Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • From Scott Eder Gallery, a selection of Jim Woodring's penciled roughs for Weathercraft, plus two paintings • It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy" from John Kerschbaum • A new portrait of Johnny Cash and other news from Dame Darcy • Anders Nilsen reveals where it all went wrong
Daily OCD: 5/18/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Operating in the territory of Rube Goldberg, Wolverton's convoluted plans for achieving his ludicrous goals [in The Culture Corner] rely less on mousetrap-like technical gewgaws than the artist's signature grotesques, which are laugh-out-loud joy. While a must-have for Wolverton completists, even newcomers will find the humor readily accessible." – Publishers Weekly • Review: "Just what is Dash Shaw on? And may I please have some? …The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. [is] an anything-goes anthology quite attractively packaged by Fantagraphics Books, right down to the transparent, animation-cel-esque jacket. … Yeah, [the title…
Comix at the Silver Lake Jubilee
This coming weekend, May 22-23, 2010, the Silver Lake Jubilee in Los Angeles is hosting "Jubilee Comix," a comics showcase featuring live readings at El Cid both mornings beginning at 10am featuring Tom Neely, Robert Goodin, Jesse Moynihan, Ted Stearn, David King and Malachi Ward. Afterward, all of them, plus Tim Hensley and Olga Volozova, will be signing in the Literary Village. And Esther Pearl Watson is just one of many comics and small-press artists exhibiting in the "We Come in Peace" collaborative "zine fort" installation. Sounds like a can't-miss!
Things to see: 5/17/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Vice presents personal training, Johnny Ryan style • Hotwire contributor Onsmith contributes ths wraparound cover and interior illustrations to the second issue of the literary zone The Folio Club • On Covered, Aviv Itzcovitz takes on The Complete Peanuts Vol. 1 • A 1946 Jim Flora rendition of Woody Herman in celebration of Herman's birthday yesterday • Cut-paper art by Lilli Carré • A new Lucky strip from Gabrielle Bell • "Jonah in Green," a 1997 portrait by Mark Kalesniko • Wasp No. 04 by Renee French…
Daily OCD: 5/17/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Graphic Novel Reporter's "2010 Core Graphic Novels List" includes Ghost World, Safe Area Gorazde, and You'll Never Know; the "Expanded List" includes Abstract Comics, The Complete Peanuts , I Killed Adolf Hitler, It Was the War of the Trenches, Love and Rockets, Pim and Francie, Pogo, The Squirrel Machine, West Coast Blues, and You Are There • Review: "Many books have been written about World War I, but few can truly worm their way into your head like Jacques Tardi’s It Was the War of the Trenches. … The tales here are devastating and…
Meat Cake Monday continues: free bonus downloads!
To celebrate the launch of the new improved Meat Cake collection we've got some free downloadable treats for Dame Darcy fans! First up, a smashing desktop wallpaper based on the title pages from the book. Just click on the size that matches your monitor resolution and the image will open in a new window; if you're on a PC, right-click the image and select "Set As Background"; if you're on a Mac, control+click and select "Set As Desktop Background." More wallpapers… 800 x 600 | 1024 x 768 | 1152 x 864 | 1280 x 960 | 1280 x 800…
Tim Hensley at GR2 on Sunday, May 30!
Book signing at GR2! Wally Gropius book signing with Tim Hensley Sunday, May 30, 2010, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 445-9276 Giant Robot is proud to host a reception and book signing with Tim Hensley to celebrate the release of his new graphic novel, Wally Gropius. "One of my favorite 'graphic novels'' of all time. Hilarious and utterly unique, Wally Gropius is a work of unassuming genius that rewards on ever-deepening levels with each rereading." – Daniel Clowes
Meat Cake by Dame Darcy – Previews, Pre-Order
Meat Cakeby Dame Darcy 240-page black & white/duotone 7" x 10.25" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-346-0 Ships in: June 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now For a limited time, receive a FREE issue of the Meat Cake comic when you order the collection! Choose from issues 14, 16 or 17 (15 is sold out) when placing your order. COLLECTING THE BEST STORIES FROM THE FIRST DECADE OF MEAT CAKE COMICS Dame Darcy is one of the most beguiling presences on the comics scene — musician, actress, cable TV star, fortune teller, dollmaker, and last but not least, cartoonist to the…
Weekend Webcomics: 5/16/10
Your weekly batch of online strips! Somebody's not getting rubbed the right way in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …Tintin gets one-upped in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …and Sasha has bully trouble in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
Jim Woodring – Weathercraft art show at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn
An exhibit of original pages from Jim Woodring's Weathercraft (as seen above in our office last August) will open at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn on June 18, 2010, with an opening reception 6-9 PM. Jim will be in attendance — mark your calendars! This is one of several NYC appearances for Jim, about which we'll be announcing full details in the near future. Don't forget, those of us on the opposite coast will be treated to Jim's Weathercraft slideshow presentation at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this coming Saturday.
