Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Rip M.D. by Mitch Schauer & Michael Vosburg et al. 88-page full-color 7.5" x 9.25" softcover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-369-9 Ordering Info & Previews Rip M.D. is the debut graphic novel from The Angry Beavers creator Mitch Schauer, a creepy, fun-filled all-ages adventure introducing Ripley Plimpt, an eleven-year-old boy whose ordinary life is turned upside-down when he discovers that monsters are not only real, but are also in desperate need of his help to overcome their very real problems. One foggy night, while searching for monsters in the cemetery behind his house,…
Daily OCD: 9/22/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Released last year, Johnny Ryan’s Prison Pit: Book One was the kind of offensive, polarising piece of trash that readers either embraced like a lovable, rotting puppy carcass or bolted from in aghast terror. Both camps will feel vindicated then, that Prison Pit: Book Two returns with just as much phallic, alien grappling gore as the original, if not more. Me? I’m content to let the book slam its bloody, jagged nailed middle finger through my cornea any day of the week. […] Who needs Asterios Polyp when the central narrative movement of…
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival – no us
The announcement for the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is making the rounds and unfortunately we won't be there — but some of our favorite folks will, including but not limited to Gabrielle Bell, Charles Burns, Jordan Crane, Renée French, Bill Griffith, Anders Nilsen, and Johnny Ryan, so do be sure to give them a visit on December 4. And ooh la la, that poster by Anders!
Ivan Brunetti covers Strange Tales II
Hey, it's Ivan Brunetti's cover for Marvel's Strange Tales II #3, coming in December. Adorbz! (Via J. Caleb Mozzocco)
Moonlighting?
Sent to me by Flog! tipper Jaime Hernandez of Pasadena, CA:
Crossover cartoonist Dave Cooper appears with Johnny Ryan at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Sat. Oct. 9
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present recent works by narrative artist Dave Cooper, with special guest Johnny Ryan on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Both artists are celebrating the publication of new books with an art exhibition, reception and book signing. Canadian artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind's eye. The artist is touring the West Coast behind BENT, his latest monograph from Fantagraphics Books, which will debut at the event. The book gathers diverse imagery that is at once disturbing and alluring. Cooper has developed a…
Crossover cartoonist Dave Cooper appears with Johnny Ryan at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Sat., Oct. 9
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present recent works by narrative artist Dave Cooper, with special guest Johnny Ryan on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Both artists are celebrating the publication of new books with an art exhibition, reception and book signing. Canadian artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind's eye. The artist is touring the West Coast behind BENT, his latest monograph from Fantagraphics Books, which will debut at the event. The book gathers diverse imagery that is at once disturbing and alluring. Cooper has developed a…
Nate Neal at Desert Island 9/30
Cooper looper
A little fun with a sequence of images from Bent.
Bent by Dave Cooper – Previews, Pre-Order
Bent by Dave Cooper 80-page full-color 10.25" x 9" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-378-1 Ships in: October 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Fine artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind’s eye. The work in Bent gathers a diverse mix of imagery that is also strangely focussed in its single-mindedness. This work has found a devoted and passionate following with visitors to Cooper’s solo gallery shows in Los Angeles and New York in recent years. Cooper continues to obsess and fixate over his bizarre procession of milky figures as they crawl and…
