Missed it: yesterday was the 2nd anniversary of the relaunch of our website in its current form. Whoopee! Thanks to everybody who has visited, shopped, and offered feedback during this time. One modification we've recently made to the site is that now we can list items in our web shop without offering them for sale (in other words, without the "add to cart" button). We did this for a couple of reasons: one, so we can continue to have info about certain of our books available online even if they go out of stock (and other sites can continue to…
Daily OCD: 1/12/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "I opened [West Coast Blues], got sucked in and blew through it in one sitting. Then I went back a few weeks later, in preparation for this review, and re-read it. I found that I liked it even better the second time around, as I was able to spend a little more time with it and take in the subtleties of the work. I suspect I will read it again soon and I would definitely recommend it. Fans of great artwork and crime stories should give this book a shot." – Chad Derdowski, Mania…
Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s – Previews, Pre-Order
Now available for preview and pre-order: Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s. This chunky little hardcover weighs in at nearly 900 pages of the best small press cartoonists to emerge in the 1970s, documenting the explosive, unrestrained output of underground comix' DIY second generation with comix galore as well as several informative interviews. Click here to read the full Table of Contents, and here to read the Introduction by editor Michael Dowers. Download an exclusive 36-page PDF excerpt with samples from throughout the book right here (2 MB). This book is scheduled to be in stock and ready…
Mome 17 launch party photos
Check out these photos by Daniel Seth Pagel of Sunday night's classy-looking launch party for Mome Vol. 17 at Bergen Street Comics which I ganked from Nate Neal's Facebook page. Sara Edward-Corbett and Nate Neal Gabrielle Bell and Sara Edward-Corbett Nate Neal, Gabrielle Bell, Derek Van Gieson Derek Van Gieson and Nate Neal
Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s – Introduction & Table of Contents
{product_snapshot:id=1651,true,false,false,right} Introduction by Michael Dowers Before we get started it must be said that this book is not about all mini comix. This book is about a small group of comix creators who were inspired by an alternative comix art form known as underground comix. With no other way of getting published they became their own publishers and went on to produce handmade mini comix themselves. This book is certainly not the last word about mini comix. Mini comix themselves would cover every comic book genre imaginable… This is the story of the underground mini comix of the 1980s… October,…
Daily OCD: 1/11/10
Looky here, Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: On Random House's Suvudu blog, Dallas Middaugh selects 2008's Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw as #3 on the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2009: "This book came from out of nowhere to great critical acclaim, and it pushed young Mr. Shaw in the spotlight as one of the most exciting new cartoonists in the field. … This haunting story of a dysfunctional family twists and turns and stuck with me long after I read it." • List: At Comic Book Galaxy, Marc Sobel counts down "The 15 Best Back Issues I…
HLK SMSH
Steven Weissman's new "HLK" print, only 10 bucks!
Webcomics update for 1/8/10
Friday webcomics are back in action! The joys of parenting in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …creative housekeeping, Blecky style, in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan…. …and "Barack Hussein Obama is [finally] back from vacation [thank you very much] and ready to PARTY!!" sez Steven Weissman!
20 Years of Warts
Holy smokes, has it really been 20 years since Warts and All first came out? Movie Morlocks, the official blog of cable network TCM, posted a lengthy and loving tribute to the book. While it was originally published by Penguin, we've had the honor of keeping it in print in recent years. I was influenced by this book at an impressionable age and, like the author of the TCM post, I can still recall some of the gags to this day ("We'll have sex in a minute, honey. First I got to go to the toilet — you know I…
Daily OCD: 1/8/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: On the Forbidden Planet International Blog Log, guest critic Chris Marshall's top 10 graphic novels of 2009 places Blazing Combat in a tie for 4th place: "There was a time when War Comics told War Fact. They showed us the blood, death, camaraderie and horror. [This] series did just that and didn’t hold back." • Review: "Fantagraphics has truly pulled out all the stops on the production of [Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons], giving it such marvelous style and pizzazz. … But it’s the content, of course, that is truly king….
