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Fantagraphics warns comics fans that scammers cloned its website to steal credit card information
A fake Fantagraphics store was allegedly hiding in plain sight for months.
NewsbyChris Arrant, Editor-in-Chief
Published on Mon Aug 24 2026
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The website for the renowned comics publisher Fantagraphics has allegedly been duplicated by an unauthorized third party, and the third party undertook a scheme to fraudulently take customers’ credit card information under the guise of selling comics. The scheme, which appears to have been in operation for months, has been shut down for the time being.
“SCAM ALERT: Do not order from https://fantagraphics-us.com, it is not a legitimate website!” reads a statement from the actual Fantagraphics company. “They have cloned our real website and are stealing people’s credit card information. If you want to order directly from us, please do so at https://fantagraphics.com.”
According to a database maintained by the global nonprofit Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the fraudulent domain appears to have been opened on February 14, 2026. The ownership of the domain is obscured from ICANN, with identity shielding provided by the Japanese domain registration service Onamae.
It’s unclear how many comics fans were affected by this scheme.
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Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse’s Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher’s Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)
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