A huge art exhibit celebrating thirty years of Fantagraphics Books, publishers of the greatest comix in the world, opens next Thursday, 9/28, in NYC. The Fantagraphics 1976-2006 retrospective will be on display at the Society of Illustrators until October 21. (Seen here: Daniel Clowes' cover to the forthcoming Fantagraphics oral history book Comics As Art: We Told You So, now available for preorder on Amazon.)
From the show announcement:
This massive art exhibition features over 100 original pieces by dozens of authors published by Fantagraphics over the last 30 years, including Daniel Clowes, Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Chris Ware, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring, Joe Sacco, Carol Tyler, Ivan Brunetti, Tony Millionaire, Roberta Gregory, Bill Griffith, Richard Sala, Bob Fingerman, Steve Brodner, David B., Kim Deitch, Al Columbia, Drew Friedman, Kaz, Frank Frazetta (!) and many others. It will be an amazing show, with many iconic pieces from Fantagraphics' history.
Link to an invitation to the opening reception,
Link to Society of Illustrators exhibit page
