Fifty years ago today Gene Deitch arrived in Prague for a "temporary" gig that stretched into five decades (thanks to the intervention of true love). The English-language weekly The Prague Post caught up with Gene this week to get the story as the anniversary approached. (Photo: Walter Novak/The Prague Post)
Webcomics update for 10/9/09
We're burning the midnight oil to bring you your weekly webcomics update! Jesus H. Christ! It's this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan…. …Elzie Crisler meets Rattledog in this week's strip from Steven Weissman's Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures… …and more million dollar ideas, plus a trip to the comic shop, in our Monday-Friday Rocky strips by Martin Kellerman. Enjoy!
Daily OCD: 10/9/09
Late nite link blogging for your Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "You wanna talk about a gateway comic? How 'bout handing this sucker [Ganges #3] to anyone who's ever had trouble falling asleep? The whole thing is dedicated to nothing more or less than reproducing the mental and physical sensations of insomnia. Ironically it's Huizenga's most action-driven comic this side of Fight or Run or the video-game bits in Ganges #2. … Combine it with one of the most effective uses yet of the Ignatz series' two-tone color palette–here a cool small-hours blue–and the experience is almost tactile, as…
Thompson on Tardi
In a must-listen interview, Robin McConnell of the Inkstuds radio programme talks to our very own Kim Thompson about editing, translating, and publishing the works of Jacques Tardi in North America.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – “Sunday” strip #20
{mosimage} Fritz the Cat meets Jane Austen!?! This mostly autobiographical daily strip details the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his layabout pals and neurotic girlfriends. Basically, it’s the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we’ve all come to love. A smash hit in its native Sweden, presented in English for the first time. Join us Monday through Friday for a new daily strip, with a rolling archive of a week’s worth of strips. “It’s being acclaimed as the funniest Swedish comic of our time, but it’s more than that. Rocky is the long awaited generation novel that no…
Professor Bagge
Emily Holt of the Seattle University Spectator introduces the school's newest faculty member: Peter Bagge, who will break out the leather elbow patches to teach a course on writing for comics this winter. Also revealed: Pete's newest comics project, a series of bio-comics about "independent and influential women from the early 20th century." Classic Pete quote: "I’ve never taught a whole college course before. I hope it works out, because my eyesight is starting to fail." (Photo: Clara Ganey, The Spectator)
Daily OCD: 10/8/09
This is the shortest Online Commentary & Diversions update in recent memory, and it's 100% old school: • Interview: Harry Lee Green at Hairy Green Eyeball reproduces a vintage 1973 interview with Robert Crumb from Inside Comics #1 • Plug: A bit more Love and Rockets nostalgia from Mike Sterling — I love those panels too (who wouldn't?)
Kevin Nowlan works for Minimum Wage
Blast from the past: On his blog, Kevin Nowlan shows the various stages of his artwork for the back cover of Bob Fingerman's Minimum Wage #2 from 1995. Found via Bob on Facebook.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – “Sunday” strip #19
{mosimage} Fritz the Cat meets Jane Austen!?! This mostly autobiographical daily strip details the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his layabout pals and neurotic girlfriends. Basically, it’s the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we’ve all come to love. A smash hit in its native Sweden, presented in English for the first time. Join us Monday through Friday for a new daily strip, with a rolling archive of a week’s worth of strips. “It’s being acclaimed as the funniest Swedish comic of our time, but it’s more than that. Rocky is the long awaited generation novel that no…
Daily OCD: 10/7/09
Online Commentary & Diversions? Yes: • Review: "An abstract comic? What the hell is that? And more importantly, what’s the point of a comic if it doesn’t tell a story? These are the questions a book like Abstract Comics raises right off the bat. Thankfully, it also answers them. The anthology, edited by Andrei Molotiu, covers the time period of 1967-2009 and is in all respects a Serious (capital S) volume. … Worth a look, for sure, and maybe more." – Molly Young, We Love You So • Plug: Ulrich Scheele of artblog peeks at the "charming" and "wonderful" Rock…
