Gabrielle Bell drew this beautiful picture of my three cats (from top to bottom) Jaybird, Martini and Sancho. When I decided to share these sketchbook pictures, I photographed all of them and uploaded them into a private Flickr set in a random order and have just been uploading them one a day in the order of the Flickr set. It's very weird that this picture came up for today, because yesterday we had to say goodbye to Martini, who passed away at age 14. R.I.P., Martini Baton, 1994-2008.
Vancouver comic art show opens May 17…
… and it looks good.
Sketchbook #8
Courtesy Kevin Huizenga, whose Ganges #2 is one of the best comics I've read this year.
Show and Tell, Pt. 7
Courtesy Paul Hornschemeier. I'm not sure if it's intended to, but it reminds me of Gary Groth.
Chocolate Cheeks for 4/4/08
It's time for your weekly installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks"! In this week's strip: smokin' down by the culvert. (Remember, you must be registered and logged in to read.)
Pictorama preview
We've put a handful of preliminary pages from Deitch's Pictorama (due to debut in July at Comic-Con in San Diego) up on our Flickr page — browse manually or view a slideshow!
Sketchbook #7
Presenting the great Tim Hensley:
April 18 in Brooklyn: Karasik / Newgarden
If you're in New York, or will be in New York for the big New York Comicon, you won't want to miss this: If you've never heard Mark or Paul speak, you'll be hard-pressed to find two guys who can talk comics any better. And if you haven't checked out Desert Island yet, by all accounts you should. Book Signing and "Show and Tell" with Garbage Pail Kids creator Mark Newgarden and cartoonist/archivist Paul Karasik at Williamsburg's newest comic and book store, Desert Island Desert Island is pleased to announce its inaugural event, a book signing and "show and tell" featuring Garbage Pail Kids…
Griffyvision
This has been floating around the inter-tubes recently: a TV interview with Zippy the Pinhead creator Bill Griffith that ran on WFSB (channel 3, Hartford, CT) Eyewitness News on November 7, 2003. Dig that close-up camera work!
The Shtick Never Stops!
The audio isn't great, but it's there. Here's the legendary Milton Berle cock joke courtesy Freddie Roman at Drew Friedman's Friar's Club event:
