"Beautiful. Gfrörer has a light touch in finding the yearning and humor amongst life's hard luck and even harder truths. A genuinely romantic and sensitive book." – Sammy Harkham "Julia Gfrörer is amongst the most promising artist/authors of her generation. Her work is spare and elegant, yet the hand of the artist is always evident in her line. Her characters inhabit cold or desolate environments, often on the brink of inanition or beyond, yet still yearning to love and be loved. Do not be misled by this artist's sylphlike appearance and those great carrot-colored ramparts at her ear. Gfrörer is…
Kickstarter update: new rewards including R. Crumb & Jack Davis prints
Our Kickstarter campaign is steaming ahead toward its first stretch goal and we have been busily adding new incentives to keep up with demand. For big spenders, we have an EXCLUSIVE signed folio of R. Crumb prints, limited to 10 copies, for $1000: Don't have a G to burn? How about a signed Jack Davis print for just $25? Or somethin' sexy we unearthed in our warehouse — a vintage Omaha the Cat Dancer silkscreen print signed by Reed Waller & Kate Worley for $40 or more. It's big! No wall space? We've got a 3-volume Hooked on Comix DVD set for a pledge of $50…
Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955 (Vol. 1) Introduction by Jonathan Rosenbaum
Author and film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has put his introduction to Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955, titled "Peanuts: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow," on his blog in its entirety for your reading enjoyment. Here's the first paragraph to get you started: It was one thing to read Sunday color Peanuts comic strips from 1952 to 1955 at the rate of one per week, when they came out — and not only because they would have wound up in the trash like the rest of the Sunday paper, long before my brothers and I went to sleep that night. And it's quite another thing to…
Kim Deitch Exhibition at the Scott Eder Gallery Brooklyn!
Get ready for the most splendorific show to hit the Scott Eder Gallery: an exhibition of art by Underground Comix legend Kim Deitch! Spanning 30 years of work, the show will feature art from his most recent graphic novel, The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley, and includes pieces from classics such as The Search for Smilin' Ed, Stuff of Dreams… and the infamous cat, Waldo. The show opens on Friday, December 6th, with an artist reception from 6:00 to 9:00 PM with the delightful Mr. Deitch himself. In addition to original artwork, silkscreen prints, t-shirts, and…
Spring-Summer 2014, part 8: Classic & Cutting-Edge Horror
Our campaign to support our Spring-Summer 2014 season on Kickstarter is ongoing, and we're continuing to spotlight the books in question, a couple at a time. We've also put our season catalog online for you to browse. (Please note that all artwork, contents, prices, specs, and release dates are preliminary and subject to change.) The Amateurs by Conor Stechschulte 72-page black & white (with spot color) 6" x 9" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-734-5 A local medical expert and sheriff are summoned to investigate a strange sighting that sets the stage for Conor Stechschulte's debut graphic novella: a severed human head that still seems…
Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrörer – Video/Photo Slideshow Preview
Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer 72-page black & white 6" x 9" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-717-8 Ships in: November 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Black is the Color begins with a 17th century sailor abandoned at sea by his shipmates, and as it progresses he endures, and eventually succumbs to, both his lingering death sentence and the advances of a cruel and amorous mermaid. The narrative also explores the experiences of the loved ones he leaves behind, on his ship and at home on land, as well as of the mermaids who jadedly witness his destruction. At the…
Lilli Carré’s Eyeworks Animation Festival Brooklyn Screenings!
This weekend, Lilli Carré's acclaimed animation festival Eyeworks will screen at the Pioneer Works Center for Art & Innovation in Brooklyn. Screenings take place today, Friday, November 15th, at 8:00 PM, and tomorrow, Saturday, November 16th, at 5:00 PM and 8:00 PM. Tickets are available online here, and the duel-day festival pass comes with a free silkscreened poster. The Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation was founded by Carré and Alexander Stewart in 2010 to showcase outstanding experimental animation of all sorts, and the range of animation techniques, including paper cutouts, stop-motion, 3D computer animation, and a wide variety of hand-drawn…
Hip Hop Family Tree Signing with Ed Piskor in Chapel Hill, NC!
That's right! Chapel Hill Comics are gonna funk you right on up with a signing of Hip Hop Family Tree this Saturday, November 16th with the funkmaster Ed Piskor! Join in the fun from 6:00 to 9:00 PM! If you love hip hop, you will love everything about this book: Piskor's exuberant yet controlled cartooning takes you from the parks and rec rooms of the South Bronx to the night clubs, recording studios, and radio stations where the scene started to boom, capturing the flavor of late-1970s New York City in panels bursting with obsessively authentic detail. Chapel Hill Comics…
An Evening with the Hernandez Brothers in Columbus, OH!
photo credit: Stephanie Rivers It's time for the Billy Ireland Festival of Cartoon Art, and this year, they've got even more to celebrate as the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University is moving into wonderful new, expanded facility in Sullivant Hall! All weekend long, they're breaking in the new building with comics events, including this very special evening with Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez, this Saturday, November 16th! Kicking off at 7:30 PM, join them for a freewheeling conversation between these alternative comics legends as they discuss their groundbreaking series Love & Rockets, and their ongoing stories…
Spring-Summer 2014, part 7: Esther & Eleanor
Our campaign to support our Spring-Summer 2014 season on Kickstarter is ongoing, and we're continuing to spotlight the books in question, a couple at a time. We've also put our season catalog online for you to browse. (Please note that all artwork, contents, prices, specs, and release dates are preliminary and subject to change.) Unlovable Vol. 3 by Esther Pearl Watson 416-page two-color 5.75" x 5.75" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-737-6 Summer vacation is here and Tammy Pierce is back with more sometimes ordinary, often humiliating, occasionally poignant, and usually hilarious exploits! Her hopes, dreams, agonies, and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life…
