Without the title on there I'd have thought that Alex Ross was doing Prison Pit fanfic.
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – May 9, 2010
Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
GIANT sale on The Comics Journal back issues – one week only!
This is huge — EVERY issue of The Comics Journal is now on sale! All available issues through #287 are HALF OFF and #288-300 are 1/3 OFF! Plus, all Comics Journal Library books and Comics Journal Special Editions are also HALF OFF! In preparation for the sale we scoured our warehouse and discovered two classic old issues from deep in the past which were previously thought out of print: The landmark #38 from 1978, named a Top Ten Issue of TCJ by Love & Maggie and a personal favorite of Kim Thompson's, features coverage of DC Comics' cover-price increase,…
Things to see: 5/6/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • A new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beond strip by Kevin Huizenga • From Steven Weissman, this week's "I, Anonymous" and the piece that gives the Butter and Blood art show at GR2 its name • At last, those misty color backgrounds that Frank Santoro's been posting make sense • A midday visit to the lake by Debbie Drechsler • Two new illustrations by Sergio Ponchione, including… the world's first Muslim online sex shop? (completely SFW) • It's Paul Hornschemeier's new weekly t-shirt design for his…
Daily OCD: 5/6/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Is your brain drained? Is your soul cold? Does your ticker need a snicker? Then arrange your face with a grin in place. Read The Culture Corner by Basil Wolverton. Fantagraphics has just published this comprehensive collection of a rare and genuinely silly strip by a great cartoonist. … The collection will crack you up, especially if you enjoy goofy phrases. Wolverton was a master of the craft…. It’s a must-have for any fan of cartooning." – Beth Davies-Stofka, Super I.T.C.H. • Review: "If someone tries to tell you Fletcher Hanks was a genius,…
Anders Nilsen in group art show in Chicago, opening Saturday
Anders Nilsen is part of a group art show at Home Gallery in Chicago, opening this Saturday May 8, 2010 at 6 PM, with a closing brunch on Sunday May 30, 2010, at noon. More info and show previews here.
Things to see: 5/5/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Stephen DeStefano announces that his graphic novel Lucky in Love (coming this Summer from Fantagraphics) is in the can and reveals these character designs for the sequel, already in progress • The Esther Pearl Watson 's Unlovable Fan Page on Facebook presents a classic Tammy strip as it first appeared in Bust magazine • Steven Weissman continues to tease his pieces in the Butter and Blood art show at GR2 with "Wah! Wah! I Wanna" • Nut shot! It's this week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane •…
Daily OCD: 5/5/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Guide: At Time's Techland blog, Douglas Wolk tells you "Where to Start with Love and Rockets": "Fantagraphics actually has a guide to navigating the various overlapping reprints of the three Love and Rockets series (and assorted associated projects) to date, since everything's been repackaged and reformatted so many times. That's useful if you want to read everything in chronological order – but I'd actually suggest that you don't." • Review: "The solid blacks and blocky grotesquerie of The Lagoon strongly recall Charles Burns’ Black Hole, a story in which adulthood is equated with monstrosity. In…
New Comics Day 5/5/10
Due to arrive in comic shops this week (read on for more info and new-release commentary from the comics blogs): Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918: Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut by George Herriman 160-page black & white/color 9" x 12" softcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-316-3 Comics Comics' Joe McCulloch describes it thusly: "This is a new Fantagraphics softcover collecting the earliest Krazy Kat Sunday pages, thus looping this most venerable Golden Age of Reprints project around to material Eclipse covered one year at a time back in the late ’80s (the Fanta effort began with 1925, where Eclipse…
Snoopy license plates in California for a good cause
Residents of California will soon be able to have a beagle doing a happy dance on their bumpers. The State of California, United Media, the Charles M. Schulz Museum and the California Association of Museums have teamed up to create this Snoopy license plate, with proceeds going toward supporting California museums. You can get more info, and California drivers can pre-register, at snoopyplate.com.
