Here's what people on the web are writing about our books this week:
• Futurismic, German site Nerdcore and Canada's SEE Magazine (which wins for best article title and best writer name) take note of Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell; the latter article sparks debate between Steven Grant and Jarett Kobek
• The Onion A.V. Club's latest "Comics Panel" roundup includes a B+ review for Tim Lane's Abandoned Cars; Sequart takes a good look at the book too
• Chris Mautner at Blog@Newsarama gets the first word in on The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring (below the Steve Canyon review)
• For The Washington Post, Douglas Wolk looks at Explainers by Jules Feiffer and Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw
• Guided by Voices fan blog Pop Zeus plugs Robert Pollard's Town of Mirrors
• Tripping Toward Lucidity looks at Mail Order Bride by Mark Kalesniko
• Mexican site Comiquero recommends The Last Lonely Saturday by Jordan Crane (albeit with art from a different story)
• Sequart examines Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes, while The Village Voice pairs Demented with Herbie Vol. 1
• Comic Book Resources compares Mome Vol. 12 to two other recent anthology releases and declares it "the best deal for your anthology pleasure this summer." Take that, Tori Amos!
• Boing Boing spotlights Love and Rockets: New Stories #1
• Sequart continues their detailed examination of the original run of Love and Rockets comics with a look at issue #35
• Demon Art recommends Malicious Resplendence by Robert Williams for hot rod lovers
• Dick Hyacinth updates his ongoing "Best of 2008" list with 5 more of our titles
• Indie Pulp looks at Jason's Pocket Full of Rain and Other Stories
• PLAYBACK:stl on Daddy's Girl by Debbie Drechsler
And in other links…
• If you fall on that part of the Venn diagram where "alt-comics fans" and "Sims 2 players" overlaps, Kinemortophobia has some virtual posters featuring our book covers for you to download
• Richard Grayson of Dumbo Books reports from last Friday's Michael Kupperman signing at Desert Island in Brooklyn
• Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter makes a suggestion for The Comics Journal #300 (due next year). It's been a while since we did a flip cover like that.
• Via Spurge, and from Electric Politics, three words that you might not ever expect to go together: Robert Crumb podcast
• Another great theme sketchbook: Calvin and Hobbes, with Jordan Crane, Jim Woodring and others
• Bob Levin offers some additional thoughts on his book Most Outrageous
• Screenwriter and blogger Todd Alcott dishes on successfully pitching a Maakies gag to Tony Millionaire, and, with Tony, unsuccessfully pitching a Sock Monkey movie to Hollywood
• Spanish-language blog Little Nemo's Kat discusses the acquisition of a page of original Gilbert Hernandez art from Luba #3
• Leon Beyond takes on Krazy Kat, courtesy of Kevin Huizenga
And in anticipation of comics events in Seattle this weekend:
• Seattle Weekly profiles Ivan Brunetti
• Don't miss Ellen Forney at Bumbershoot tomorrow
• The Daily Herald of Everett, WA has a profile and short interview with Daniel Clowes
• The Stranger recommends that you come see Dan at our storefront tonight