Coconino Press is an Italian publisher of comic books, founded in 2000 in
Bologna
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,
Italy
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.
They are notable for their translations of
comic books
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from around the world, including the
Americans
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Daniel Clowes
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,
Jason Lutes
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Simon Hanselmann
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and
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine (; born May 31, 1974) is an American cartoonist. He is best known for his ongoing comic book series ''Optic Nerve'' and his illustrations in '' The New Yorker''.
Early life
Adrian Tomine was born May 31, 1974, in Sacramento, Cal ...
;
Canadians
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Seth
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and
Chester Brown
Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist.
Brown has gone through several stylistic and thematic periods. He gained notice in alternative comics circles in the 1980s for the surreal, scatological ''Ed the Happy Clo ...
David B.
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Biography
After studying advertising at the Duperré School of Applied Arts i ...
,
Baru
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and
Emmanuel Guibert
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; the
Japanese
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cartoonists
Jiro Taniguchi
was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga. In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.
Career
Taniguchi began his career as an assista ...
and
Suehiro Maruo
(born January 28, 1956 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and painter.
Biography
Maruo graduated from junior high school in March 1972 but dropped out of senior high school. At the age of 15, he moved to Tokyo and began ...
; as well as the
Italians
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Gipi
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Biography
Born in Pisa in 1963, he began his career illustrating for the publishing and advertising industries.
He began illustrating stor ...
Francesca Ghermandi
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,
Davide Toffolo
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Life and work
Davide Toffolo studied at the DAMS (Dipartimento di Arte, Musica e Spettacolo – ...
Igort
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Biography
He began his career in Bologna at the end of the seventies, collaborating with numerous magazines: including ...
,
Zuzu
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Massimo Mattioli
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Mattioli debuted in 1965 in the periodic comic book '' Il Vittorioso'' with ''Vermetto Sigh''. He was also published in ''Corto Maltese'' and ''Frigid ...
, Altan and Ratigher.
Coconino Press is also partnered with
Seattle
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-based
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
under the
imprint
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...
of the
Ignatz Series
Fantagraphics (previously Fantagraphics Books) is an American publisher of alternative comics, classic comic strip anthologies, manga, magazines, graphic novels, and the erotic Eros Comix imprint.
History
Founding
Fantagraphics was fo ...