Seattle cartoonist Jim Woodring, author of Frank comics and the acclaimed Weathercraft, has built a seven-foot-long pen-and-penholder, a giant version of the steel dip pen nib and wooden handle used by artists and calligraphers. The pen will make its debut in the Skinner Auditorium of Gage Academy of Art on Sunday, January 9 from 1pm to 4pm. The nib is sixteen inches long and made of brass-pated, hand-engraved cold-rolled steel. The handle is lathe-turned poplar, painted with black lacquer. The ink is a specially formulated acrylic blend. A vase functions as an inkwell. When this project was announced earlier this…
Weekend Webcomics for 12/31/10: Weissman & more (posted 1/3/11)
Here's this week's Weissman, plus links to other strips from around the web (our last holiday-related delay for a while): — Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size): — And elsewhere: Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane: Ectiopiary by Hans Rickheit: Lucky by Gabrielle Bell: Maakies (and its inspiration) by Tony Millionaire: Truth Serum by Jon Adams:
Down with OPP*: Gazeta, Vol. 1
* Other People's Publications** Yeah, You Know Me. We're introducing a new column to the FLOG this year, spotlighting some excellent titles from other publishers that you can find at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery! (And spotlighting my dorky predilection for song titles from the 90's.) Subtitled "Comics From Bangkok to Belgrade," Gazeta, Vol. 1 debuts its series with a collection of artists from places I've never heard of. (Zagreb? Tampere? I need to get out more.) Our store manager/curator Larry Reid recommended this one to me, pointing out the cover by the great Ron Regé , Jr. (who, speaking…
Things to See (and Buy): Peter Bagge originals at Comic Art Collective
Peter Bagge has a whooole buncha new original art offerings on his Comic Art Collective page: recent illos, Apocalypse Nerd pages, even a bunch of classic Neat Stuff pages! Go, look, buy.
First Look: Nuts by Gahan Wilson
Teaser time! Just last week Gahan Wilson sent us the new original art for the cover of our forthcoming definitive collection of his National Lampoon strip Nuts (it's looking like a 2012 release) — here's a scan courtesy of our production wiz Paul Baresh. This one's high on my personal list of projects I'm looking forward to!
Booklist reviews for January: David B., Steve Ditko, Joyce Farmer & Jason
This month's issue of Booklist includes reviews of four of our recent publications, excerpted below: The Littlest Pirate King: "David B.’s swirly touches and jolting figures have the unnerving quality of a not-quite nightmare, and the sometimes frank bloodiness and scary passages are probably right in line with the reality of kids’ unwhitewashed imaginations. What’s most refreshing is how well this maintains a sense of subversiveness while ending on an oddly touching, though definitely vexing, note." – Ian Chipman Special Exits: "Emotional and physical crises are depicted naturalistically, never hyped up to tug the heartstrings or extort pity, and the…
Beyoncé loves Beto*
*(Alternate post title: "Betolicious") Let's flash back a few years to the video for "Bootylicious Rockwilder Remix" by Destiny's Child featuring Missy Elliott… Say, what is that Beyoncé's wearing? Can we get a better look? Why that's… that's… …that's a (re-styled) Gilbert Hernandez New Love #1 t-shirt! (Via Carol Hernandez on Facebook. Post title inspired by Sean T. Collins’s Bowie Loves Beyoncé Tumblr.)
Surely you saw our big news yesterday
…about a certain beloved cartoonist and his work drawing the beloved adventures of a certain beloved family of cartoon ducks, but if not, head over to Robot 6 for the exclusive scoop and interview with Gary Groth! We've been sitting on this news for a while and we couldn't be more excited. Our official announcement is in the pipeline and coming soon.
Return of the New Year’s Hangover Sale – 20% Off Everything!
Happy New Year! If you're like me you've been on a holiday weekend bender — a comics-reading bender, that is! — and you need a little hair of the dog to start your year off right. We're pleased to announce the woozy, bleary-eyed return of our New Year's Hangover Sale: all this week, take 20% OFF everything on our website (including our already-discounted clearance items) Monday, January 3 through Monday, January 10, 2011! Just use the coupon code HANGOVER when you check out and you'll receive 20% off everything in your order. (If you prefer to shop by phone, just…
Things to See: Another page from Jason’s Athos in America
Pre-coloring, as presented on Jason's Cats Without Dogs blog. From the 4th story in Athos in America, a short story collection à la Low Moon due in late 2011. Jason has embraced the brush again.
