25 years of Fantagraphics. .(publishing industry)

25 years of Fantagraphics. .(publishing industry)

In 2002, Fantagraphics will publish a comics-form biography of Martin Luther King in the first quarter, followed by new comics fiction by [Daniel Clowes], [Chris Ware] and Barry Windsor Smith. The company also plans to publish new works on film and comics criticism toward the end of the year. [Gary...

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Published in:Publishers Weekly 2001-12, Vol.248 (52), p.26
Main Author: Brownstein, Charles
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:eng
Subjects:
Anniversaries
Comic book industry
Comic books
Comics publishing
Crumb, Charles
Graphic novels
History
Novels
Publishers (Persons)
Publishing
Publishing industry
Quotations
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Summary:In 2002, Fantagraphics will publish a comics-form biography of Martin Luther King in the first quarter, followed by new comics fiction by [Daniel Clowes], [Chris Ware] and Barry Windsor Smith. The company also plans to publish new works on film and comics criticism toward the end of the year. [Gary Groth] told PW that Fantagraphics has served an evangelical purpose: "To attract a wider, more literate readership to comics. What we always wanted was to legitimize the book form of comics."
ISSN:0000-0019
2150-4008