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My original title for this post was "R. Crumb FUCKs Wallets." Maybe I should've stuck with that. It's probably a sign that I'm too cynical that my reaction to this was mild surprise that it's an authorized design (licensed by Supreme for Porter, or something like that) rather than a ripoff, which would have been pretty easy to do. See more images & products at SLAMXHYPE (via Alan David Doane). No word on where to buy these. Japan maybe? UPDATE: Our super-sleuth in residence Janice Headley comments: no! in new york! http://www.supremenewyork.com/

Jeez, was it really only last weekend that Gilbert Hernandez was in town? We've got a set of photos documenting his signing and art opening at our flagship store, including shots of all the artwork in the exhibit for those of you who can't make it to view the show in person. Look for a guest appearance by L.A.-based pop-surrealist artist Camille Rose Garcia, too. Browse the whole set here, or sit back and let the slideshow roll here.

This 2007 short film adaptation of Charles Burns's Black Hole by director Rupert Sanders seems to be making the rounds again. I can't locate any info out there as to why or how this was made, but it's worth a second look.

Daily clips & strips — click for improved viewing at the sources: • The conclusion of Steven Weissman's "This Already Happened" is up at What Things Do — you gotta go back and read the whole thing • This week's "Belligerent Piano" by Tim Lane is up • Gonna try to remember to send you to Tony Millionaire's new Maakies strip each week from now on • OLMH is a new lithograph from John Hankiewicz • Floating Moats is a new abstract minicomic/art zine from our own Tony Remple, available at Profanity Hill • Nobody draws the mysterious object quite…

Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "It’s vaudevillian and it’s Old Hollywood. It’s rock n’ roll and beat poetry. It’s introspective and depressing and quite often funny, and depicts a world that exists on the fringes of society where the American Dream meets the cold, harsh reality of life as viewed through a grimy windshield. … When you put all the pieces together, you don’t simply get a story or a group of stories, you get a book that pulls back the curtain on the collective unconscious of a nation. … Like the myths that it is inspired by, Abandoned…

We thought we wouldn't get them until next week, but lo, the delivery man dropped off our advances of Dungeon Quest Book 1 by Joe Daly earlier this afternoon.

Hey jeez, look what I just stumbled across on Johnny Ryan's Flickr page. Coming 2011 apparently. Dunno if this is a work in progress. Nobody tells me nothin'.

  • Dash Shaw models his "Dieball Trophy" BodyWorld silkscreen print, now available from Desert Island in Brooklyn • This week's "I, Anonymous" spot by Steven Wiessman • At The Hooded Utilitarian, Ng Suat Tong examines some examples of Hal Foster's original art • Marco Corona presents some "drawings from the crypt" • Renee French is on a mouth/teeth kick lately • Glenn & Wendy looking grumpy, presented without context by Kevin Huizenga • 'Nother one of these guys from Tom Kaczynski

Erin go Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "[Sand & Fury] is a dark, violent horror story that provides a contemporary update on a folklore standard. … It's a good comic…" – Tucker Stone, The Factual Opinion • Review: "There’s an immediate laugh to be had with the extended title of Ho! The Morally Questionable Cartoons of Ivan Brunetti. This is a slyly hilarious understatement, a clever counterpoint to contents as there’s nothing “questionable” about these jokes. That’s their strength, although I say that within the clinically quarantined confines of a cartoon laboratory. They are as unconscionable, uninhibited and unimpeded…

We've unearthed some hidden treasure: Burne Hogarth's King Arthur Portfolio Vol. 2 by Burne Hogarth 6 black & white 11" x 17" prints • $125 reduced to $75 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews Six beautifully produced prints depicting the rise and fall of Camelot in lush, detailed illustrations by a master of cartoon classicism. Printed with utmost quality and care on creamy, textured paper and housed in a sturdy folio, this is truly a deluxe collectors item. Out of print and lost in our warehouse for years, now available again at an affordable reduced price. Plate One…