Paul Hornschemeier spills the beans on the first volume of the new book-format iteration of his one-man anthology series Forlorn Funnies, comprising serialized and standalone comics and prose stories. Head to Paul's blog for details on what's in the first volume, coming out from Fantagraphics this fall, as well as a look at the original art for the cover (the final version of which is seen above). He also posted a separate teaser showing a test panel from one of the stories. Exciting!
J.R. Williams Newave art for sale
This is the original art for a 1985 J.R. Williams comic reprinted in Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s; J.R. seized the opportunity to offer it for sale on Comic Art Collective — it's already sold, but still worth a look! This is the sort of thing you can expect to see at our yet-to-be-officially-announced Newave art show opening Jan. 30 at Fantagraphics Bookstore…
Buddy Bradley: The Song
Peter Bagge sent us a link to this song inspired by his immortal Hate character, by Adam Green (perhaps best known by oldsters like me as half of The Moldy Peaches with Kimya Dawson), from his new album Minor Love.
Purchase Prison Pit pages
Pretty much every page of Johnny Ryan's Prison Pit: Book 1 is amazing, so you really can't go wrong with any of the 15 that he's just put up for sale at Comic Art Collective, now can you?
Now in stock: The Troublemakers by Gilbert Hernandez
Now arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: The Troublemakers By Gilbert Hernandez Dig this scene! Low-life drug dealer Dewey Booth has $200,000 that even-lower-lifes want. BLING! Wes is a rock and roll loser that only wants to buy a club where nobody can tell him he can't sing or perform. WAILIN'! He's known Dewey for years, but that isn't enough to get his dough. Wes needs help. Nala is an über-stacked bombshell whose pleasure in life is to seduce and then humiliate men dumb enough to fall for her. HUSH HUSH! For half the dough, she agrees to…
Now in stock: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 12 (New Printing)
Arrived in our warehouse a few weeks ago and already shipping (whoops!): The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 12 By Robert Crumb Back in print in a new 2009 softcover edition after a several-year absence, the 12th volume of The Complete Crumb spotlights Crumb’s first collaborations with national treasure Harvey Pekar, which appeared in the legendary American Splendor. This collection also includes a skeptical report-in-comics on an aerospace symposium (commissioned by CoEvolution Quarterly, it comes off like one of Michael Moore’s cocky documentary films), Crumb’s encounter with an interviewer from High Times magazine, an evocative period piece featuring 1930s jazz musicians,…
Now in stock: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 7 (New Printing)
Arrived in our warehouse a few weeks ago and already shipping (whoops!): The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 7 By Robert Crumb Back in print in a new 2009 softcover edition! This superb collection of work by Robert Crumb continues into the '70s with another 120-page slab of pure Crumb work, all topped off with a brand new Crumb cover (featuring Mr. Natural) and a two-page introduction by Mr. Sketchum himself! This volume includes all the Crumb work from Zap! #5, Bijou #4, and San Francisco Comic Book #3, as well as the complete reprintings (including the covers in full color)…
Daily OCD: 1/13/10
Online Commentary & Diversions for today: • List: Carol Borden of The Cultural Gutter names Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 as one of "10 Comics I Liked in 2009," calling it "an amazing collection of Golden Age comics and heroes, beautifully restored." • Review: "It’s weird and it’s different and it immediately showed me that Ganges #2 is not what I thought it was. I was expecting mopey autobio, a distant cousin of Blankets with better artwork, and instead got something that was well worth the hype. …It’s a comic about people and how they interact,…
Previews previews It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi
The Previews website is featuring 8 interior pages from It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi, available at comic shops, bookstores and of course right here on our website this Spring.
Weissman joins What Things Do
Exciting news: Steven Weissman has joined the What Things Do webcomics collective alongside founders/charter contributors Jordan Crane, Sammy Harkham and Ted May. The first page of his brand new story "This Already Happened" is up now!
