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"!
Weekend Webcomics for 11/12/10: DeStefano, Weissman & more (posted 11/15)
Our weekly strips from the Steves, plus links to other strips from around the web (apologies for tardiness — things got a little ahead of us last week as they sometimes do): — Monday's Strip by Stephen DeStefano (view larger) Originally run as an experiment on Stephen's blog starting in 2008, Monday's Strip is re-presented here. — Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size): — And elsewhere: Lucky by Gabrielle Bell: Ectiopiary by Hans Rickheit: Maakies by Tony Millionaire: Truth Serum by Jon Adams:
Daily OCD: 11/12/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: The New York Times's George Gene Gustines recommends Moto Hagio's A Drunken Dream and Other Stories in their "Graphic Books Roundup — Holiday Gift Guide 2010": "This 10-story anthology shifts from young romance to supernatural mystery to kitchen-sink drama, so there will probably be a touchstone tale for everyone." • List: New York Magazine presents "Dan Kois's Great New Autobio Graphic Novels," including Joyce Farmer's Special Exits at #4: "The final four years in the lives of underground cartoonist Farmer’s father and stepmother, told with honesty and humor. A book that will resonate…
Rip M.D. creators interview video
Watch this adorable chat that The KB Life had with the creators of Rip M.D. at the Long Beach Comic Con a couple of weeks ago.
Things to See: Jordan Crane’s Dark Day continues
At What Things Do, it's a new installment of "Dark Day," the new chapter in Jordan Crane's ongoing sequel to The Clouds Above.
Things to See: Sophie Crumb exhibit
See works from Sophie Crumb's debut solo exhibit at DCKT Contemporary in NYC at the gallery's website. (Via Tom Spurgeon.)
Things to See (Video): Dash Shaw’s Burying Pornos (SFW)
A new short silent animated video from Dash Shaw. Dash explains at The Ruined Cast blog.
Jim Flora letterpress 2011 calendars
Now available in the Jim Flora Fine Art merch shop: a new large (13" x 17") letterpress calendar, SHEFFIELD ISLAND, adapting a 1954 Flora woodcut of a maritime silhouette, plus small letterpress 2011 calendars, in three designs, featuring 1950s illustrations by Flora. Click the links for more info and to order.
Monday’s Strip by Stephen DeStefano – Strip 11
Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. This strip was written by visitors to Stephen’s blog and lettered by Siobhan DeStefano. Stephen’s graphic novel Lucky in Love Book 1: A Poor Man’s History (written by George Chieffet) was released by Fantagraphics in September, 2010.
Daily OCD: 11/11/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "First off: a round of applause to Kim Thompson for his translation of The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec. The French title of the first volume translates literally as 'Adele and the Beast,' and that was the title of the previous American version (20 years or so ago) — but 'Pterror over Paris' is way funnier, and in line with the overheated, not entirely serious style of this book. …[T]his is really charming stuff… and it's super-fun." – Douglas Wolk, TIME/Techland • Review: "This is a powerful tale about creativity, morality, verity and…
