Josh Simmons sez, "Have I sent you this link for the ABBA video I made with a friend? That's me at 6 years old…" NOTE: while there is nothing overtly NSFW in this video, at least in the 50 seconds of it I managed to watch before having to shut it off, well, I'll just let YouTube commenter "osotope" warn you with this description: "A fascinating amalgam of K-TEL, Anton LeVey, and the 1984 NAMBLA fund raising campaign."
Leah Hayes interviewed
Tim O'Shea talks Funeral of the Heart with Leah Hayes.
Sketchbook #11
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The one that hooked me
EW.com has a neat new feature up, polling artists such as Gilbert Hernandez, Chris Ware, and Allison Bechdel on the first comic book that hooked them to the medium.
Bottomless Belly Button – Exclusive Preview
A Comedy-Drama Following the Dysfunctional Adventures of the Loony Family {product_snapshot:id=1457,true,false,true,left}After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. But the reason for splitting isn’t itself shocking: they’re “just not in love any more.” The announcement sparks a week long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David’s creepy (and possibly haunted) beach house. The eldest child, Dennis, struggles with his parents’ decision while facing difficulties of his own in his recent marriage. Believing that his parents are hiding the true reasons behind their estrangement, Dennis embarks on a quest to…
Bob Levin Debuts Most Outrageous at Bay Area Events
You are invited to two exciting Bay Area events featuring acclaimed Berkeley author Bob Levin, whose new book, Most Outrageous, details the unsettling story of the life of Hustler cartoonist Dwaine Tinsley, creator of “Chester the Molester.” When Larry Flynt’s Superstar was accused of sexually abusing his teenaged daughter for five years, the prosecution brought in hundreds of Tinsley’s cartoons as evidence. Levin details this unprecedented case, and Tinsley’s family life, with unquestionable sophistication, exhaustive journalistic research, and humanity. WHO: Bob Levin WHAT: Most Outrageous Book Release Party, with author reading & signing as well as hors d’ouevres and no…
What is… good taste?
He's not just a human hard drive of information. He has good taste to boot. All-Time Jeopardy champ Ken Jennings raves about our Love & Rockets books over at his blog.
Sketchbook #10
Courtesy Anders Nilsen.
Now in stock: Most Outrageous by Bob Levin
Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester By Bob Levin In May 1989, Dwaine Tinsley stood at the summit of an unlikely career. The product of a broken, trailer-trash marriage, he was a high school dropout who had decided to become a professional cartoonist while serving a six-year sentence in a Maryland prison for burglary. As cartoon editor for Larry Flynt’s notorious Hustler magazine, he had assembled a staff of pen-and-Wite-Out-wielding Lenny Bruces whose unprecedentedly offensive socio-sexual cartoons had spearheaded that publication's fight against the forces of censorship and repression that sought to overthrow…
Variousness…
Jeet Heer has a short look at the Underappreciated and Essential Francoise Mouly, primarily her influence as an editor from Raw to the New Yorker which is about the most badass resume a person could ever hope for. Just learned that there's an art gallery operating in my neighborhood of Ballard here in Seattle. The Wonderful Union has a show of locals Don and Ryan Clark's work opening on Saturday, the 12th. Or maybe you'd prefer Chicago's Steak Mtn. show. Apparently Threadless now has a gallery… The record breaking Ninja Turtles event. What else were you doing Thursday?
