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Conan O'Brien takes a break from preparing to take over The Tonight Show tonight to sing the praises of Michael Kupperman's comics in the pages of this week's Entertainment Weekly: Congratulate Michael in person this weekend at the MoCCA Festival! The new Thrizzle hardcover will be on hand.

At the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC, on Weds. June 3 at 6:30 PM (note that this overlaps with Jason's Low Moon signing at The Strand in NYC): 6:30 PM WHAT IS "FUNNY" ANYWAY? A comics conversation with award-winning cartoonists Nicolas Mahler and Mark Newgarden.Moderated by Mark David Nevins. Join us for a lively and visually rich conversation with Nicolas Mahler and Mark Newgarden, in which we will explore how comics work, the marketplaces for graphic humor, where these cartoonists get their ideas, and, yes, the answer to the eternal question, "What is 'Funny'?" ACFNYReservations required. The Ephemerist has more details….

As a Turner myself, this gag more than any other makes me love the genius that is Gahan Wilson.

Once more, Online Commentary & Diversions goes on vacation tomorrow. • Profile/Review: Cincinnati Magazine talks to C. Tyler about You'll Never Know Book 1: A Good and Decent Man, calling it "a dense, triangulated tale (war and madness; father/daughter coming-of-age; familial reconciliation) made accessible by Tyler’s detailed yet straightforward storytelling and impeccable renderings… Switching artistic styles to connote the passage of time, Tyler’s graphic narrative deftly moves between her childhood and her father’s war experiences, between dream sequences, real time, psychology, and family lore. The book transcends mere documentation; it is a valentine sealed in genealogy, footnoted in history." •…

If you're one of the first 10 people who ordered the exclusive Luba: Collectors Edition (signed, numbered, and sketched in by Gilbert Hernandez, with a special deluxe cloth binding), your copy is on its way to you this week. Gilbert is sending them back to us in batches of 10, so the next 10 orders will go out as soon as we get the next shipment from him. Only 30 copies exist and they are nearly all spoken for, so if you've been on the fence about ordering it, get off that fence and make your order now! It's the…

Appearance by Jules Feiffer 6/21! Poster by Johnny Ryan! So much great comedy I weep explosively for not living in L.A.! Info/tickets here. (Via event co-sponsor The Sound of Young America.)

Start yer plannin'! These are all subject to last-minute change; we'll try to give advance notice of any changes if we can. We'll have more MoCCA-related announcements in the coming days so stay tuned. FANTAGRAPHICS MoCCA SIGNINGS SATURDAY SIGNINGS 11:00 am – Noon • Paul Hornschemeier, Dash Shaw & Derek Van Gieson (Mome – just added!) (Unfortunately Nate Neal, previously scheduled for this time, won’t be able to make it to the Fest.) Noon – 2:00 pm • Jason & Michael Kupperman 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • Paul Karasik & Bob Fingerman 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm • Lilli Carré,…

Your daily dose of Online Commentary & Diversions: • Profile: The Oklahoma Gazette dedicates a cover feature (pictured above) to native son Boody Rogers, talking to Yoe, Nadel and Spiegelman about his work. Of our collection of his comics they say "Boody: The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers reprints 13 of Boody Rogers' comic-book stories between 1948 and 1950. Although they have fallen into the public domain, publisher Fantagraphics has restored the color and images to its typical standards of quality … not to mention standards of unapologetic weirdness." • Review: "…Terr'ble Thompson is… playful fun… [Gene] Deitch’s upbeat mangling…

International comics star Jason will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle on Saturday, June 13 to launch his Low Moon collection with a signing and exhibition of original art. To commemorate the occasion, Fantagraphics graphics beast Jacob Covey designed a sweet Jason silkscreen print. A signed edition of 75 posters will be exclusively available at the bookstore beginning June 13 for the insanely affordable price of $20. See you all there. 

  IFC.COM TO PREMIERE ANIMATED WEB SERIES OF DASH SHAW'S NEW BOOK THE UNCLOTHED MAN IN THE 35TH CENTURY A.D. THE UNCLOTHED MAN IN THE 35th CENTURY A.D., by DASH SHAW, will be promoted at the 2009 Book Expo America in New York City, May 29-31, with an appearance by the author on Friday, May 29, at 1:00PM at the Fantagraphics Booth and 4:00PM in the Autographing Area. New York, NY – May 27, 2009 – IFC.com announced today that it will premiere an original animated web series based on graphic novelist and comic book artist Dash Shaw's latest book The Unclothed Man…