990 to publish pornographic

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. Eros Comix sells anime videos, DVDs, adult comic books, and books of erotic art and photography. The 2006 Eros Comix print catalog sold over 470 items, including adult comic books and humorous cheesecake-style comics often featuring

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s like

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. Writer-artist

Tom Sutton Thomas F. Sutton (April 15, 1937 – May 1, 2002) He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force after graduating from high school in 1955, and worked on art projects while stationed at Fort Francis E. Warren, near Laramie, Wyoming. Later, stationed at It ...

contributed work to Eros titles under the pseudonym "Dementia".{{cite news , url = http://www.tcj.com/an-odd-man-out-tom-sutton/ , author = Tom Sutton interview , title = An Odd Man Out: Tom Sutton , work =

, issue = 230 , publisher = Fantagraphics Books , date = February 2001 , location = Seattle, Washington , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121126133041/http://www.tcj.com/an-odd-man-out-tom-sutton/7/ , archive-date = November 26, 2012 , url-status = live , df = mdy-all

Titles

Comics anthology magazines

*''Anything Goes!'' *''

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'' *''Blood Orange'' *'' Critters'' *''Ganzfeld'' *'' Graphic Story Monthly'' *''Hotwire Comix and Capers'' *'' MOME'' *''NOW'' *''Pictopia'' *''Prime Cuts'' *''Snake Eyes'' *'' Zero Zero''

Magazines

*''

'' (1981–1992) – a defunct publication devoted mostly to mainstream comics *''

'' (1977–present) – magazine of comics news and criticism *'' Honk'' (1986–1987) – magazine of comics news and criticism *'' Nemo, the Classic Comics Library'' (1983–1990) – a defunct magazine devoted to classic comics

Comic book series

{{div col, colwidth=28em *'' Acme Novelty Library'' *'' Artbabe'' *'' The Adventures of Captain Jack'' *'' Angry Youth Comix'' *''Big Mouth'' *'' The Biologic Show'' *''

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'' *''

Castle Waiting ''Castle Waiting'' is a graphic novel series, created by Linda Medley, first published in 1996. It is set in a world of fairy tales and mythology featuring a mix of old-fashioned storytelling and more ironic, modern touches. The series brings toge ...

'' *'' Crap'' *''

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'' *'' Dalgoda'' *'' Doofus'' *''

Duplex Planet Illustrated ''The Duplex Planet'' is a zine edited and published by David Greenberger since 1979. It contains transcriptions of his interviews with elderly residents of senior centers and "meal sites" in the Massachusetts area. For many years, the zine focuse ...

'' *'' Eightball'' *'' The Eye of Mongombo'' *''

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'' *'' Fission Chicken'' *'' Frank'' *''

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'' *'' Good Girls'' *'' Grit Bath'' *''

'' *''

Hip Hop Family Tree ''Hip Hop Family Tree'' is a series of educational and historical comic books written and illustrated by Ed Piskor that documents the early history of hip hop culture. Originating online with ''Boing Boing'', the series was published in print form ...

Vol. 1-4'' by

Ed Piskor Ed Piskor (born July 28, 1982)''Comics Buyer's Guide'' #1650; February 2009; page 107 is an alternative comics artist operating out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a former student of The Kubert School and is best known for his artistic collab ...

*'' Jim'' *'' Jizz'' *'' Journey'' *'' La Perdida'' *'' Love and Rockets'' *'' Meatcake'' *''Mechanics'' (Three-issue miniseries) *''Megahex'' *'' Naughty Bits'' *'' Neat Stuff'' *'' The Nimrod'' *''

Raisin Pie ''Raisin Pie'' is an American alternative comics series by husband-and-wife duo Rick Altergott and Ariel Bordeaux. Fantagraphics, which marketed the series as "gosh-darned good comics by the domesticated duo of ... Bordeaux ndAltergott", pu ...

'' *'' Real Stuff'' *'' Schizo'' *'' Shadowland'' *''

Stinz ''Stinz'' is a comic book created by Donna Barr, chronicling the adventures of Steinheld Löwhard, or "Stinz"---a half-horse (centaurs are barbarians) who lives with other centaurs and "two-leggers" in an imaginary Alpine valley called the Giese ...

