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Jacob beat me to the punch on the scoop, but here's the full skinny on what might make me break down and get expanded cable again. I just got a sneak peek at the season premiere and it's every bit as hilarious as the pilot, but yet seemed even more visually refined. It also has an extended cameo by the Flight of the Conchords dudes, Bret and Jemaine. Lay-deeeez and gentlemen…   The Drinky Crow Show Premieres on Adult Swim in NovemberAnimated Series Based on Tony Millionaire's Award-Winning Comic Strip Maakies Based on Tony Millionaire's award-wining comic-strip Maakies, The Drinky Crow Show is a new original…

The Beguiling presents… AN EVENING WITH DAVID B. & IGORT The internationally acclaimed graphic novelists. Saturday November 15th, 7PM-9PM (doors at 6:30)At Rocco’s Plum Tomato, Plum Room585 Bloor Street West, at Markham Street FREE TO ATTEND Presented in association with The Italian Cultural Institute,The Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States,and the French Consulate of Toronto. TORONTO, Ontario – The Beguiling is proud to present an exclusive engagement with two of the most acclaimed graphic novelists in the world, right here in Toronto! David B., author of the award-winning graphic memoir Epileptic, and Igort, author of the new series Baobab…

  A very special event for you lucky Northern Californians:  An evening with Gene Deitch Thursday, November 20, 8 PMSan Francisco State University, Fine Arts Building's Coppola Theater (room 101), free, public invited Gene Deitch will be visiting from Prague as the San Francisco International Animation Festival has invited him to the States for this retrospective program. Gene says, “I will play a few films in two versions, with my original soundtrack and then substitute tracks imposed by the producers for weird and illogical reasons… As an example of what we who are paid to make films often have to put…

MoCCA's Kim Deitch celebration includes an especially exciting event this Thursday night, Nov. 13: The Kim Deitch Q+A. In a room full of his original artwork, Kim will discuss his entire career to date and preview images from his current works in progress. 

• The Comics Waiting Room Podcast talks about Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 (and a half-dozen other recent graphic novels) • Flickr user "tvsavior" posts this photo of Gilbert Hernandez giving a talk at the Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival on Saturday • Great Caesar's Post! recommends Popeye Vol. 3… • … and Pol Culture takes a thorough look at Popeye Vol. 2 • The Oregonian reports from the "Comics and Politics" panel that featured Spain Rodriguez, Patrick Rosenkranz, and Alison Bechdel at last weekend's Wordstock festival in Portland, OR • Look, a groovy mid-'90s Fantagraphics house ad from…

Wednesday November 19 at 7PM, the New York Stereoscopic Society presents 3D Comics Night, with projections of 3D work by Kim Deitch, Michael Kupperman, R. Sikoryak and others. That almost sounds too cool to be real! Click here for more info.

Maakies fans, let us unite to make Tony Millionaire rich! We all know that comics don't pay well but cartoons do: Tell everyone to watch the premiere of the official Drinky Crow Show series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming. It debuts in just two weeks, so open a beer and hit those message boards! To make it easier for you, here are some ad banner thingies to post around. Tony will appreciate it, I assure you. By the way, I suspect that 12:15 am on Sunday actually means Saturday night. Sunday at 12:15 means Sunday night. Monday morning if…

S. Clay Wilson suffered a life-threatening injury over the weekend, and everyone at Fantagraphics is hoping and praying for the best. So should you. 

He collects Spider-Man and Conan comics. Huh.