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Dash Shaw on your desktop
The Kitsune Noir blog has an exclusive desktop wallpaper designed by Dash Shaw presenting a fictional biographical narrative in the form of desktop icons (plus one cute cat).
Strange and Stranger – Introduction by Blake Bell
{product_snapshot:id=1474,true,false,true,left}By the 1950s, the superhero genre had been reduced to a minor piece of the comic-book mosaic. Patriots like Captain America — designed to boost the country’s morale and soothe wartime angst — ran aground of purpose with the end of World War II. The majority of heroes had been retired by the late ’40s, including the entire Timely Comics line, featuring Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch. The industry’s postwar output splintered into several distinct themes — crime, teen, funny animals, Western, war, and romance. Yet in the popular imagination the defining 1950s comics genre was horror. It…
Sneak peek photos: Bottomless Belly Button
For those of you who weren't able to see it in person at NYCC, we've posted a big set of photos of Dash Shaw's Bottomless Belly Button on Flickr. Check them out to get a sense of the texture and volume of this hefty book, plus a sneak peek at some interior pages: for a Flickr slideshow, click here, or to browse manually, click here.
Steve Ditko at MoCCA Festival?!?
“STRANGE & STRANGER: THE WORLD OF STEVE DITKO” to debut at the MOCCA Art Festival (June 7/8th). {mosimage} Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko – the first critical retrospective of Steve Ditko, the co-creator and original artist of the Amazing Spider-Man – will make its much-anticipated debut on Saturday June 7th, 2008 at the MoCCA Comics Art Festival. The author, Blake Bell, will be on hand both days at MoCCA to sign copies of the book and will debut his slide show presentation on Ditko’s work as part of the festival’s…
Oregonian on Most Outrageous
Steve Duin of The Oregonian has the first review of Bob Levin's Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester that I've seen, and I couldn't agree with it more.
Sketchbook #24
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NYCC photos
Our little stuffed pal Bully visited our booth at New York Comic-Con and took lots of pictures.
Steve Brodner’s Naked Campaign
Steve Brodner's brilliance is on full display in this series of YouTube videos called "The Naked Campaign" presented by the New Yorker. Here's the most recent installment:
Sketchbook #23
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