Fantagraphics Blog Mike Baehr

Uh oh, I'm starting to post Twitter reviews. We're through the looking glass here, people. • Review: "Jaime Hernandez again shows mastery in portraying both recognizable situations and complex emotions [in The Education of Hopey Glass]. The illustrations are beautiful. The man has achieved perfection with his drawing style." – Koen (translated from Dutch) • Review: "Linda Medley's Castle Waiting… [is a] beautifully designed volume… 457 pages of glorious black and white illustration… The artwork is absolutely charming, hearkening back to older pen-and-ink styles, but with a cartoony touch to it. The characters are individually realized, both by the art…

Our own Eric Reynolds nails this full-page illo of Ol' Dirty Bastard for HEEB magazine.

Ray Fenwick has a new t-shirt design up for sale at Tiny Showcase, don't ya know. Or is it an older design in new colors? In any case, save me one!

Make a pledge to Maximum Fun and The Sound of Young America and you could get a copy of Ghost World: Special Edition as a thank-you gift. (There's lots of other good stuff to choose from, too.) Vote for good radio with your dollars!

It's your Friday nite funnies! Listen up! Blecky's got an important announcement in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… We begin the R. Kelly-inspired (not really) sequence in this week's installment of Steven Weissman's in-progress pages from "Blue Jay," an epic 51-page story from Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures…. And in our current 5-day chunk of Martin Kellerman's  Rocky, be sure to catch the last 2 pages of the "Intermission" story, and then we return to the daily strips. "Rocky all grown up"? Really?

New month, new name! It's your Online Commentary and Diversions for today: • Review: "If the censors had delved beneath the perceived bias, they would have discovered some of the finest war stories and illustration in the medium's history… The dynamic art leaps off the pages throughout… Without leaning on glory and sensationalism, Blazing Combat focused on heroism, sacrifice, and dignity." – Rick Klaw, The SF Site: "Nexus Graphica" • Review: "…[T]he third Popeye volume 'Let's You and Him Fight!' presents a winning complete reprint of Segar's Popeye strips… an excellent oversized presentation of strips perfect for in-depth graphic novel…

This Sunday in Chicago, go see Anders Nilsen's exhibit at Home Gallery, listen to him talk about it a bit, and maybe have a pastry. More info at Anders's blog.

Get an exclusive look at 5 more pages from Peter Bagge's Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me over at ICv2! Plus, to help spread the word about all things Bagge, we've started up an official Peter Bagge page on Facebook — go become a fan and you'll get all the latest news & notes from Peter right in your update feed. It's a little sparse to start off, but we and Peter will continue to add stuff, and Facebook members can contribute fan photos and videos too. Neato mosquito!