At the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 1st Anniversary party…
Crowded! (More pics after the jump…)
Happy birskday
David Lasky, whose birthday is today, points out that it is also the birthday of Popeye creator E.C. Segar. Yet another reason to celebrate with us at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery 1st Anniversary party, starting in less than half an hour… (My Google image search for "Popeye birthday" bore no amusing fruit.)
First look: The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 by Thomas Ott
Here's a sneak peek at Thomas Ott's forthcoming, much-anticipated graphic novel The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8. The book is nearly complete and currently scheduled for release in Spring 2008. Clicking the image above will take you to Flickr, where you can view larger sizes and soak in all the amazing scratchboard detail.
Crumb & Schulz: expensive
Via Spurge come some record-breaking auction results: Charles Schulz's original art for the Sunday, April 10, 1955 Peanuts strip recently sold for $113,525, and Robert Crumb's original cover of Mr. Natural #1 sold in the same auction for $101,575, the first time either artist has cleared 6 figures. For about 0.025% of its sale price, that same Schulz strip can be had, along with 730 others, in The Complete Peanuts 1955-1956. Just saying.
Forney talks Lust
Newsarama has a very informative interview with Ellen Forney about her upcoming book Lust, with discussions of pegging (dirty) and kerning (not dirty), among other things.
Le Buddy
Your list of Official Selections at the 2008 Festival International de la Bande Desinée d'Angoulême includes: Peter Bagge's En Route Pour Le New Jersey, the French edition of Buddy Does Jersey… Jason's Le Dernier Mousquetaire, our English edition of which (The Last Musketeer) is coming soon… …and Linda Medley's Château l'Attente, known here in l'Amerique as Castle Waiting. Félicitations à tous les artistes.
Interview – Peter Bagge (1993)
Originally published in The Comics Journal #159, 1993 {mosimage}Two days after his 35th birthday, Carole Sobocinski interviewed Peter Bagge. SOBOCINSKI: So the age of 35 is generally considered to be a midpoint in life where we reach a lot of crucial decisions about who we are and where we’re going. With that in mind, have you noticed any changes in terms of your outlook in life, your approach to life? Are you satisfied with where you are, where you’re going? BAGGE: Yes, to the latter. As far as changing outlooks on life in general, it seems to me that as…
Hotwire Comics Vol. 2 – Exclusive Preview
AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! DANGEROUS! {product_snapshot:id=652,true,false,true,left}The cartoon anthology that puts the kicks back in comics strikes again. Climb on board the Hotwire express for another electrifying joyride — from the sublime to the ridiculous, and all parts in between. Hotwire Vol. 2 includes some of the strongest narrative comics around. Tim Lane’s epic autobiographical strip, “Spirit,” portrays the grittiness, desperation, and terror that accompanied him as he went on the bum, riding the rails. “Niacin” by Mary Fleener is the sordid but hilarious story of a hallucinatory date with a drug dealer. Mack White brilliantly deconstructs the western myth of the OK…
New Release: Castle Waiting Vol. II #9
Castle Waiting Vol. II #9by Linda Medley A fable for modern times, Castle Waiting is a fairy tale that's not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil — but about being a hero in your own home. This issue: Tolly, Jain and Simon continue to be shocked at what they do — and DON'T — find in the Castle's secret passageways; meanwhile, Chess struggles to face one of his greatest lifelong terrors, and Dr. Fell has lunch. 24-page B&W comic $3.95Order Now!
Confidential to Jacob Covey
