Today's Online Commentary and Diversions: • Review/Interview: Marc Campbell of Dangerous Minds calls Everything Is an Afterthought: The Life and Writings of Paul Nelson "music book of the year," saying "the thing I really appreciate in reading Paul’s writings is you get to a place where even if you disagree with him you want to really explore why. He challenges you, not outrightly, but through the sheer force of his own enthusiasm and the particulars of why he digs what he digs. That’s what great rock writers do – they send you to the music. Of all the books I’ve…
Up All Night by Michael Kupperman – Time Bum 2
This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs weekly in the Washington City Paper and here on the Fantagraphics website.
Xaime x Cobra = WOW
This wins the internet today. Photoshop by Alex Kropinak based on words by Sean T. Collins. In posting this on Robot 6 today (and responding to a Jim Rugg comment at TCJ.com), Collins writes "In all seriousness, times when a comic emotionally incapacitates you for however long are times to be treasured. Last night, in prepping for this post, I flipped through the book [L&R: New Stories #4] one more time, and came across pages that made me gasp and swoon. Hey, kids! Comics!"
Émile Bravo’s Approximate Continuum rebuttal comic
(click image to enlarge) As readers of Lewis Trondheim's APPROXIMATE CONTINUUM COMICS know, Lewis allowed the subjects/victims of his autobiographical graphic novel (which included many sequences about his days sharing a studio in Paris with several cartoonists) the right of rebuttal… but only in writing. He declined to print Émile Bravo's illustrated comment, which appears here instead. ACC poked fun at Bravo's tendency to sing jingles and tell bad jokes. HE JUST DOESN'T REALIZE! Panel 1: Bravo: Funny how some readers are so fascinated with Lewis.Fan #1: Hey! I've got every Trondheim and I bought the deluxe print run of…
Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler – Previews, Pre-Order
Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler 144-page black & white 7.75" x 9.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-492-4 Ships in: November 2011 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now When ten Oregonians travel to the Gulf Coast in August 2010 to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill, they discover that “Oil and Water” is just the first of the insoluble contradictions. Between the tarred sands of Grand Isle and the fouled waters of the Louisiana bayou, they come to find out that Gulf Coast residents are economically dependent upon the very industry that is wreaking havoc…
Approximate Continuum rebuttal comic by Émile Bravo
As readers of Lewis Trondheim's APPROXIMATE CONTINUUM COMICS know, Lewis allowed the subjects/victims of his autobiographical graphic novel (which included many sequences about his days sharing a studio in Paris with several cartoonists) the right of rebuttal… but only in writing. He declined to print Émile Bravo's illustrated comment, which appears here instead. ACC poked fun at Bravo's tendency to sing jingles and tell bad jokes.{product_snapshot:id=1970,true,false,true,right} HE JUST DOESN'T REALIZE! Panel 1: Bravo: Funny how some readers are so fascinated with Lewis.Fan #1: Hey! I've got every Trondheim and I bought the deluxe print run of McCONEY.Fan #2: When's the…
Daily OCD: 10/19/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "One of the greatest comic strips of all time and a peak in visual splendor and breath-taking adventure, the story of Prince Valiant's 30+ year odyssey is getting a marvelous presentation in Fantagraphics' series of books, which just reached Volume 4…. What might surprise modern readers is the relative complexity of Valiant, who grows and matures subtly over the years. The strip is violent, sexy, serious, droll and above all eye-catching…. The pleasure of how solidly and carefully [these volumes] are made is part of the pleasure of reading them. You feel like…
Today’s extremely abstruse pop-culture joke
Apparently George McFly is now entering book titles for Amazon.com.
Twain in the Membrane: Greenlight Bookstore Tomorrow!
Full steam ahead! The "Twain in the Membrane" tour is heading for the Greenlight Bookstore in Brooklyn tomorrow night, Thursday, October 20th, and you'll wanna be aboard! It's part of the literary humor series "Steamboat," a monthly event of "wine-addled, text-based hilarity" hosted by comedian Bob Powers. This month, our (possibly) wine-addled humorist Michael Kupperman will be reading from the (definitely) text-based book Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010! (As of this writing, we're not sure if Kupperman will be arriving in Twain-garb. As of this writing, we're not sure if he takes those eyebrows off at all.) He'll also be joined…
Go Nuts with Gahan Wilson at The Strand Tomorrow!
You'd be NUTS to miss this event! Join comics legend Gahan Wilson tomorrow night, Thursday, October 20th, at the great Strand Bookstore in New York City! He'll be signing and discussing his new book, Nuts, a collection of stories originally published in the National Lampoon’s “Funny Pages” section throughout the 1970s. Moderating the discussion will be our pal Jesse Pearson, former editor of VICE magazine and contributor to The Comics Journal. The fun starts at 7:00 PM, and you can either buy the book from The Strand or buy a $10 Strand Gift Card in order to attend this event….
