Courtesy Ron Rege, Jr.:
The Austin-American Menace
My pal Jeff Salamon has started a books blog for the Austin American Statesman. It's mostly local literary news, not necessarily much comics talk, but you simply have to love the graphic sig that he created for the top of it:
Jim Hanley’s Universe STEVE DITKO event!
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS & JIM HANLEY'S UNIVERSE PRESENT: SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 8PM (after MoCCA) Fantagraphics Books and Jim Hanley's Universe are proud to present a very special event on the evening of Saturday, June 7, to coincide with Fantagraphics' appearance at the 2008 MoCCA Arts Festival. Join noted Steve Ditko scholar BLAKE BELL for the world premiere of his eagerly-anticipated book, STRANGE & STRANGER: THE WORLD OF STEVE DITKO, along with an exclusive screening of Jonathan Ross's acclaimed BBC documentary, "IN SEARCH OF STEVE DITKO." Bell will also give a powerpoint presentation and talk on Ditko's work and career and answer questions from the audience. Strange and Stranger: The World…
Dash Shaw talks BodyWorld
… to Large-Hearted Boy.
Read the intro from our first Dennis the Menace volume
With the new softcover edition of the first volume of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace due any day now, we decided this would be a good time to reprint Brian Walker's informative introduction to the volume here on our website. Click on through to read!
R.I.P. Rory Root
Rory Root called me on Friday afternoon and left me a voice mail and told me we could just catch up on Monday. On Saturday, Rory slipped into a coma after emergency surgery and never woke up. He passed away this afternoon. I don't want to write this now but know I should because I will miss Rory and he needs to be remembered as the kind soul and legend in his field that he was. Like many other people I know (including Ed Brubaker, Sophie Crumb, Adrian Tomine, Charles Brownstein and others) Rory encouraged me in this business at a…
Mark Todd show
Sac(f)re(ya) Blue!
On behalf of everyone at Fantagraphics, I'd like to welcome the newest member to our extended family: Freya Blue Covey, born Friday, May 16. She and Mommy Liz are healthy and happy and beautiful, as Freya is, as you can see, beautiful and has considerably more hair than her pop, Mr. Jacob Covey.
Sketchbook #43
Courtesy Rich Tommaso:
From our Fridge:
