FANTAGRAPHICS ATTENDS NEW YORK COMIC CON APRIL 18-20 NEW BOOKS, AUTHORS HIGHLIGHT FIRST-EVER NY COMIC CON APPEARANCE New York Comic Con, taking place April 18-20 at the Javits Center in New York City, is the East Coast’s biggest popular culture convention, and in 2008 Fantagraphics Books — the west coast’s biggest alternative comics publisher — will join the ranks of exhibitors for the first time. Publishers Gary Groth and Kim Thompson will be on hand all weekend, hosting round-the-clock signings for several authors and debuting several new titles at the show. Authors signing at the Fantagraphics tables at NY Comic…
DePastino talks Mauldin
The Collected Comics Library Podcast has a really fun and very informative interview with Todd DePastino, author of Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front (W.W. Norton) and editor of Willie and Joe: The World War II Years (Fantagraphics). For decades Mauldin was the voice of the Greatest Generation through his cartoons, particularly with his most famous characters Willie and Joe, which DePastino discusses in-depth.
The 10-cent plague afflicts Seattle
On Thursday, April 17, author David Hajdu will be at Town Hall to promote his new book, THE TEN CENT PLAGUE, detailing the Senate crackdown on comic books in the 1950s amidst fears of their contributing to juvenile delinquency. Fantagraphics didn't publish this book, but we like it so much that we're teaming up with Town Hall to promote the event. For you NEW YORKER readers out there, the current issue includes a review of THE TEN CENT PLAGUE (as well as a swell "Talk of the Town" piece by Lillian Ross about Drew Friedman's Friar's Club event to promote…
Sketchbook #5
Courtesy Ellen Forney:
Convergences
Two great Baltimore tastes that taste great together: One of my favorite bookstores (Atomic Books), and one of my favorite TV shows (The Wire). How does McNulty find time to read in between police work, boozing, and whoring? See more cool pics at the Atomic Books Flickr page, including a Bunny Colvin cameo for you fellow Wire-lovers.
The Swamp Thing
There's not too many people I'd follow into a psychedelic swamp, but Gary Panter is definitely one of them.
Hornschemeier, Eggers, & Omega
It seems Mayor Michael Bloomberg has declared this Paul Hornschemeier week in New York City, beginning tomorrow! First up, we have this in the early evening: ABOVE: Paul Hornschemeier, Dialectic on Preference, 2004 Dave Eggers curatesLots Of Things Like ThisApril 2 – May 10, 2008 Opening reception:Wednesday, April 2, 6-8pm With works by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Leonard Cohen, David Berman, Ted Berrigan, Joe Brainard, Georges Braque, Jeffrey Brown, R. Crumb, Henry Darger, Marcel Duchamp, CM Evans, Shephard Fairey, David Godbold, Alasdair Gray, Philip Guston, Paul Hornschemeier, Jay Howell, Chris Johanson, Maira Kalman, Kenneth Koch, David Mamet, Quenton Miller, Tucker Nichols, Alice Notley, Ron…
Sketchbook #4
Courtesy Dame Darcy (sorry, this was a tough one to photograph without getting any glare):
The great Al Jaffee
The New York Times had a great feature yesterday on one of America's greatest living cartoonists, the inimitable Al Jaffee.
Sketchbook #3
Courtesy Ben Catmull:
