This week comics shops across the U.S. are scheduled to receive one new book from us: Zippy: Welcome to Dingburg by Bill Griffith. Hit that link for more info and previews of this brand new Zippy the Pinhead collection.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #387
{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…
David Levine on C-SPAN2 – preview
An addendum to our post yesterday about C-SPAN2's BookTV program presenting a 45-minute profile of American political cartooning great David Levine: the network has posted this 7-minute preview on YouTube. As a reminder, here are the airtimes: Saturday, December 20, 8 am EST Sunday, December 21, 8 pm EST Sunday, December 28, 11 am EST
Daily links: 12/16/08
• USA TODAY Pop Candy interviews Dash Shaw, who's named #81 of the "Top 100 People of 2008" • The Daily Cross Hatch talks Glenn Ganges with Kevin Huizenga • Quick Stop Entertainment leads off their last Weekend Shopping Guide with Popeye Vol. 3: "Let's You and Him Fight!" • We weren't the only ones who had a jam-packed art opening last Saturday: spot Johnny Ryan, Tim Hensley, Jordan Crane and Steven Weissman in this video from the opening of the Post-It show at Giant Robot LA
Now available: Explainers by Jules Feiffer (discounted, imperfect 1st Edition copies)
Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips (1956-66) [First Edition – Imperfect Copies]By Jules Feiffer Our final few copies of the First Edition all bear minor damage incurred in shipping and handling. We are offering them at a discounted price. (The Second Edition is due in January 2009.) Other sellers are currently offering this book at inflated collector prices — get yours right now for a steal! In 1956, a relatively unknown cartoonist by the name of Jules Feiffer started contributing a strip to the only alternative weekly published in the US, a small radical newspaper called The Village Voice. His strip tackled just…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #386
{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…
Dig the party scene
Yes you can! Yours truly recorded videos of every song played by Peter Bagge's new band Can You Imagine? at our gala Beasts! print show opening and 2nd Anniversary party at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery last Saturday and plunked 'em on our YouTube page, where you can enjoy the strains of their original (correction) the Herman’s Hermits hit "A Must to Avoid," embedded above, and a dozen more swingin’ numbers! Of course we have photos of the exhibit and the party crowd, too, including our special guests (not to mention Peter Bagge & Steve Fisk’s erotic birthday cake). Check…
Signed bookplate update: Burns, Malkasian, Millionaire
Back in stock: signed bookplates for Big Baby, El Borbah and Skin Deep by Charles Burns; Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian; and Billy Hazelnuts by Tony Millionaire. How do you acquire these delightful hand-signed-by-the-artist little extras, you might ask? We give 'em away for FREE when you buy their respective books from us (while supplies last)! Some conditions apply; click here for more details and the complete list of books available with this FREE premium!
Why indeed?
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David Levine on C-SPAN2
C-SPAN2's BookTV program presents a 45-minute profile of American political cartooning great David Levine, premiering this weekend. Here are the airtimes: Saturday, December 20, 8 am EST Sunday, December 21, 8 pm EST Sunday, December 28, 11 am EST
