Online Commentary & Diversions will return next week. Here's today's: • List: Lilli Carré's residency at Spudnik Press was selected one of Chicago's Top 5 Solo Exhibitions by Newcity • Review: "I'm pretty close to having read all of Jason's comics, and each one is so solid and reliable, I'd be perfectly fine with building a house on them — except then it might be hard to read the comics themselves. […] I continue to be impressed with Jason's unique and distinctive style, and if anything, he's only gotten better over time. …[I]t's nice to know that one of my…
Fantagraphics Spring/Summer 2011 Catalog
This week we mailed out copies of our Spring/Summer 2011 distributors catalog (designed and produced for buyers and sellers in the book trade) to members of the press. We are pleased to also offer it as a 7.4 MB PDF download. Please be advised that the information in this catalog is preliminary and still subject to change, including but not limited to book titles, prices, cover art, contents, specs, and especially release dates. (For instance, Ah Pook Is Here is already rescheduled from July to Fall 2011.) Inquiries from members of the press may be directed to Jacq Cohen at…
Our Spring/Summer 2011 catalog!
Here's a little holiday weekend reading to get you excited for the upcoming year! This week we mailed out copies of our Spring/Summer 2011 distributors catalog (designed and produced for buyers and sellers in the book trade) to members of the press. We aren't able to print enough to send them to all our customers and fans as well, but here's the next best thing: a 7.4 MB PDF download! It's 48 pages packed full of information and preview art from dozens of upcoming releases. Please be advised that the information in this catalog is preliminary and still subject to…
Now in stock: Mascots by Ray Fenwick
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Mascots by Ray Fenwick 136-page full-color 5.25" x 7.75" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-400-9 Previews & Ordering Info The second book from Ray Fenwick, author of 2008’s acclaimed Hall of Best Knowledge. In Mascots, a collection of impressionistic stories combine to create a wildly absurd — yet vaguely familiar — parallel world. Like Fenwick’s previous work, the acclaimed Hall of Best Knowledge (one of Booklist’s “Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2008”), Mascots is driven by lettering and language, part art and part comics, this time taking the form of bright, full color…
Daily OCD: 12/22/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions from The A.V. Club, Fonts in Use and elsewhere: • Review: "A terrifying assemblage of ten years’ worth of unfinished Pim & Francie comics. The stories of two trusting little waifs play out like a perverse Merrie Melodies cartoon, or Little Nemo in Slumberland with the constant threat of dismemberment. [… Al Columbia's] superficially-cute artwork comes from the same unsettled place as Jim Woodring , like a ’30s animation studio with a lead-contaminated watercooler." – Grant Buist, The Name of This Cartoon Is Brunswick • Interview: The A.V. Club's Erik Adams surveys Zack Carlson &…
Jaxon’s back (in stock)
A handful of copies of two books by underground comix pioneer and comics historian Jack Jackson (a.k.a. Jaxon) were recently unearthed in our warehouse: God's Bosom, a collection of his historical strips, and Optimism of Youth, a collection of his underground work. When we say a handful, we mean a handful, so hop on these without delay!
Original pages from Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring
As seen in our art department on November 19, 2010 — as mentioned, a banner day for originals here. View bigger here, and see here for a previous batch of original pages from the book. Congress of the Animals, the new "Frank" graphic novel from Jim Woodring, is due in Spring 2011.
Original pages from Love from the Shadows by Gilbert Hernandez
As seen on my desk on November 19, 2010, which was a good day for original art here — stay tuned for the next post. View bigger here. Love from the Shadows, the new "Fritz filmography" graphic novel from Gilbert Hernandez, is due in early Spring 2011.
Destroy All Movies!!! Seattle signing pics
Let's just ignore the fact that these are over a month old, OK? Zack Carlson & Bryan Connolly's first stop on the Seattle leg of their book tour for Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film was at the venerable Scarecrow Video on Friday, November 12, 2010, where pizza and many magical moments were shared in front of the War section: Bryan, left; Zack, right. The celebration continued the next day at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery: Zack. Bryan. Book designer/art director Jacob Covey personalizing books with rub-on type. Scarecrow's Marc Palm, hair dyed for the occasion, sinks…
Things to See: Robert Goodin, Rejected (and not) by Covered
So Josh Blair and J.B. Sapienza started a blog called Rejected by Covered, which is what it says on the tin: artwork which Robert Goodin has turned down for his now-famous Covered blog. Funnily enough, the first entry on Rejected by Covered is by Rob himself. Below, a new piece by Rob deemed worthy for Covered (and also for his holiday postcard — thanks Rob!).
