I just learned that there is a "Zippy the Pinhead: The Musical" opening Nov. 12 (and running thru Nov. 21) in Baltimore, MD. Hello?!?! It's written by Baltimore composer Lorraine Whittlesey and tells the story of the Zipster's return to Baltimore to attend his high school reunion, and includes numbers such as "Pinhead Love," "The Condiments" and "Type 'Z' Personality."
Tony Millionaire covers Elvis Costello’s National Ransom
For the second time in a row Elvis Costello has tapped Tony Millionaire for the cover art for his new platter. National Ransom streets on November 2nd in the U.S. More info on the album here.
Joe Sacco, Enemy of Puppies
Joe Sacco is rightly considered to be one of our greatest living cartoonists, but he is most underrated as a humorist. From yesterday's New York Times.
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio: Previews, Pre-Order, Signed Plate
A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio 288-page black & white/color 7.25" x 9.75" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-377-4 Ships in: September 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now This book is available with a signed bookplate as a FREE premium! The bookplate has been uniquely designed for this book, and each bookplate is printed on acid-free cardstock and hand-signed by the author. (Click here for more books available with signed bookplates.) Please select your preference when adding the item to your shopping cart. Signature plates are VERY limited in quantity and available only WHILE SUPPLIES LAST. Forty years…
Happiness is a Something Or Other
From the new Complete Peanuts 1977-1978.
Things to see: 8/13/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Bleeding Cool presents this R. Crumb sketch which was printed on the front page of Brazilian newspaper O Globo • Bob Fingerman depicts "Another Day in Hell" • Two unpublished Jason pages: a gag strip starring "D.V." and an aborted Poe adaptation • This week's "I, Anonymous" spot by Steven Weissman • This week's Maakies by Tony Millionaire (still on Facebook while his new website is being built — if that last link doesn't work try this) • New Mome contributor D.J. Bryant has a strip in…
Daily OCD: 8/13/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "…[Rand Holmes] could tell a story, and he hit his stride with lengthy action-comedy epics like 'Wings Over Tijuana' and 'Hitler’s Cocaine,' which explored the shadier sides of drug culture in a style that veered from the shockingly real to the morbidly slapstick. Imagine a Jack Davis MAD magazine piece with heavier overtones; that was Holmes at his best, and that best is well-represented in The Artist Himself. [Grade] B+" – The A.V. Club • Review: "Drew Weing’s breezy, lyrical graphic novel Set to Sea… tells a simple story about art and experience, delivered…
Preview The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective at Graphic Novel Reporter
Get a 9-page sneak peek of Rand Holmes art and comics from The Artist Himself: A Rand Holmes Retrospective by Patrick Rosenkranz at Graphic Novel Reporter!
Weekend Webcomics: 8/13/10
Steven Weissman tosses us a curveball this week, giving Barack Hussein Obama a rest and bringing us Truman Capote, "drawn on the beach!" as Steven boasts. We still need to bring our roster of online strips back up from one… stay tuned.
Daily OCD: 8/12/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "…I had more fun reading this book than just about any other comic I’ve read so far this year. … There’s a sort of Hergé-like mechanical perfection to his artwork; not only is it super-clean and super-crisp, but the panel-to-panel consistency is so strong that his characters sometimes don’t look drawn so much as stamped out by some sort of automatic drawing machine. … Steve and Millennium Boy are funny — sometimes on purpose, sometimes not — and it’s a pleasure to walk around with them. … I haven’t played an RPG since I…
