It just wouldn't be Comic-Con without the Hernandez Brothers, and CCI has confirmed today that all 3 of the comics-creating bros., Gilbert, Jaime and Mario, will be special guests of the 2012 convention in July. This, of course, will be just one stop on their epic Love and Rockets 30th anniversary tour — stay tuned for lots more details and announcements!
Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – page 8
We are proud and pleased to be publishing our first Nicolas Mahler book (a full-color hardcover, no less) in April 2012: Angelman. We are serializing the first quarter of the book with the rest of our weekly digital comics… at the end of which, you will be so absorbed in Angelman’s travails that you will have no choice but to pick up the book. Enjoy!
Black Classroom by Steven Weissman – “Life Is Fair” – Alternate Version
Each week we bring you a new strip from Steven Weissman, creator of the long-running series of “Yikes!” adventures. Chocolate Cheeks, the newest collection of the Yikes! gang’s adventures, is now available. Recent books by Steven Weissman (click covers for complete product details): {product_snapshot:id=1648,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=873,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=204,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=703,true,false,true,left} All books by Steven Weissman
Daily OCD: 1/20/12
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Reviews: Robot 6's Chris Mautner looks at our 3 newest Golden Age collections: "…[W]hile I enjoyed [Action! Mystery!] Thrills[!] (I’m especially grateful for being exposed to the neon-color stylings of L.B. Cole, who seems to prefigure the era of black velvet paintings), it’s definitely the slightest — the most coffee tableish — of Sadowski’s books so far. It feels like a book designed more to flip through than to mull over…. That’s not necessarily a bad thing — there’s certainly pleasures to be had in re-examining these covers…" "What’s exciting for me about this…
Daily OCD: 1/19/12
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Feature: Jennifer Anderson, one of the participants in the PDX2GulfCoast project along with Steve Duin & Shannon Wheeler which resulted in Oil and Water, writes for the Beaverton Valley Times: "As the newspaper reporter character in the book, I can attest — 100-percent objectively, of course — that the book is at once tragic, funny, poignant and thought-provoking," and talks to some local experts and Duin himself about the book (via Bleeding Cool of all places) • Plugs: At Blog Martins Fontes Paulista, Raphael Fernandes runs down "10 Must-See Comics from Fantagraphics for 2012,"…
Vote Pipo, not PIPA
I just couldn't leave well enough alone. Apologies to Gilbert for hijacking his artwork for my doofy jokes.
Daily OCD: 1/18/12
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review (Audio): On the latest episode of the Give Me Comics or Give Me Death! podcast, hosts Michael Bradbury and Lee Scott [SP?] discuss Jason Conquers America • Review: "[Newave: The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s] was a treasure to find for me, because I got to read some of the stuff I was reading in the Chicago burbs being all 'punk rock' and 'rebel rebel.' You have to live it to understand it, and while I’ll look at 1960’s underground comics as a history tour, this comic brought back live living memories…
Things to See: Victor Kerlow’s ‘The Power-Less Ring’ for VICE
Green Lantern vs. Sinestro might pale in comparison to (Mome contributor) Victor Kerlow & VICE vs. DC & Time Warner's trademark lawyers. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]
There’s only one kind of SOPA we like
We just want to acknowledge that we're not taking active part in the anti-SOPA/PIPA internet strike today, but we are opposed to the bills — here's the statement Gary Groth gave to Graphic Policy about it last week — and we want to thank everyone who's expressed their support of our position. (Image, of course, from Gilbert Hernandez's Heartbreak Soup.)
Two New Books on the Civil Rights Movement Debut Feb. 4 at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Listen, Whitey! Celebrate Black History Month on February 4 at Fantagraphics Bookstore with two new books on the Civil Rights movement. Fantagraphics Bookstore kicks off Black History Month on Saturday, February 4 with the debut of two diverse books. Seattle-based music scholar Pat Thomas, author of Listen, Whitey!: The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965 – 1975, will be joined by Seattle authors Mark Long and Jim Demonakos, who together with cartoonist Nate Powell created the graphic novel The Silence of Our Friends. While researching this book project in Oakland, archivist Pat Thomas discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews,…
