For any Americans out there who remain ignorant of the cultural currency of Jacques Tardi and his creation Adèle Blanc-Sec in his native France and/or require proof beyond the recent Luc Besson film adaptation: our friend and continental correspondent Marianne Goldin, currently living overseas in France, sends along this photo of packages of Adèle Blanc-Sec brand sugar at the local market. Looks like there's more Tardi Adèle artwork on the indivudually-wrapped lumps, too. Kim Thompson comments, "Ha! Funny that she's possibly the least 'sweet' heroine in comics history. ADELE LEMONS would be more like it." I suppose it's appropriate inasmuch…
Prints from The Exquisite Book now available
Pages from The Exquisite Book are now available as individual archival, bamboo-mounted prints: you got your Ray Fenwick, Lilli Carré, Esther Pearl Watson, Anders Nilsen, Jordan Crane, and Paul Hornschemeier, plus dozens more. (Via Paul's blog.)
Things to See: Lilli Carré cover illo for P.G. Wodehouse
Lilli Carré provides the cover illustrations for a new W.W. Norton edition of Very Good, Jeeves! by P.G. Wodehouse. Lilli has the full wraparound as well as preparatory artwork and commentary at her blog.
Andrice Arp prints & originals for sale
Archival prints, sculptures, handmade goods and original artworks (including work from Mome) by Andrice Arp are available in her recently-announced (but been-up-for-a-while) Etsy shop. A range of stuff for every budget!
Daily OCD: 11/15/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Gift Guide: Bleeding Cool's "Twenty Fat Expensive Comic Gifts for Christmas" includes Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition ("1200 pages folks. That’s sixty issues worth in one book") and The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1 which we should note is neither very fat nor very expensive ("Now a major French motion picture. But always a great comic book") • Review: "Most film books are dry academic treatises whose ultimate destiny is to sit unused on a college library shelf. Destroy All Movies!!! A Complete Guide to Punks on Film is the antithesis…
Things to See: Johnny Ryan’s annotated Wack Packers at Vice
The latest issue of Vice magazine features the latest iteration of Johnny Ryan's annually-updated poster of Howard Stern's Wack Pack; Vice goes all-out on their website with a fully-annotated version where you can click on each character for audio clips (and transcripts) of Johnny's comments. Fancy!
New Drew Friedman fine art print: Sammy Davis, Jr.
The latest Rat Pack portrait to be offered at Drew Friedman's Fine Art Prints concern is this limited-edition print of groundbreaking entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. Irwin Chusid's loving web of words and all the ordering details can be found here.
Bill Griffith at Atomic Books this past weekend
Bill Griffith was at Baltimore's Atomic Books on Saturday signing his latest Zippy the Pinhead collections, including the brand new one Ding Dong Daddy from Dingburg.
GRAPHIC RADICALS: 30 Years of World War 3 Illustrated
Opening December 7 at NYC's prestigious Exit Art gallery, GRAPHIC RADICALS: 30 Years of World War 3 Illustrated, curated by World War 3 Illustrated co-founders Peter Kuper and Seth Tobocman along with Susan Willmarth. This exhibit includes artwork from Peter Bagge, Steve Brodner, Sue Coe, Spain Rodriguez, Joe Sacco, Art Spiegelman, and many, many others. For complete exhibit details and information on the opening reception and schedule of artists' talks, see the full press release after the jump.
Techland previews Adele Blanc-Sec Vol. 1
TIME's Techland blog features an exclusive 9-page preview of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec today. Check out the excerpt from "Pterror over Paris"!
