Fantagraphics Blog Eric Reynolds

  Marc Maron is an absolutely brilliant comic talent who hosted the morning show on the ill-fated Air America radio network, and I guess he enjoyed that gig so much he's created the WTF podcast to continue to scratch that itch. His latest episode features the always-funny Peter Bagge, taped while Marc was recently doing a set of comedy gigs in Seattle. For some reason, Marc thought it would also be a good reason to have me on, too. The show was recorded at the Fantagraphics Bookstore, and we had a good time doing it. Thanks, Marc! Check out Marc's archives, too, the show is…

  … Sophie Crumb has an art blog.

Marketing Meeting, FBI HQ, 1.19.10

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS AND THE STRAND PRESENT: An evening with GAHAN WILSON Signing and discussing his new book: GAHAN WILSON: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons Tuesday, January 19, 7PM THE STRAND BOOKSTORE12th & BroadwayNew York, NY   Gahan will discuss his distinguished career and answer questions in a talk moderated by Emily Gordon, former PRINT magazine Editor-In-Chief and proprietor of the Emdashes blog (about all things New Yorker). 

Featuring: David Sandlin, Michael Kupperman, Chadwick Whitehead, Jayr Pulga, Sam Henderson, Glenn Head, Danny Hellman, Karl Wills, and R Sikoryak!

This looks like a great show:    FUNNY (not funny)Recent Comic Art Exhibiting Signs of Black HumorCurated by Ryan Standfest January 22 – February 26, 2010Reception: Friday, January 22 6-9pm The University of Michigan Work : Detroit Gallery3663 Woodward / Suite 150Detroit, MI 48230 Participating Artists:Ivan BrunettiChris CillaSue CoeLisa HanawaltGlenn HeadTim HensleyIan HuebertBen KatchorMichael KuppermanMats!?Daniel MawTaylor McKimensTravis MillardTom NeelyMark NewgardenDavid PaleoJonathon RosenDavid SandlinRob SatoJon Vermilyea The "FUNNY (not funny)" exhibition seeks to elicit uncomfortable laughter in the realm of black humor-a place where the serious and the taboo are fodder for comic provocation. Artists in numerous media have long sought…

I attended Joe Sacco's Town Hall event last night in Seattle, and it was, as expected, a great talk. Is there a more charming, erudite, and intelligent soul in this racket? I tend to think not. Anyway, I'm not even going to begin to write a recap — too many foreign sects, races and historical events to keep track of — except to say that the talk focused on the social and political events from about 1949 to 1956 that led to the massacre investigated and reported on in his new new book, FOOTNOTES IN GAZA, followed by an excellent Q&A session….

  Fantagraphics' co-leader and secret weapon Kim Thompson speaks to Chris Marshall of the Collected Comics Podcast about our line of classic strip reprints and foreign translations. 

 If, like me, you enjoy baseball almost as much as comics, this is one of the coolest posts I've seen in awhile. Wezen-ball uses The Complete Peanuts to calculate the Peanuts gang's baseball record from 1950-1970. I love the idea of Kim Thompson's awesome Complete Peanuts indexes being useful to sabermetricians.