Rustic Georgetown lights up on May 8 with the monthly Second Saturday Art Attack and annual Georgetown Super 8 Film Festival. The neighborhood will be invaded by hordes of art and film aficionados for a festive evening of avant garde entertainment. The Georgetown Art Attack is intended to increase public awareness of the historic industrial arts corridor and generate sentiment towards preserving this enchanting civic asset. Each month the creative enterprises in Georgetown present diverse visual and performing arts, and many resident artists open their studios to the general public. Among the highlights of the May 8 Georgetown Art…
Weekly Paul Hornschemeier t-shirts
Starting today, Paul Hornschemeier is debuting a new t-shirt design every week in his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop. Announcing the project on his News and Head Lice blog, Paul says "The shirts will range from pure illustrations to pure text, some will have a relationship to my books, but most will simply be ridiculous, to one degree or another." We'll feature future designs in our "Things to see" posts.
May Day Comic Book Giveaway
Saturday, May 1 marks the 9th installment of Free Comic Book Day. This annual promotion is intended to expose new readers to the medium and acknowledge loyal patrons with a free comic book produced especially for the occasion. Over 30 books in a variety of genres were produced for Free Comic Book Day this year. Fantagraphics Books’ contribution to Free Comic Book Day is a delightful comic by Jim Woodring sure to appeal to readers of all ages. WEATHERCRAFT and Other Unusual Stories showcases Woodring’s visionary approach to cartooning. Included is an excerpt from Jim’s forthcoming full-length WEATHERCRAFT graphic…
Stumptown Here We Come
Northwesterners unite! Fantagraphics will be heading down I-5 tomorrow to take part in the Pacific Northwest's premiere art comics event, The Stumptown Comics Fest! Staffers Jacq Cohen and Tony Remple — both former Oregonians — will be on hand all weekend to answer your questions and sell you some books. We'll have a few new releases on hand as well as signings with Dame Darcy and T. Edward Bak (MOME). Also, our own Jason T. Miles will also be in town for the show, pimping his Northwest-centric zine concern, Profanity Hill. Come check it out!
The Search for Smilin’ Ed! by Kim Deitch – Previews, Pre-Order
The Search for Smilin' Ed! by Kim Deitch 162-page black & white 6" x 8.75" softcover (with full-color foldout) • $16.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-324-8 Ships in: May 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Originally created in 1997 and 1998 for the underground anthology Zero Zero, The Search for Smilin’ Ed is the latest of Kim Deitch’s graphic novels to showcase his obsessive burrowing into the nooks and crannies of vintage American popular culture. Where Boulevard of Broken Dreams focused on the earliest days of the animation industry, Alias the Cat delved into the history of comic strips, and “Molly O’Dare” (collected…
Things to see: 4/21/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Ellen Forney's on the cover (as both artist and subject, with her BF) of this week's issue of The Stranger • On Facebook, Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable Fan Page posts the most recent Unlovable strip from Bust • Johnny Ryan says on his LJ "One of my comics will be in a group print show this weekend in France." • Another really nice bird sketch (this time a Cooper's hawk) by Debbie Drechsler • Meathaus posts scans of the latest issue of Charles Burns's Free Shit minicomic…
Daily OCD: 4/21/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Ultimately, …despite the refreshing sexual frankness that Hernandez proceeds with, there is much sadness and heartbreak throughout [High Soft Lisp]. …[O]ne wonders if the lingering bittersweetness at the end makes more sense in middle age, than it would in youth… Good stuff, of course." – Mark London Williams, The SF Site: Nexus Graphica • Review: In this video review at Indochine's Top Shelf, "video vixen" Mal Malloy offers a unique perspective on Daniel Clowes's David Boring • Profile: NBC New York's Courtney Humiston reports from Dash Shaw & Frank Santoro's discussion at NYC's McNally…
C. Tyler & Paul Hornschemeier in SPACE
This weekend join Carol Tyler (Saturday only) & Paul Hornschemeier at the Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo (along with old-school Fanta alum William Messner-Loebs and many other guests) in Columbus OH. Of course, we ourselves will be out at the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR this weekend — stay tuned for more info about that.
The Village Voice’s Jaime Hernandez cover story
During Jaime Hernandez's recent visit to NYC for the MoCCA festival, The Village Voice's R.C. Baker took him to MOMA (making the unfailingly-punctual artist late for his signing at our table) and then wrote this cover story about it for this week's issue. The Maggie-and-Hopey-in-the-Big-Apple cover illo is the icing on the cake. (Also of note in the issue: "The Band Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb" by Ward Sutton.)
The official Wally Gropius banner ads
More Wally Wednesday fun! We've posted this Tim Hensley-created animation of Wally Gropius before, but did you know there are more sizes to be had? Show your Wally love by downloading one of these banners and putting it on your website/blog/profile page/etc., linked back to: http://www.fantagraphics.com/wallygropius
