Gasoline Alley bisque bobbleheads from the 1930s: Good times:
Reffer Madness
I had to report to jury duty last week, and in the "jury assembly room" that had a large wall of posters for theater and art shows around town. They also had a sheet where you could sign up to reserve a poster when it came down. Only two posters had been reserved, apparently by a hippie who can't spell (I blocked out the guy's last name and phone number): I tease; the guy had good taste. All the other posters were lame.
MOME 12 sneak peek
One of the strange things about editing MOME is that we're always sending an issue to the printer simultaneous to the previous issue hitting stores. So while Vol. 11 just hit stores this week, we're also sending MOME 12 off to the printer as well. I thought I'd give you all a sneak peek of the cover: The cover is by Olivier Schrauwen, who contributes an original 13 page story to the issue (his first written in English). It's amazing, absurdist delight titled "Hair Types". If you haven't read his book, MY BOY, you should. MOME 12 also features new work by…
How I pissed off Steve Ditko
With our forthcoming opus STRANGE & STRANGE: THE WORLD OF STEVE DITKO hitting in just a few weeks, I thought I would share a brief Steve Ditko story. About ten years ago we had the great fortune of publishing a new series by Mr. Ditko, STEVE DITKO'S STRANGE AVENGING TALES. This was incredibly exciting to me, having been a lifelong Ditko fan. Unfortunately, I did not get to interact much with Mr. Ditko. See, I do all of our promotion, and to say that Mr. Ditko is not big on promotion is like saying the Pope is not big on…
You’ve been MOMEd
Here's one (from Jog), two (from ComicMix), and three (from Rob Clough) reviews of the new MOME, Vol. 11. I thought these were interesting, taken as a whole.
Megan Kelso interviewed
Joshua Burton of the Daily Titan talks to Megan Kelso about The Squirrel Mother and more.
Sketchbook #36
Courtesy Kaz: Look for the first full-color UNDERWORLD collection early next year from Fanta, titled WE ARE NOT SAINTS.
Robert Pollard’s Town of Mirrors
Robert Pollard talks a bit about his upcoming art book to Billboard. And by the way, here's your first look at the final cover design. The logo box will be a peelable sticker on hardcover:
Clowes covers New Yorker
Well, this was long overdue! Daniel Clowes contributes not one, but TWO covers to this week's New Yorker magazine. Speaking of Daniel, the eagerly-anticipated Ghost World Special Edition is in da house and will debut Labor Day Weekend at our Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle, along with a Ghost World exhibition and signing by Clowes! Details to come later this summer…
Sketchbook #35
Courtesy Renée French:
