We'll post a complete con report sometime soon, time permitting, but if you weren't following along in real time, you can check out our Twitter posts from the floor of the con, with lots of Twitpics taken with my crummy phone camera. We had signings galore, plenty of book debuts, and some exciting visitors (Ray Bradbury!!). Whew!
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #551
{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: 7/20/09
Online Commentary & Diversions updates resume next week. Off to Comic-Con tomorrow! I'll be Twittering from the show as much as I can. • Preview: "Now Jason publishes a collection of his short, sharp works …called Low Moon, in which his trademark anthropomorphic animals get into all sorts of trouble — including, in the story 'Emily Says Hello,' murder, revenge and sexual domination." – New York Magazine presents an exclusive five-page excerpt from Low Moon • Review: "All of Jason’s tales in Low Moon play like a black comedy, tragic yet humorous. Maybe it’s his protagonists blank eyed stares or…
Goodin goods at Comic-Con
Robert Goodin previews the new stuff he'll have for sale at his Comic-Con table (M8 in the small press area). Be sure to pick up the new issue of Mome from us and truck it on over to have it signed by Rob. Hopefully Rob's wife Georgene will have some of her cuddly knit versions of Rob's characters, too!
New Comics Day 7/22/09
You can drop big bucks on Fantagraphics this week even if you're not in San Diego to peruse our Comic-Con booth! On this week's shipping list to arrive in comic shops Wednesday: Delphine #4 by Richard Sala – the chilling conclusion! Grotesque #3 by Sergio Ponchione – the cult-fave neo-surreal tale continues! From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the Third Millennium – a bold new anthology! Hey, we've got a downloadable preview to show you now! Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin – re-released with a new lower price! You Shall Die by Your Own Evil…
Bookmark: The Squirrel Machine blog
Hans Rickheit, creator of the forthcoming graphic novel from Fantagraphics The Squirrel Machine (debuting this week at San Diego, otherwise due this fall), is blogging tidbits about the book on a weekly basis right here.
Clowes draws Zwigoff
From Chris Diaz, who went to Dan & Terry's signing at the 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival this past weekend.
Paul Karasik’s Fletcher Hanks Summer Book Tour
Starts this Thursday! Click to embiggen for legible details, and visit www.fletcherhanks.com.
Locas II by Jaime Hernandez: Previews, Pre-Order
Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray is the second omnibus hardcover collection of "Locas" stories by Jaime Hernandez, compiling roughly a decade's worth of masterful comics from the pages of Penny Century and Love and Rockets Vol. II under one set of covers. You can pre-order the book now for delivery later this month; it will also be debuting at Comic-Con in San Diego this week (with Jaime in attendance) and it should hit stores some time next month (dates subject to change). Click here to see more details on the book and for a link to download a 20-page…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #550
{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…
