Fantagraphics Blog

At his Here There Be Monsters blog, Drew Weing has a nice little announcement about his acclaimed hit book Set to Sea going back to press for a second printing. So, if you're currently having a hard time finding the book (though we do still have mail-order copies), it should be widely available again before too long.

Photos of the Daniel Clowes exhibition that just opened at this year's Fumetto comics festival in Lucerne, Switzerland, by Erika Clowes at DanielClowes.com.

R. Crumb illustration of B.B. King, 2001, newly produced as a limited-edition etching by Wildwood Serigraphs. Already sold out, but still a feast for the eyes.

The latest Drew Friedman showbiz portrait available in a limited edition from Drew Friedman Fine Art Prints is of TV comedy pioneer Ernie Kovacs. As always, the description includes a finely-written bio of the subject by Irwin Chusid.

You can help Dash Shaw make his animated feature film The Ruined Cast and receive some great pledge gifts (including having your likeness drawn as an "extra" and having a private movie screening with co-producer/filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell if you're a richie-pants) by contributing funds via Kickstarter. Why does Dash need to raise money this way? So he can raise more money. He explains: "We’re raising the resources to get the project in its best shape to present to production financiers. We’re making a movie that's difficult to compare to another, so the burden of proof is on us to…

Inspired by Robert Crumb's recent visit to New York City, Drew Friedman drew this portrait of Crumb in Times Square and wrote a brief appreciation of the man for Vanity Fair.

The Peter Bagge art show currently on display at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn is online for viewing, with some great pieces still available for buying. Above: original art for the back cover of Neat Stuff #2.

A new pin-up by Beto, from the collection of Steven Weissman.

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: Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga: Lucky by Gabrielle Bell: Maakies by Tony Millionaire: Mugwhump the Great by Roger Langridge (at Act-i-vate): Smashing Crayons by Steve Brodner at SlateV Truth Serum by Jon Adams:

This month's issue of Booklist brings a starred review for 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago and additional favorable reviews of 5 more of our recent releases, excerpted below: "Nearly every page brings a new compositional marvel, setting energetic, limber figures against stylized photographic backgrounds washed in sepia tones and Pirate-yellow highlights. The in-game sequences, though, are show-stoppers, taking advantage of dizzying perspective shifts to capture the fluid, whirling nature of the game as it moves in fits and starts through huge moments of pause into cracking shots of sizzling drama. It’s not a comprehensive biography by…