Our weekly visit with the stubbly girl and the PotUS: Here's something I don't think very often: I wish the world were more like this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …Meanwhile, the Secret Service gets a little road rage in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
Things to see: 7/2/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Set to Sea pages 104 and 105 from Drew Weing • It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy" from John Kerschbaum • Lots of Kevin Huizenga updates: a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond strip, Fight or Run's Chopper at rest; and minicomic sketchbooks at New Construction (not to mention a peek at his new D&Q book) • A heartbreaking "I, Anonymous " from Steven Weissman • Sketches of sculptures by Aristide Maillol by John Hankiewicz • A scene with power lines by Frank…
Daily OCD: 7/2/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Kelso’s work radiates a warmth, poetry, sympathy, and simultaneously earthy and otherworldly essence that few comics creators have brought to the table with such quiet confidence and grace. The closest comic in recent memory to match Artichoke Tales, both in breadth and depth, is Jeff Smith’s Bone. [Grade] A" – The A.V. Club • Review: "…Fantagraphics’ hardcover edition of The Book of Mr. Natural feels like the perfect introduction to R. Crumb’s most enduring creation—and to the sexual peccadilloes that occasionally get both character and creator in hot water. … It’s fascinating stuff, and…
Nancy collectors: we need you
More specifically, Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden need help tracking down scans of tearsheets for several Nancy strips for inclusion in the forthcoming standalone expanded edition of How to Read Nancy: NANCY 6/ 29/55NANCY 8/8/59DEBBIE (AKA LITTLE DEBBIE) by Cecil Jensen 6/ 27/ 55FRITZI RITZ 12/31/30Any examples of pre-1925 work by BushmillerAny MAC THE MANAGER strips (1924) And, of course, Nancy's first appearance : Fritzi Ritz 1/2/33 Complete details and contact information are at Stripper's Guide. Image ganked from ¡Journalista!
Norman Pettingill: Backwoods Humorist – Previews, Pre-Order
Norman Pettingill: Backwoods Humorist by Norman Pettingill; Introduction by Robert Crumb 144-page full-color 12" x 9" hardcover (with wood cover) • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-319-4 Ships in: August 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Norman Pettingill is a true underground cartoonist, known and admired by a small coterie of cartooning connoisseurs, but completely unknown in the wider world. Norman Pettingill was an avid trapper and fisherman from Northern Wisconsin, and a self-taught artist. In 1947, at the age of 51, he created hundreds of pen-and-ink drawings and marketed many of them as postcards, printing and distributing them himself. His cartoon drawings…
New & restocked bonus signature plates now available!
Our selection of books that are available with signed bookplates as a free bonus has just expanded! We've added or restocked bookplates for the following titles: • Wally Gropius by Tim Hensley (Most of our bookplates are designed in-house, but this full-color beauty was done specially for us by Tim himself!)• Penny Century, Locas & Locas II by Jaime Hernandez• All and Sundry by Paul Hornschemeier• You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! by Fletcher Hanks (signed by editor Paul Karasik)• Billy Hazelnuts by Tony Millionaire• Prison Pit, Book 1 by Johnny Ryan• Maniac Killer Strikes Again, Mad Night,…
SALE: 20% Off Underground Comix, One Week Only!
In the spirit of the upcoming holiday we're celebrating independence and freedom of speech by taking at least 20% OFF almost every book and comic in our Underground Comix category, including books by Vaughn Bodé, R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, Victor Moscoso, Spain Rodriguez, Frank Stack, Robert Williams and more! The sale is over at the end of the day on Friday, July 9, so don't delay! PLUS… We still have a large selection of backlist titles at great discounts of 1/3 to 1/2 off the cover prices in our Clearance Sale and Closeout Deals sections.
Megan Kelso reads Artichoke Tales at SPL TONIGHT!
Last-minute alert! Somehow this slipped under our radar: Megan Kelso reads from her new graphic novel Artichoke Tales at Seattle Public Library's Capitol Hill branch tonight at 7:30. More info here.
Daily OCD: 7/1/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "In plot terms, Werewolves of Montpellier is about an art student/thief who dresses up as a werewolf before he goes out to break into people’s homes at night, which a society of actual werewolves is not amused about. What that boils down to on the page, though, are scenes of people sitting next to each other at the laundromat, looking at each other in silence or talking about French actresses while playing chess — and each time, it’s utterly fascinating, and the scene draws you in almost immediately and you don’t want to stop….
Behind the scenes of Catalog No. 439
Here's a nice little bonus feature for you: Back in January, The Greenville Advocate covered Charles Schneider's visit to their town to research the DeMoulin Bros. and take photos for his Introduction to the book Catalog No. 439: Burlesque Paraphernalia and Side Degree Specialties and Costumes. Click the image above for a much larger, legible version. Thanks to Daniel Clowes for providing the scan.
