Arriving at comic shops in the nick of time for your holiday gift-giving, something for just about every interest and budget: Conceptual Realism: In the Service of the Hypothetical by Robert Williams (Softcover Ed.) — 88 oversized pages of new artwork and writing from the lowbrow master. The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion (Softcover Ed.) — everything we said last week when the hardcover edition came out still applies! Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons (Collectors Edition) — just when you thought this collection couldn't get more deluxe! Includes an exclusive signed glow-in-the-dark letterpress print and a nifty box of…
Daily OCD: 12/22/09
Online Commentary & Diversions for you: • List: FEARnet names Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 one of the Top 9 Comic Books and Graphic Novels of '09: "Shunning the spotlight of fans and the press, the artist has chosen instead to let his books speak for themselves. They continue to speak loudly, and with a weird grace lacking in much of his contemporaries' work." • List/Review: "Druggy noir vividly told, [The] Red Monkey [Double Happiness Book] is like watching Jim Rockford take a monster bong-hit before getting bashed in the jaw by some muscle of a rich…
Get your own gift! Storewide sale at Fantagraphics Bookstore!
Stuck with another ugly sweater, useless gadget, or awful CD this year? We know. Santa sucks! Get yourself the gifts you really want this weekend at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery's storewide sale. At least 20% off on every item in stock! Two days only — Saturday and Sunday, December 26 & 27. Hundreds of titles by your favorite artists and a big batch of brand new books. 2009 was a banner year for Fantagraphics Books. Don't miss this chance to catch up on the graphics action. For all you procrastinating shoppers, Fantagraphics Bookstore is open this week 11:30 to 8:00…
Monte Schulz on Santa Barbara TV
The Creative Community: Monte Schulz from The Santa Barbara Channels on Vimeo. Author Monte Schulz talks with host David Starkey about writing his newest book This Side of Jordan and his experiences with publishing a series of books. Join host David Starkey for a one on one interview with author Monte Schulz on this edition of The Creative Community. Taped on 12.16.09
Nate Neal e-comics
At the risk of making Nate Neal uneasy, reluctant self-promoter that he is, we'd like to point out that he's made three collections of his work available as downloadable comics — each is well over 50 pages for just $3.99. There's a collection of his Mome stories to date (pictured), a collection of his stories from the Hoax anthology, and a collection of his work predating that. More info and links to purchase and preview the collections can all be found here.
Daily OCD: 12/21/09
Online Commentary & Diversions are not slowing down, no sir: • List: New York Magazine's Dan Kois names You'll Never Know, Book 1: A Good and Decent Man by C. Tyler one of the ten Best Comics of 2009 • List: The Daily Cross Hatch posts "The Best Damned Comics of the Decade Chosen by the Artists" — among the wide-ranging choices are I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason, The Three Paradoxes by Paul Hornschemeier, Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco, The Complete Peanuts 1952-1953 (which doesn't exist, but 1950-1952 and 1953-1954 do), Ghost World and Eightball #22…
Save the date: Mome 17 launch party in Brooklyn Jan. 10
Join a bunch of Mome contributors for a party celebrating the release of the 17th volume of the anthology at Bergen Street Comics. Flyer by Derek Van Gieson. More details TBA.
Holiday shipping FINAL DEADLINE
If you want your order to arrive before Christmas, tomorrow (Monday, December 21) is the FINAL day to get your order in and you MUST select the 2nd Day UPS shipping option! Hop to it! Our handy Holiday Gift Guide will help you find lots of gift ideas for every interest and budget!
Webcomics update for 12/18/09
Friday webcomics are off next week due to Christmas (and possibly the week after due to New Year's). Enjoy! Tears of a clown in this week's The House of No by Derek Van Gieson… …we've all been there, am I right, in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan…. …and a festive booze recipe in this week's Barack Hussein Obama strip from Steven Weissman!
Viva VHS – tonight & tomorrow
Live in Seattle? Like Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box? Tonight and tomorrow night at 9:30 at Central Cinema catch VIVA VHS, a rollicking compilation of tape-only rarities and oddities organized and curated by our pals at Scarecrow Video, who co-sponsored and participated in our Portable Grindhouse panel discussion at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery last weekend. Local synergy! Dig it!
