Our pals at Presspop just announced that they will be reprinting Tank Tankuro, a classic pre-war manga by Gajo Sakamoto which prefigures Astro Boy, translated into English, and they got Chris Ware to design the cover. Nice!
Things to See: Repaneled Hanks & Clowes
A few recent updates over at the Repaneled blog I've been sitting on: • Alex Robinson's take on Eightball #8 • Nick Pendleton and David Patrick do Fletcher Hanks Hit the links for the side-by-sides.
Daily OCD: 12/14/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: On WFMU's Beware of the Blog, WFMU DJ Nat Roe's multi-media Top 15 includes Jim Woodring's Weathercraft at #5: "Stick a straw in my brain and suck until there's nothing left but that gurgling sound of air, the remnants of carbonation gathered like patrons in a bar on a Tuesday night 'last call' at the other end of the straw; that's how Jim Woodring makes me feel." • List: Drawn contrubutor John Martz picks 3 of our titles among his Favourite Books of 2010: "Bent is the latest coffee-table art book from Canadian…
Things to See: Jim Woodring print in progress OMG
A proof of a Jim Woodring stone lithograph print in progress. See bigger at The Woodring Monitor. Jaw-dropping.
Write a punchline, win a copy of Rip M.D.
The good folks at Lincoln Butterfield Animation are having a Facebook contest: come up with a punchline for this cartoon and you could win a copy of Rip M.D.! See here for the rules. Have fun and good luck!
Things to See: Cheaters by Johnny Ryan
Johnny Ryan brings the horror in his new comic for Vice. Prepare to squeam.
Things to See: 12/13/10 Roundup
Spotlighting a bit more artwork from the GRSF Post-It Show 6 (some previously seen here), among other things. • Eleanor Davis's "Es vs. Ich" Post-it series at her Doing Fine blog, with preliminary doodles on her We Be Ouija sketch blog • Anders Nilsen's Post-its at The Monologuist • Jim Blanchard's portrait of Sterling Hayden as Gen. Jack T. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove (not a Post-it) • Leslie Stein's "Murmur" from Smoke Signal plus other stuff at her Majestic Creature blog • Johnny Ryan posted a few of what look to be mostly previously unseen commissions from a few years…
Party Crashers exhibit photos
At the Abstract Comics blog, Andrei Molotiu posts photos of his and other Abstract Comics: The Anthology contributors' artwork in the Party Crashers exhibit at the Arlington Arts Center.
Daily OCD: 12/13/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: New York Magazine names their Top Ten Comics of 2010, including: #10: A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio: "Ten spooky, perceptive stories of girls and ghosts in trouble from one of the masters of shojo manga, who has her work translated into English for the first time." #5: Set to Sea by Drew Weing: "He may look like a big lug, but he’s got dreams of the ocean and the heart of a poet. The hero of Weing’s salty debut sails off to adventure in this pocket-size sea-shanty of a…
Happy Anniversary…
(Mark Pickerel) We'd like to thank the big crowd that braved a biblical deluge to attend the fabulous fourth anniversary at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle on Saturday. Thanks to our talented musician friends Mark Pickerel and Zak Sally — who escaped a biblical blizzard in Minneapolis to appear. Kudos also to Jason T. Miles and Max Clotfelter for organizing the amazing "Medieval Thinkers" art exhibition. Another magical evening at Fantagraphics Bookstore! (Zak Sally) If you weren't able to make it, be sure to drop by the store to see the art show, peruse hand crafted publications by exhibiting…
