[ Hey, I promised you we'd have some photos from Kim's awesome wife, didn't I? — janice ] Kim Thompson's wife Lynn Emmert went to SPX and came back with a mini photo gallery. Kim wrote the captions. Diane Noomin confronted with evidence of past crimes by looming fan. Diane Noomin and Johnny Ryan signing away, as Conrad Groth (in striped shirt) practices the Groth charm. Remember when comic book conventions were pretty much guys only? Do you miss those days? Leslie Stein with her new book. Paul Hornschemeier wields patented "please buy my book" puppy-dog gaze, honed by years…
Fantagraphics APE 2011 Programming Schedule
APE: Alternative Press Expo is only a week-and-a-half away, on Saturday, October 1st and Sunday, October 2nd at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco, CA! Start making plans now to check out panels featuring these Fantagraphics artists: Saturday, October 1st 3:00 PM // A Discussion with Daniel Clowes and Adrian Tomine Critically acclaimed, award-winning, bestselling cartoonists — and APE special guests — Daniel Clowes (The Death-Ray, Ghost World, Wilson) and Adrian Tomine (Optic Nerve, Shortcomings) are both professional peers and friends, having met over a decade ago when both lived in the East Bay. TheComicsJournal.com editor and PictureBox publisher…
Twain in the Membrane: Desert Island Print
Michael Kupperman ponders the possibilities of Mark Twain's passing in this positively perfect print for Desert Island in Brooklyn. (My favorite possibility? Shot in the crotch.) Get your own copy of this historically accurate print on Thursday, October 13th, at the book release party for Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010. Store owner Gabriel Fowler notes that if there are any prints leftover at the end of the night (unlikely!), they'll be available online. Keep an eye on all our Twain in the Membrane tour dates on the Fantagraphics Events page!
Taking Punk to the Masses Tour: Downtown Seattle (UPDATED)
UPDATE: Corrected with updated date and time! The Northwest tour for Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind has been hitting some pretty rockin' places, from record stores to college bookstores, but tomorrow's event is totally classy! Join EMP curator/editor Jacob McMurray on Wednesday, September 28th at the Pan Pacific Hotel in downtown Seattle for a reading and discussion of the "grunge" era in a completely non-grunge-y locale! Your $30 registration includes a copy of the book, and complimentary appetizers. Seating and noshing starts at 5:30 PM, and the presentation starts at 6:00 PM. RSVP to 206.654.5005 or…
Power Up This Weekend at the Fantagraphics Bookstore
This is one powerful event, indeed. This coming Saturday, September 24th, two crazy forces of talent will collide in one evening at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. Editor Warren Bernard (you may know him as the Executive Director of SPX) will present a slideshow and discussion for his brand-new Fantagraphics title Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising. The exhibit of vintage advertising material looks tremendous, and Warren's slideshows are not to be missed! And the evening only intensifies in power with the addition of special guest, L.A.-based artist Tom Neely, who is currently on a west coast tour for…
For the Benefit of Robots
Even robots need love, too, especially the giant ones. And on Saturday, September 24th, Giant Robot 2 kicks off the exhibit "Robots," a benefit for their esteemed gallery space in Los Angeles. Since opening their doors in 2003, GR2 has hosted exhibitions featuring many Fantagraphics artists on their walls, and this upcoming exhibit is no exception, featuring work by Andrice Arp, Eleanor Davis, John Pham, Mark Todd (whose artwork is shown above), and Esther Pearl Watson, among dozens of other incredibly talented folks. GR2 shows don't push their artists into contracts, and attendance is always free. If you've ever enjoyed…
Taking Punk to the Masses Tour: Tacoma
The Taking Punk to the Masses Northwest tour wraps up this Thursday, September 22nd at the University Book Store in Tacoma… a city where apparently this happened: From the pages of Taking Punk to the Masses Holy crap, do they mean shoegazer band Lush? With Nirvana? For $5? Less if you brought canned foods? This is the kind-of amazing paraphernalia of the grunge-era that you can only find in Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind! Join EMP Senior Curator/editor Jacob McMurray at 5:30 PM for a reading and discussion. The University Bookstore is located at 1754 Pacific…
Jaime Hernandez at Bergen Street Comics
Jaime Hernandez's signing at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn the other week was a total success, no surprise there! Thank you so much to everyone who came out to celebrate the release of Love & Rockets: New Stories, Vol. 4 with Jaime, and thank you so much to Tom & Amy from BSC* for hosting such a wonderful event! All photos are courtesy of their Facebook page! [ * Bergen Street Comics, NOT the "Baby-Sitters Club"… ] My wish came true!!! Here's Jaime with my longtime-literary-crush, John Hodgman. Adrian Tomine also stopped by! Some happy Love & Rockets fans! […
Business Time with Paul Hornschemeier
It's been a while since Paul Hornschemeier has had a new t-shirt design, but he's back… and he means business. As in this t-shirt design. Go get one and go for that promotion, available online at Paul's Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop.
SPX 2011: Now With Photos!
We're still reeling from the amazing weekend Fantagraphics had at the 2011 Small Press Expo earlier this month! Kim's awesome wife has some photos she's gonna share with us later, but in the meantime, here's some photos, thanks to our friends at the SPX Facebook page! Here's our fearless leader Kim Thompson accepting Jaime Hernandez's "Outstanding Story" Ignatz for "Browntown" from Love and Rockets: New Stories #3! And here's Mome newcomer Joseph Lambert accepting either the award for "Outstanding Cartoonist" or "Oustanding Collection" for I Will Bite You! Presiding over the evening's events is SPX Executive Director, Warren Bernard… also,…
