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FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS AND ROSEBUD ARCHIVES ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP, LAUNCHING WEB SALES OF RARE AND BEAUTIFUL CARTOON ART IN A VARIETY OF FORMATS SEATTLE WA, / DUMONT NJ, APRIL 8, 2010 — Fantagraphics Books and Rosebud Archives have announced an agreement to market a wide variety of products related to vintage comics and posters, historical cartoons, advertising images, and illustration. The product lines will include prints, posters, framed art, books, stationery, and a hybrid format called the Rosebud PadFolio. The products are available for sale immediately on Fantagraphics.com: http://www.fantagraphics.com/rosebud  “We are proud to be allied with Fantagraphics, whose commitment to quality and…

Movieline has the scoop on Dash Shaw's animated feature film, THE RUINED CAST, going to the Sundance Directors Lab this June. This is huge news! The Director's lab has launched the careers of directors like Quentin Tarantino and Paul Thomas Anderson. We're pullin' for ya, Dash!

Following last week's teaser, the new limited-edition Jim Flora print, Ferris Wheel Fireworks, is now available in the Jim Flora Fine Art online shop. The print reproduces a spectacular panoramic two-page spread from Flora's 1957 kids' book The Day the Cow Sneezed.

Charles Burns returns to Seattle this fall with an art exhibition and book signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. Tentatively scheduled for Saturday, October 30. Trick and treat this Halloween! We’ll keep you all posted.

It's official: I'm moving the weekly webcomics updates to the weekend, for severalfold reasons, not insignificant among which is that now I can call it Weekend Webcomics, because I like alliteration (though I suppose nothing was keeping me from calling it Weekly Webcomics previously, but anyway). More witchery in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …whoa, this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan totally ties in to last week's Steven Weissman strip (archived here)…. …and double whoa with this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.

Giant Robot will be hosting signings by John Pham, Steven Weissman, Esther Pearl Watson, and other art/illustration luminaries at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books this Saturday and Sunday! See above for the schedule; here's the Facebook invitation with more info.

Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • T. Edward Bak presents a new epilogue to his acclaimed comic Service Industry • Jordan Crane posts a new installment of "Chapter Two – Unraveling" at What Things Do • The new Jim Flora fine art print, Ferris Wheel Fireworks, is now up for pre-order • See and buy all 100+ pieces of Johnny Ryan, Matt Furie & Le Merde art from GRSF's The Boys are Back in Town exhibit — I think there's some new characters from Prison Pit Book 2 in there • On a…

Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "If you’re looking for a light-hearted pick-me-up, King of the Flies Vol. 1: Hallorave is not it. If, however, you’re looking for a darkly compelling, twisted, beautifully illustrated account of the broken souls and self-absorbed nihilism, Pirus and Mezzo’s album is about as good as you’ll find in the comics field. It’s a stunning piece of fiction, beautifully crafted in its prose, pacing, artistry and crushing understanding of humanity’s ugliness." – Michael C. Lorah, Newsarama • Review: "…[Like a Dog] manages to capture the angst and anomie of a then-confused twentysomething who also just…