Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons – Introduction by Neil Gaiman
I have an embarrassing admission to make: when I was a barely pubertal schoolboy I did not look at Playboy for the articles. I did not actually care about the articles. Interviews with American politicians or movie stars left me unmoved, reviews of stereo equipment or sports cars or cocktails meant nothing to me. No, I went to Playboy for the pictures. I was not old enough to buy it, nor brave enough to steal it, so each month I would head into my High Street W.H. Smiths, and go up on tiptoes, and reach up and take Playboy down…
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – Nov. 13, 2009
Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – Nov. 6, 2009
Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
Previews: Fantagraphics Releases for February 2010
As seen in the pages of Previews, these are the books and comics slated for release by Fantagraphics Books in February, 2010. Please note that all details, including cover art, prices, specs, contents, and release dates are preliminary and subject to change. TEMPERANCE by Cathy Malkasian 240 pgs, 2 Color, 8 x 10, Hardcover, $22.99 ISBN 978-1-60699-323-1 Do ideas of war and enemies hold people together? Is a culture of conflict too seductive not to be irresistible? These are the questions 2008 Eisner Award Winner Cathy Malkasian explores in her second graphic novel Temperance, a fully realized, multi-layered world, inhabited…
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – Oct. 30, 2009
Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
Fantagraphics Announces Six New Golden Age Collections
FANTAGRAPHICS & EDITOR GREG SADOWSKI PARTNER ON SIX NEW BOOK COLLECTIONS OF CLASSIC COMIC BOOK MATERIAL Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that it has struck a deal with comics historian and editor Greg Sadowski to produce six new collections of classic comic book material for the Seattle publisher. Sadowski is a Harvey and Eisner Award-nominated editor who has previously overseen the publication of the acclaimed collections SUPERMEN: THE FIRST WAVE OF COMIC BOOK HEROES 1936-1941, as well as B. KRIGSTEIN and B. KRIGSTEIN COMICS. He is a former staff editor and designer for Fantagraphics Books and currently works freelance…
The Comics Journal’s Cup Runneth Over
The Comics Journal is about to take two major steps forward in its evolution. First, after 33 years and several incarnations, TCJ is answering the peoples’ prayers and upping the Web content on tcj.com. Next, the print publication will be consolidated around two expanded semi-annual editions, each customized to fit its content. The new, full-service tcj.com will deliver everything readers love — in-depth interviews, smart columns, sharp criticism, real journalism — on a daily basis. And not only will readers get the traditional Comics Journal content faster, but they will also be able to access features beyond the reach of…
Al Columbia brings Pim & Francie to Seattle Nov. 7, 2009
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery celebrates Al Columbia's astonishing new graphic novel PIM & FRANCIE on Saturday, November 7. October 27, 2009 – SEATTLE, WA. Al Columbia is widely regarded among his peers as one of the most accomplished and influential artists working in comics today. On the occasion of the publication of PIM & FRANCIE, his most ambitious work to date, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is hosting a rare public appearance by the cartoonist on Saturday, November 7 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. PIM & FRANCIE represents a breathtaking vision of contemporary American art. Collecting over a decade's worth of…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #602
{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…
