"★★★★★" I promise I didn't write the review above. I do, however, agree with it.
Architecture and Comics exhibit
The Architektur Forum in Linz, Austria recently hosted a fascinating-looking exhibition of "Architecture and Comics" in association with the Next Comic-Festival. The exhibit included reproductions of work by Jim Woodring, Johnny Ryan , Joe Sacco, Gipi, Lorenzo Mattotti, Chris Ware and many others, including this 3D reconstruction of George Herriman's Coconino County Jail from Krazy Kat constructed by exhibit curator Christian Wellmann, who provided this photo. For more photos and information about the exhibit (in German), visit Unkraut Comic Magazin.
Drew Friedman at L.A.’s FAMILY on June 13
Come and meet the 'Insanely Great' Drew Friedman! Drew Friedman will be making a (medium) rare appearance/book signing in Hollywood to discuss, along with journalist/pop culture historian Ben Schwartz, (whose new book, The Best American Comics Criticism, from Fantagraphics sports an adorable cover by Friedman), his new hardcover anthology, "TOO SOON?", a collection of political and Showbiz illustrations covering the last delightful 15 years, and featuring a foreword by Jimmy Kimmel. As Howard Stern says "Everything he does is insanely great!" Also to be discussed will of course be Old Jewish Comedians, (Family is located conveniently across the Steet from Old Jewish Comedian…
Things to see: 5/24/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • Dash Shaw reveals a page from his Spider-Man story for Marvel's Strange Tales 2 • "Cat on the News," a new lithograph by John Hankiewicz • Dame Darcy's portraits of Pee Wee Herman & friends (above) and Clara Bow, plus a new doll and more in her latest blog update • The new installment of Tim Lane's Belligerent Piano, plus an explanatory introduction • New Debbie Drechsler nature sketches here, here and here • Another Gilbert Hernandez t-shirt design for Stussy, as discovered by Love & Maggie…
Daily OCD: 5/24/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "In following Prince Valiant through the third and fourth year of his four-color adventures, it is fascinating to watch Hal Foster shape his hero's personality and his reader's expectations. … These lessons in how a prince and an adventure strip should conduct themselves are gloriously drawn and gloriously packaged. And to think: Fantagraphics will treat us to 30 more years of the same." – Steve Duin, The Oregonian • Interview: Marco on the Bass talks to Bob Fingerman about his illustration work for The Toasters and other ska bands
Family, Picturebox & Cinefamily bring you Far-Out Comics
Next Sunday, May 30th, Cinefamily, in cooperation with Family bookstore and Picturebox's Dan Nadel, bring you "Adventurous Cartoonists & Far-Out Comics," an evening-long presentation featuring Johnny Ryan interviewing Real Deal creator Lawrence Hubbard, Jaime Hernandez presenting a screening of the 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz classic A Letter To Three Wives with a discussion moderated by Sammy Harkham, and much more! Click here for details.
Weekend Webcomics: 5/23/10
These "weekend" updates aren't working out very well. My apologies. We may be returning to our previous Friday evening schedule after this. It's what's for dinner in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …Blecky finds a new way to ruin things in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… …and doin' the (coo coo) pigeon in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman. By the way, Seattlites can now catch reruns of Barack Hussein Obama in The Stranger starting with the current issue!
Drew Friedman at L.A.’s FAMILY on June 13
Come and meet the 'Insanely Great' Drew Friedman! Drew Friedman will be making a (medium) rare appearance/book signing in Hollywood to discuss, along with journalist/pop culture historian Ben Schwartz, (who's new book, The Best American Comics Criticism, from Fantagraphics sports an adorable cover by Friedman), his new hardcover anthology, "TOO SOON?", a collection of political and Showbiz illustrations covering the last delightful 15 years, and featuring a foreword by Jimmy Kimmel. As Howard Stern says "Everything he does is insanely great!" Also to be discussed will of course be Old Jewish Comedians, (Family is located conveniently across the Steet from Old Jewish Comedian…
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – May 23, 2010
Rejected New Yorker cartoons by Mome contributor Derek Van Gieson, added weekly. Visit Derek’s website for more of his work, and look for his accepted strips and illustrations in the pages of the New Yorker. {mosimage}
Video: Jim Woodring’s Weathercraft talk
Courtesy of The Comics Journal contributor Gavin Lees comes this video of Jim Woodring's slideshow presentation of Weathercraft at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on May 22, 2010. Below, some still photos of the event. Jim signs copies of the book: Jim presents the slideshow to a rapt audience: Ellen Forney gets a boost to watch the slideshow (photo by Janice Headley): Back to the signing table: Jim’s Moëbius-strip comic on display: The new Anthologies shelf at Fantagraphics Bookstore, holding Mome, Weirdo, Kramer's Ergot, and many many more:
