Todd DePastino hits the road in April and May to promote his TWO new books about the legendary cartoonist Bill Mauldin. DePastino is the author of the just-released A LIFE UP FRONT, the definitive biography of Mauldin published by W.W. Norton. He is also the general editor of the cartoon collection WILLIE & JOE: THE WWII YEARS, coming next month from Fantagraphics (check out our Flicker slideshow here). He will talk about both books in New Mexico, Chicago, Boston and Pittsburgh in the coming weeks. WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 7:00 PMWHERE: Santa Fe Public Library145 Washington StreetSanta Fe, NM WHEN: Friday, April 4 at 7 PMWHERE: Page…
Olive, you’re a fine girl…
Olive, you're a fine girl…
Show and Tell, Pt. 6
More crap that'll fit on the scanner… A pencil rough from a panel of Charles Burns' Black Hole, including a mysterious clue from Charles ("Who's this guy?"): This illustration is the cover art to Joe Coleman's Man of Sorrows book from Gates of Heck. This is a great book, BTW, which basically is an explication of one of Coleman's most famous paintings, with die cut details from the painting tipped into each page with extensive commentary on each by Coleman. A spot illustration by Archer Prewitt. I have no idea what this was for, but it's pretty: Super cool Chris…
Most Outrageous – Introduction by Bob Levin
{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.
