Congratulations to T. Edward Bak for reaching his Kickstarter fundraising goal for his research trip to Alaska for his ongoing Mome serial and graphic novel in progress Wild Man. You can still donate through the end of the month and get yourself nifty pledge gifts like prints and original art, and maybe enable TEB to get some extra-nice expedition gear or something.
A Jason-inspired stage production
Jason brings our attention to another example of his work inspiring other media: a 2005 stage show titled Psst! by Minneapolis dance and theatre company Off-Leash Area. Excerpts can be seen here (and above), and another clip can be seen here.
Jim Woodring video interview
Dusty Wright of his eponymous Show talks to Jim Woodring against a backdrop of original Weathercraft art at Scott Eder Gallery during Jim's recent trip to NYC.
Set to Sea by Drew Weing – Previews, Pre-Order
Set to Sea by Drew Weing 144-page black & white 5.5" x 6.25" hardcover • $16.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-368-2 Ships in: July 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now The central character is a big lug and an aspiring poet who runs up tabs at the local bars by day and haunts the docks by night, writing paeans to the seafaring life. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he finds the sailor’s life a bit rougher than his romantic nautical fantasies. He helps rebuff a pirate assault, survives a gunshot to the eye, and learns to live…
Weekend Webcomics: 6/25/10
This week's strips, back on schedule: Don't worry, the kitty's unharmed in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …and the prez has a TV eye in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
First Look: jacket for The Sanctuary by Nate Neal
Nate Neal reveals the jacket wraparound for his forthcoming graphic novel The Sanctuary, coming this Fall from Fantagraphics. Click for a larger view on Nate's Flickr page.
Things to see: 6/25/10
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • The New Yorker's current Caption Contest cartoon is by Gahan Wilson • Drew Friedman's Spitzer-take for The New York Observer • It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy" from John Kerschbaum • This week's clammy Maakies from Tony Millionaire • The Daily Cross Hatch presents a guest strip from Noah Van Sciver • This week's "I, Anonymous" and some fighter jets by Steven Weissman • A page from a comic-in-progress by John Hankiewicz • Richard Sala presents the original art for the endpapers of his first…
Daily OCD: 6/25/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Regarding the artwork, finally, it is once again amazing. Creatures and landscapes seem to spring from the most disordered imagination and land on white paper before diving in a bucket of surrealism. So [Weathercraft] is yet another excellent work by Woodring…" – Thomas Papadimitropolous, Comicdom (translated from Greek – thanks to Ted and Takis for the help) • Review: "Just a few observations on the art [in It Was the War of the Trenches]… Tardi is bringing very specific and very effective weapons to bear in his chillingly successful effort to convey this particular…
Listen to Drew Friedman on WFMU
If you missed Drew Friedman's appearance on Seven Second Delay on WFMU (broadcast live from the UCB Theatre in NYC on Wednesday), you can listen to the show on the archive page right here.
Jim Woodring covers the Portland Mercury
If you've wondered what Jim Woodring's new graphic novel Weathercraft would look like if it were in color, look no further than the cover of this week's issue of The Portland Mercury. Don't forget, Jim's at Portland's mighty Powell's Books tonight at 7:30!
