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Clementine Reynolds models the latest fashions from Steven Weissman and Babywit:

THE TRUE STORY OF HOW MICHEL CHOQUETTE (ALMOST) ASSEMBLED THE MOST STUPENDOUS COMIC BOOK IN THE WORLD Issue No. 299 of The Comics Journal [in-stores August 2009, premiering at the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con] unearths a long-lost treasure: Way back in 1970, satirist/editor Michel Choquette conceived a mammoth anthology of new comics from all over the world by just about every cartoonist imaginable circa 1970 (as well as such unimaginable cultural icons as Federico Fellini and Frank Zappa). All of the contributors were to riff on the 1960s, creating a comics snapshot of that decade, but the project kept growing in ambition until it reached…

Online Commentary & Diversions updates resume next week. Off to Comic-Con tomorrow! I'll be Twittering from the show as much as I can. • Preview: "Now Jason publishes a collection of his short, sharp works …called Low Moon, in which his trademark anthropomorphic animals get into all sorts of trouble — including, in the story 'Emily Says Hello,' murder, revenge and sexual domination." – New York Magazine presents an exclusive five-page excerpt from Low Moon • Review: "All of Jason’s tales in Low Moon play like a black comedy, tragic yet humorous. Maybe it’s his protagonists blank eyed stares or…

Robert Goodin previews the new stuff he'll have for sale at his Comic-Con table (M8 in the small press area). Be sure to pick up the new issue of Mome from us and truck it on over to have it signed by Rob. Hopefully Rob's wife Georgene will have some of her cuddly knit versions of Rob's characters, too!

You can drop big bucks on Fantagraphics this week even if you're not in San Diego to peruse our Comic-Con booth! On this week's shipping list to arrive in comic shops Wednesday: Delphine #4 by Richard Sala – the chilling conclusion! Grotesque #3 by Sergio Ponchione – the cult-fave neo-surreal tale continues! From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the Third Millennium – a bold new anthology! Hey, we've got a downloadable preview to show you now! Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin – re-released with a new lower price! You Shall Die by Your Own Evil…

Hans Rickheit, creator of the forthcoming graphic novel from Fantagraphics The Squirrel Machine (debuting this week at San Diego, otherwise due this fall), is blogging tidbits about the book on a weekly basis right here.

From Chris Diaz, who went to Dan & Terry's signing at the 14th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival this past weekend.

It's been a while, but the international "Ignatz" series is finally percolating again. As you know, the final issue of Delphine by Richard Sala, #4, and Sergio Ponchione's third issue of Grotesque, have just been released (and will be proudly displayed at this week's Comic-Con). Also just released is a new, second printing of Lorenzo Mattotti's stunning Chimera #1, which has been out of print for many months; if you didn't catch it the first time around, now's your chance. This coming week Kevin Huizenga will be delivering the hotly-anticipated Ganges #3, featuring insomnia and cops. Expect this one to…

Starts this Thursday! Click to embiggen for legible details, and visit www.fletcherhanks.com.

Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray is the second omnibus hardcover collection of "Locas" stories by Jaime Hernandez, compiling roughly a decade's worth of masterful comics from the pages of Penny Century and Love and Rockets Vol. II under one set of covers. You can pre-order the book now for delivery later this month; it will also be debuting at Comic-Con in San Diego this week (with Jaime in attendance) and it should hit stores some time next month (dates subject to change). Click here to see more details on the book and for a link to download a 20-page…