The Hidden by Richard Sala 136-page full-color 8.25" x 8.25" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-386-6 Ships in: August 2011 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Is this the end of the world? How did it happen? Why did it happen? There is one man who knows… Take a walk with the dazed survivors of a mysterious worldwide catastrophe. They are bound for a place, somewhere in the desert, where a terrible truth awaits them. Richard Sala's books are "deliriously entertaining" (Rue Morgue Magazine), "cinematic and cheerfully over-the-top" (The New York Times Book Review), containing "brilliantly atmospheric art, full of shadows and…
Things to See: Introducing Jesse Moynihan
Continuing to add new Mome contributors to the Flog fold, today we look at the work of Jesse Moynihan. Jesse's new book Forming Vol. 1, the first collection of his awesome webcomic, hits comic shops today (published by Nobrow Press out of the UK and distributed in the US by AdHouse): The latest page of Forming: Jesse also does storyboards for one of my 2 current favorite TV shows, Adventure Time! (Click the image to see the whole crazy pan down into the underworld.) There's a bunch more artwork you can see on his website: Here's a peek at Jesse's…
Things to See: Shimura Takako draws South Park, a naked lady, more
Wandering Son creator Shimura Takako posted a few doodles on Twitter today, starting (much to my delight) with Kyle, Stan, Cartman and Kenny from South Park… …followed by this reclining nude… …and finally this cute character, "Yukinko" (I must confess my ignorance as to whether this is a character from one of her stories):
Things to See: original 21 art by Wilfred Santiago
This is a pretty cool look at the original art for the cover and the breathtaking aerial panorama on pages 58-59 of Wilfred Santiago's 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente.
Setting the Standard sneak peeks & Donald Duck feature at PREVIEWSworld
The PREVIEWSworld website presents an assortment of 7 pages from Setting the Standard: Comics by Alex Toth 1952-1954, which is scheduled to hit comic shops next week! The preview shows a nice mix of Toth's horror, war and romance work. Elsewhere on their site PREVIEWSworld also shares our promotional "BLAD" brochure for Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes, previously seen here on our website.
Taking Punk to the Masses Tour: Bellevue
Our summer tour continues for Taking Punk to the Masses: From Nowhere to Nevermind! After a sell-out show in Olympia [note: it was free], editor and Senior Curator of the EMP museum, Jacob McMurray, is now heading over the water to bad-ass Bellevue, WA! Charles Burns's iconic artwork for Sub Pop 200, from Taking Punk to the Masses Sub Pop friends like Modest Mouse and Sunny Day Real Estate both formed on that side of the lake, and the East Side used to boast some legendary all-ages venues like Ground Zero and the Fire House. You can join Jacob this…
Now in stock: Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising 1870s-1940s
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising 1870s-1940s edited by Rick Marschall & Warren Bernard 128-page full-color 9.5" x 13" softcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-399-6 See Previews / Order Now The history of the genre known as Cartoon Advertising is addressed for the first time in the oversized, full-color, 128-page, fully illustrated book Drawing Power. “There are many obscure masterpieces to be found lingering at the intersection of American Commerce and Comic Art,” says co-editor Rick Marschall. Drawing Power covers the years from the Gilded Age and the pioneer illustrated magazines of…
Daily OCD: 8/10/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Alex Toth was a tale-teller and a master of erudite refinement, his avowed mission to pare away every unnecessary line and element in life and in work. His dream was to make perfect graphic stories. He was eternally searching for 'how to tell a story, to the exclusion of all else.' This long-awaited collection [Setting the Standard] shows how talent, imagination and dedication to that ideal can elevate even the most genre-locked episode into a masterpiece [of] the form and a comicbook into art." – Win Wiacek, Now Read This! • Review: "Shimura…
Daily OCD: 8/9/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Interview? (Audio): Tony Millionaire appeared on host Benjamen Walker's radio show Too Much Information on WFMU — we haven't had a chance to listen yet so we don't know exactly what form it takes but you can download or stream the episode here • Profile: At GALO Magazine, Emily Crawford Misztal talks to Nate Neal and looks at his debut graphic novel The Sanctuary: "While the language and the ways of the characters in the book will be unfamiliar to readers, the motives that drive them are as old and familiar as the sun….
Things to See: Introducing Chuck Forsman
Chuck Forsman makes his Fantagraphics debut in the new (and final) issue of Mome. You may have noticed that his mashup of Jaws and Peanuts (which you can buy a print of) (oops, no, it's sold out!) (now there's a second printing!) has made a bit of a splash (no pun intended) lately. You can also find him all over the internet, with a website here, a blog (Snake Oil) here, an online shop with prints, minicomics, commissions and more, a Flickr page and a Tumblr blog. Plus Twitter!
