R.I.P. Kim Thompson, Fantagraphics Publisher

Along with Gary Groth, Kim Thompson helped lay the foundation for Fantagraphics Books, which published some amazing independent comics, books and other material from my childhood.

Love and Rockets: 30 Years

Love and Rockets, one of the longest running independent comics, celebrated it's 30th anniversary in 2012. Here's a look back at the work of brothers Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.

Love and Rockets 30th Anniversary - East Coast Tour

Love and Rockets creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez celebrates 30 years of publication, with their East Coast signing and readings tour. Publisher Fantagraphics has unveiled the schedule for the duo's stops along the Northeast Tour:

Friday, Sept. 14 • Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C.

Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15 & 16 • SPX, Bethesda, MD

Tuesday, Sept. 18 • Atomic Books, Baltimore, MD

Wednesday, Sept. 19 • Philadelphia Free Library, Philadelphia, PA

Friday, Sept. 21 • The Rock Shop, Brooklyn, NY

Sunday, Sept. 23rd • Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, NY

September 14th-23rd, the seminal Love and Rockets creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez will tour from Washington D.C. to Brooklyn as part of the 30th Anniversary of Love and Rockets. Signings and readings await the Northeast this fall.