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Find out the bittersweet autobiographical backstory behind Ivan Brunetti's cover illustration for the new issue of The New Yorker, and a slideshow of Ivan's other New Yorker covers, at the magazine's "Culture Desk" blog. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]  

Earlier this month, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, NY kicked off their exhibit, LitGraphic: The World of the Graphic Novel, an "examination of the use of sequential art as a significant form of visual communication, placing specific emphasis on the art of the contemporary graphic novel." The exhibit features more than 200 original art works, including paintings, drawings, storyboards, and more, including work from our own Mark Kalesniko's Mail Order Bride! And on Thursday, March 22, they'll be screening the film version of the Daniel Clowes classic Ghost World in the museum auditorium, at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM….

Tuesday, March 13th • Leuven, Belgium:  It's your last chance to check out the amazing Charles Burns exhibit at the Museum M Leuven, featuring more than 200 works, including original comic pages from Black Hole, as well as sketches and illustrations for magazines and books, his photographs. Can't make it to Belgium before Tuesday? See below or click here to watch video of Mr. Burns himself walking through the exhibit! (more info) Thursday, March 15th • Los Angeles, CA:  Join Joyce Farmer at the Los Angeles Public Library for the panel "From the Outside Looking In: Writers Finding Their Place…

Jaime Hernandez is hard at work inking his pages for Love and Rockets: New Stories #5 (coming this September). Instagram photo via Jaime’s partner Meg.

Playing a little loosey goosey with our schedule but still bringing you the new Nicolas Mahler Angelman page and another classic Up All Night strip from Michael Kupperman's vaults: — Angelman by Nicolas Mahler (view at original size): Up All Night by Michael Kupperman (view at original size):

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Perhaps confusion is the probable reaction upon finding the complete works of a great cartoonist taking up such a small package, but the likely thought after finishing Is That All There Is? is absentmindedly wondering why there haven’t been more like Swarte, cartoonists who said their bit in no more than a few pages at a time. And of course, there have been. But… Swarte stands alone as the one who pulled off an entire fantastic career in something the length of a film screenplay or a longer novella. This book is a…

  Visitors to the Real Comet Press Retrospective at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday will be among the first people on the planet to sample the latest Charles Burns-themed beer from Elysian Brewing. The 3rd installment of the 12 Beers of the Apocalypse, offically released on March 21, is a green cardamom ale called Fallout. That's appropriate becuase DJ Russ Fallout will be spinning art damaged punk platters from the 80s in honor of the heyday of Real Comet Press.   We have an amazing array of wonderful artworks, iconic graphics, rare books and long out-of-print comix by the many gifted authors, artists, critics,…

Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (8th Printing) by Daniel Clowes 144-page black & white 7.5" x 11" softcover • $19.95ISBN: 978-1-56097-116-0 See Previews / Order Now Like a Velvet Glove… collects all 10 chapters of Eightball's terrifying and fascinating journey into madness that makes Twin Peaks look like Teletubbies. As Clay Loudermilk attempts to unravel the mysteries behind a snuff film, he finds himself involved with an increasingly bizarre cast of characters, including a pair of sadistic cops who carve a strange symbol into the…