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    A little fun with a sequence of images from Bent.

Bent by Dave Cooper 80-page full-color 10.25" x 9" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-378-1 Ships in: October 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Fine artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind’s eye. The work in Bent gathers a diverse mix of imagery that is also strangely focussed in its single-mindedness. This work has found a devoted and passionate following with visitors to Cooper’s solo gallery shows in Los Angeles and New York in recent years. Cooper continues to obsess and fixate over his bizarre procession of milky figures as they crawl and…

Love and Rockets fan Bradley Jackson shared his new Locas tattoo on the L&R Facebook page. Nice!

The latest limited-edition fine art print from Jim Flora Fine Art is a reproduction of a late-1960s uncirculated painting (first published in the 2009 book The Sweetly Diabolic Art of Jim Flora.)

  Look, I can't lie: the first time I visited Los Angeles, I psyched myself out with mental images of women with crazy plastic surgery, carrying little chihuahua dogs in purses that cost more than my car.  But, normal people who did not O.D. on re-reruns of "Beverly Hills, 90210" know that L.A. actually has an amazing culture of wonderful un-Botox®'d artists.    And acclaimed indie director Lance Bangs captured that scene in his 2009 documentary Family Portrait, a film centered around the great Family Bookstore, and the people behind the counter, like Sammy Harkham and David Kramer.   Sure,…

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators are saying about our releases this week, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Fire & Water: Bill Everett, the Sub-Mariner and the Birth of Marvel Comics by Blake Bell 192-page full-color 9" x 12" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-166-4 "This hardcover book by Strange and Stranger author Blake Bell features what looks to be substantial prose biography and appreciation, along with plenty of artwork from an artist who helped build the foundation for Marvel as both a publishing powerhouse…

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Carol Tyler, one of the coolest people in the U.S.A., is officially acknowledged as "Cool Illustrator" on the "Cool Cincinnati" list by CityBeat, whose Jason Gargano says You'll Never Know is "an unforgettable search for truth about what happened to her father during the war, simply yet expressively drawn. In many ways the You’ll Never Know series is the project Tyler has been building to her whole career, which has included autobiographically informed cartoons for a number of publications… and a well-received 2005 book, Late Bloomer. Let’s hope she keeps blooming, keeps giving…

Cartoonist & Fanta pal Bruce McCorkindale alerted us to his adorable Peanuts/Hellboy mashup sketch — see his original post for a larger image and who's who in the lineup.

Via Twitter, it's Matt Wiegle's response to Dustin Harbin's response to the graphic novel adaptation of Allen Ginsberg's Howl, using artwork by Deanna Staffo (and based on this design, of course).

In the spirit of the Covered blog comes Repaneled, with artists interpreting their favorite comics panels, such as Robert Goodin's version of Johnny Craig, top, and James Ward Edward Clark's version of R. Crumb, above. Give it a bookmark, and we'll be bringing you future entries by and of Fantagraphics artists in future Things to See posts.