An addendum to our post yesterday about C-SPAN2's BookTV program presenting a 45-minute profile of American political cartooning great David Levine: the network has posted this 7-minute preview on YouTube. As a reminder, here are the airtimes: Saturday, December 20, 8 am EST Sunday, December 21, 8 pm EST Sunday, December 28, 11 am EST
Daily links: 12/16/08
• USA TODAY Pop Candy interviews Dash Shaw, who's named #81 of the "Top 100 People of 2008" • The Daily Cross Hatch talks Glenn Ganges with Kevin Huizenga • Quick Stop Entertainment leads off their last Weekend Shopping Guide with Popeye Vol. 3: "Let's You and Him Fight!" • We weren't the only ones who had a jam-packed art opening last Saturday: spot Johnny Ryan, Tim Hensley, Jordan Crane and Steven Weissman in this video from the opening of the Post-It show at Giant Robot LA
Now available: Explainers by Jules Feiffer (discounted, imperfect 1st Edition copies)
Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips (1956-66) [First Edition – Imperfect Copies]By Jules Feiffer Our final few copies of the First Edition all bear minor damage incurred in shipping and handling. We are offering them at a discounted price. (The Second Edition is due in January 2009.) Other sellers are currently offering this book at inflated collector prices — get yours right now for a steal! In 1956, a relatively unknown cartoonist by the name of Jules Feiffer started contributing a strip to the only alternative weekly published in the US, a small radical newspaper called The Village Voice. His strip tackled just…
Dig the party scene
Yes you can! Yours truly recorded videos of every song played by Peter Bagge's new band Can You Imagine? at our gala Beasts! print show opening and 2nd Anniversary party at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery last Saturday and plunked 'em on our YouTube page, where you can enjoy the strains of their original (correction) the Herman’s Hermits hit "A Must to Avoid," embedded above, and a dozen more swingin’ numbers! Of course we have photos of the exhibit and the party crowd, too, including our special guests (not to mention Peter Bagge & Steve Fisk’s erotic birthday cake). Check…
Signed bookplate update: Burns, Malkasian, Millionaire
Back in stock: signed bookplates for Big Baby, El Borbah and Skin Deep by Charles Burns; Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian; and Billy Hazelnuts by Tony Millionaire. How do you acquire these delightful hand-signed-by-the-artist little extras, you might ask? We give 'em away for FREE when you buy their respective books from us (while supplies last)! Some conditions apply; click here for more details and the complete list of books available with this FREE premium!
Why indeed?
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David Levine on C-SPAN2
C-SPAN2's BookTV program presents a 45-minute profile of American political cartooning great David Levine, premiering this weekend. Here are the airtimes: Saturday, December 20, 8 am EST Sunday, December 21, 8 pm EST Sunday, December 28, 11 am EST
First look: The Squirrel Machine by Hans Rickheit
On the interview blog Top Drawer, artist Hans Rickheit breaks some publishing news: our forthcoming publication of his graphic novel The Squirrel Machine, currently projected for a 2010 release. The interview includes some samples of Rickheit's pages, including some "deleted scenes" from The Squirrel Machine, such as above. (Link via Sean T. Collins.)
Daily links: 12/15/08
• The Boston Globe "Out of Line" blog thinks that Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin belongs on more end-of-year Best-of lists • Sean T. Collins on the unhinged beauty of I Shall Destroy All the Civlized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks • Johnny Bacardi puts Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 on his Top 10 of 2008 list • Little Nemo's Kat examines The Comic Strip Art of Lyonel Feininger (en Español; Google translation) • Spurious writes an ode to Ivan Brunetti • Austin English puts 20 questions to Zak Sally • Those Fabuleous 50's presents a run of…
Holiday shipping deadline update
If you want your order shipped within the U.S. to arrive before Christmas via USPS Priority Mail, tomorrow (Tuesday, December 16) is the deadline to get your order in! Orders placed with the Standard shipping option right now will most likely arrive after the holiday. After tomorrow, you'll have until Friday for orders shipped by 2nd Day UPS. We'll post a reminder for that deadline as well. Don't forget to check out our handy Holiday Gift Guide for lots of gift ideas for every interest and budget!
