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• Comic Book Resources talks to the mighty Tony Millionaire about The Drinky Crow Show &c. • Jacob Covey finally posts his most recent batch of TMNT sketches on Flickr • Uncanny Coincidence of the Week U.S. readers, enjoy your holiday tomorrow.

Today is the 86th anniversary of Charles M. Schulz's birth. Learn more about Schulz's life in this brief biographical essay by Gary Groth.

The second printing of Ivan Brunetti's Misery Loves Comedy will be available soon and sports a new color for the clothbound cover. (This is the only change between the two editions.) As of right now the first edition, with the dark green cover, is still available; when the new edition arrives we will be offering a choice of editions while our supply of the first edition lasts. With that out of the way: Enjoy the preview. Click this link if the embedded slideshow doesn't appear above, and/or to open it in a new window.

GEORGETOWN SECOND SATURDAY ART ATTACK HOLIDAY BLAST ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13! Join us in Georgetown for one of the season’s most festive holiday celebrations on Saturday, December 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack offers diverse entertainment, visual arts exhibitions, unique shopping experiences, exquisite dining and boisterous socializing at dozens of locations throughout South Seattle’s colorful industrial arts quarter. Discover why Seattle Magazine named Georgetown as “Seattle’s Best Neighborhood” of 2008. The December 13 Art Attack will feature: An exhibition of charming canine portraits by Misti Tucker at A Dog’s Dream boutique, where you’ll find…

We're unleashing a torrent of raunchy comic strips and erudite comics scholarship on comic shops across the U.S. this week, with the following titles scheduled to arrive: • Comics Are for Idiots!: Blecky Yuckerella Vol. 3 by Johnny Ryan• Rocky Vol. 2: Strictly Business by Martin Kellerman• The Tijuana Bibles Vol. 9 • The Comics Journal #294 As always, we've got more information and previews at the links above for your perusal. (And if I might be allowed a non-Fantagraphics recommendation this week: Kevin Huizenga's Fight or Run #1 from Picturebox CORRECTION Buenaventura [dammit, sorry Alvin]. If you liked the…

• Mark Evanier calls Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert by Bill Schelly "one of the best books of its kind" • Inkstuds puts the microphone to John Pham • Mishka blurbs Beasts! Book 2, calling it "A great gift for yourself or somebody else just as weird" • A new Jimbo minicomic by Gary Panter? Yes • du9 interviews Tori Miki (en Français; Google translation – via the Icarus blog) • 2theadvocate.com reports on David B.'s recent visit to Louisiana (via The Beat)

When I was a kid, I had a recurring dream about hanging out at Popeye and Olive Oyl's house. I really liked Popeye, and had a bit of a crush on Olive. Little did I know, I could have tried to convince my parents to actually take me to Popeye's house… in Malta! I am so taking my li'l swee'pea here one day.       

We just wrapped up the next MOME (Vol. 14), out next spring. This issue features quite a doozy: Lilli Carré's "The Carnival," a 32-page full-color graphic novella (featured on the cover above). It's an elegant follow-up to her new graphic novel, The Lagoon, and between both stories it's clear that Carré is a major talent to watch.  In the meantime, look for MOME Vol. 13 to hit stores next month. 

Check it out: Ray Fenwick postcard set forthcoming from Chronicle Books.