We were thrilled to have Patton Oswalt (the Funniest Comedian in America — I said it) provide the introduction to Ivan Brunetti's latest gag cartoon collection Ho!, and now Ivan returns the favor by providing the Chick tract-inspired cover art for Patton's new DVD/album My Weakness Is Strong. More info on Patton's website; hat tip to Robin of Inkstuds for pointing it out on his Twitter feed. Isn't it great when great things get together?
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – “Sunday” strip #5
{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: 7/30/09
A quiet day for Online Commentary & Diversions in the wake of Comic-Con: • Review: "…A Mess of Everything surprised me. It turned out to be quite worthy: funny, insightful, and at times, moving. It’s not a revolutionary book — it doesn’t stretch or redefine the bounds of its genre — but [Miss] Lasko-Gross reminded me that the beauty of her chosen genre is that everyone’s story is, in fact, different and unique. If the author is a skilled storyteller, it’s as good as a reason as any to read yet another graphic novel about growing up, even if you’ve…
Daily OCD: 7/29/09
Here's today's batch of Online Commentary & Diversions: • Comic-Con: More on the big show from Brian Heater at The Daily Cross Hatch & The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon • Comic-Con: We love you too, Tom • Comic-Con: Looks like Kelly Kilmer scored a bunch of great stuff at our booth on Sunday • Review: "The first four issues of Michael Kupperman's awesome comedy comics zine Tales Designed to Thrizzle have been collected into a single hardcover volume that is a superdense wad of funny, surreal, bent humor… This is weird, funny, Subgenius-esque toilet reading that will keep you very…
New Comics Day 7/29/09
Another big Fanta week at comic shops! Look for the following titles on the shelves of your preferred emporium: The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 (Vol. 12) by Charles M. Schulz The Complete Peanuts 1971-1974 Box Set by Charles M. Schulz The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 9 by Robert Crumb Mome Vol. 15 – Summer 2009 Skin Deep (New Softcover Edition) by Charles Burns We always recommend contacting your local shop to confirm availability, and hit our handy links up there to get more info on each title. Happy Wednesday hunting.
Daily OCD: 7/28/09
More Online Commentary & Diversions from yesterday, today and last week — and thus we are caught up: • Review: Comicdom reviews Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1 by Michael Kupperman in Greek; Google attempts to translate • Plug: Certain Fantagraphics employees will be excited to learn that Noel Fielding of The Mighty Boosh is a fan of Daniel Clowes and Eightball, as revealed in Brian Heater's interview at The Daily Cross Hatch • Plug: "You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!, the second and final collection of Fletcher Hanks’ Golden Age superhero and adventure comics work, …is a…
Daily OCD: 7/27/09
Oh boy, let's start our post-Comic-Con Online Commentary & Diversions catch-up: • Comic-Con: Coverage of our con announcements and happenings from Douglas Wolk for Rolling Stone, Paul Constant at The Stranger, and Chris Mautner of Robot 6 • Review: "…Jason elevates his skewering of filmic genres to a whole new level in his latest collection, Low Moon, which sees his unique takes on film noir, westerns and screwball comedy. All of the tales are informed by his signature clean lines, bright colors, sparse dialogue and taste for a particularly brutal brand of slapstick humor and occasional moments of dark, incisive…
Comic-Con film by John Huston
No, not the one you might first think of; rather, Chicago journalist and friend of Paul Hornschemeier, who co-stars in the video (via Paul's blog):
Spain loves La educación de Hopey Glass
Word comes to us that La educación de Hopey Glass, the Spanish edition of The Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernandez, has been awarded another Spanish festival prize, being named Best Foreign Work at the Comic Festival of Benalmádena (Málaga). Congratulations Jaime!
Flora’s Big Evening
While we were at Comic-Con, where Irwin Chusid's brother coincidentally works and stopped by to say hi, Irwin sent the following announcement about a new Jim Flora fine art print: Jim Flora Art has released a limited edition fine art print of a 1960 tempera titled BIG EVENING. The hyperactive tableau depicts a cavalcade of misshapen, multi-eyed mutants with bonus body parts. People just like you! Only 25 prints were produced for this edition. Details: http://tinyurl.com/big-evening Previous prints: http://jimflora.com/fineartworks.html
