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Hi-Fructose #15 advert

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Every issue we run an ad in Hi-Fructose Magazine.  We usually have special offers for Hi-Fructose readers…
Here’s the one that will appear in #15, due out very soon:

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Last Gasp 40th Anniversary Art Show!

March 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Events

Four decades • 300+ comix • 250+ books • A Who’s Who of Lowbrow Art

Last Gasp turns 40 this year and to celebrate, we are throwing a party and art show at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco.
The Last Gasp 40th Anniversary Art Show assembles a top-drawer lineup of artists – the haut monde [...]

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Gilbert Shelton Autograph Party at Oat Willie’s

March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · appearances, signings

Gilbert Shelton, underground cartoonist and author of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy’s Cat, Wonder Warthog, and Not Quite Dead, will autograph copies of his work at Oat Willie’s Campaign Headquarters, 617 West 29th Street, Austin, TX, on the afternoon of Friday, March 12, 2010.

No stranger to Austin, Shelton began his art career at [...]

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Juxtapoz Photo Shoot

February 9th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

Randy Dodson, photographer extraordinaire for Juxtapoz was in our office yesterday to do a photo shoot with Ron for an upcoming issue of the magazine. The 40th anniversary of Last Gasp is coming up (April 1, 2010) and we wanted this photo to capture 40 years of publishing. We piled up a bunch [...]

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The Art of Hergé

December 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

A nice Christmas treat from the New York Times & Los Angeles Times: kind words about our series The Art of Hergé.
“…devoted not just to the cartoons but also to Hergé’s impressive, sometimes glorious work as an illustrator and graphic designer.”
Bruce Handy, the New York Times
on the Last Gasp series The Art of Hergé
“gorgeous”
Jennifer [...]

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Barefoot Gen vol. 9 & 10 pics from our printer

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

The books will be here in a few weeks!

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Liz McGrath New Show

November 12th, 2009 · No Comments · appearances

Elizabeth McGrath says:
Hello,
I am pleased to announce the opening of my new show “American Animals” this Saturday, November 14, 2009 at Billy Shire Fine Arts (5790 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232; phone: 323-297-0600).
The opening reception will be from 7 – 10pm. The show runs from November 14 – December 5
Visit the BSFA web [...]

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Mitch O’Connell Tattoo on cover of Time Out Chicago

November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Mitch O’Connell

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The Dizzy Dictionary Art Show & Book Signing w/The Pizz

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments · appearances, signings

Book Preview & Interview with The Pizz

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Last Gasp Holiday Catalog is here!

October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Our Holiday catalog is being printed and will be mailed out in the next couple of weeks.

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In the mean time, you can download a pdf of it here.
Ordering information for Mail-Order customers is here.
Ordering information for Wholesale customers (i.e. stores) is here.
Here’s a sampling of some of the pages:

Cover artwork by the masterful Todd [...]

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