Listen up: Greg Irons

Inkstuds Radio talks underground legend Greg Irons with Patrick Rosenkranz, author of You Call This Art?!: A Greg Irons Retrospective. I haven't listened yet, but it should be good; I always enjoy talking comics with Patrick, and Inkstuds is the best radio show about comics that I am aware of.

Love and Rockets in depth

Spurge points out that "Shelf Life," Marc Sobel's in-depth, issue-by-issue examination of Love and Rockets Vol. 1 at Sequart, has entered its second half, with the latest installment featuring issue #26.

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Want to win a copy of Jason's I KILLED ADOLF HITLER? How about Schulz's COMPLETE PEANUTS Vol. 1 or Tomine's SHORTCOMINGS? Bookmunch will show you the way. UPDATE: I've just been informed that this contest is open to readers worldwide!

New Release: Mystic Funnies #2 (New Printing)

Mystic Funnies #2 (New Printing)by Robert Crumb NEW PRINTING! The second installment of Robert Crumb's latest series centers on an unfortunate everyman named "The Moron" in "Bad Karma," an epic quest for the answer to the question "What's it all mean??" Also starring "Fairy Godmother" and "Mr. Natural," who wants to talk to you about the power of the media, man. 32-page black & white comic $4.95 Order Now!

Artist Bio – Jessica Abel

{mosimage}Jessica Abel (Chicago, 1969) started making comics in college, at the University of Chicago. Her early efforts appeared in the student anthology Breakdown. After college, in 1992, she won the infamous “Stinky Date” contest in Peter Bagge’s Hate comics, and, since she had arranged to meet the artist at the Chicago Comics Convention, she decided to put together a sampler of her comics to show him and his publisher, Fantagraphics. She printed 50 copies of Artbabe #1, but Fantagraphics editor Gary Groth, who claims not to remember this encounter, didn’t take the bait. Four issues (and four years) later, she…