'' *'' The Stuff of Dreams'' *'' Unsupervised Existence'' *'' Uptight'' *'' Usagi Yojimbo'' (up to volume 7) *'' Tales Designed to Thrizzle'' *'' Wandering Son'' *''

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'' *''Whot Not!'' *''Wuvable Oaf'' {{div col end

# series

{{colbegin : 0: ''Babel'' #1 by David B. [France] # ''Baobab'' #1 by Igort [Italy] # ''Insomnia'' #1 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.] # ''Wish You Were Here'' #1: The Innocents by Gipi [Italy] # ''Interiorae'' #1 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy] # ''Ganges'' #1 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.A.] # ''Chimera'' #1 by Lorenzo Mattotti [Italy] # ''Insomnia'' #2 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.] # ''Babel'' #2 by David B. [France] # ''Wish You Were Here'' #2: They Found the Car by Gipi [Italy] # ''Reflections'' #1 by Marco Corona [Italy] # ''Baobab'' #2 by Igort [Italy] # ''Niger'' #1 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy] # ''Delphine'' #1 by Richard Sala [U.S.] # ''New Tales of Old Palomar'' #1 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.] # ''Interiorae'' #2 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy] # ''Calvario Hills'' #1 by Marti (comics), Marti [Spain] # ''The End'' #1 by Anders Nilsen (cartoonist), Anders Nilsen [U.S.] # ''Reflections'' #2 by Marco Corona [Italy] # ''New Tales of Old Palomar'' #2 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.] # ''Delphine'' #2 by Richard Sala [U.S.] # ''Sammy the Mouse'' #1 by Zak Sally [U.S.] # ''Grotesque'' #1 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy] # ''Niger'' #2 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy] # ''Reflections'' #3 by Marco Corona [Italy] # ''Insomnia'' #3 by Matt Broersma [U.K./U.S.A.] # ''New Tales of Old Palomar'' #3 by Gilbert Hernandez [U.S.] # ''Ganges'' #2 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.] # ''Baobab'' #3 by Igort [Italy] # ''Delphine'' #3 by Richard Sala [U.S.] # ''Grotesque'' #2 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy] # ''Interiorae'' #3 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy] # ''Sammy the Mouse'' #2 by Zak Sally [U.S.] # ''Grotesque'' #3 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy] # ''Delphine'' #4 by Richard Sala [U.S.] # ''Ganges'' #3 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.] # ''Niger'' #3 by Leila Marzocchi [Italy] # ''Grotesque'' #4 by Sergio Ponchione [Italy] # ''Interiorae'' #4 by Gabriella Giandelli [Italy] # ''Sammy the Mouse'' #3 by Zak Sally [U.S.] # ''Ganges'' #4 by Kevin Huizenga [U.S.] {{colend To be released:{{when, date=January 2020 #XX: ''Babel'' #3 by David B. #XX: ''Baobab'' #4 by Igort [Italy] #XX: ''Calvario Hills'' #2 by Marti #XX: ''The End'' #2 by Anders Nilsen #XX: ''Wish You Were Here'' #3 by Gipi [Italy]

