Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable Vol. 1 received a silver medal from the Society of Illustrators in their "Illustration 52: Sequential and Uncommissioned" annual exhibit in NYC… way back in January! I don't know why the heck we didn't report it at the time — that's a pretty big deal! I only just found out because Eric posted this picture of the medal on his Flickr page: Congratulations Esther!
Things to see: 5/11/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Another new episode of The All-New Cartoon Boy Adventure Hour by John Kerschbaum at ACT-I-VATE • "Tuppence" is another Butter and Blood piece from Steven Weissman, who adds "There are photos here and a catalogue eventually here." • New Stinckers, including 2 new Steven Weissman designs, are now in stock at GR2 • Dame Darcy announces a sale in her Etsy shop and an extensive tour of Portugal! • Richard Sala presents "Recent drawings commissioned for a book of ghost stories" • Gabrielle Bell presents her full-color…
Daily OCD: 5/11/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Reviews: In three separate posts, Andrew Wheeler of The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. looks at three of the Jason books which are compiled in Almost Silent: Meow, Baby! ("Jason knows the wellsprings of comedy: sex and death, embarrassment and familiarity. And he mixes and matches those elements, using his iconic cast, for a hundred and fifty wry and deeply amusing pages. …a great introduction and a decently comprehensive catalog of his style, subjects, and strengths"), You Can't Get There from Here ("It's the touching story of Frankenstein's Monster and His Bride… one of…
Things to see: 5/10/10
Daily clips & strips (through yesterday) — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Tim Hensley presents "NSFW," his story from Kramer's Ergot 7 (Update: Tim's taken the post down temporarily and promises to re-post with additional material in the future) • Three more previews of Steven Weissman's art in the Butter and Blood show at GR2 • Frank Santoro's Silver Surfer — oh man I hope this is a teaser and not just fan art • Proof that Jim Flora could do cute with the best of them • Jim Blanchard's newest rock poster, for a show that…
Daily OCD: 5/10/10
Online Commentary & Diversions (through yesterday; we're a bit behind): • Review: "…[E]ven [Basil Wolverton]'s throwaway work — in this case, half-page gag strips (emphasis on the 'gag') that appeared in Fawcett's Captain Marvel titles during and after World War II — is fully worthy of rediscovery. Like a Bizarro Dr. Seuss, Wolverton packs each Culture Corner with goofy, rhyming advice… While silly and inconsequential, these strips revel in the subversive, surrealist glee that would develop more fully in Wolverton's later output for Mad and others, a style that would help unlock the inner cretin inside everyone from Robert Crumb…
Now in stock: Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918 by George Herriman
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918: Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut by George Herriman 160-page black & white/color 9" x 12" softcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-316-3 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews When Fantagraphics launched our collection of Krazy Kat Sunday strips back in 2002, we picked up with the 10th and 11th years of the legendary strip (1925-1926) because another publisher had already collected the first nine during the 1980s and 1990s. But now, with that publisher long gone and their Krazy Kat collections fetching record prices…
Now in stock: Hate Annual #8 by Peter Bagge
Recently arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Hate Annual #8 by Peter Bagge 32-page color/b&w 6.75" x 10.25" comic book • $4.95ISBN: 978-1-60699-373-6 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews Hate Annual #8 features a whopping new 20 page Buddy Bradley story where Lisa (everyone’s favorite psycho!) makes her first foray into show biz and gets way more than she bargained for! This issue of P. Bagge’s annual Hate also features strips compiled from his Discover Magazine gig: 5 biographies of scientists you’ve never heard of! — other than maybe Walter Reed, who’s well known only for…
Now in stock: Our Gang Vol. 4 (1946-1947) by Walt Kelly
Recently arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Our Gang Vol. 4 (1946-1947) by Walt Kelly 112-page 7.25" x 9.5" full-color softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-322-4 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews The Rascals are back in another 100-plus vintage full-color pages of rollicking comedy and high adventure. Created in 1946 and 1947, these stories show Walt Kelly refining the style that would serve him so well for his later masterpiece — Pogo. Much of this fourth volume is taken up with an extended four-part cycle of stories — almost a graphic novel, really! — in which Froggie…
Now in stock: Blazing Combat (Softcover Ed.)
Recently arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Blazing Combat (Softcover Edition) by Archie Goodwin & various artists 208-page black & white 8" x 10" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-366-8 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews THE LEGENDARY ANTI-WAR COMIC COLLECTED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS ENTIRETY, NOW IN A 2010 SOFTCOVER EDITION. Written by Archie Goodwin and drawn by such luminaries as Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, John Severin, Alex Toth, Al Williamson, Russ Heath, Reed Crandall, and Gene Colan, Blazing Combat was originally published by independent comics publisher James Warren in 1965 and ’66. Following in…
Now in stock: Abandoned Cars (Softcover Ed.) by Tim Lane
Recently arrived at our warehouse and ready to ship: Abandoned Cars (Softcover Edition) by Tim Lane 168-page black & white 7.5" x 9" softcover • $18.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-341-5 Click here to choose cover option & place order This item is available with two different cover designs. Please indicate your preference when ordering. THE ACCLAIMED 2008 DEBUT, BACK IN PRINT IN A 2010 SOFTCOVER! Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane’s first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane’s…
