Mix-n-match comics panels to make your own story with the iPad app Comixer, created by the editors of the dearly-missed Nickelodeon magazine, which means it's kid-friendly, and drawn by Johnny Ryan, which means it's awesome! (Link via Janice via Jenny Ryan on Facebook.)
Mr. Natural gets stoned
Get it? Statuettes of R. Crumb's Mr. Natural, hand-carved from sandstone by artisans in Bali, now available from The Official R. Crumb Gallery. Garden gnome hat not included. (Via Boing Boing.) (For cheaper Mr. Natural thrills, The Book of Mr. Natural hardcover edition is only 12 bucks during our 3-day Inventory Reduction Sale!)
Weekend Webcomics for 12/24/10: Weissman & more (posted 12/27)
Here's this week's Weissman, plus links to other strips from around the web (do I have to explain why they're late?): — Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size): — And elsewhere: Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga: Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane: Ectiopiary by Hans Rickheit: Lucky by Gabrielle Bell: Maakies by Tony Millionaire: Truth Serum by Jon Adams:
Answers to some of your questions about our digital strategy at Comics Alliance
While we were enjoying a nice little holiday break, Comics Alliance posted an interview with our own Eric Reynolds in which Eric discusses our nascent strategy for making our books available for digital download for your various e-readers and such: "Our digital plans are still very much in the formative stages. I'm not going to lie; we've definitely been slow to move on the digital front, but not for a lack of interest. […] We've been paying close attention for the past year or more and have been slowly developing a strategy, exploring all of the various third party apps…
Inventory Reduction Sale – 40% off overstocked items 3 days only!
You have all that Xmas cash burning a hole in your pocket. We've got teetering piles of books in our warehouse. Let's make a deal! We've put together a list of titles we have too many of and we've slashed the prices on these select books by 40% for 3 days only — Monday December 27, 2010 through Wednesday, December 29. (Sale not in effect at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery.) This isn't just some old junk we have laying around — this is primo stuff from your favorite artists: Bagge! Burns! Crane! Crumb! Foster! Hernandez! Hernandez! Herriman! Hornschemeier! Kupperman! Millionaire!…
Dame Darcy does Domy Books & rocks with Death By Doll in Austin Jan. 6
Dame Darcy appears at Domy Books in Austin TX for a Meat Cake book signing on Thursday Jan. 6, 6-7 PM — more info here, and RSVP on Facebook here. Following the signing, the Dame's band Death By Doll will be playing at Elysium for the full Dame Darcy multimedia experience! It's all brought to you by the Austin branch of Dr. Sketchy.
Daily OCD: 12/23/10
Online Commentary & Diversions will return next week. Here's today's: • List: Lilli Carré's residency at Spudnik Press was selected one of Chicago's Top 5 Solo Exhibitions by Newcity • Review: "I'm pretty close to having read all of Jason's comics, and each one is so solid and reliable, I'd be perfectly fine with building a house on them — except then it might be hard to read the comics themselves. […] I continue to be impressed with Jason's unique and distinctive style, and if anything, he's only gotten better over time. …[I]t's nice to know that one of my…
Fantagraphics Spring/Summer 2011 Catalog
This week we mailed out copies of our Spring/Summer 2011 distributors catalog (designed and produced for buyers and sellers in the book trade) to members of the press. We are pleased to also offer it as a 7.4 MB PDF download. Please be advised that the information in this catalog is preliminary and still subject to change, including but not limited to book titles, prices, cover art, contents, specs, and especially release dates. (For instance, Ah Pook Is Here is already rescheduled from July to Fall 2011.) Inquiries from members of the press may be directed to Jacq Cohen at…
Our Spring/Summer 2011 catalog!
Here's a little holiday weekend reading to get you excited for the upcoming year! This week we mailed out copies of our Spring/Summer 2011 distributors catalog (designed and produced for buyers and sellers in the book trade) to members of the press. We aren't able to print enough to send them to all our customers and fans as well, but here's the next best thing: a 7.4 MB PDF download! It's 48 pages packed full of information and preview art from dozens of upcoming releases. Please be advised that the information in this catalog is preliminary and still subject to…
Now in stock: Mascots by Ray Fenwick
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Mascots by Ray Fenwick 136-page full-color 5.25" x 7.75" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-400-9 Previews & Ordering Info The second book from Ray Fenwick, author of 2008’s acclaimed Hall of Best Knowledge. In Mascots, a collection of impressionistic stories combine to create a wildly absurd — yet vaguely familiar — parallel world. Like Fenwick’s previous work, the acclaimed Hall of Best Knowledge (one of Booklist’s “Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2008”), Mascots is driven by lettering and language, part art and part comics, this time taking the form of bright, full color…
