CBR's Van Jensen talks to Petey & Pussy creator John Kerschbaum about, yup, you guessed it: PETEY & PUSSY! Meanwhile, part one of Brian Heater's interview with Charles Burns from The Daily Crosshatch.
Your Non-Graphic Novel of the Month
From two of our favorite people in the book world, Joshua Glenn and Seth (we're sure Mr. Kingwell is a wonderful fellow, as well; for a layabout, anyway). Who better to offer sage advice about post-hypercapitalist living than two lifelong experts on idling, goldbricking, scrounging, dawdling, quitting, napping, mooching, laying about, and dreaming? Get it here.
Bagge Action in Ballard
Calling all Seattle-Area Art and Music Lovers! Peter Bagge's art will be hanging on the walls of Ballard's Tigertail bar and restaurant from Nov 12th to the end of 2008. The opening celebration is on Wednesday the 12th, starting at 6 pm. And here's Bagge's design for a new Tigertail t-shirt: Also: Bagge's new pop band, the curiously named "Can You Imagine?" (pictured below) will be making its stage debut at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard this Sunday the 9th at 8pm (they currently aren't listed but Bagge assures us that they WILL be there as an opening act), and they'll also be playing…
Cartoonists on the election
Peter Bagge, Jaime Hernandez and others sound off on the election results to MTV.
Does not compute / Only in comics
From my RSS reader:
Portland Doomsday Show
A Message from Ralph Steadman
But wait, there’s more!
Congratulations are also in order to Dash Shaw and Jaime Hernandez for their books, The Bottomless Belly Button and The Education of Hopey Glass(respectively), being named to Publishers Weekly's Best Graphic Novels of the Year list.
Bottomless Amazon
Congratulations to Dash Shaw for his graphic novel, The Bottomless Belly Button, being named #4 on Amazon.com's editors' list of Best Graphic Novels of 2008. The book also made Amazon's Top 100 books of the year, coming in at #78.
The Yellow Kid
Ladies & gents, introducing Eddie Altergott!
