The FANTAGRAPHICS ONLINE FRIEND APPRECIATION SALE

For the entire month of May 2007, all of Fantagraphics' online
friends get 20% off their Fantagraphics Store purchases! How do you
know if you're one of our online friends? Well, if you're connected
to us as a contact, friend, buddy, etc. on one of the social
networking sites listed below, you are an online friend! This is a
great chance to save on great books and comics like the new Love &
Rockets collections, the latest issue of Mome, The Complete Peanuts,
our books of classic pin-up cartoons, perennial favorites from R.
Crumb, Peter Bagge, Jim Woodring and Daniel Clowes... heck, our whole
catalog!

Here are the details:

- You get 20% off your order subtotal, before tax and shipping, on
ALL orders you place in May 2007 -- order once, order twice, order 50
times!

- Whether you qualify for this discount is subject to verification,
so you must provide your username from the site you're connected to
us on along with your order.

- You cannot combine discounts: if you are our friend on more than
one site, you only get one discount. Also, Fantagraphics 20/20 Club
members cannot combine this discount with their 20/20 Club discount.

- Not our friend yet? Add us and place an order any time in the
month of May and you'll still qualify for the discount!

Here is the list of eligible sites:

MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/fantagraphics...
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/people/fantagr...
Orkut: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?ui...
Bebo: http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?Memb...
Tribe.net: http://people.tribe.net/ec9d220b-435...
Yahoo! 360: http://360.yahoo.com/my_profile-
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AIM Pages: http://www.aimpages.com/fantagraphic...

How to order:
Online: http://www.fantagraphics.com/
Over the phone: 1-800-657-1100 toll-free in the U.S.; outside the
U.S. call 206-524-1967

Contact: Larry Reid or Eric Reynolds
E-mail: larryjreid@comcast.net or Reynolds@fantagraphics.com
Phone: 206.329.1966 (Reid) or 206.524.1967 x218 (Reynolds)

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Presents "Misery Loves Comedy: New
Works by Ivan Brunetti"
May 19 through June 20, 2007, with Artist Reception June 8

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to debut the lively
exhibition, "Misery Loves Comedy," featuring new and recent work by
Chicago-based artist Ivan Brunetti. The show opens on Saturday, May
19 and continues through June 20, 2007 at 1201 S. Vale St. in
Seattle's creative Georgetown arts community. The gallery hosts a
festive reception for the artist on Friday, June 8 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

This exhibition commemorates the publication of "Misery Loves Comedy"
by Fantagraphics Books, an anthology of the first three issues of
Brunetti's "Schizo" comic book and other works. Brunetti's self-
deprecating comic stories portray his emotional battles with
depression, divorce and high anxiety, employing compelling dark humor
and visual acuity. His therapist actually provides the book's
introduction. "I'm not going to explain things to readers," Brunetti
comments in a recent edition of Publishers Weekly. "I don't know if I
can explain them to myself."

In addition to Brunetti's new collection, Seattle-based Fantagraphics
Books has published four issues of "Schizo" and two volumes of his
gag cartoons, "Hee!" and "Haw!" Brunetti recently organized "The
Cartoonist's Eye" exhibit at the A+D Gallery of Columbia College
Chicago and edited the companion bestseller "An Anthology of Graphic
Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories," published by Yale University
Press. He has drawn comics and illustrations for The New Yorker, The
New York Times Sunday Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, and Spin, among
many others.

A selection of imagery in a variety of formats is available for
publication. For additional information please contact Larry Reid or
Eric Reynolds at the numbers above.

"I enjoy watching Brunetti suffer." - ART SPIEGELMAN

Listing Information

MISERY LOVES COMEDY
New Works by Ivan Brunetti
May 19 - June 20, 2007
Exhibition Preview Saturday May 19, 11:30 to 8:00 PM
Reception for Artist and Book signing
Friday, June 8, 6:00 - 8:00 PM

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S. Vale St. (at Airport Way S.)
206.658.0110 www.fantagraphics.com
Open Daily 11:30 - 8:00 PM (Sundays until 5:00 PM)

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE PRESENTS "THE IDIOSYNCRATIC CINEMA OF BRUCE
BICKFORD" ON SATURDAY MAY 12

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to host a screening of
animated shorts by Seattle-based artist Bruce Bickford on Saturday,
May 12 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. This event, hosted by Bickford's
associate Jim Woodring, gives the public a rare opportunity to view
new and recent works by the highly acclaimed, yet reclusive,
filmmaker. Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale St. at
Airport Way S. in Seattle's Georgetown arts community. The screening
is free to the public of all ages.

Bruce Bickford's obsessive clay and line animations are at once
seductive and grotesque. The son of a Boeing engineer, Bickford began
working in film as an adolescent, drawing on childhood insecurities
and dreams to create a stunning body of work of singular vision. His
work gained international prominence when featured in Frank Zappa's
1979 concert documentary "Baby Snakes." Bickford's contribution
served as a dynamic visualization of Zappa's approach to composition-
as-metamorphosis. Bickford is the subject of the award-winning
feature length 2005 documentary "Monster Road," which will be
available on DVD at the event. He continues to create subversive
films in seclusion in his south Seattle studio.

The program on May 12 will feature four short films, including the
public debut of a recently completed untitled line animation, in
addition to other recent works. Seattle cartoonist Jim Woodring will
serve as host. Woodring's art, currently on view at Fantagraphics
Bookstore, shares Bickford's meticulous and visionary approach to the
creative process. The screening will be followed by comments from
Bickford and a question and answer period with the audience. For
additional information, please contact Larry Reid at the numbers above.

Listing Information

The Idiosyncratic Cinema of Bruce Bickford
Saturday, May 12, 6:00 � 8:00 PM
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S. Vale St. (at Airport Way S.) Seattle
Admission Free. All Ages.
206.658.0110 www.fantagraphics.com
Hours: Daily 11:30 � 8:00 PM (Sundays until 5:00 PM)