Come on down to JIM's INFO BARN, the new blog from artist Jim Blanchard. I particularly enjoyed the panoramic photo of his studio: if you check it out, be sure to look for the reflection of Jim's face in the mirror. I laughed.
My New Year’s Resolution via 1986 Schulz…
New Clowes interview
Daniel Clowes talks to the Onion's A.V. Club. Sample quote, on his current NYT strip: "I'm sure 10 times more people are reading it online than in the actual paper. People have complained to me, like 'Man, that's expensive. Five bucks for one page.' Well, you do get a thousand pages of interesting stuff in addition."
Redneck / Supervillain Team-Up!
Tom Spurgeon just made my day, and not just because his essential Comics Reporter is back up-and-running. No, I'm talkin' about this photo of Jeff Foxworthy and Wilson Fisk (a.k.a. the fuckin' Kingpin of Crime), from Halloween night circa 1996:
PRINT Magazine talks to Sacco
PRINT Magazine talks Palestine with Joe Sacco.
Matthias Lehmann exhibit
The creator of the acclaimed surreal crime-noir graphic novel Hwy. 115 is half of a joint exhibition opening Saturday January 5 at the Viva Dolor gallery in Lyon, France. Details for Francophones are here.
GOOD on comics
I liked the punk rock earnestness of this GOOD magazine essay about the coming-of-age of contemporary graphic novelists like Clowes, Bagge & Ware. You gotta love anyone who can work Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, Charles Peterson, Estrus Records, Hate, Love & Rockets, Oui, Jasper Johns, Ted Nugent, Tron and at least three liberal arts colleges into 750 words.
Another reason to envy Portland…
NIGHT GALLERY & FLOATING WORLD COMICS PRESENT:
"SUPERTRASH"
72 HR FEST OF MOVIES / MERCHANDISE / PERFORMANCE / ART EXHIBITION
Feb 1-3, 2008, a weekend of 9 unforgettable movies, live burlesque
dancers, the return of Famous Mysterious Actor, and a stunning exhibit of
're-imagined movie poster art' sponsored by Seattle publisher
Fantagraphics.
Dash Shaw’s “BodyWorld”
Dash Shaw's new online comic, BodyWorld, begins today. Happy new year.
Heppy New Year!
Happy new year, faithful floggers. I begin the new year with yet another "Best Of" list. You've no doubt had enough of them, these "Top Tens" and "Must Have" lists and checklists from hither and yon. I promise to not inundate you with the vast majority of such digital miscellany, but to our fellow cartoon publishers, I have but one question for you: How many of your books made the list of The Top Cryptozoology Books of 2007? Yeah, that's right, I'm talkin' to you. What's that? I can't hear you. Huh? Yeah, that's what I thought. You can shut…
