Friday, August 15th If you're in Athens, GA (or feel like taking a vacation) come celebrate an artist of immeasurable talent with the book release party for the acclaimed work, How to be Happy! From 4-6 pm on Friday the 15th, at Bizarro-Wuxtry Comics, Toys, & Records. Whimsical, sensitive, and earthly real, cartoonist, Eleanor Davis achieves a level of quiet poignancy throughout this collection of comics and short stories that leaves the reader wondering, "how did she know?". Pick up one of the most important books of the year, and head over to Bizarro-Wuxtry to say "Hi!" and other pleasantries.
Weekly OCD 8.12.14
This week's summery, sun-warmed collection of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Review: Unlovable Vol. 3 by Esther Pearl Watson "Though Watson illustrates Tammy’s life in excruciating, embarrassing detail to often-hilarious effect, her clear affection and empathy for her subject shines through. She universalizes Tammy’s experiences, taking us back to relive our own tortured, giddy, deadly serious, horny, boring, and horribly self-conscious teenage years." – Robert Kirby, The Comics Journal Review: Twelve Gems by Lane Milburn "This is exactly what summer blockbusters should be, only Milburn’s is a singular vision. He exploits clichés by embracing them, and he busily captures hyperspace…
Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 2: 1981-1983 by Ed Piskor – Photoset Preview
"The book is an absolute essential for any hip hop head to read and any comic book fan to gander over." – Mass Appeal "…Presents the facts in a nostalgic, faded-ink and rubbery realism of ’70s Marvel Comics style, turning raps early innovators into larger than life heroes of history." – Spin Magazine "These Stories are carefully researched and detailed along with great comic book style art…" – TheSource.com "…Captures the personalities, imagery and milestones with a hilarity and efficiency that no other medium could." – Billboard Magazine Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 2: 1981-1983by Ed Piskor 112-page full color…
Waiting for the Great Pumpkin by Charles M. Schulz – Photoset Preview
"There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin." – Linus Van Pelt "Novelty Peanuts books are the best kind of novelty book.” – The Comics Reporter Waiting for the Great Pumpkinby Charles M. Schulz 64-page black & white/spot color 5.75” x 5.75” hardcover • $9.99 Due to arrive in about 2-4 weeks. Click the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/greatpumpkin
In a Glass Grotesquely by Richard Sala – Excerpt
The dastardly Super-Enigmatix revels in creating chaos and catastrophe across the globe, and no one knows why. Former Detective Natalie Charms and Former Inspector Jory—along with his grandson, George—are hot on the trail of the the shadowy menace, but the closer they get to him, the greater the destruction Super-Enigmatix sows. This 19-page excerpt (10.2 MB) sets the stage for Richard Sala's latest book, In a Glass Grotesquely, with Natalie and Inspector Jory piecing together a web of seemingly-unrelated crimes that point to a single mastermind: Super-Enigmatix!
Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1 [Softcover Ed.] by Michael Kupperman – Video/Photo Slideshow
Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1 [Softcover Ed.] by Michael Kupperman 160-page color 7" x 9.75" softcover • $22.99 ISBN: 978-1-60699-764-2 Ships in: August 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Fans and comedy cognoscenti alike, basking devotedly in the glow of Tales Designed to Thrizzle, have made it the smash hit humor comic of the decade. And now the first four issues of Michael Kupperman’s revered series are finally collected into one deluxe hardcover. Even better, Kupperman has taken the original two-color printing and made the entire book full color! These tales are more thrizzling than ever! What are…
Now in Stock: Jim by Jim Woodring
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Jimby Jim Woodring 224-page black & white/color 7.75" x 11" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-752-9 See Previews / Order Now Frank is, as everyone knows, Jim Woodring's bestselling cartoon character. Jim, on the other hand, is Woodring's cartoon alter ego, the fictional doppelganger who has for 30 years inhabited Woodring's alternate universe where shifting, phantasmagoric landscapes, abrupt, hallucinatory visual revelations, and unexpected eruptions of uninhibited verbal self-flagellation are common- place. Jim is a mind-bending collection of all of Woodring's best non-Frank creative work — comics stories, prose stories, drawings, and paintings, with…
Gary Panter Exhibit and Reception Sept. 4th
(From Panter's 2013 Fredericks & Frasier exhibit) Thursday, September 4th Influential cartoonist, painter, and professor, Gary Panter, will be celebrating his newst work during an art exhibition at Fredericks & Frasier Gallery with an opening reception on September 4th, from 6-8 PM! Surreal pop art, with a day-glo vibe. Or expressionistic sci-fi and punk cartoons. Maybe imaginative, and super saturated set designs. How about shoe illustrator? All of these things describe the award winning artist throughout his extensive and impressive career. Be a part of the brilliant madness with his third exhibition installment at the Chelsea gallery, that will open early on August 26th, and…
New Comics Day 8.6.714
This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko / 放浪息子) Vol. 7 by Shimura Takako 220-page black & white (with some color) 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-750-5 "…[L]ike the best coming-of-age stories – comics or otherwise – Wandering Son is meticulously accurate in its details, but universal in its emotions. Gay or not, readers shouldn't find…
Age of License – Video/Photo Slideshow
An Age of License by Lucy Knisley 196-page black & white/color 5.5" x 7.5" softcover • $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-60699-768-0 Ships in: September 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Acclaimed cartoonist Lucy Knisley (French Milk, Relish) got an opportunity that most only dream of: a travel-expenses-paid trip to Europe and Scandinavia, thanks to a book tour. An Age of License is Knisley's comics travel memoir recounting her charming (and romantic!) adventures. It’s punctuated by whimsical visual devices (such as a "new experiences" funnel); peppered with the cute cats she meets along the way; and, of course, features her hallmark —…