Graphic novels

{{div col, colwidth=28em *''King (graphic novel), King'' by Ho Che Anderson *''Pixy'' by Max Andersson (cartoonist), Max Andersson *''Ghost World (comics), Ghost World'' by Dan Clowes *''Caricature'' by Dan Clowes *''Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron'' by Dan Clowes *''Patience'' by Dan Clowes *''Beasts (comics), Beasts'' by Jacob Covey *''My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' by Emil Ferris *''Drawn to Berlin'' by Ali Fitzgerald *''The Wipeout'' by Francesca Ghermandi *''Black is the Color'' by Julia Gfrörer *''Laid Waste'' by Julia Gfrörer *''Amsterdam'' by Simon Hanselmann *''Megahex'' by Simon Hanselmann *''One More Year'' by Simon Hanselmann *''Palomar (graphic novel), Palomar'' by Gilbert Hernandez *''Locas (graphic novel), Locas'' by Jaime Hernandez *''I Killed Adolf Hitler'' by Jason (comics), Jason *''The Lie and How We Told It'' by Tommi Parrish *''Anywhere But Here (manga), Anywhere But Here'' by Miki Tori *''Palestine (Sacco comic), Palestine'' by Joe Sacco *''Safe Area Goražde'' by Joe Sacco *''Harum Scarum'' by Lewis Trondheim *''The Hoodoodad'' by Lewis Trondheim *''Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality'' by David Sandlin *''Weathercraft'', ''Congress of the Animals'', and ''Fran (comics), Fran'' by Jim Woodring *''Frederick and Eloise: A Love Story'' by Brian Biggs {{div col end

Classic comics compilations

{{col-begin {{col-break Disney comics *''The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library'' *''Disney Masters'' *''The Don Rosa Library'' *''Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse'' *''Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck: Bear Mountain Tales'' {{col-break Other titles *''Barnaby (comics), Barnaby'' *''Buz Sawyer'' *''Captain Easy'' *''The Complete Crumb Comics'' *''Dennis the Menace (U.S.), Dennis the Menace'' *''The EC Artists' Library'' *''Jules Feiffer, Feiffer: The Collected Works'' *''Humbug (magazine), Humbug'' *''

'' *''Little Nemo'' {{col-break *''Little Orphan Annie'' *''Nancy (comics), Nancy'' *'' The Complete Peanuts'' *''Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips'' *''Poor Arnold's Almanac'' *''Popeye, The Complete E. C. Segar Popeye'' *''Basil Wolverton, Powerhouse Pepper'' *''Prince Valiant (Fantagraphics), Prince Valiant'' *''Sam's Strip'' {{col-end

Books

*''Black Images in the Comics: A Visual History'' by Fredrik Strömberg *''Blacklight: The World of L.B. Cole'' by Bill Schelly *''Film Noir 101: The 101 Best Film Noir Posters from the 1940s & 1950s'' by Mark Fertig *''Laura Warholic'' by Alexander Theroux, 2007 *''Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It'' edited by Anne Ishii, Chip Kidd, and Graham Kolbeins *''No Straight Lines'' edited by Justin Hall (cartoonist), Justin Hall * ''Significant Objects'' edited by Joshua Glenn and Rob Walker (journalist), Rob Walker *''Tales of Terror! The EC Companion'' by Grant Geissman and Fred von Bernewitz *''Take That, Adolf! The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War'' by Mark Fertig

Eros Comix titles

{{col-begin {{col-break *''Adult Frankenstein'' by Enrico Teodorani *''Aunts in your Pants'' by Enrico Teodorani *''Birdland (comics), Birdland'' by Gilbert Hernandez *''Elizabeth Bathory (comics), Elizabeth Bathory'' by Raulo Cáceres *''Ironwood (comics), Ironwood'' by Bill Willingham *''Karate Girl (comics), Karate Girl'' {{col-break *''Omaha the Cat Dancer'' by Kate Worley (story) and Reed Waller (art) *''Ramba (comics), Ramba'' by Rossi, Delizia, and Laurenti, whose protagonist is an erotic Italian Hitman, hitlady *''Small Favors (Eros Comix), Small Favors'' by Colleen Coover *''Sticky (comics), Sticky'' by Dale Lazarov and Steve MacIsaac *''Submit!'' by Silvano & Enrico Teodorani *''Tales from the Clit'' by Enrico Teodorani {{col-break *''Tijuana Bibles'' *''Untamed Love'' by Frank Frazetta *''Vladrushka'' and ''Rosa & Annalisa'' by JLRoberson *''Wendy Whitebread'' by Don Simpson (cartoonist), Don Simpson *''Wheela, Biker Bitch of the Apocalypse'' by Enrico Teodorani {{col-end

