Friday, August 21, 2015

DARK HORSE COLLECTS BAGGE’S “FOUNDING FATHERS FUNNIES”


MILWAUKIE, OR, August 21, 2015—America’s Founding Fathers were brilliant, brave, forward thinking . . . and ridiculous, at least in the eyes of cartoonist and history buff Peter Bagge!
“I find myself laughing out loud whenever I read of their foibles, especially when their oversized egos clashed,” says Bagge, a multiple Harvey Award winner and Inkpot Award recipient.
This collection of short vignettes features some of our country’s best-known historical figures (along with several lesser-known players) and includes all Founding Fathers Funnies cartoons from Apocalypse Nerd and Dark Horse Presents. This Dark Horse Books hardcover also features several brand-new stories and additional biographical information.
Founding Fathers Funnies is in stores February 24, 2016. Preorder your copy today at your local comic shop or through these fine retailers:
Amazon.com | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Local Comics Store
Praise for Peter Bagge:
“I can count on one hand the number of comic artists whose work is as strong . . . Maybe on two or three fingers.”—Robert Crumb
“Peter Bagge is one of the best comic storytellers ever.”—Vice
“Peter Bagge remains one of those premiere old-school 80s/90s alt-cartoonists who built their careers one corrosively funny page at a time.”—The A.V. Club
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$15.99
978-1-61655-003-5
ORDER: Amazon.com | Barnes & Noble | IndieBound | Local Comics Store
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About Dark Horse
Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Eric Powell, Mike Mignola, Geof Darrow, Brian Wood, Gail Simone, Stan Sakai, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Milo Manara, Kazuo Koike, Neil Gaiman, and Frank Miller, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, X, and Barb Wire. Its successful line of comics, manga, and products based on popular properties includes Dragon Age, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Tomb Raider, Halo, The Witcher, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading entertainment publishers.
http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781616550035

1 comment:

Arion said...

It's nice to see Dark Horse is releasing this; looks like a great opportunity to read Peter Bagge's works. By the way, I just read your post about The Autumnlands: Tooth & Claw and it was great. You seem to be a bit of an expert in Kurt Busiek. Anyway, I also wrote about Busiek's series in my blog (wich I encourage you to visit):

www.artbyarion.blogspot.com

I hope you enjoy my review, and please feel free to leave me a comment over there or add yourself as a follower (or both), and I promise I'll reciprocate.

Cheers,

Arion.