{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!
Sketchbook #39
Courtesy Jason Lutes:
On Frank
Your must-read of the day: Jim Woodring calls it the single best piece of writing about Frank that he's ever read. What more need you know? Oh, and check out this prototype for Jim's next Presspop vinyl masterpiece, Kaiju:
Emerald City Comicon/Jordan Crane pics
Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at Emerald City Comicon this past weekend and our official afterparty/Jordan Crane exhibit opening on Saturday! We've got a bunch of photos, of which the two below are just the tip of the iceberg; click here for the whole set on Flickr. Eric Reynolds and Kristy Valenti on Con duty: Jordan Crane signs comics:
Now We Need a Really Big Bank!
Left to right: Shannon Anderson of Georgetown Tile Works, Georgetown Merchants' association chair Kathy Nyland, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery curator Larry Reid accept a big check from City of Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels to support the fabulous monthly Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack.
New Yorker cartoons minus the cartoons
In the tradition of such internet memes as Garfield without the thought balloons and Garfield without Garfield, now there's New Yorker cartoons without the drawings.
Graham Lineham of IT Crowd
I enjoyed this interview with IT Crowd creator Graham Lineham. Especially this incredibly flattering quote: "The thing I'm happiest about is getting lots of Fantagraphics comics onto the set and also lots of Guided By Voices records."
CBG on Willie & Joe
Everybody loves Willie & Joe!
Sketchbook #38
Courtesy Julie Doucet (click thru for her awesome website):
