Our weekly strips from Kupperman & Weissman, plus links to other strips from around the web: — Up All Night by Michael Kupperman (view at original size): Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size): And elsewhere: Forming by Jesse Moynihan: Humblug by Arnold Roth (3 new udpates): Maakies by Tony Millionaire: Truth Serum by Jon Adams:
Daily OCD: 8/26/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "It would take Gottfredson a few years to hit his stride: Many of his best Mickey stories appeared in the later ’30s and ’40s. But the basic characteristics that would make the print version of Mickey popular after the studio curtailed his animated antics can clearly be seen in these first installments…. Race to Death Valley is the latest entry in Fantagraphics’ reprints of classic comic strips, and is sure to delight fans of Mickey Mouse as well as comic strip aficionados. The strips are clearly printed in a readable size, and editors…
First Look: Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture
Another reveal of an amazing art book today! Art Director Tony Ong just turned in this fabulous cover design for Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture – A Career Retrospective, coming out during the holidays. Hope you've got some extra shelf space in your bookcase because you'll want to display this (and the other one we revealed today, Tony Millionaire's 500 Portraits) face-out! Click the image for a larger version so you can bask in all that amazing detail.
If I Were in Brussels I’d Sure as Hell Go To This
Eric Verhoest et Thomas Spitaelsont le plaisir de vous inviterà l’inauguration deTrafic par Joost Swarte Vernissage en présence de l’artiste,le jeudi 8 septembre 2011de 18h00 à 20h30_ Eric Verhoest en Thomas Spitaelshebben het genoegen u uit te nodigenop de opening vanTrafic door Joost Swarte Vernissage in het bijzijn van de kunstenaarop donderdag 8 september 2011van 18u00 tot 20u30 Rue Ernest Allardstraat, 27Bruxelles 1000 BrusselBelgiumTel : +32 2 514 91 52 Fax : +32 2 346 16 09sablon@galeriechampaka.comwww.galeriechampaka.com (Apologies to Tom Spurgeon for swiping his title.) That is one classy invitation, too. I doubt the fact that the show's title is the same as the…
Gilbert Hernandez exhibit opens in Las Vegas TONIGHT!
Aieee! Last minute Beto alert! He's got some artwork on display at a comic shop in his hometown of Las Vegas, with what sounds like a hoot of an opening reception tonight. From the Facebook invitation: Alternate Reality Comics proudly invites you to our FIRST ever Artist Spotlight Reception!! Please join us for this great event as we try to bridge the gap between the comic world and various other art forms!! This months featured local artists will be the very talented Keri Schroeder and comic book legend Gilbert Hernandez (creator of Love and Rockets). We will also have live…
Things to See: Johnny Ryan’s Paying for It Part II
New at Vice today, it's an instant Johnny Ryan classic.
First Look: Tony Millionaire’s 500 Portraits
…or rather, Jacob Covey's lovely cover design thereof. The area on the left will be faux cloth, while the right side will be uncoated paper — much like our Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse books. 500 Portraits should be available in about 3 months, give or take a couple weeks.
Now in stock: Set to Sea by Drew Weing (2nd Printing)
Back in stock in a new and improved (colored endpapers, slightly better printing) second edition: Set to Sea by Drew Weing 144-page black & white 5.5" x 6.25" hardcover • $16.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-368-2 See Previews / Order Now The central character is a big lug and an aspiring poet who runs up tabs at the local bars by day and haunts the docks by night, writing paeans to the seafaring life. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he finds the sailor’s life a bit rougher than his romantic nautical fantasies. He helps rebuff a pirate assault,…
Now in stock: Mome Vol. 22, plus sale on back issues & more!
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Mome Vol. 22 – Fall 2011 by various artists; edited by Eric Reynolds 240-page full-color 7" x 9" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-395-8 See Previews / Order Now Special double-sized FINAL issue! After 6 years and over 2500 pages of comics, MOME heads into the sunset with an all-star, jam-packed farewell bonanza. Several past MOME favorites return for the swan song, including Kurt Wolfgang, Tom Kaczynski, Joe Kimball, Eleanor Davis, Anders Nilsen, Tim Hensley, Paul Hornschemeier, Gabrielle Bell, and Zak Sally (those covers!). Meanwhile, several newcomers get in just under the wire:…
Now in stock: Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Partick Manchette
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot by Jacques Tardi; based on the novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette 104-page black & white 7.5" x 10.75" hardcover • $18.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-448-1 See Previews / Order Now Martin Terrier, ice-cold mercenary-turned-contract-killer, has his future all mapped out: He has just executed what he intends to be his final job and is ready to move on to the next phase of his life, which involves discreet retirement accompanied by a long-lost girlfriend. But Terrier’s employers are emphatically not pleased with his decision, old enemies begin to…
