"I had a terrific sable brush working for me that week so I was able to do some fine feathering on his bald head and arm hair." Sigh… music to my ears.
VIVA LA COMIX
From ARCADE #4 , winter 1975, edited Al Floogleman & Griffy "Your violent thrashings stir me. From where are you people pulling the energy? It's a great trick, awareness and buoyancy. Yours is still the art 'that knows not its name,' down and dangerous, some of the only art around still life-impelled beyond its theory (that's decadence). There's a lot of dada ghosts riding their hopes on you; stay as unregenerate as you are." – Ken Jacobs Six years ago I believed the above quote was just as relevant in 2003 as it probably was in 1975 to what…
NEVER ENOUGH BASIL
He endures…
Previews: Fantagraphics Releases for August 2009
As seen in the pages of Previews, these are the books and comics slated for release by Fantagraphics Books in August, 2009. Please note that all details, including cover art, prices, specs, contents, and release dates are preliminary and subject to change. THE COMPLETE PEANUTS 1973-1974 by Charles M. Schulz Introduction by Billie Jean King 8.5 x 7, HC, 344 pages, BW, $28.99 ISBN 978-1-60699-286-9 Celebrate life with THE COMPLETE PEANUTS! Fantagraphics is proud to present the release of the 12th volume of the most recognized comic strip of all time! Charles M. Schulz’s American masterpiece has defined the way…
AMEN!
If you happen to be in Los Angeles this Friday, April 3rd I highly recommend you run on over to Katie Vonderheide and Christopher Gere's SYNCHRONICITY SPACE for a spiritual experience!
BETTER LATE: Sandy Egg-O! part five
And this is what Comic-Con looks like after all the fans, cartoonists and celebrities have left for home. Union guys are farting and shouting at us to hurry up and ship out so they can get their drink on. It's a blessed life (I mean that). This Flog is dedicated to the workers. Jamie Salomon of Drawn & Quarterly. This guy's taken a bullet for comics. Alvin Buenaventura of Buenaventura Press puts the finishing touches on pallet. Tom Devlin and Rebecca Rosen of Drawn & Quarterly pack up while sporting Canadian Plaid. (Please note formula: Northwesterner/Me = Plaid/Flannel Connoisseur) Excelsior!
BETTER LATE: San Diego 2008! part four
Isn't this nice? I think it's foolproof. Hobo Crane! "Jes' gettin' some joe 'fore hoppin' th' freight." Heartthrob's Neil Gaiman (televised) and "Ditko Doyen" Blake Bell. Action shot of zak Sally as he snears (jealously) at my latest find. NO!
BETTER LATE: San Die Go 2008! part three
L to R: Gilbert Hernandez, Natalia Hernandez & Jaime Hernandez. Fuck hyperbole. Just fuck it. It doesn't exist when it comes to Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez. Is there any doubt, ANY DOUBT WHATSOEVER, that they are two of the greatest cartoonists? I dare you. The exquisite and lovely Jean Schulz signs copies of The Complete Peanuts. I've been left astounded, the handful of times I've had the good fortune to chat with Jean Schulz at Comic-Con. She radiates calm just by saying "Hello," and that's saying something considering the din and cacophony of Comic-Con. At his booth, Jordan Crane…
BETTER LATE: San Diego 2008! part two
Fantagraphics Warehouse strongman, Ajax salutes the Comic-Con and my camera. This was the second year Ajax worked Comic-Con and our second year without the riffraff crowd lingering around our booth and shoplifting our shit. Coincidence? The Sultan of Shit, Johnny Ryan at the Buenaventura booth. I just read New Character Parade #2 and laffed alot. You should buy it so you can laff alot too. Strange & Stranger scribe, Blake Bell mugs for the camera. The AMAZING Kim Deitch personalizes a copy of Shadowland for a fan. There's not much more I can write about Deitch. He's the greatest!…
BETTER LATE: San Diego 2008! part one
I had a great time at San Diego Comic Con 2008! I've been going for about 6 years in a row and each new year it swells and festers, expands and quivers like a giant quivering zit. I love it! Here are some photos… I really like this photo of Jim Woodring. Raconteur of Blue Collar Surrealism and Cartoon Mysticism, Jim Woodring is a hero of mine, and has been since I was twelve! He is a constant source of sage wisdom, a profitable dawning of understanding and articulating human as well as immortal folly; Jim's work continues to…
