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Another hot tip via Zack Soto: T. Edward Bak has a new art blog enigmatically titled °Ø° (or antizerogravity) full of his sketches, illustrations and preview pages from his Mome serial "Wild Man."

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Monte Schulz has proven that his father isn’t the only Schulz with considerable storytelling talent. This Side of Jordan is a strong vision of the American Heartland at a time when America was a little less jaded, yet many in the country had already developed a malaise of directionlessness. Schulz manages to capture a moment in history, a piece of humanity in transition. It’s bleak, but funny, and smartly written.  It may not have any pictures, but readers of good fiction should appreciate what Schulz has accomplished." – Michael C. Lorah, Newsarama •…

I love this.

Juxtapoz magazine sics Nicholas Gurewitch (Perry Bible Fellowship) on Tony Millionaire (Maakies), hilarity ensues in two parts.

Via Zack Soto on Twitter.

Tonight Paul Hornschemeier and Jay Ryan begin the Midwest/East Coast portion of their tour at Quimby's in Chicago. If you'll be anywhere in the area tonight, stop by. Paul will be reading "Beginning Paragraphs to Stories I'm Not Going to Write" and "Voice Overs for Non-existent Movie Trailers." Look for tour updates from Paul here. Wednesday, November 11, 7pmQuimby's Bookstore1854 West North AveChicago, IL Tomorrow Paul Hornschemeier and Jay Ryan will be on the radio before their Milwaukee event at 4:30 on WMSE 91.7FM. You can listen to it live online, or it listen to it once it's archived here. The details for the Milwaukee show are:Thursday, Nov 12th, 7pmThe Sugar…

Just arrived in our warehouse (already!) and ready to ship: The Comics Journal #300 Edited by Mike Dean & Kristy Valenti; Gary Groth, Executive Editor A spectacular anniversary issue featuring intergenerational dialogues between the cream of the cartooning biz: Alt wiz Kevin Huizenga and reigning Maus king Art Spiegelman; indy comics publisher/cartoonist/musician Zak Sally and Love and Rockets co-creator Jaime Hernandez; Bottomless Belly Button auteur Dash Shaw and Asterios Polyp elder auteur David Mazzucchelli; inflammatory muckraker Ted Rall and editorial cartoonist Matt Bors; super-popular Zits! cartoonist Jim Borgman and newly syndicated Keith “Knight Life” Knight; Martin Luther King chronicler Ho…

Dash Shaw has a newly redesigned website, including a section devoted to his new book, The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. (coming next month from Fantagraphics). Check it out.   

  Photo by my pal Kurt Schlosser.