flyer designed by Steven Weissman! We could not be more excited about our forthcoming event with Steven Weissman and Ron Regé Jr., this coming Sunday, October 28th! What will happen when these two incredible talents collide at Skylight Books in Los Angeles? Will time stop? Will doves cry? You'll have to find out for yourself at 5:00 PM! To prepare everyone for the awesome, and to give those outside of the L.A.-area a glimpse of what we'll be missing, I asked the guys a few questions about the other. Today, we start with Steven: Do you remember the first time…
Fantagraphics to Release Two New Dash Shaw Books
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS ANNOUNCES NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL AND COMIC BOOK FROM DASH SHAW Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that it has acquired the new graphic novel, NEW SCHOOL, from acclaimed cartoonist Dash Shaw, who previously created the graphic novels BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON (Fantagraphics, 2008) and BODYWORLD (Pantheon, 2010). To be published in April 2013, NEW SCHOOL is an all-new, 340 page work of fiction that was loosely inspired by Shaw's experience as a teenaged foreign exchange student. "New School is my most personal book. It's all true (sort of). I dramatized and changed things to make everything closer to how…
Fantagraphics to Release Two New Dash Shaw Books
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS ANNOUNCES NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL AND COMIC BOOK FROM DASH SHAW Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that it has acquired the new graphic novel, NEW SCHOOL, from acclaimed cartoonist Dash Shaw, who previously created the graphic novels BOTTOMLESS BELLY BUTTON (Fantagraphics, 2008) and BODYWORLD (Pantheon, 2010). To be published in April 2013, NEW SCHOOL is an all-new, 340 page work of fiction that was loosely inspired by Shaw's experience as a teenaged foreign exchange student. "New School is my most personal book. It's all true (sort of). I dramatized and changed things to make everything closer to how…
Things to See: Jason’s Nancy mashups
Jason is ruling the internet with a new series of drawings mashing up Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy & Sluggo with various other pop culture touchstones such as "Scream Nancy" above and the Louie tribute "Sluggo CK" below. There's also "Nancy Lynch," "The 7 Nancy Balls" and hopefully more to come on his blog!
New Comics Day 10/24/12: Ah Pook, Ralph Azham, You’ll Never Know
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. The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here: Images from the Graphic Novel by Malcolm McNeill 168-page full-color 10.25" x 13.25" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-445-0 Observed While Falling: Bill Burroughs, Ah Pook, and Me by Malcolm McNeill 192-page full-color 6.75" x 10.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-561-7 "Might as well start…
Things to See: Jaime Hernandez portrait of Paul Ryan for the NYT
Did y'all see Jaime Hernandez's cover for The New York Times Magazine this past Sunday? What a smug creep (Paul Ryan, not Jaime).
The Last Vispo Release Party in Minneapolis!
After an amazing 70th birthday bash, visual poet John M. Bennett is bringing The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008 to Minneapolis, MN! Join John on Saturday, October 27th for an afternoon of avant poems, group sounds, collaborations, and more at the Cheap Theatre at the Black Forest Inn [ 9 East 26th Street ]. He'll be joined by special guests Scott Helmes, Michael Jacobson, and Tom Cassidy. Recommended admission is $5, and the event is free for Cheap Theater season ticket holders.
Came the Dawn and Other Stories by Wallace Wood – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Came the Dawn and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)Illustrated by Wallace Wood; written by Al Feldstein et al.; edited by Gary Groth 208-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-546-4 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Corpse on the Imjin! + Came the Dawn (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. The 20th century had hit its…
Corpse on the Imjin! and Other Stories by Harvey Kurtzman – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Corpse on the Imjin! and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)by Harvey Kurtzman, et al. 240-page black & white/color 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-545-7 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Corpse on the Imjin! + Came the Dawn (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. The creation of MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman’s reputation as…
The Cartoon Utopia by Ron Regé Jr. – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Cartoon Utopia by Ron Regé, Jr. 144-page black & white 10.25" x 12.25" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-596-9 See Previews / Order Now Ron Regé, Jr. is a very unusual yet accomplished storyteller whose work exudes a passionate moral, idealistic core that sets him apart from his peers. The Cartoon Utopia is his Magnum Opus, a unique work of comic art that, in the words of its author, "focuses on ideas that I've become intrigued by that stem from magical, alchemical, ancient ideas & mystery schools." It's part sci-fi, part philosophy,…
