Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Of the artists that meant the world to me when I was young enough that lots of artists meant the world to me, Jaime Hernandez is the only one I know of that can still kill me dead with his newest and latest. Your mileage may vary, but Jaime's three-part story in the latest Love and Rockets brought to mind the same sweep of romance and regret and pursuit of all that's sweet in life as much as battered and broken insides allow that I remember all too well from the summer between my…
Cool Art on a Hot August Night! Georgetown Art Attack Returns on Saturday, August 14
The tradition of cool art in a hot neighborhood continues with the Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack on August 14 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Fabulous food, fine art, friendly bars and a few surprises are in store at this colorful monthly event in one of Seattle's most compelling communities. Among the many free visual and performing arts events: Georgetown Records and Fantagraphics Bookstore present the book launch party for "Cover Story: Odd, Obscure, and Outrageous Album Art" featuring an exhibition of album art from the book, a book signing, and DJ sets from contributors Aja West and Cheeba; The…
Dead Babies Live!
More than 3.000 maniacal bicycle enthusiasts descended on Georgetown last Friday for the annual Dead Baby Bike bash. Mayhem and merriment ensued as bone crushing bike stunts and ear crunching rock collided on the streets — sometimes literally — right outside Fantagraphics Bookstore. Another exquisite evening in the "Summer of Hate." [Above photos by John Ohannesian; click here for more – Ed.]
The Passenger short film from Tim Lane & co.
The Passenger from Tim Lane on Vimeo. Tim Lane and his collaborator Franklin Oros bring his tale "The Passenger" from Mome Vol. 18 to life with a combination of the previously-presented "radio drama" audio adaptation and various film and video footage intercut with panels from the comic and new artwork. I've only watched the first few minutes before bringing it to you but so far it is dyn-o-mite stuff. A bunch more info and bonus artwork can be seen at Tim's blog.
ABCOLAB (ABstract COmics ColLABoration)
Mike Getsiv from Abstract Comics: The Anthology started a collaborative project called ABCOLAB on Abstract Comics: The Blog and received contributions from ten countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Cyprus, England, Finland, Portugal, Russia, the United States and Uruguay. A list of contributors and information on ordering prints is available here.
Hulk Need R&R
From Defenders #48, Marvel Comics, 1972.
Daily OCD: 8/6/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "…[T]his [is] a good-looking book as well as a good reading one. … [T]his is a wonderfully informative read from where I’m sitting. Fire & Water is a long-overdue chance for today’s readers to get a good idea of what made Everett so special and so revered by older fans." – Johnny Bacardi, Popdose • Review: "Richie Rich by way of Archie by way of Tippy Teen by way of, oh, I don’t know — The Grifters meets Tao Te Ching and airing at 10:30 CST on Adult Swim; …it’s easy to admire [Wally Gropius's] all-over-the-place, random…
Things to see: 8/6/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Our pals at Presspop share this, the cover illustration by Archer Prewitt for the novelization of the upcoming film Morio (Toilet) • Gabrielle Bell kicks off "Season 3" of Lucky with the first part of her San Diego Comic-Con diary; also, her previously-serialized strip "Manifestation" is presented in its entirety at What Things Do • Dame Darcy's Black Madonna painting and other new stuff in her latest blog update • Bob Fingerman illustrates "Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli for Royal Flush magazine, plus more quick sketches •…
Weekend Webcomics: 8/6/10
Our roster of online strips has dwindled to one for the time being… This week's Barack Hussein Obama strip seems to spring right from the wildest fantasies of a paranoid right-wing talk radio nutjob… but no, it's just Steven Weissman.
Mystic Sons of Morris Graves lodge meeting tonight
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery curator Larry Reid is up to some extracurricular mischief: along with Mystic Sons of Morris Graves co-founder Charlie Krafft he's putting on an invitational art exhibition opening tonight from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at 3 galleries in the Tashiro Kaplan compound here in Seattle, with a séance to celebrate the centennary of Graves's birth on August 28. For complete details read the full announcement at Regina Hackett's Another Bouncing Ball blog. Ouija board above by Larry with graphic designer Tim Silbaugh.
