Buenaventura Press
Encyclopedia
Buenaventura Press was a publisher and distributor for comics, prints, anthologies and graphic novel
s based in Oakland
, California
.
Buenaventura Press originally specialized in handcrafted fine press prints, producing works for Gary Panter
, Daniel Clowes
, Julie Doucet
, Chris Ware
and others, before it extended its operations to publishing works in various book formats.
The company closed in January 2010.
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
s based in Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
.
Buenaventura Press originally specialized in handcrafted fine press prints, producing works for Gary Panter
Gary Panter
Gary Panter is an illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post-underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of Arcade: The Comics Revue and the initiation of RAW, one of the second generation in American underground comix...
, Daniel Clowes
Daniel Clowes
Daniel Gillespie Clowes is an American author, screenwriter and cartoonist of alternative comic books....
, Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet
Julie Doucet is a Canadian former underground cartoonist and artist, best known for her autobiographical works such as Dirty Plotte and My New York Diary...
, Chris Ware
Chris Ware
Franklin Christenson Ware , is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, widely known for his Acme Novelty Library series and the graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he resides in the Chicago area, Illinois...
and others, before it extended its operations to publishing works in various book formats.
The company closed in January 2010.
Comic books
- Boy’s Club 2 and 3 by Matt Furie
- Comic Book Holocaust and Klassic Komix Klub by Johnny RyanJohnny RyanJohn F. Ryan IV is an American alternative comics creator. He is best known for Angry Youth Comix, a comic book published by Fantagraphics, and for "Blecky Yuckerella", a comic strip which originated in the alternative newspaper the Portland Mercury and now appears on Ryan's website...
- Elvis Road by Elvis Studio by Helge Reumann & Xavier Robel
- Hunter and Painter by Tom GauldTom GauldTom Gauld, is a Scottish cartoonist and illustrator. He studied illustration at Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal College of Art....
- Destined for Dizziness and The Neighborhood by Souther Salazar
- Yeast Hoist #12: Stop Thinking Start Sleeping Stop Sleeping Start Living by Ron Rege Jr.Ron Regé Jr.Ronald J. Regé, Junior is a cartoonist and musician from Plymouth, Massachusetts.-Artistic career:Regé began publishing his own minicomics while attending Massachusetts College of Art in 1988. He has since been published by Highwater Books, Fantagraphics, Buenaventura Press, McSweeney's and Drawn...
- Spaniel Rage by Vanessa Davis
- Injury #1, #2 and #3 by Ted MayTed May-Positions held:* Director on Sesame Street Visits the Firehouse , Sesame songs: Rock and Roll , Between the Lions , TV Funhouse , Elmo's World: The Wild Wild West , Crank Yankers , Zoe's Dance Moves , Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? , Ready for School , and Sesame Street *...
, Jason RobardsJason RobardsJason Nelson Robards, Jr. was an American actor on stage, and in film and television, and a winner of the Tony Award , two Academy Awards and the Emmy Award...
, and Jeff WilsonJeff WilsonJeffrey Wilson or Jeff Wilson may refer to:* Jeffrey A. Wilson , paleontologist & academic in U.S.* Jeff Wilson , New Zealand rugby & cricket player*Jeff Wilson , British auto racing driver...
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- Boy's Club #1 was published by Tim GoodyearTim GoodyearTim Goodyear is a U.S. minicomics publisher, distributor and comics artist. He has been a contributor to Tim Root's Crappy Comics and has compiled several collaborative zines.-Teenage Dinosaur:...
's Teenage Dinosaur.
- Boy's Club #1 was published by Tim Goodyear
Journals, anthologies and other works
- Comic Art Magazine issues 8 and 9 edited by Todd HigniteTodd HigniteTodd Hignite is the Dallas-based writer and editor who publishes Comic Art. Todd currently works as a consignment director for the Comic and Illustration Art divisions of Heritage Auction Galleries....
- Kramers ErgotKramers ErgotKramers Ergot is a series of anthology-style books of comic art edited by Sammy Harkham.-Publication history:Kramers Ergot started as a mini-comic self-published by Sammy Harkham under the imprint Avodah Books...
6 edited by Sammy HarkhamSammy HarkhamSammy Harkham is an American cartoonist and editor, best known for editing the influential Kramer's Ergot alternative comics anthology.... - Kramers ErgotKramers ErgotKramers Ergot is a series of anthology-style books of comic art edited by Sammy Harkham.-Publication history:Kramers Ergot started as a mini-comic self-published by Sammy Harkham under the imprint Avodah Books...
7 edited by Sammy HarkhamSammy HarkhamSammy Harkham is an American cartoonist and editor, best known for editing the influential Kramer's Ergot alternative comics anthology.... - New York Sketches; a portfolio of drawings by Adrian TomineAdrian TomineAdrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
- Private Stash: a foldout portfolio of pin-up drawings by various artists (Robert CrumbRobert CrumbRobert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
, Adrian TomineAdrian TomineAdrian Tomine , a popular contemporary cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series Optic Nerve and his periodical illustrations in The New Yorker.- Biography :...
, Jaime HernandezJaime HernandezJaime Hernandez is the co-creator of the black & white independent comic book Love and Rockets .-Early life:...
et al.) - Dawn by Phil Elverum
- The Complete Jack Survives by Jerry MoriartyJerry MoriartyJerry Moriarty is an American artist and teacher at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan. Moriarty entered the Pratt Institute in 1956 and earned a BFA in 1960. After graduating he worked as a freelance magazine illustrator to support his Abstract Expressionist painting...
Award nominations
- 2008 Ignatz Award nominee for Outstanding Series: Injury #2 by Ted May, Jason Robards, Jeff Wilson
- 2007 Ignatz Award nominee for Outstanding Artist: Vanessa Davis Spaniel Rage
- 2007 Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
nominee for Best Anthology: Kramer's Ergot 6