McSweeney's #25 features a gorgeous cover by Leah Hayes that the accompanying jpg hardly does justice of. Leah's first graphic novel, FUNERAL OF THE HEART, will be out in a couple of months from Fantagraphics (and don't miss her first solo comic, HOLY MOLY, also published by Fanta a couple of years ago – it's still available).
Sacco for President
Happy holidays, everyone.
A Johnny Ryan X-Mas
Jog does Percy
One of my favorite books we published this year was PERCY GLOOM by Cathy Malkasian. Jog writes a very nice review of the book here, and if you haven't seen PERCY yet, check it out.
Sacco interview
"I also think a comic, because of repeated images, can create an atmosphere of a place. There are certain things going on in the background that you don't have to mention over and over again. If you're writing about how much graffiti was on the wall in prose, you write it once, you don't write it every paragraph. Whereas in comics, it can be in the background on every panel so it sort of sinks into the reader's consciousness." Here's a short but sweet interview with Joe Sacco conducted by Chris Mautner.
Mister Wonderful, Part 14
Merry Xmas, Mister Wonderful.
We interrupt this publishing company…
Hey Fanta True Believers, Starting Monday (Dec. 24th) we will be conducting our end of the year inventory. You will still be able to place orders with us through our website or over the phone, but we will be be unable to ship out any orders until the inventory is complete, which should be sometime during the first week of Jan. '08. Please keep this in mind when selecting any of our Rush shipping methods. We apologize for any inconvenience, and look forward to serving you in 2008!
Holiday Bowl-a-rama
As per annual tradition, our company holiday party was held at the glamorous Sunset Bowl in beautiful downtown Ballard last weekend. Click here for a mess of photos by me and Eric Reynolds; below are a few highlights: Kim Thompson takes on high-score leader Paul Baresh in a sudden-death winner-take-all showdown… …from which Baresh emerges victorious! (That's the trophy.) Mistress of ceremonies Rhea Patton.
New Release: The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 2
The Pin-Up Art of Dan DeCarlo Vol. 2Edited by Alex Chun; designed by Jacob Covey For more than 40 years, Dan DeCarlo was best known for his definitive rendition of Archie Comics' Betty and Veronica, two of comics' most beloved icons. But before joining Archie in the late 1950s and unbeknownst to many, DeCarlo was already honing his skills as a good girl artist for the Humorama line of digest magazines. This second volume once again displays DeCarlo's sexiest Humorama pin-up cartoons, and continues Fanatagraphics' dedication to showcasing the best of the classic pin-up cartoonists. 216-page two-color 5.75" x 7.75"…
