A finer cartoonist never lived. Link. As my pal Jem Eaton put it to me, "If, as they say, God is in the details, then he'll be sharing a cup of tea with Will Elder right about now."
Thurs. night in NYC: FEIFFER!
You New Yorkers are insane if you don't go to this tonight. Feiffer is going to be at The Strand Thursday night for the world premiere of EXPLAINERS. It's going to be pretty great. He's going to give a drawing presentation, read some of the strips of this historic book and then read a bit from his forthcoming memoir. It's going to be special.
First look: Krazy & Ignatz 1943-1944
Just received today: the breathtaking wraparound cover, designed by Chris Ware, for the final volume in our Krazy & Ignatz series (that is, until we start re-printing the early Eclipse volumes — more info on that in this previous Flog post). The book is due later this year. Click the image for a closer look.
Now in stock: The Comics Journal #290
The Comics Journal #290 Edited by Mike Dean and Kristy Valenti; Gary Groth, executive editor Hard truth, subjective take or slanted hatchet job? Monte Schulz and a roundtable of Peanuts experts and critics probe and debate David Michaelis's controversial new biography of one of the most influential and beloved cartoonists of our time: Charles M. Schulz. Matt Madden, co-series-editor of the Best American Comics anthology series, will dish about his upcoming comics textbook (written and drawn with Jessica Abel, his frequent collaborator) and his efforts to translate the OuBaPo movement into English with 99 Exercises in Style. A preview of…
Staake’s Struwwelpeter animation
For over a year Bob Staake has been working with London animation studio Wyld Stallyons to produce an animated version of his book Struwwelpeter (part of our Blab! Storybook series). The second animation test is now online for the world to see and dang if it doesn't look great — Staake's work is beautifully suited to modern animation techniques. (There's also a downloadable Quicktime version. And don't forget to visit Bob's official site for the book.)
Friday night in SF: LEVIN!
Friday night in NYC: FRIEDMAN!
Sketchbook #40
Courtesy my ol' pal J.R. Williams:
Pocket Full of Rain – Exclusive Preview
{product_snapshot:id=1484,true,false,true,left} An Anthology of Materful Shorts from the Creator of I Killed Adolf Hitler This multifaceted anthology collects over 25 stories from the first decade of Jason’s career, including his remarkable calling card, the novella-length thriller “Pocket Full of Rain,” which has never before been published in English. Like a number of his initial stories, “Pocket” is actually drawn with realistic human beings instead of blank-faced animal characters — a true revelation for Jason fans. In fact, this book showcases three distinct styles: his earliest “realistic” drawing style (used to unsettling effect in some particularly creepy stories), an intermediate “bighead”…
Wednesday night in Halifax: FENWICK!
