More than 3.000 maniacal bicycle enthusiasts descended on Georgetown last Friday for the annual Dead Baby Bike bash. Mayhem and merriment ensued as bone crushing bike stunts and ear crunching rock collided on the streets — sometimes literally — right outside Fantagraphics Bookstore. Another exquisite evening in the "Summer of Hate." [Above photos by John Ohannesian; click here for more – Ed.]
The Passenger short film from Tim Lane & co.
The Passenger from Tim Lane on Vimeo. Tim Lane and his collaborator Franklin Oros bring his tale "The Passenger" from Mome Vol. 18 to life with a combination of the previously-presented "radio drama" audio adaptation and various film and video footage intercut with panels from the comic and new artwork. I've only watched the first few minutes before bringing it to you but so far it is dyn-o-mite stuff. A bunch more info and bonus artwork can be seen at Tim's blog.
ABCOLAB (ABstract COmics ColLABoration)
Mike Getsiv from Abstract Comics: The Anthology started a collaborative project called ABCOLAB on Abstract Comics: The Blog and received contributions from ten countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, England, Finland, Portugal, Russia, the United States and Uruguay. A list of contributors and information on ordering prints is available here.
Hulk Need R&R
From Defenders #48, Marvel Comics, 1972.
Daily OCD: 8/6/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "…[T]his [is] a good-looking book as well as a good reading one. … [T]his is a wonderfully informative read from where I’m sitting. Fire & Water is a long-overdue chance for today’s readers to get a good idea of what made Everett so special and so revered by older fans." – Johnny Bacardi, Popdose • Review: "Richie Rich by way of Archie by way of Tippy Teen by way of, oh, I don’t know — The Grifters meets Tao Te Ching and airing at 10:30 CST on Adult Swim; …it’s easy to admire [Wally Gropius's] all-over-the-place, random…
Things to see: 8/6/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Our pals at Presspop share this, the cover illustration by Archer Prewitt for the novelization of the upcoming film Morio (Toilet) • Gabrielle Bell kicks off "Season 3" of Lucky with the first part of her San Diego Comic-Con diary; also, her previously-serialized strip "Manifestation" is presented in its entirety at What Things Do • Dame Darcy's Black Madonna painting and other new stuff in her latest blog update • Bob Fingerman illustrates "Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli for Royal Flush magazine, plus more quick sketches •…
Weekend Webcomics: 8/6/10
Our roster of online strips has dwindled to one for the time being… This week's Barack Hussein Obama strip seems to spring right from the wildest fantasies of a paranoid right-wing talk radio nutjob… but no, it's just Steven Weissman.
Mystic Sons of Morris Graves lodge meeting tonight
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery curator Larry Reid is up to some extracurricular mischief: along with Mystic Sons of Morris Graves co-founder Charlie Krafft he's putting on an invitational art exhibition opening tonight from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at 3 galleries in the Tashiro Kaplan compound here in Seattle, with a séance to celebrate the centennary of Graves's birth on August 28. For complete details read the full announcement at Regina Hackett's Another Bouncing Ball blog. Ouija board above by Larry with graphic designer Tim Silbaugh.
Daily OCD: 8/5/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "With this second hardcover collection, Fantagraphics allows gives fans of the character much reason to rejoice. Thanks to the use of the original proof sheets (and the marvels of modern printing technology), these strips look better than they did when originally published. … Wherever Prince Valiant goes, adventure follows and every bit of it is breathtakingly beautiful thanks to the work of the legendary Hal Foster. … I don’t know that I can put into words what I have witnessed on the printed page, but I do know this: If you have any interest…
Ben Jones ice cream truck redux
Here's two more angles on the Ben Jones-decorated ice cream truck that Adult Swim parked outside of Comic-Con (originally reported here), taken by our own Eric Reynolds, and Brian Ralph has yet two more views over at the New Bodega blog. UPDATE: Oh snap, there's even more photos from Ben himself on his Picturebox blog! (Hat tip: Jordan Crane at What Things Do.)
