Even us comic/video game nerds and nerdettes are not free from Photoshop's nipping and tucking. Apparently, "words" were no longer enough — pictures are now worth 1,000 venomous lies. Cosplay before-and-after [photographymaniacs.com]
New Jordan Crane print: zowie, zombies
Consciousness of Lack is the new silkscreen print from Jordan Crane available at his Reddingk site, and undoubtedly to be for sale at Comic-Con. Nom nom nom!
2010 Harvey Award Nominations
The nominations for the 2010 Harvey Awards have been announced and we're pleased to report that our artists and publications have been honored with 5 of them: Best Continuing or Limited Series: Ganges by Kevin HuizengaBest Single Issue or Story: Ganges #3 by Kevin Huizenga Best Domestic Reprint Project: Humbug Special Award for Excellence in Presentation: The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons from 1913-1940, edited by Trina Robbins, designed by Adam Grano Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation: The Comics Journal, edited by Gary Groth, Michael Dean and Kristy Valenti Our normal M.O. with award nominations is…
So long, Harv
RIP Harvey Pekar — sad, sad news. Eric is working on a tribute for tonight or tomorrow, but for now, I'll just borrow this from Drew Friedman.
Set to Sea Release Party!
WHO: Drew Weing WHAT: The SET TO SEA Book Release Party! WHERE: Bizarro Wuxtry, 197 E. Clayton St., Athens, GA WHEN: Friday, July 30, 5 to 8PM
Namesake FAIL
This happened in my neighborhood this weekend. You'd really expect Captain Haddock to know better. Maybe he's a bit lightheaded from losing all that weight.
Comic-Con Saturday & Sunday Line-ups
Just announced over the weekend, the Saturday and Sunday programming for Comic-Con international. Our official PR goes out this week but we figure some of you might not want to wait to find out about the Fantagraphics-related panels. See here for Friday's FBI-ish panels. [Note: this post is updated as we get more information.] SATURDAY: 12:00-1:00 Spotlight on Peter Bagge — Comic-Con special guest Peter Bagge talks to Fantagraphics' Jason T. Miles about his work, including the legendary Buddy Bradley stories in Hate and his new graphic novels, Apocalypse Nerd and Other Lives. Room 3 1:00-2:00 Spotlight on Gabrielle Bell—…
Event photos galore: Dame Darcy; Esther Pearl Watson & Mark Todd; shootin’ day
We just uploaded a mess of photos from recent Fantagraphics events to our Flickr page. In reverse chronological order, starting with last night's Dame Darcy exhibit opening and Meat Cake signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery: Click here for more photos, including shots of all the artwork. From June 5th, Esther Pearl Watson & Mark Todd's visit to the store for our holiday weenie roast (with grill-meister Larry Reid): More photos here. And lastly, on July 3rd, at an undisclosed location, the triumphant return of the Fantagraphics shooting outing: Check out the Flickr group for more photos by Jim Blanchard…
Weekend Webcomics: 7/9/10 (posted 7/11)
Our weekly update is a little late but we have a bonus to make up for it: It's almost like the Prison Pit world and the Blecky world collide in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …and Steven Weissman is visiting family but still managed to send this week's Barack Hussein Obama strip by cameraphone, along with a bonus wide shot!
Just Because…
… who doesn't like seeing beautiful women with a comic book in their hand? This is a screengrab I just took from a Rolling Stones doc, Stones in Exile. It's Keith Richards' wife girlfriend at the time, Anita Pallenberg. The book is, of course, Herge's classic Tintin album, The Black Island.
