We publish some shocking comics but I had no idea that the most offensive strip was nationally syndicated "family fare." People are okay with this being what their kids grow up reading on the comics page, meanwhile they raise hell over a kid reading an issue of Dan Clowes' Eightball. Go figure. (*Note: Yes, I know I originally mistyped "Brant Parker" in the headline to this post even though his son, Jeff, took over being the Id's dick cartoonist in 1997. Apologies.)
Kikuo Johnson does Stallings
On the Poetry Foundation website, R. Kikuo Johnson (Night Fisher) illustrates A. E. Stallings' poem "Recitative" as a comic strip.
Theroux reads from Laura Warholic
Alexander Theroux reads from his novel for Radio Boston, including a savaging of Boston Red Sox culture. Theroux's prose sounds especially great through his thick Medford accent.
New feature: Dan Clowes’s “Modern Cartoonist”
Daniel Clowes's "Modern Cartoonist" essay caused quite a stir when it originally appeared as a bound-in booklet accompanying Eightball #18 in 1997; now we have archived it for your reading pleasure here on the Fantagraphics.com website.
Scavenger hunt: last chance!
Reminder: tomorrow is the last day for entries in our Scavenger Hunt contest! Everyone who's registered on Fantagraphics.com (sign in/sign up) has a chance to earn a 20%-off coupon good toward any online order by correctly answering ten trivia questions, and one randomly-chosen winner will receive a coupon for a whopping 50% off. All of the answers can be found on the new Fantagraphics.com. We'll contact the winners, and post the questions and answers here on Flog, on Monday.
The Learners
Congrats to our pal Chip Kidd on the release of his second novel, The Learners. And how many people could get Charles Burns and Chris Ware to work on their cover?
Woof
Did we help Uno the Beagle win the Westminster dog show? Book Hound doesn't rule it out.
Steven Weissman loves you
Forget to get your sweetie a Valentine? Head on over to Steven Weissman's blog for a printable card. Problem solved!
Nicoriffic
Our very own Nico Vassilakis (warehouse manager extraordinaire) has written a book, and he's having a party to prove it! Won't you join us? WHEN: Feb. 23rd, 7:30pm WHERE: McLeod Residence2209 2nd AvenueSeattle, Washington 98121 WHAT: TEXT LOSES TIMEBy Nico VassilakisPublished by ManyPenny Press John Olson on TEXT LOSES TIME: Implicit in the title of this collection is a ceremony of disintegration: shattering, fragmentation. A shedding of time. A shaking loose of the bonds of linearity and sequence. An immediacy of contact with the tools of construction so lucid and unsullied by the seductions of the future and the burdens…
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