Look who popped up on my latest periodic round of Fantagraphics ego-surfing on Flickr: Nate Neal (Sanctuary), with a sneak peek at his contribution to Mome 11:
Matthias Lehmann exhibit
The creator of the acclaimed surreal crime-noir graphic novel Hwy. 115 is half of a joint exhibition opening Saturday January 5 at the Viva Dolor gallery in Lyon, France. Details for Francophones are here.
Lust by Ellen Forney – Exclusive Preview
Riding a wave of accolades for her illustrations in Sherman Alexie’s acclaimed young-adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Ellen Forney returns this winter with a brand new collection of her funny, sexy cartoons. Arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s… LUST: KINKY ONLINE PERSONAL ADS FROM SEATTLE’S THE STRANGER {product_snapshot:id=735,true,false,true,left}Ellen Forney’s follow-up to her wildly popular I Love Led Zeppelin is a collection of cartoons celebrating the sometimes stunningly crude, sometimes surprisingly sweet online world of personal classifieds. Forney has for several years been illustrating the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger‘s “Lustlab” classified ads by interpreting…
New year, new books: more 2008 titles for pre-order
Welcome the new year by looking forward to some great 2008 releases, which have just been added to the website and made available for pre-order on our Upcoming Releases page. Pictured above: new editions of Jordan Crane's all-ages hit The Clouds Above and Debbie Drechsler's groundbreaking Daddy's Girl; the newest collection of Jaime Hernandez's Love and Rockets stories, The Education of Hopey Glass; the unique scratchboard storybook Funeral of the Heart by Leah Hayes; and The Comics Journal #288, with our Best of 2007 coverage and sporting a brand-new design and format! Call 1-800-657-1100 (or 206-524-1967 outside the U.S.)…
Brodner does Popeye
…among others. There's more to it. (More Brodner; more Popeye)
Friday night videos
Here at last are 5 more songs from the Tom Price Desert Classic, captured at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 1st Anniversary party on 12/8/07 by our New Sales Guy and videographer at large Jason T. Miles. We won't choke your browser with all 5 embedded videos; instead, simply click through to our YouTube page to watch.
Be our fan on Facebook
Now that Facebook lets companies (or "brands" or whatever) have profiles, we've got our very own and you can be our "fan." On that page, you can follow Flog in a mini-feed, see photos and events, write on our "wall," and even leave us some "graffiti" like Renee French did: Thanks Renee and everyone else who's "fanned" us already, with extra-special thanks if you're posing with Fantagraphics comics in your profile photo: Earlier in 2007 we had a special sale just for our social-networking "friends" — chances are we'll do it again in 2008. Hint hint!
A Johnny Ryan X-Mas
Holiday Bowl-a-rama
As per annual tradition, our company holiday party was held at the glamorous Sunset Bowl in beautiful downtown Ballard last weekend. Click here for a mess of photos by me and Eric Reynolds; below are a few highlights: Kim Thompson takes on high-score leader Paul Baresh in a sudden-death winner-take-all showdown… …from which Baresh emerges victorious! (That's the trophy.) Mistress of ceremonies Rhea Patton.
New Release: The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 2
The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 2Edited by Alex Chun; designed by Jacob Covey For more than 40 years, Dan DeCarlo was best known for his definitive rendition of Archie Comics' Betty and Veronica, two of comics' most beloved icons. But before joining Archie in the late 1950s and unbeknownst to many, DeCarlo was already honing his skills as a good girl artist for the Humorama line of digest magazines. This second volume once again displays DeCarlo's sexiest Humorama pin-up cartoons, and continues Fanatagraphics' dedication to showcasing the best of the classic pin-up cartoonists. 216-page two-color 5.75" x 7.75"…
