Michael Kupperman joins fellow cartoonists Emily Flake, Lisa Hanawalt and David Rees along with musical guest Andy Friedman for Tell Your Friends!, a Tuesday-night comedy show at Lolita Bar in NYC, tomorrow evening at 8:00. Guaranteed funny! See the Facebook invitation for more info.
Tony Millionaire at Desert Island this Thursday
Brooklyn! Catch Tony Millionaire signing his many books at Desert Island this Thursday evening at 7 PM! Gabe of DI will be printing up one of his consistently-excellent exclusive silkscreen prints for the occasion, so don't miss out on that. This of course is a prelude to Tony's art exhibit opening at Scott Eder Gallery the following night. Two nights of Tony = guaranteed fun!
Down with OPP*: Johnny 23
* Other People's Publications** Yeah, You Know Me. "What the hell is this?" Working at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, I hear this question a lot, but I especially get it in reference to this week's spotlight title: Johnny 23 by Charles Burns. If you were one of the fans crushed in the crowd when Charles Burns visited the store back in November, then hopefully you caught his discussion about the similarities in his latest novel X'ed Out and Hergé's classic The Adventures of Tintin. (Ken Parille has a great run-down on those similarities on The…
Craig Maynard: 1958-2010
It is with great sadness that we have learned, and feel we should pass along, that one of the members of the Fantagraphics family died last year. CRAIG MAYNARD, who worked on staff here in Seattle in the early 1990s, passed away last September and we just learned about it from his family (through a reply to a rerouted Christmas card). Craig had been suffering from a number of debilitating illnesses for years and the news was not exactly a shock, but all of us from that era who worked with Craig (Gary G. and me, of course, and also…
Weekend Webcomics for 1/21/11: Weissman & more
Here's this week's Weissman, plus links to other strips from around the web (to which we have a couple of new hopefully semi-regular additions): — Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size): — And elsewhere: Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga: Ectiopiary by Hans Rickheit: Lucky by Gabrielle Bell: Maakies by Tony Millionaire: Majestic Creature by Leslie Stein: The Pain — When Will It End? by Tim Kreider:
TCJ.com 1/15/11 – 1/21/11 recap and preview of next week
This past week on TCJ.com: Rob Clough on World War III and Borderland. Marc Sobel on reading comics with your Android phone. Part 1 (Seth’s Palookaville #20)and Part 2 (Jason Lutes’ Berlin #17) of Rob Clough’s 3-part series on Drawn & Quarterly’s recent single issues. R.C. Harvey continues his survey of fall’s comic strips with Brett Koth’s Diamond Lil. Rich Kreiner’s Minis Monday: The Widow Reminisces Over a Plate of Vegetables, Mimi’s Doughnut Zine #19: Health Nathan Wilson reviews The Rat Catcher by Andy Diggle and Victor Ibanez R. Fiore on Doug Wright Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3…
Daily OCD: 1/21/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Among the highlights of [Usagi Yojimbo:] The Special Edition is the ease of witnessing Sakai’s growth as a writer, artist and storyteller. While the illustration in the earliest chapters is already solid, Sakai’s linework grows visibly more assured and looser, giving the pages a liveliness not seen in many comics. Similarly, the layouts evolve to capture the quiet elegance of the Japanese countryside, the gut-turned terror of Jei (comics’ best villain) or the kinetic ballet of a samurai duel in pitch-perfect fashion. …Fantagraphics makes Usagi look great with this collection. …[F]or [hardcore] Usagi…
Chris Ware’s Tank Tankuro design mockup
Our pals at Presspop share these photos of the mocked-up cover and slipcase design by Chris Ware for their upcoming collected edition of Gajo Sakamoto's classic Tank Tankuro manga. Purty.
Live action Sock Monkey
Tony Millionaire reveals this teaser image from the live-action Sock Monkey something-or-other.
Daily OCD: 1/20/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Commentary: At Robot 6, Chris Arrant lists the major Daniel Clowes stories that haven't been adapted for film yet and speculates on what those hypothetical films might be like • Coming Attractions: Library Journal's "Graphic Novels Prepub Alert" spotlights Isle of 100,000 Graves by Jason & Fabien Vehlmann ("Looks like a peg-leg captain and his mates have to fight aliens on a desert island-it's a trap. […] Jason specializes in droll yet melancholy stories with a cast of goofy, anthropomorphic animals…") and Mr. Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann's Sprightly Cousin: The Forgotten Fantasy Masterpieces of…
