Fantagraphics Blog Eric Reynolds

This happened in my neighborhood this weekend. You'd really expect Captain Haddock to know better. Maybe he's a bit lightheaded from losing all that weight. 

… who doesn't like seeing beautiful women with a comic book in their hand? This is a screengrab I just took from a Rolling Stones doc, Stones in Exile. It's Keith Richards' wife girlfriend at the time, Anita Pallenberg. The book is, of course, Herge's classic Tintin album, The Black Island.

Anyone else notice this Kindle ad in a recent New Yorker? 

Nice rock poster by MOME contributor Joe Kimball for Olympia's GUN OUTFIT. 

I don't quite understand this, but it's pretty cool. Sent to me by Olivier Schrauwen, he says, "It's a homage to Jim Woodring's Frank by the Dutch comics-collective Lamelos. They are four guys, they each did one page. They replaced Frank and his pet by their characters 'cheesehero and poophead'." And why not? 

Dear Stan and Jack, I have finished THOR #159, and thought it was very good. I'm glad that you finally cleared up the Blake/Thor issue, but one thing still puzzles me. Why, after Thor was taught the virtue of humility, wasn't his secret identity of Don Blake disregarded altogether? (Don't ya think this entitles me to a frost-free, wrinkle resistant, fade proof, gold-plated No-Prize?) I'll close my letter with the omnipotent phrase of "Never look a gift Forbush in the mouth". Gary Groth 7263 Evanston Springfield, Va. 22150 From the letters page to THOR #162 (Marvel Comics, 1969). Found here.

It's the final stop on Jim Woodring's WEATHERCRAFT tour!  WHO: Jim Woodring WHAT: Multimedia talk and book signingWHERE: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside, Portland, ORWHEN: Friday, June 25, 7:30 PM

WHO: Megan Kelso WHAT: book signingWHERE: Desert Island, 540 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NYWHEN: Friday, June 25, 7PM 

WHO: Megan Kelso and Kim Deitch WHAT: Multimedia talk and book signingWHERE: The Strand Bookstore, 12th & Broadway, New York, NYWHEN: Thursday, June 24, 7PM Fantagraphics Books and New York's The Strand Bookstore are proud to present an evening with acclaimed graphic novelists Kim Deitch and Megan Kelso on June 24, talking about and signing their new graphic novels THE SEARCH FOR SMILIN' ED (by Deitch) and ARTICHOKE TALES (by Kelso).