Sketchbook #39
Courtesy Jason Lutes:
On Frank
Your must-read of the day: Jim Woodring calls it the single best piece of writing about Frank that he's ever read. What more need you know? Oh, and check out this prototype for Jim's next Presspop vinyl masterpiece, Kaiju:
Graham Lineham of IT Crowd
I enjoyed this interview with IT Crowd creator Graham Lineham. Especially this incredibly flattering quote: "The thing I'm happiest about is getting lots of Fantagraphics comics onto the set and also lots of Guided By Voices records."
CBG on Willie & Joe
Everybody loves Willie & Joe!
Sketchbook #38
Courtesy Julie Doucet (click thru for her awesome website):
Friedman covers Royal Flush
I'd never seen this magazine before (it looks like a mash-up between Grand Royal and Your Flesh), but I'm told this issue will debut at MoCCA:
Sketchbook #37
Courtesy Peter Kuper:
Johnny Ryan’s Page of Pages
VICE magazine has put an interview with Johnny Ryan and a back log of some of the comics he's been doing for them the last few years onto a dedicated "Johnny Ryan Page of Pages" page.
Emerald City Con
This weekend is the big Emerald City Con in Seattle, and we'll be hosting signings with Jordan Crane (all day Sat. & Sun), Peter Bagge (Sat. 1PM) and Ellen Forney (Sunday at noon). We'll also have new books like Bottomless Belly Button, Explainers, Rebel Visions, Most Outrageous, Amor Y Cohetes and Mome 11. But, if you do one thing this weekend, do this, it's gonna be fun and the Jordan Crane art is fantastic and goes well with beer:
