Esther Pearl Watson has a solo art show of her paintings, with an adjoining exhibit of work by her fella/partner in crime Mark Todd, June 1-26, 2010 at Sandra Lee Gallery in San Francisco, with an opening reception on Thursday, June 10. More info at Happenstand.
Things to see: 5/21/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • This week's "I, Anonymous" spot by Steven Weissman • A new Amazing Facts… and Beyond! with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga • An unfinished sketch by Jim Flora circa 1950-1951 • It's been a while since I posted any Renee French — how about a "giant fat worm"? • Josh Simmons posts a teaser from his new one-page story in the NOLA-based comix anthology Feast
Daily OCD: 5/21/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "There's no cartoonist out there that makes better use of expanding canvasses than Kim Deitch. Literally and figuratively. The rhapsodic spreads — one, two, even four pages — he drops into his narratives are one of comics' finest stand-alone effects, and he creates short stories that are perfectly enjoyable as discrete units but somehow defy those idiosyncratic qualities to work just as effectively as building blocks in his grander books, like this new one [The Search for Smilin' Ed!] from Fantagraphics." – Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter • Review: "Like Weirdo, Raw, and Drawn…
Diaflogue: Tony Millionaire exclusive Q&A
Tony Millionaire graciously agreed to answer a few questions about his new book Billy Hazelnuts and the Crazy Bird, due for release next month. This interview was conducted over email by our recently-departed Comics Journal editorial intern Jenna Allen and proofread by TCJ's Kristy Valenti. Thanks to all! –Ed. Jenna Allen: It's been four years since the first Billy Hazelnuts book. What other projects have you been working on? Tony Millionaire: The reason it took so long between Billy books was not that I didn't have an idea. I actually have the first three books generally laid out as a…
Diaflogue: Tony Millionaire exclusive Q&A
This interview originally appeared on Flog! The Fantagraphics Blog. –Ed. Tony Millionaire graciously agreed to answer a few questions about his new book Billy Hazelnuts and the Crazy Bird, due for release next month. This interview was conducted over email by our recently-departed Comics Journal editorial intern Jenna Allen and proofread by TCJ's Kristy Valenti. Thanks to all! –Ed. Jenna Allen: It's been four years since the first Billy Hazelnuts book. What other projects have you been working on? Tony Millionaire: The reason it took so long between Billy books was not that I didn't have an idea. I actually…
Things to see: 5/20/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • It's Paul Hornschemeier's new weekly t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop • This week's Maakies by Tony Millionaire — come to think of it, I think I forgot to post last week's • Steve Brodner's portrait of BP CEO Tony Hayward • T. Edward Bak gives you a nice big juicy (and sexy!) 12-page preview of the Fall installment of his "Wild Man" Mome serial
Daily OCD: 5/20/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: At The Hooded Utilitarian, Noah Berlatsky presents an unedited version of his review of Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1 by Michael Kupperman, which originally ran in the Chicago Reader • Plugs: Library Journal's "Graphic Novels Prepub Alert" for September 2010 releases features A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio ("When Fantagraphics jumps into magna, they splash big: with the 'founding mother' of modern shojo manga and a pioneer of the BL (boys love) genre. These four decades of short stories feature gorgeous art—some in color — and intellectually subtle plotting"); Pogo:…
Announcing Jim Woodring’s Weathercraft Tour
JIM WOODRING’S WEATHERCRAFT TOUR HEADS TO NW, BAY AREA & NYC! This week, comic book shops and many bookstores across America began selling Jim Woodring's WEATHERCRAFT, one of the most eagerly-anticipated graphic novels of 2010. Beginning this Saturday in Seattle, author Jim Woodring embarks on a rare tour of the Pacific Northwest, California Bay Area, and New York in support of his first-ever original graphic novel, WEATHERCRAFT. In each city, Jim will entertain audiences a fantastic slide show and discussion of the hidden meanings behind every mysterious idea and totem in WEATHERCRAFT. And in Brooklyn, on June 18, New Yorkers…
Now in stock: Tales Designed to Thrizzle #6 by Michael Kupperman
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Tales Designed to Thrizzle #6 by Michael Kupperman 32-page full-color 6.75" x 9.5" comic book • $4.95ISBN: 978-1-60699-422-1 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews Now in FULL COLOR! This issue includes Jungle Princess battling rhino traders, a story of Broadway theatrics in “All About Drainage,” more of America’s favorite physicist/writer duo, Twain & Einstein, plus slightly cursed merchandise, Cockney grave robbers, and Cowboy Oscar Wilde. Download an EXCLUSIVE 4-page PDF excerpt (4.7 MB) starring Jungle Princess! Also available now: Order the Thoroughly Thrizzled Pack containing Tales Designed to Thrizzle…
Now in stock: Dungeon Quest, Book 1 by Joe Daly
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Dungeon Quest, Book 1 by Joe Daly 136-page black & white 6" x 8.25" softcover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-347-7 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews One day Millennium Boy decided to grab his hobo stick, his bandanna, and his Swiss Army knife, bid his mom goodbye, and head off on a quest for adventure. Joined by his best friend Steve (weapon: baseball bat; clothing: wife beater, cargo pants and sandals), they soon find themselves in a violent altercation with two other adventure seekers. It ends badly for their antagonists (“Whoa,…