MangErotica titles

{{div col, colwidth=28em *''Bondage Fairies'' (1996) *''Hot Tails'' (1996) *''Spunky Knight'' (1996) *''Super Taboo'' (1996) *''Secret Plot'' (1997) *''Countdown: Sex Bomb'' (1997) *''Misty Girl Extreme'' (1997) *''Secret Plot Deep'' (1998) *''Silky Whip'' by Oh! great (1998) *''New Bondage Fairies: Fairie Fetish'' (1998) *''Co-ed Sexxtacy'' (1999) *''Slut Girl'' (2000) *''Pink Sniper'' by Kengo Yonekura (2006) *''Domin-8 Me!'' by Sesshu Takemura (2007, original title: ''Take On Me'') *''Milk Mama'' by Yukiyanagi (2008) *''Love Selection'' by Gunma Kisaragi (2010) *''Too Hot to Handle (manga), Too Hot to Handle'' by Jogi Tsukino (2010, original title: ''♭37 °C'') *''Love & Hate (manga), Love & Hate'' by Enomoto Heights (2011) *''A Strange Kind of Woman'' by Inu (2011) {{div col end

Recognition

Kirby Awards{{cite web, url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/1980s-recipients, title=1980s Recipients, date= December 2, 2012, website=Comic-Con International: San Diego

1986 * Best Black-and-White Comic: ''Love and Rockets'', by Jaime Hernandez and Gilbert Hernandez Note: In 1988, the Kirby Awards was disbanded and replaced by the Harvey Award, Harvey and the Eisner Awards.

Eisner Awards

List of won Eisner Awards: {{col-begin {{col-break 1994 * Best Archival Collection: ''Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 6''
by Winsor McCay 1995 * Best Publication Design: ''The Acme Novelty Library'', designed by Chris Ware 1996 * Best Continuing Series: ''Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware * Best Archival Collection: ''The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 11'', by Robert Crumb * Best Coloring: Chris Ware - ''The Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Comics-Related Publication - Periodical: ''The Comics Journal'' * Best Publication Design: ''The Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware 1997 * Best Comics-Related Periodical: ''The Comics Journal'' * Best Publication Design: ''Acme Novelty Library Vol. 7'' 1998 * Best Coloring: Chris Ware, ''The Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Comics-Related Periodical: ''The Comics Journal'' * Best Comics-Related Product: ''Acme Novelty Library'' display stand, designed by Chris Ware 1999 * Best Comics-Related Periodical: ''The Comics Journal'' 2000 * Best Continuing Series: ''Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware * Best Graphic Album - New: ''Acme Novelty Library Vol. 13'', by Chris Ware * Best Writer/Artist: Dan Clowes, ''Eightball'' 2001 * Best Writer/Artist - Humor: Tony Millionaire, ''Maakies'' * Best Coloring: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' #14 2002 * Best Single Issue: ''Eightball'' #22, by Dan Clowes * Best Writer/Artist: Dan Clowes, ''Eightball'' * Best Publication Design: ''Acme Novelty Library'' #15, designed by Chris Ware 2003 * Best Single Issue or One-Shot: ''The Stuff of Dreams'' by Kim Deitch * Best Archival Collection/Project: ''Krazy & Ignatz'' by George Herriman * Best Writer/Artist- Humor: Tony Millionaire, ''The House at Maakies Corner'' * Best Comics-Related Publication (Periodical or Book): ''B. Krigstein Vol. 1'', by Greg Sadowski 2004 * Best Archival Collection/Project: ''Krazy & Ignatz: 1929–1930'', by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard 2005 * Best Single Issue or One-Shot: '' Eightball'' #23: "The Death Ray", by Dan Clowes * Best Archival Collection/Project: '' The Complete Peanuts'' edited by Gary Groth * Best Publication Design: ''The Complete Peanuts'', designed by Seth (cartoonist), Seth {{col-break 2007 * Best Archival Collection/Project - Strips: ''The Complete Peanuts
1959–1960, 1961–1962'', by Charles Schulz * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: ''The Left Bank Gang'' by Jason * Best Writer/Artist-Humor: Tony Millionaire, ''Billy Hazelnuts'' 2008 * Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books: ''I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!'', by Fletcher Hanks * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: ''I Killed Adolf Hitler'' by Jason 2009 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material:''The Last Musketeer'' by Jason 2011 * Best Reality-Based Work: ''It Was the War of the Trenches'' by

