Courtesy of The Comics Journal contributor Gavin Lees comes this video of Jim Woodring's slideshow presentation of Weathercraft at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on May 22, 2010. Below, some still photos of the event. Jim signs copies of the book: Jim presents the slideshow to a rapt audience: Ellen Forney gets a boost to watch the slideshow (photo by Janice Headley): Back to the signing table: Jim’s Moëbius-strip comic on display: The new Anthologies shelf at Fantagraphics Bookstore, holding Mome, Weirdo, Kramer's Ergot, and many many more:
You Call This Art? We call it highway robbery
We recently noticed that our book You Call This Art?!! A Greg Irons Retrospective by Patrick Rosenkranz is currently going for at least $70 on Amazon. The book is very nearly out of print, but we still have the last handful of copies available for the cover price of $29.95! Irons was a psychedelic poster artist, underground cartoonist, book illustrator, and an emerging tattoo art virtuoso. This retrospective book spans his groundbreaking career, including obscure material and never-before-seen private work. Makes a great Father's Day gift! Why pay more? Click here to order.
Fantagraphics Announces SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS: The BOOK
For Immediate Release: FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF SIGNIFICANT OBJECTS STORY COLLECTION SEATTLE, WA, JUNE 9, 2010 — Since its debut, Significant Objects, the bold online inquiry into the relationship between narrative and the value of everyday objects, has been the subject of speculation by everyone from NPR to litbloggers to The New York Times' Freakonomics crew. Some theorized about the project's hypothesis, others about its methods and results. Some just wanted to know: Will there be a book? This last question can now be answered: Yes! A collection of one hundred Significant Objects stories, seductively illustrated by top artists, will be…
Things to see: 6/8/10
Clips & strips from the last few days — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Michael Kupperman's cover art for the book Why Not a Spider Monkey Jesus? by A.G. Pasquella • Gilbert Hernandez fanzine art from 1981 as unearthed by Frank Santoro at Comics Comics • ComicsAlliance presents selections from the 1991 Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special • From Jim Woodring, Frank, Fran and the skullfruit • Leon explores the mystery of Poffo's Hat in this Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga • Another 1975 flashback from Bob Fingerman • This week's "I, Anonymous"…
Daily OCD: 6/8/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Library Journal's Martha Cornog names You'll Never Know, Book 1: A Good and Decent Man by C. Tyler as one of "12 Graphic Novels for Father's Day": "A newly single parent trying to understand her middle-aged self, Carol Tyler sets out to find the real human being and the real soldier behind her World War II veteran dad's familiar and taciturn persona. Her colorful, historically detailed art re-creates the wartime period expressively, and this first in a trilogy inspires curiosity and empathy for those who serve but don't talk about it much. Everything is…
Jim Woodring in Bay Area Wed. & Thurs.!
JIM WOODRING'S WEATHERCRAFT TOUR Jim Woodring's WEATHERCRAFT tour kicks into high-gear this week with two events in the California Bay Area on Wednesday and Thursday. At each event, Jim will entertain audiences a fantastic slide show and discussion of the hidden meanings behind every mysterious idea and totem in WEATHERCRAFT. And in Brooklyn, on June 18, New Yorkers will have the opportunity to view all of the original artwork from the book, as well as many preliminary pieces that went into making it. 06/09/10 | 7:30PM • Berkeley CA • PEGASUS & PENDRAGON BOOKSTORE 06/10/10 | 7:30PM • San Francisco CA • THE BOOKSMITH…
Don’t ask, Just Buy!
This is a somewhat cheesy post, but hey, I'm desperate. I'm selling 300 Gasoline Alley Sunday newspaper tearsheets by Frank King from 1935-1950 on eBay and you should bid on them! I'm also selling a copy of COMIX 2000 from L'Association and a Crumb portfolio. Baby needs a new pair of shoes!
Daily OCD: 6/7/10
Catching up with Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Over the last few decades, Jim Woodring has been drawing a series of wordless, blissfully cruel slapstick fables, set in a world of grotesque entities and psychedelic minarets: half unshakable nightmare, half Chuck Jones cartoon filtered through the Bhagavad Gita. Weathercraft… flows so smoothly and delightfully from each image to the next that it’s easy to ignore that it has its own idea of sense, which may not jibe with anybody else’s." – Douglas Wolk, The New York Times • Review: "For those who find the work involving enough, Weathercraft will…
The Best American Comics Criticism Discussion – audio download
Via The Comics Journal: On May 27, 2010, editor Ben Schwartz and contributors R. Fiore (The Comics Journal, tcj.com), Brian Doherty (Reason), Sammy Harkham (Kramers Ergot) and Joe Matt (Spent) discussed the book The Best American Comics Criticism. This recording is courtesy of Skylight Books.
Weekend Webcomics: 6/4/10 (posted 6/7/10)
Back from a short vacation with this week's strips, normally posted on Fridays: Blecky is traumatized in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …and Joe gets a manicure in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
