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Publisher: Fantagraphics
Years in Operation: 1972 - ?
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: http://www.fantagraphics.com/ Brands: 23 Indicia Publishers: 18 Series: 1655 Printings: 5029 (4823 Issues) Disclose Notes: The official start of the company is 1976. However, Gary Groth published various fanzines before then that used the Fantagraphics name.

On-sale dates from 2008-2015 are derived from the dates shown on the publisher's Flog! blog. Many of those dates are before the official US comic book store release date and are duly noted as such.
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Series Name Years in Print Issues (Printings)
100 Degrees in the Shade {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: For adults only.
1992 - 4
2 Hot Girls on a Hot Summer Night {Comic Books} 1991 - 4
2 Live Crew Comics {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
21: The Story of Roberto Clemente {Hardcovers} 2011 - 1
21: The Story of Roberto Clemente {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
3 New Stories {Comic Books} 2013 - 1
3D Sweeties {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
5,000 km Per Second {Comic Books} 2016 - 1
7 Miles a Second {Hardcovers} 2012 - 1
99 Girls {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
A*K*Q*J {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Abandoned Cars {Hardcovers} 2008 - 1
Abandoned Cars {Trade Paperbacks} 2010 - 1 (2)
Abstract Comics - The Anthology: 1967-2009 {Hardcovers} 2009 - 1
Accidental Death, An {Comic Books} 1993 - 1
Acme Novelty Library {Comic Books} 1993 - 2001 15 (19)
Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age: 1933-45 {Comic Books} 2011 - 1
Adastra in Africa {Hardcovers} 1999 - 1
Adult Frankenstein {Comic Books} 2006 - 1
The Adventures of Captain Jack {Comic Books} 1986 - 1989 12
The Adventures of Jodelle {Hardcovers} 2013 - 1
The Adventures of Mr. Pyridine {Comic Books} 1989 - 1
The Adventures of Professor Thintwhistle and His Incredible Aether Flyer {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
The Adventures of Venus {Hardcovers} 2012 - 1
Adventures on the Fringe {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: By R. L. Crabb. Originally planned to be a six-issue series.
1992 - 1993 5
Aesop's Fables {Comic Books} 1991 - 3
An Age of License {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
The Agency {Comic Books} 2018 - 1
Alazar Special: Knockout Knockers {Comic Books} 1995 - 1995 1
Alazar's Bondage Series {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: A different title on each cover: #1: Girl vs. Girl; #2: Bound and Gagged; #3: Sex Brawl; #4: Brutal Kisses; #5: Fetish; #6: Love in Ropes. Not to be confused with the three-volume "Alazar's Book of Bondage" paperback series.
Age Restricted
1994 - 1996 6
Alazar's Bondage Series {Comic Books} 1994 - 1995 6
Alberto Breccia Library {Comic Books} 2018 - ? 3
Alex {Comic Books} 1994 - 6
Alex {Trade Paperbacks} 2006 - 1
Alexis {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: All issues are adult only.
1994 - 1995 5
Alexis {Comic Books} 1995 - 1996 5
Alice Extreme {Comic Books} 2003 - 2004 7
Alice in Sexland {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Alice First (1998) from Angel Shuppan
2001 - 2002 8
Alien Sex / Monster Lust {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Flip book style book.
1992 - 1
Alienation {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Alienzkin {Comic Books} 2002 - 2002 1
All and Sundry: Uncollected Work 2004-2009 {Comic Books} 2009 - 1
All the Presidents {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
All Time Comics: Atlas {Comic Books} 2017 - ? 1
All Time Comics: Blind Justice {Comic Books} 2017 - ? 2
All Time Comics: Bullwhip {Comic Books} 2017 - ? 1 (2)
All Time Comics: Crime Destroyer {Comic Books} 2017 - ? 2 (3)
All Waldo Comics {Trade Paperbacks} 1992 - 1
Almost Silent {Hardcovers} 2009 - 1
An Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality {Hardcovers} 2006 - 1
Alraune {Comic Books} 2001 - 2004 8
Always Comes Twilight {Comic Books} 1976 - 1
Amadeo & Maladeo: A Musical Duet {Comic Books} 2016 - 1
The Amateurs {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
Amazing Heroes {Comic Books} 1981 - 1992 204
Amazing Heroes Interviews {Comic Books} 1993 - 1993 4
Amazing Heroes Preview Special {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: #6, 7 8 and 9 are part of regular series, #133, 145, 157 and 170.
1985 - 1990 7
Amazing Heroes Preview Special {Comic Books} 1985 - 1990 7
Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special {Comic Books} 1990 - 1992 3
Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special {Comic Books} 1990 - 1993 0
The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley {Hardcovers} 2013 - 1
Amazons {Comic Books} 1990 - 1
American Blood {Comic Books} 2016 - 1
American Presidents {Trade Paperbacks} 2008 - 1
Amora {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Ana {Trade Paperbacks} 1991 - 1
Anal Intruders from Uranus {Comic Books} Age Restricted 2004 - ? 4
And Now, Sir — Is THIS Your Missing Gonad? {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
And Then the World Blew Up {Comic Books} 2017 - 1
Angelman {Hardcovers} 2012 - 1
Angola Janga: Kingdom of Runaway Slaves {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Angry Youth Comix {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: This series is volume two. Johnny Ryan self-published the ten issues that comprise volume one (1994-98).
2001 - 2008 14
Angry Youth Comix {Comic Books} 2015 - 1
Animal Carpentry {Comic Books} 1993 - 1
Anna Malle's Dirty Deeds {Comic Books} 1997 - 1
The Anthology of Mind: Selected Short Stories {Comic Books} 2019 - 1
Anton's Drekbook {Comic Books} 1991 - 1
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental {Trade Paperbacks} Disclose
Note: A hardcover edition was published in 1986 and 2012. Both are listed separately. The 1986 hardcover edition is considered the 2nd printing.
1985 - 1986 2
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental {Hardcovers} 1986 - 1
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental: An Anthology of Comic Art 1979-1985 {Hardcovers} 2012 - 1
Anything Goes! {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Benefit comic for the Comics Journal defense against the Michael Fleisher lawsuit.
1986 - 1987 6
Anywhere But Here {Comic Books} 2005 - 1
Ape {Comic Books} 2003 - 1
Aphrodisia {Comic Books} 1995 - 2
Approximate Continuum Comics {Trade Paperbacks} 2011 - 1
Aquatlantic {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
The Arctic Marauder {Hardcovers} 2011 - 1
Are We Having Fun Yet? {Comic Books} 1994 - 1
The Armed Garden and Other Stories {Comic Books} 2011 - 1
Arsène Schrauwen {Comic Books} 2014 - 1
Arsinoë {Comic Books} 2005 - 5
Art & Beauty Magazine {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Robert Crumb Pin-Up Book.
1996 - 2016 3
Art D'Ecco {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Series ended with Art D'Ecco #4 and was replaced by Zoot (Fantagraphics, 1992 Series).
1990 - 1992 4
The Art of Joe Kubert {Comic Books} 2011 - 1
Art Young's Inferno {Comic Books} 2020 - 1
Artbabe {Comic Books} Disclose
Note: Previously self-published by Jessica Abel (Artbabe Volume 1 (Jessica Abel, 1992 series)).
1997 - 1999 4
Artichoke Tales {Comic Books} 2010 - 1
The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective {Comic Books} 2010 - 1
As Naughty As She Wants to Be! {Trade Paperbacks} 1995 - 1
At Home With Rick Geary: Collected Stories 1977-85 {Trade Paperbacks} 1985 - 1

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