Heads up: if you want your order shipped by our Standard shipping option within the U.S. to arrive before Christmas, tomorrow (Friday, December 10) is the deadline to get your order in! (If you're shipping to a P.O. box, you'll want to select First Class or Priority Mail shipping rather than Standard.) After that, you'll have until Monday for USPS Priority Mail delivery and until next Friday for 2nd Day UPS. We'll post reminders for those deadlines as well. If you need some gift suggestions, check out our handy Holiday Gift Guide with lots of ideas for every interest and…
Daily OCD: 12/9/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions. Today's reviews come directly or indirectly via Hans Rickheit: • Review: "Simmons’ artwork [in House] masterfully cranks up the tension and tightens the suspense as the ill-fated explorers descend into the building’s subterranean depths; as his characters enter the house, his dark frames thicken, becoming the walls of the house. The comic is wordless, but the characters have no trouble expressing themselves as they go from the heights of youthful elation to sheer terror as the house swallows them whole." – Ao Meng, The Daily Texan • Review: "As both an anthology and as a…
Time heals all wounds: Drew Friedman & Joe Franklin
An historic meeting: Drew Friedman & Joe Franklin 12/8/10, Joe's office. "So he once sued me for $40 million? Feh. Anything is possible…" says Drew. Photo below by Drew: (Jeezum crow, Joe's office makes our notorious clutter-heap offices look positively tidy by comparison.)
Things to See: 12/8/10 Roundup
It's overdue! • Another glimpse of Tim Lane's book-in-progress Folktales at his Jackie No-Name blog • Among the early strips, illustrations, outtakes and film reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog: "Dead Mickey" • From Steven Weissman, a Repaneled panel and a new Yikes! animation (I dare you not to get the end credits song stuck in your head), plus his latest "I, Anonymous" spots and other things on his Chewing Gum in Church blog • Lots of new artwork, merch, handicrafts and current events in the latest blog updates from Dame Darcy • Richard Sala's… Hallmark card??…
Percy Crosby’s Skippy Vs. the Mob from Rosebud Archives
We're pleased to share the news about Skippy Vs. the Mob, a new book from our colleagues Rick Marschall and Jonathan Barli over at Rosebud Archives. Find out more about this classic Percy Crosby story on the Rosebud Archives blog. Don't forget, you can order a selection of Rosebud Archives products (prints, portfolios, notecards, etc.) right here on our website.
New Eleanor Davis & Drew Weing art & stuff for sale
Eleanor Davis & Drew Weing have a bunch of new original art, prints & minis for sale in their Little House Comics online shop and it's all pretty dang snazzy. Here's where Drew tells you what's new.
Tiny Too show at Gallery Meltdown this Saturday
Renee French, Kaz, Tony Millionaire and Steven Weissman are among the many artists participating in the Tiny Too art show at Gallery Meltdown one night only, this Saturday, December 11, 2010. Lineup! Flyer! Previews!
Ben Catmull tells Tales at Comic Relief
Ben Catmull reads from Monster Parade this Saturday evening at Comic Relief in Berkeley! More info here.
Daily OCD: 12/8/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • KEXP's Chris Estey names 3 of our books among the Most Rocking Comix 2010: "King of the Flies: 2. The Origin of the World… is the second volume in a three-book series on the creepy doings of a Twin Peaks-like small city seriously doped and boozed, thrashed by random violence and impulsive sexuality, the old deforming the desires of the young, and unfulfilled ghosts melt through everyday lives. […] It is a multi-leveled, wide expanse of delicate things falling apart and souls keeping it together somehow, full of… sexy, damaged, freaky people. That you…
Rip M.D. signings in Burbank & Tulsa
The creators of Rip M.D. have two signing events lined up this month: On Friday December 10 the whole creative team (writer/artist Mitch Shauer, inker Mike Vosburg, and color/effects crew Justin Yamaguchi & Michael Lessa) will do a demo, raffle giveaway and signing at the House of Secrets comic shop in Burbank, CA. Starts at 5PM and may go as late as 8PM. RSVP on Facebook. And on Saturday December 18 Mitch Schauer returns to his hometown of Tulsa, OK to sign copies of Rip M.D. at Borders Books & Music on Yale St. If we get any more details…
