Behold Drew Friedman's glorious cover illustration for today's issue of The Village Voice, showing Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Andrew Breitbart, and Dr. Laura in their natural habitat. See it unsullied by typography (and read a comment from someone purporting to be Breitbart) on Drew's blog.
Jean Schulz on the Today show
Al Roker talked to Jean Schulz about the upcoming 60th anniversary of Peanuts on NBC's Today show this morning. Watch video above or here.
Own a piece of The Squirrel Machine
Hans Rickheit is selling the original pages for his 2009 graphic novel The Squirrel Machine, so if you're a fan of exquisitely crafted, highly detailed, mind-bending artwork, go pick out your favorite page before it's gone.
Things to see: 9/29/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources: • Jason presents two cover illustrations: one for a biography of Henrik Ibsen, the other for a 1989 issue of a Norwegian fanzine (oh yeah, and the cover for his next Fanta collection What I Did is in there too) • Steven Weissman's latest "I, Anonymous" spot and some sketchbook pages here and here • A couple of witty recent entries on the Covered blog: Valerie Fletcher's version of The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 and Anthony Vukojevich's take on Eightball #2 • Dave Cooper gives…
New Comics Day 9/29/10: Rip M.D., The Sanctuary, You’ll Never Know 2
This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators are saying about our releases this week, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Rip M.D. by Mitch Schauer & Michael Vosburg et al. 88-page full-color 7.5" x 9.25" softcover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-369-9 "[Rip M.D.] seems to be a comic more geared to a juvenile public, but should be pretty cool because there are a lot of monsters, really violent werewolves, zombies, and best of all, vampires that do not sparkle!" – Submundo Mamão (translated from Portuguese) "Rip M.D….
The Allen Ginsberg Beat Poet Figurine
Quite possibly the world's first Beat Poet action figure, now available to order from Presspop in Japan! The figurine, packaging and accessories were all designed by Archer Prewitt (also responsible for their previous figurines of music pioneers Raymond Scott and Robert Moog) and feature a cloth jacket, glasses, beaded necklace, papercraft Uncle Sam hat and book, and a CD of live poetry readings. It's adorable!
Adele Blanc-Sec preview at Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly presents a 10-page sneak preview of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1 by Jacques Tardi with the first 10 pages of part 1,"Pterror over Paris"!
Moto Hagio/A Drunken Dream gallery at About.com: Manga
At About.com: Manga, Deb Aoki presents a gallery of photos of Moto Hagio taken at Comic-Con in San Diego, 12 preview pages from A Drunken Dream and Other Stories, and covers of some of Hagio's other books.
Preview Drew Friedman’s Too Soon? at Flavorpill
Check out 5 images from Drew Friedman's brand new collection Too Soon? Famous/Infamous Faces 1995-2010 as presented at/on/in Flavorpill's Flavorwire's Daily Dose.
Daily OCD: 9/27/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "This mammoth collection [What Is All This?] presents five decades of Dixon: sex, frustration, and attempts at deeper communication, mostly missed. The 62 stories evoke neuroses, delusion, banality, and everyday absurdities in deceptively simple sentences… There are echoes of Ernest Hemingway and prefigurings of Raymond Carver's lower-middle-class minimalism infusing tales of scrappers and scrapers… Usually sublime, sometimes sloppy, and occasionally bewildering, these stories are a testament to an impressive career spent too much under the radar." – Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) [Temporary link] • Review: "With its mix of sci-fi, romance, tragedy and…
