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• Review: "With [Miss Lasko-Gross's] latest book, A Mess of Everything, it seems that not only does she grow up as young person, but this book also shows alot of promise and growth for Miss as a creator. […] [I]t is… an honest look at growth through an awkward time in one's life… Oh yeah, and the art is pretty darn good too." – Robin McConnell, Inkstuds • Review: "It's magnificent… a really, really good book." – Irish comics podcast The Comic Cast discusses Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier (link via Paul) • Preview: If you're looking for a…

TONY MILLIONAIRE PRESENTS DRINKY CROW'S MAAKIES TREASURY AT FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE & GALLERY ON MAY 9 April 27, 2009 – SEATTLE, WA. Celebrated cartoonist Tony Millionaire will appear at Seattle's Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, May 9 for an exhibition of original artwork and signing of his new book Drinky Crow's Maakies Treasury. Millionaire's Maakies is among the best and most popular weekly comic strips in America, running in over a dozen of the largest U.S. weekly newspapers including the Village Voice, L.A. Weekly and Seattle's The Stranger. The strip has also been adapted into the hit animated series The…

Now available for preview and pre-order: Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations by Peter Bagge, collecting a decade of informed, provocative, cantankerous & hilarious cartoon opinion pieces for Reason magazine from our favorite libertarian curmudgeon, on topics ranging from Stupid War to Stupid Sex and, of course, Stupid Politicians. This book is scheduled to be in stock in June and in stores approximately 4 weeks later. View a photo & video slideshow preview embedded here. Click here if it is not visible, and/or to view it larger in a new window (recommended). And at our product…

Due to the somewhat obsessive nature of my link gathering, I had the idea to start calling these posts "Daily OCD: Online Commentary & Diversions." What do you think, readers? Too cutesy-poo? Offensive to sufferers of real OCD? • List: The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon names "The Ten All-Time Best Long-Running Comics Series," with Love and Rockets Vol. I at #2 ("The best long-running and organic artistic achievement in serial comic book form… The Hernandez Brothers inspired and outworked a greatest generation of comics auteurs. Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez are each among that handful of artists who must be given…

"Fantagraphics Books: the foremost comics publisher in Christendom." — Joe Sacco

We have a lovely new full-page ad for MOME (and more) in the next Believer, and I like Adam Grano's design so much I thought I'd share it on Flog.  

Look sharp, we've got something different in this week's batch of online strips! I don't think Aunt Jiggles is in for quite what she expects in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… The kids search for safe ground in this week's installment of Steven Weissman's in-progress pages from "Blue Jay," an epic 51-page story from Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures…. And in our current 5-day chunk of Martin Kellerman's  Rocky, we take a break from the daily strips to present a story running 4 full pages, starting yesterday and continuing through Tuesday of…

• Review: "If war is hell, Blazing Combat is heaven. …[A]lthough the subject matter is bleak, the presentation it’s been given is beautiful. This is as good as war comics get." – Rod Lott, Bookgasm • Review: "Adam Grano’s bold cover design is the perfect complement to Fantagraphics’ comprehensive collection of [Blazing Combat]… It’s remarkable how little these stories have aged, as many cover thematic ground that resonates to this day." – Kevin Church • Review: "Anders Nilsen's comics have the rare power to generate queasy laughter… Random cruelty, futility, ennui, and an implied assault on human complacency are the…

We hope you've enjoyed our sneak peek at our Fall 2009 – Winter 2010 schedule of releases! Today's final excerpt from our latest book distributor's catalog, taking you through March of next year, includes Temperance, Cathy Malkasian's follow-up to the acclaimed Percy Gloom; The Search for Smilin' Ed by Kim Deitch; and Our Gang Vol. 4, continuing to collect Walt Kelly's 1940s kids' comic. (Note that all the info in this catalog is subject to change along the way to the books' release, including release dates, prices, cover art, book specs, etc.) Click here to download the PDF!

Today we celebrate the diversity of office cultures in alternative comics, as evidenced by sequential posts on Twitter: