Kevin Huizenga sketched this detail from Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 1: Race to Death Valley and posted it up on his blog as part of a series of drawings making note of comics he's recently enjoyed. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]
Daily OCD: Rolling Stone on Everything Is an Afterthought: ‘inspiring,’ ‘essential’
In the brand new issue of Rolling Stone, Anthony DeCurtis reviews Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson by Kevin Avery (ironically subjecting it to the same star-rating system that led to Nelson's rift with the magazine):
Things to See: Jack Davis à la Drew Friedman
In preparation for the Jack Davis panel at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival on Dec. 3 moderated by Gary Groth and Drew Friedman, Drew presents a nice big gallery of Davis artwork. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]
Crumb Cake
What could be more festive than a cake decorated with the cover of The Comics Journal #301 (featuring artwork from Robert Crumb's Genesis)? This gorgeous edible monstrosity was procured by TCJ's Matt Silvie for the Thanksgiving festivities chez Groth. Photos by Jacq Cohen.
Rolling Stone previews Tony Millionaire’s 500 Portraits
Rolling Stone presents 10 of Tony Millionaire's best drawings of musicians from 500 Portraits and, what's more, the magazine's Matthew Perpetua got Tony to talk about each one — both the musicians themselves and the experience of drawing them. Check it out unless you hate wonderfulness.
Up All Night by Michael Kupperman – When the Moon Hits Your Eye
This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs weekly in the Washington City Paper and here on the Fantagraphics website.
Daily OCD: 11/23/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: After appearing on Amazon.com's Best Books of 2011 — Comics and Graphic Novels top 10, Love and Rockets: New Stories #4 and Pogo Vol. 1 show up on Amazon.ca's list of the same name, in the #5 and #4 positions respectively • Plug: At NPR's Monkey See, Glen Weldon recommends Pogo Vol. 1 as a "tryptophan-tastic tome" for your turkey-coma reading enjoyment: "Walt Kelly's seminal, satirical, exquisitely rendered, hugely influential (and, not for nothing, actually funny) comic strip is getting a deluxe treatment by Fantagraphics. Crisply reproduced at a generous size that makes…
Very rich person buys painting of very rich duck
"Carl Barks’ 1974 painting 'The Sport of Tycoons,' which features the iconic image of Scrooge McDuck swimming in his gold-filled vault, sold at auction last week for a record $262,900," reports Robot 6. You'll be able to buy our hardcover collection which includes the comic the painting is based on for less than 0.01% of that amount next June, in case your liquid assets aren't swimmable.
Kevin Avery reads from Everything Is an Afterthought at Vanity Fair
Kevin Avery stopped by the Vanity Fair offices recently to record an excerpt from "his colorful new anthology" Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson for their "Writers Reading" podcast. Listen with the embedded player below or on the Vanity Fair website. And see our book page for another excerpt & previews. Kevin Avery Reads from Everything Is an Afterthought by Vanity Fair
New Comics Day 11/23/11: Donald, Pogo, Estonia, Oil and Water
This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. "It’s certainly Fantagraphics’ week, with the release of two amazing reprint volumes." – Johanna Draper Carlson, Comics Worth Reading Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks 240-page full-color 7.5" x 10.25" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-474-0 "Fantagraphics' reprinting of the complete Carl Barks duck comics, wisely, starts…
