You can help: Fantagraphics in trouble

[womzilla]

In 2002, LPC Distributors went bankrupt, owning hundreds of thousands of dollars to various small comics publishers. Last year, both Drawn and Quarterly and Top Shelf announced that they needed to sell a large amount of their warehouse stock to remain in business; the comics world rallied with their wallets, and saved them.

Fantagraphics Books is now suffering the same severe cash-flow problem. LPC Distributors owed Fantagraphics $70,000 in cash. This is not the first time that Fantagraphics has been screwed by a distributor declaring bankruptcy--it happened on a smaller scale in the early 1990s--but it's a pretty dire situation.

Their web site has more details, but the short version is that Fantagraphics needs to sell $80,000 in books in the next month or so or face closing. Poke around their catalog and marvel (pun intended) at the sheer volume and variety of stuff available. Almost any reader of comics or comic strips should be able to find something of interest from Fantagraphics. Really, Fantagraphics publishes something for everyone. I will give specific recommendations if asked. Check them out.

Comments

recommendations

[pir-anha.livejournal.com]

i am asking. i am very new to comics, and eager to explore more. i've read all of sandman and other assorted gaimans (wonderful), love the first couple of cerebus, watchmen (liked it), the dark knight returns (liked it too), and that is pretty much it. it's got to be intelligent most of all, i don't really care for the average superhero stuff. i am too new to the artform to even formulate what i'd like graphics-wise; i am leaving myself wide open.

Re: recommendations

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

See my post today.