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; More photos from Saturday's launch party for the Peter Bagge-designed Manik Skateboards at our storefront can be seen here on Flickr.

Courtesy Roger Langridge:

Read it here.  

Here's one more thing to whet your appetite for the arrival of Jason's Pocket Full of Rain: today we've posted the introduction by James Sturm here on our website for your reading enjoyment.

It's time for your weekly installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks"! In this week's strip: checkers with Chubby Cheeks. (Remember, you must be registered and logged in to read.)

Here's what's come up on our ego-surfing adventures this week: • Jog on Funeral of the Heart by Leah Hayes and Insomnia #3 by Matt Broersma (plus a couple of non-Fanta titles) • Jeff Trexler compares 1950s Dennis the Menace to Blue Velvet • Notes from the Junkyard on Bob Powell's "The Wall of Flesh," which appears in The Comics Journal #290 • Scrubbles.net on The Complete Peanuts 1959-1960 (Vol. 5) (plus a handful of movies) • Comics And…Other Imaginary Tales on Castle Waiting by Linda Medley • Ruben Bolling on our forthcoming Humbug collection • The Daily Cross Hatch…

Courtesy Jason Little:

… to be in Oslo. 

I came across this incredible Will Elder photo this morning, looking for some nice Elder photos in our MAD PLAYBOY OF ART files, to give the Los Angeles Times for its obituary, which I'm told will run tomorrow. Was there ever a man who embodied the vivaciousness of his work more perfectly?