* Best U.S. Edition of International Material: ''It Was the War of the Trenches'' by Jacques Tardi 2012 * Best Archival Collection/Project-Comic Strips: ''Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vols. 1-2'',
by Floyd Gottfredson, edited by David Gerstein and Gary Groth 2013 * Best Short Story: ''Moon1969: The True Story of the 1969 Moon Launch'',
by Michael Kupperman, in ''Tales Designed to Thrizzle'' #8 * Best Archival Collection/Project-Strips: ''Pogo: The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Pogo Vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash'',
by Walt Kelly, edited by Carolyn Kelly and Kim Thompson 2014 * Best Short Story: ''Untitled'' by Gilbert Hernandez, in ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #6 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: ''Goddam This War!'',
by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney * Best Writer/Artist: Jamie Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets: New Stories'' #6 2015 * Best Reality-Based Work: ''

Vol. 2'' by

2016 * Best Archival Collection/Project - Strips: ''The Eternaut'',
by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solana Lopez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti * Best Writer/Artist: Bill Griffith, ''Invisible Ink: My Mother's Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist'' 2017 * Best Archival Collection/Project - Comic Books (at least 20 years old): ''The Complete Wimmen's Comix'',
edited by Trina Robbins, Gary Groth and J. Michael Catron 2018 * Best Graphic Album- New: ''My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' by Emil Ferris * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: ''Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom'',
by Marcelo D'Salete, translated by Andrea Rosenberg * Best Writer/Artist: Emil Ferris, ''My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' * Best Coloring: Emil Ferris ''My Favorite Thing Is Monsters'' * Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism: ''The Comics Journal'',
edited by Dan Nadel, Timothy Hodler and Tucker Stone, www.tcj.com * Best Comics-Related Book: ''How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels'',
by Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden {{col-end

Harvey Awards

List of won Harvey Awards:{{cite web, url=https://www.harveyawards.com/Winners/Previous-Winners/, title=Previous Winners, date=October 5, 2018, website=Harvey Awards, access-date=February 28, 2019, archive-date=November 29, 2018, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184153/https://www.harveyawards.com/Winners/Previous-Winners/, url-status=dead {{col-begin {{col-break 1989 * Best Writer: Gilbert Hernandez - ''Love and Rockets'' * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Love and Rockets'' by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Crumb Comics'', by Robert Crumb 1990 * Best Writer: Gilbert Hernandez - ''Love and Rockets'' * Best New Series: ''Eightball'' by Dan Clowes * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Love and Rockets'' by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Eightball'' #1, by Dan Clowes * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland'', by Winsor McCay 1991 * Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Peter Bagge, ''Hate'' * Best Letterer: Dan Clowes, ''Eightball'' * Best New Series: ''Hate'' by Peter Bagge * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Eightball'' by Dan Clowes * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Eightball'' #3, by Dan Clowes * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth and Helena Harvilicz * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Crumb Comics'', by Robert Crumb * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland'', by Winsor McCay, edited by Richard Marschall, designed by Dale Crain 1992 * Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets'' * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Eightball'' by Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth, Helena Harvilicz and Frank Young * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Crumb Comics'', by Robert Crumb * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland'', by Winsor McCay, edited by Richard Marschall, art directed by Dale Crain 1993 * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth and Frank Young * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Crumb Comics'', by Robert Crumb 1994 * Best American Edition of Foreign Material: ''Billie Holiday'' by José Antonio Muñoz and Carlos Sampayo, edited by Gary Grot, Robert Boyd and Kim Thompson * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Little Nemo In Slumberland Vol. 6'' by Winsor McCay, edited by Bill Blackbeard, packaged by Dale Crain 1995 * Best New Series: ''Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Crumb Comics'', by Robert Crumb, edited by Gary Groth and Robert Boyd, art direction by Mark Thompson * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson 1996 * Best Letterer: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Colorist: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. II'', by Robert Crumb, edited by Mark Thompson * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware 1997 * Best Writer: Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' * Best Letterer: Dan Clowes, ''Eightball'' * Best Colorist: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Eightball'' by Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Acme Novelty Library'' #13, by Chris Ware * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware 1998 * Best Colorist: Chris Ware, his body of work in 1997, including ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best New Series: ''Penny Century'' by Janime Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth * Best Single Issue or Story:''Eightball'' #18, by Dan Clowes, edited by Gary Groth * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware 1999 * Best Artist or Penciller: Jaime Hernandez, his body of work in 1998, including ''Penny Century'' * Best Inker: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Penny Century'' #3 "Home School", by Jaime Hernandez * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth and Tom Spurgeon * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Acme Novelty Library'', by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson, art directed by Chris Ware {{col-break 2000 * Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez, ''Penny Century'' * Best Letterer: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Colorist: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Cover Artist: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best New Series: ''Weasel'' by Dave Cooper, edited by Gary Groth * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Acme Novelty Library'' #13 by Chris Ware * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'' * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Acme Novelty Library'' #13 by Chris Ware 2001 * Best Artist or Penciller: Jaime Hernandez, ''Penny Century'' * Best Inker: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best New Series: ''Luba's Comix and Stories'' by Gilbert Hernandez, edited by Gary Groth * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Acme Novelty Library'' by Chris Ware, edited by Kim Thompson * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'' 2002 * Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Daniel Clowes, ''Eightball'' * Best Inker: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best Letterer: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best Colorist: Chris Ware, ''Acme Novelty Library'' * Best New Series: ''La Perida'', by Jessica Abel * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Eightball'' #22 by Dan Clowes 2003 * Best Inker: Jaime Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets'' * Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work: ''20th Century Eightball'' by Daniel Clowes * Best Anthology: ''Comics Journal Summer Special 2002'' * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''B. Krigstein Vol. 1'' * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''Krazy and Ignatz'' * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''Krazy and Ignatz'', designed by Chris Ware 2004 * Best Inker: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best Cover Artist: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Love and Rockets'' #9 by Jamie and Gilbert Hernandez (tied with ''Gotham Central'' # 6-10 by Greg Rucka and Michael Lark) * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''Krazy and Ignatz'' by George Herriman, edited by Bill Blackbeard 2005 * Best Writer: Daniel Clowes - ''Eightball'' * Best Inker: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best Single Issue or Story: ''Eightball'' #23 by Daniel Clowes - 2006, ''Love and Rockets'' (vol. 2) #15, by Hernandez * Best Domestic Reprint Project: ''The Complete Peanuts, The Complete Peanuts 1950–1952'' by Charles Schulz * Special Award Excellence in Presentation: ''The Complete Peanuts 1950–1952'', by Charles Schulz, designed by Seth 2006 * Best Inker: Charles Burns, ''Black Hole'' * Best New Talent: R. Kikuo Johnson, ''Night Fisher'' (split award with tied ''Marvel Knights 4'' by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa) * Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation: ''The Comics Journal'', edited by Gary Groth 2007 *Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Jaime Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets'' *Best Domestic Reprint Project: '' The Complete Peanuts'' 2008 * Best Domestic Reprint Project: '' The Complete Peanuts'' 2009 * Best Domestic Reprint Project: '' The Complete Peanuts'' 2011 * Best Continuing or Limited Series: ''Love and Rockets Vol. 3'' by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez 2013 * Best Cartoonist (writer/artist): Jaime Hernandez, ''Love and Rockets'' {{col-end

References

Notes

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Sources consulted

* Spurgeon, Tom with Michael Dean. {{"'Everything Was in Season': Fantagraphics from 1978–1984: Amazing Heroes", ''The Comics Journal'' (December 8, 2016).

External links

*{{Official website, http://fantagraphics.com *{{gcdb publisher, id=445, title=Fantagraphics Books *{{Comicbookdb, type=publisher, id=30, title=Fantagraphics Books
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