We've uploaded over 100 photos from the 2010 Bumbershoot festival to our Flickr page, including views of the entire Counterculture Comix exhibit, Jim Woodring's appearance in the "MeTube" program, and Tony Millionaire's unforgettable talk. You can view the photos a few different ways, including a slideshow; even though it's a bit of a pain to navigate I recommend browsing the photos manually, choosing "view all sizes" for each and selecting to view the exhibit photos at original size for the greatest detail. Below, just a few highlights: Local TV celeb John Keister poses with his 1984 portrait by Lynda Barry….
Oxford American comics redux
In response to my previous Flog post Eric plopped the new issue of the Oxford American onto my desk yesterday morning and not only does it include comics and illustrations by Drew Weing and Josh Simmons as previously reported, it also has Dame Darcy, Michael Kupperman, Eric Haven, Josh Neufeld, Jeremy Tinder and other, less-familiar talents. Let's hear it for comics in lit mags!
Daily OCD: 9/13/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Publishers Weekly's Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald run down some "Graphic Novels as Gifts" suggestions, including Norman Pettingill: Backwoods Humorist ("A wooden cover introduces the amazing outsider art of Pettingill, who crafted detailed postcards of wildlife and rustic humor") and A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio ("Haunting stories of longing, memory, and love from the legendary manga-ka who changed the face of Japanese comics"). • Review: "When experienced animators turn to creating comics or illustrating children’s books, I usually find the results successful and quite satisfying. That’s certainly the case…
Howard Stern plugs Drew Friedman’s Too Soon?
You can see Howard Stern's blurb for Drew Friedman's Too Soon? right there on the front cover, and this morning Howard plugged the book on his Sirius satellite radio show, captured on video and posted to Facebook by Liz Belmont. The upshot: "Very good. Love that guy. … I think Drew Friedman's my favorite artist. … I still to this day don't know how he draws like that. It's fabulous." Update: Now it's on YouTube and embedded below!
What rocks harder than mods goose-stepping to Snoopy songs?
Question, video, and answer ("NOTHING.") courtesy Ben Schwartz.
Ganges by Kevin Huizenga: Ignatz Award Winner for Outstanding Series
We are pleased to report that Ganges by Kevin Huizenga, which was nominated for all 3 major industry awards this year (Eisner, Harvey & Ignatz), took home the Ignatz brick for Outstanding Series at the award ceremony at SPX this past weekend. (See the complete list of winners in all categories here.) Congratulations! To celebrate, all 3 issues of the series are now 20% off for a limited time! There's never been a better time to fill in the gaps in your collection or catch up on the whole series at once!
The all-new Maakies.com and… what’s this?
…A puppeteer in a green-screen suit with a live-action Sock Monkey puppet? With other incriminating evidence, not to mention regular Maakies strips and other messages from Tony Millionaire, at the all-new Maakies.com website? We can only confirm the latter two items.
Comics in the new Oxford American
We mentioned this in passing in the last Things to See, but it bears noting on its own: the new issue of the Oxford American includes comics stories by Drew Weing and Josh Simmons — and that's just what we know of. Who else might be in the issue? Pick up a copy and find out — and then tell us, we'd love to know…
Things to see: 9/10/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources: • Drew Friedman illustrates the latest crop of pop stars-cum-reality TV stars for Billboard (with commentary) • The cover of a new minicomic Miss Lasko-Gross is debuting at SPX (via Facebook) • From Kevin Huizenga, a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond strip • Two more stages in Matthias Lehmann's scratchboard work in progress • From Jason: a 1996 anthology story page; a lizard lady; an illustration of U2; and three early cartoons • Steven Weissman drew Courtney Love for The Stranger's…
Weekend Webcomics for 9/10/10: Stephen DeStefano & Steven Weissman
New strips from the Steves this week: — Monday's Strip by Stephen DeStefano (view larger) Originally run as an experiment on Stephen's blog starting in 2008, Monday's Strip is re-presented here. This strip is seen here in color for the first time. — Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size):
