Daily links: 11/15-18/08

There'll be a little more catch-up tomorrow:

Etch-A-Peanuts

Fantagraphics art director Jacob Covey talks to United Arab Emirates newspaper The National about Garfield Minus Garfield – wait, what?

• Flog commenter "Faraquet" points out this 2001 Dutch TV interview with Daniel Clowes (via this blog) and says "It's very weird" (having watched the first few minutes we're going to say it's the background music that gives that impression)

For Publishers Weekly, Frank Santoro looks at the new volume of E.C. Segar's Popeye

Ellen Forney announces on her blog that she'll be collaborating with Sherman Alexie again on his next book – congrats, Ellen!

Chris Diaz shares a photo of Gene Deitch from Gene's recent visit to San Francisco

Comics Bulletin looks at The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring

• I'm pretty sure I've seen this circulate on the blogosphere before, but: Tim Hensley presents The World's Weirdest Comics Jam