{product_snapshot:id=1469,true,false,true,left} I had no idea what to do next. For fifteen years, while practicing law in Berkeley, I had been writing about cartoonists for The Comics Journal. It had become apparent early on that the more off-beat the cartoonist was in his life or art, the more I would be drawn to him. Once my bias had become clear, someone at the Journal would have another cartoonist for me: a schizophrenic and an alcoholic and a speed freak and a suicide and a misanthrope and one fellow whose career off-tracked when he became a woman. Their work was often grotesquely…
Chocolate Cheeks for 3/14/08
Hooray, the new installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks" is here! In this week's strip: limeade (presumably) and loathing. (Remember, you must be registered and logged in to read.)
Or, you can just service a governor…
For a larger version, go here and scroll down a bit. This strip appears in Ellen Forney's I LOVE LED ZEPPELIN.
Ribs on the Stranger
Stay tuned for the newest "Chocolate Cheeks" strip from Steven "Ribs" Weissman… meanwhile, here's his cover illustration for this week's issue of The Stranger. (You can see his illustration for the "I, Anonymous" feature in the paper every week.) UPDATE: Jacob Covey informs me that this illustration (in a different color scheme) is available for purchase as a silkscreen print right here.
Saturday night in Austin!
Get yer South by Southwest on at Austin Books tomorrow!
Tonight in Brooklyn!
Acts of God willing…
BEASTS! Open Call Results.
Congratulations and thank you to Jennifer Tong, who captured this charming and unsettling glimpse into the life of Nymphs. This piece was submitted to the Open Call slot I posted about last month and will be appearing in "BEASTS! Book Two." Thanks a lot to everyone who took time to send in work– more details on the Beasts Blog.
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