One of my favorite books I've received lately is this handsome, considered little tome from Spain's Blur Ediciones, Rotulando in Spanish • Lettering en Español, collecting something that on the face of it might sound a bit loopy: lettering by the cartoonist Nono Kadáver created for the Spanish editions of work by American greats R. Crumb, Daniel Clowes, Joe Sacco, Johnny Ryan, Peter Bagge and Gilbert Shelton. Nono worked throughout most of the 1990s at Barcelona's Ediciones La Cúpula, one of Spain's leading comics publishers, and was one of the last of an era when book production was done largely by hand, not…
Webcomics update for 2/12/10
Friday nite webcomics party… new weekly strips for you… Back to the bar in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …eye boogers gone bad in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan…. …and for your Presidents Day weekend, some questionable parenting from Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman.
Things to see: 2/12/10
Behold: • 3 images from one of Ben Catmull's current projects • Two spot illos for the Feb. issue of Linus by Sergio Ponchione • The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Project Blog shares some Valentine's Day advice from Jack Cole & Shel Silverstein • Groovy poster design by Jim Blanchard for his Missus's band The DTs' gig tomorrow night (head there after seeing Gahan Wilson at our store) • Johnny Ryan's contribution to The Sinstones, an anthology minicomic of Flintstone gags • An animated editorial cartoon by Steve Brodner (there's a cute dog) • Dangit Laura Park, yer makin' me hungry with…
Daily OCD: 2/12/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Anderson’s King is most definitely NOT your feel-good, sanctifying version of King’s life that most readers are probably used to. …[T]he MLK presented here is a multi-dimensional, gifted man … but still very much a man, nevertheless, filled with doubt, frustration, anger, arrogance, and even deceit. … While Anderson starkly presents King’s less-than-saintly episodes… the final reaction is a fuller understanding of a great man, with inspiring ideals, and an unshakeable dedication to equality through nonviolent, loving means. … MLK’s legacy undeniably lives on in Anderson’s King." – Terry Hong, Bookdragon (Smithsonian Asian Pacific…
Gahan Wilson in the house, on the radio
We have the great privilege of hosting Gahan Wilson here in our offices today. Mr. Wilson's radio interview on KUOW this morning is already archived and available for streaming or direct MP3 download for those who weren't able to tune in live.
The House of No by Derek Van Gieson – Feb. 12, 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}
Things to see: 2/11/10
A shorty today — click on through the links for sources & infos: • A cut (maybe) scene from Derek Van Gieson's ongoing Mome story Devil Doll • Two versions of this week's "I, Anonymous" spot by Steven Weissman
Daily OCD: 2/11/10
Panties-to-the-floor, Twilight-referencing Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Rob Clough's Top 100 Comics of the '00s Part Two (of Two) at The Comics Journal is chock full o' Fantagraphics • Review: "Fantagraphics' panties-to-the-floor handsome English-language version [of Ici Même], You Are There , may blow its own share of minds some three decades after the work's initial publication. Most modern comics readers are not used to material that functions and frustrates this way. It's great work, though, well worth any effort extended in its direction. I think the key is to take the book for what it is: the kind…
Ivan Brunetti Presents HELLZAPOPPIN’ in Chicago
Ivan Brunetti presents: Hellzapoppin'Tuesday, February 16 – 9:35 p.m.H.C. Potter, 1941, 84 minArchival 35mm print from the Library of Congress On February 16, Doc invites comic artist Ivan Brunetti to curate and introduce an evening of anarchy, featuring a screening of the zany 1941 classic Hellzapoppin'. Originally produced by vaudeville duo Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson as a long-running Broadway revue, Hellzapoppin' is unlike any other film from the period, featuring an indescribably absurd barrage of gags, musical numbers, and special effects – which even includes a descent into Hell. Ostensibly about an aspiring scriptwriter played by a pre-Stooges…
“They’re Aware We’re All Doomed”
Stranger Books Editor Paul Constant conducted a great interview with Gahan Wilson in anticipation of his Seattle appearance this weekend.
