From Beware the Creeper No. 5 by Steve Ditko, DC Comics, 1969.
Hey, Kids…
The Creeper No. 2 by Steve Ditko, 1968, DC Comics.
Kim Deitch in Baltimore this Sunday!
The Homewood Art Workshops wraps up its 35th anniversary celebration with a slide talk by legendary cartoonist Kim Deitch on Monday, April 26. Deitch's talk, "The Search for Smilin' Ed and Other Tales," will begin at 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of the F. Ross Jones Building, Mattin Center, on the Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles St. in Baltimore. Deitch's latest book, The Search for Smilin' Ed, will be published by Fantagraphics in June. He will sign advance copies of Smilin' Ed at the Johns Hopkins Barnes & Noble, 3330 St. Paul Street, on Sunday, April 25, from 4 to…
Things to see: 4/19/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • A new Vice comic by Johnny Ryan • Steven Weissman's new series of Stinckers is taking shape • On his Clip Joint blog John Hankiewicz says "My lithograph No Argument is part of the 30th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink Gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The show, now open, runs until May 26th. More information here." • From Frank Santoro, what I can only assume are process pics of some color backgrounds using airbrush or spray paint… they're pretty, whatever they are • Get yourself a…
Daily OCD: 4/19/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "At every turn, and every turn of the page, in Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Vol. 1 from Fantagraphics, the reaction is the same: Good Lord, but Roy Crane could draw. …There are countless pleasures in this first volume of the Captain Easy Sunday pages." – Steve Duin, The Oregonian • Review: "Of course, the Bradleys story remains the best reason to pick up any of these Hate Annuals, and this time Bagge doesn’t disappoint; even though I still can’t stand Buddy in his Popeye the Sailor look, this…
Bagge Completists Take Note
My pal Hernán Migoya sent me this cover to his new novel, Quitame Tus Sucias Manos de Encima (a.k.a. Get Your Hands Off Me), being published in Spain this summer. The book tells the story of an obscure, fictional movie from the '70s written by Rod Serling and Richard Matheson and directed by Tom Gries and sports an original cover by our own Peter Bagge (and, I might add, a title page by yours truly)!
Dash Shaw & Paul Karasik at Harvard Book Store on Weds. April 21
Join Dash Shaw & Paul Karasik in conversation about Dash's new book Bodyworld at the Harvard Bookstore, 1256 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, on Wednesday April 21 at 7 PM. Both guys will be signing books after the talk so bring your Bottomless Bellybuttons, Unclothed Men, Civilized Planets and Evil Creations. More info here.
Congratulations to STRAND tote bag contest winners
The Strand Book Store, School of Visual Arts, TOON Books, Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics Books are pleased to announce the winners of the Strand Tote Bag Design Contest, which kicked off on March 1 and concluded on March 31, 2010. The winners were chosen by a prestigious panel of judges, including Françoise Mouly (art editor of The New Yorker & Editorial Director of TOON Books), Art Spiegelman (Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist & Strand tote artist), Stephen Heller (Co-Chair MFA Designer as Author Program, SVA), Adrian Tomine (author of the bestselling book, Shortcomings & Strand tote artist) and R. Sikoryak (creator…
Weathercraft by Jim Woodring – Previews, Pre-Order
Weathercraft by Jim Woodring 104-page black & white 7" x 9.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-340-8 Ships in: May 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now For over 20 years now, Jim Woodring has delighted, touched, and puzzled readers around the world with his lush, wordless tales of “Frank.” Weathercraft is Woodring’s first full-length graphic novel set in this world — indeed, Woodring’s first graphic novel, period! — and it features the same hypnotically gorgeous linework and mystical iconography. As it happens, Frank has only a brief supporting appearance in Weathercraft, which actually stars Manhog, Woodring’s pathetic, brutish everyman (or everyhog),…
Ain’t no party like a Bagge & Sturm party
It was our great pleasure to once again host hometown hero Peter Bagge at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery and to welcome the great James Sturm all the way from Vermont for a joint signing and book release on Saturday evening. Unfortunately some technical difficulties put the kibosh on James's planned multimedia presentation but it was a lively evening regardless, with a great turnout of fans and Seattle cartooning luminaries alike. Above: David Lasky chats with James, Fantagraphics' Janice Headley rocks the register, and Peter takes a breather. Check out some more photos on our Flickr page.
