::: Fantagraphics in the news & on Blogs worldwide
News has been spreading far and wide about Fantagraphics' predicament, a good thing probably if they are to succeed in garnering the attention they’ll need to move enough stock to meet there short fall. Here are few of the notable postings to be found online, and you can drop by their own message board to see what’s being said in their backyard.
the Stranger - 06-05-2003
FANTAGRAPHICS COMIC TRAGEDY - Seattle Alt-Comics Publisher Fantagraphics Faces Financial Peril
by Sandeep Kaushik
Lying In The Gutters – 06-02-2003
GROTH CULTURE: The Fantagraphics Appeal continues apace
by Rich Johnston
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – 5-30-2003
Comics publisher Fantagraphics drawn into a financial crisis
Contemplating sale of warehouse stock for 'Ghost' of chance
Comicon.com: The Pulse - 05-29-2003
GARY GROTH GIVES MORE DETAILS OF FANTAGRAPHICS FINANCIAL SITUATION
The comics industry woke up today to a startling call for help: "Fantagraphics, one of the pillars of alternative comics publishing and a star of the bookstore revolution, was revealed to be in severe financial hardship, and was calling on readers to buy books to give them an immediate cash influx to help them get past the crunch."
By Heidi MacDonald
Brainpowered - 05-29-2003
Saving Fantagraphics: "Fantagraphics has been in business for 27 years, formed around the critical magazine The Comics Journal. As they put it, "we are proud of our long-term commitment to comics as an art form and our dogged determination to push excellence down everybody's throats."
by Warren Ellis
...So the good news is there is light at the end of the tunnel, but don't let that stop you from ordering a few books, every bit helps. And if you are an artist, publisher or seller of comix, consider buying and add in the Journal.
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