PRESENTING THE COMPLETE WWII CARTOONS OF THE GREATEST CARTOONIST OF THE GREATEST GENERATION – COMING IN MARCH 2008 ABOUT WILLIE & JOE “The real war,” said Walt Whitman, “will never get in the books.” During World War II, the closest most Americans ever came to the “real war” was through the cartoons of Bill Mauldin, the most beloved enlisted man in the U.S. Army. Here, for the first time, Fantagraphics Books brings together Mauldin’s complete works from 1940 through the end of the war. This collection of over 600 cartoons, most never before reprinted, is more than the record of…
Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin – info and pre-order
One of our most anticipated 2008 releases, Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin, is now available for pre-order, and we've put together a special feature loaded with information on the book and Mauldin's work, including an excerpt of an interview with Mauldin. Click here for all the scoop!
Fantagraphics Uncensored: Eric Reynolds, Promo Guy
Jacob: "Did Norman Mailer really call Laura Warholic "brilliantly written?" Eric: "He did! Very shortly before he died. Much like Vonnegut did with Fletcher Hanks. We're killing America's greatest writers."
Stan Lee Art Show.
Pekar / Bertozzi strip online
WNYC went to Ohio last week for their election special and got Harvey Pekar and Nick Bertozzi to make a strip out of Harvey's meeting with WNYC host John Hockenberry. Read it HERE.
Comics in the classroom
Here's a cool story from USA TODAY about the increasing number of comics-related courses offered at the university level, focusing on Carol Tyler's program at the University of Cincinnati but also other places like the Center for Cartoon Studies.
Do The Collage
Robert Pollard's Do The Collage exhibition from Studio Dante is now online, with more pieces to be added this week…
Sacco interview by Spurgeon
A great diversion for a Sunday morning: Joe Sacco gets interviewed by Tom Spurgeon about Palestine and more. Another great interview from the Spurge.
Mister Wonderful, Part 13
Go Marshall, go Marshall…
Overheard in the office.
"'MILFs on Mars'? What are they doing on Mars?" – Jason T. Miles
