Check out this splendid Alice in Wonderland looking glass at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. Created by Georgetown Records staffer and Fantagraphics friend John Ohannesian, the topical mirror is available for the modest price of $80. The first purchase of this limited edition piece was made by none other than Courtney Love. Also back in stock is the new edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Camille Rose Garcia. They sold out quickly when Camille dropped by the Gilbert Hernandez reception last month and graciously signed copies for fans. Look for these and a wondrous assortment of amazing new books…
Hot rock at Fantagraphics Bookstore
The one bummer about being at MoCCA this past weekend was that I missed what were surely amazing performances by Ardent Vein (our own Ajax Wood) and Zinjanthropus (current and former FBIers Tom Price, Martin Bland & friends) at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery / Georgetown Records on Saturday evening. Fortunately our good pal John Ohannesian was there to document the occasion: Check out more of John's photos of the event on our Flickr page.
I want your dirty, I want your dust-cloud shtick…
…Caught in a bad romance! Every six months I get to read a full two years' worth of Peanuts strips in preparation for writing blurbs for our next Complete Peanuts edition, beginning with the "In our next volume" telegraph-style paragraph for the one headed off to the printer. And even though I thought I'd read pretty much every Peanuts strip ever done I always come across something previously unseen, or surprising, or jaw-droppingly weird. Like, who knew there was a recurring Peanuts character called "Crybaby" Boobie? Not I, until last year! Well, this time around, prepping our 15th volume (covering…
Webcomics update for 4/9/10
Live from New York (where I am for MoCCA), it's your Friday night online strips! (FYI, Daily OCD and Things to See will return next week.) Get that lady another drink in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …friends helping friends in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan…. …and get ready for some great sound effects in this week's Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – Apr. 9, 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}
Les aventures extraordinaires d’Adele Blanc-Sec opens next week…
…in France, with the world premiere in Brussells tomorrow. Still no announcement of U.S. distribution for Luc Besson's adaptation of Jacques Tardi's ADELE BLANC-SEC (we're still hoping it will open here when we debut the first volume of our new translation of the original comics at Comic-Con), but here's the final trailer, with lots and lots of new footage: Exciting!
Things to see: 4/8/10
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources: • This week's "I, Anonymous" spot by Steven Weissman • This week's Maakies by Tony Millionaire • Johnny Ryan describes this fan art by James Henry Dufresne as a "supervillain team-up"
Daily OCD: 4/8/10
Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Troublemakers is… a noirish tale of crosses double and triple, in which the same small cast keeps tripping over each other, making and breaking promises and plans and alliances. … The dialogue is often overwrought in that trying-to-be-tough way, but the plot is suitably twisty and energetic. " – Andrew Wheeler, The Antick Musings of G.B.H. Hornswoggler, Gent. • Interview: Comic Book Resources' Chris Mautner talks to Gahan Wilson about fifty years of Playboy cartoons and Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons: "The bottom line in horror, or humor, really, is that life is tough…
2010 Eisner Nominees announced, on sale
We are exceedingly pleased to report that Fantagraphics publications and artists received a record 18 nominations for the 2010 Eisner Awards. To celebrate, we're offering these titles at 18% off for a limited time! Click here for the full sale selection. (Sale is valid for online and phone orders only.) Winners will be announced at a ceremony on Friday, July 23, 2010 at Comic-Con International in San Diego. Congratulations to all the nominees! Fantagraphics' nominations are as follows: • Best Short Story: "Because I Love You So Much," by Nikoline Werdelin, in From Wonderland with Love: Danish Comics in the…
New Jaime Hernandez story!
Yowp! It's a 100% brand-new full-color slam-bang 8-page Jaime Hernandez story in the new "issue" of MySpace Dark Horse Presents! (Oops, direct linking doesn't seem to be working correctly at press time, but it's simple enough to find.)
