Fantagraphics Books
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Fantagraphics Books is an American independent publisher renowned for its high-quality editions of classic and alternative comics and graphic novels.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fantagraphics Books canonical | 19 |
| Fantagraphics | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3052857 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Fantagraphics Books Context triple: [Peanuts, publisherOfCollections, Fantagraphics Books]
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Viz Productions
Viz Productions is a film production company known for working on major Hollywood projects such as the science fiction action movie "Edge of Tomorrow."
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Icon Comics
Icon Comics is a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics established to publish work by high-profile writers and artists outside the main Marvel Universe.
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Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is a major American comic book and manga publisher known for creator-owned titles and popular franchises like Hellboy, Sin City, and licensed properties such as Star Wars and Alien.
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Harvey Comics
Harvey Comics was an American comic book publisher best known for creating and popularizing kid-friendly characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich.
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City Lights Publishers
City Lights Publishers is an independent American publishing house renowned for its influential role in Beat literature and progressive, avant-garde writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Fantagraphics Books Target entity description: Fantagraphics Books is an American independent publisher renowned for its high-quality editions of classic and alternative comics and graphic novels.
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A.
Viz Productions
Viz Productions is a film production company known for working on major Hollywood projects such as the science fiction action movie "Edge of Tomorrow."
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B.
Icon Comics
Icon Comics is a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics established to publish work by high-profile writers and artists outside the main Marvel Universe.
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C.
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is a major American comic book and manga publisher known for creator-owned titles and popular franchises like Hellboy, Sin City, and licensed properties such as Star Wars and Alien.
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D.
Harvey Comics
Harvey Comics was an American comic book publisher best known for creating and popularizing kid-friendly characters such as Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich.
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E.
City Lights Publishers
City Lights Publishers is an independent American publishing house renowned for its influential role in Beat literature and progressive, avant-garde writing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
independent comic book publisher
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publishing company ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| distribution |
book trade
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direct market comic shops ⓘ |
| focus |
alternative comics
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classic comics reprints ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Gary Groth
ⓘ
Kim Thompson ⓘ Michael Catron ⓘ |
| genre |
comics
ⓘ
graphic novels ⓘ |
| hasAuthor |
Charles M. Schulz
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Chris Ware ⓘ Daniel Clowes ⓘ Los Bros Hernandez ⓘ Peter Bagge ⓘ |
| industry | publishing ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital editions
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high-quality comic book editions
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publishing alternative and underground cartoonists ⓘ |
| publication |
Eightball
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Hate ⓘ Love and Rockets ⓘ The Comics Journal ⓘ The Complete Peanuts ⓘ
linked to:
Peanuts comic strip
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| publishingFormat |
anthologies
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hardcovers ⓘ magazines ⓘ trade paperbacks ⓘ |
| reputation | leading publisher of alternative comics in North America ⓘ |
| specializesIn |
archival comic strip collections
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creator-owned comics ⓘ literary graphic novels ⓘ |
| subjectArea |
cartooning
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comics history ⓘ graphic storytelling ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
adult readers
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alternative comics fans ⓘ comics scholars ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fantagraphics Books Description of subject: Fantagraphics Books is an American independent publisher renowned for its high-quality editions of classic and alternative comics and graphic novels.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Peanuts comic strip
subject linked to:
Gary Groth
linked to: Fantagraphics Books
linked to: Fantagraphics Books