Comics podcast The Backroom (based out of my neighborhood comic shop) presents part 1 of a video interview with Peter Bagge (plus some commercials). We will, of course, bring you part 2 when it's posted.
Daily OCD: 10/14/09
Your latest batch of Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Sometimes… an issue [of Mome] manages to hit perfectly, striking the ideal balance between new blood and Fantagraphics mainstays. It’s a standard that Volume 16 meets and exceeds, making for the best addition to the quarterly series in recent memory. … Taken together, it’s a vital and vibrant sign of life for both the series and the indie comics community at large." – Brian Heater, The Daily Cross Hatch • Review: "The aptly titled From Wonderland With Love features the best of contemporary Danish comics––and with weather like they have…
Tonight in Eugene, OR!
Monte Schulz on Shokus Radio
Monte Schulz appears on Shokus Internet Radio today from 4-6 PM Pacific Time for a 2-hour chat about his new novel This Side of Jordan. (And if you can't tune in, the program will be rebroadcast daily at the same time through Tuesday, October 20.)
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #593
click to enlarge Fritz the Cat meets Jane Austen!?! This mostly autobiographical daily strip details the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his layabout pals and neurotic girlfriends. Basically, it’s the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we’ve all come to love. A smash hit in its native Sweden, presented in English for the first time. Join us Monday through Friday for a new daily strip, with a rolling archive of a week’s worth of strips. “It’s being acclaimed as the funniest Swedish comic of our time, but it’s more than that. Rocky is the long awaited generation novel…
New Comics Day 10/14/09
Scheduled to make their way to comics shops this week: Mome Vol. 16 – Fall 2009 (note: mistakenly listed as Summer 2009 on Diamond's shipping list) – with the Mome debuts of cover artist Renee French, Nicolas Mahler, Archer Prewitt, & Ted Stearn, plus the usual mess of other great stuff. You Are There by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Claude Forest – the landmark Eurocomics graphic novel, newly translated and presented for North American audiences for the first time. More info and previews can, of course, be seen at the links above, so have a look-see, confirm availability with your local…
The Fletcher Hanks Experience at Politics & Prose
District of Columbians! This Sunday Oct. 18 at 5 PM at Politics & Prose, Paul Karasik presents "The Fletcher Hanks Experience!" a multimedia extravaganza narrated by Fletcher Hanks, Jr.! Buy a copy of You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!, get it signed with a sketch, and get a free Fletcher Hanks coloring book (with a super cool cover by Mr. Charles Burns). More info here; RSVP on Facebook here.
Daily OCD: 10/13/09
Holy smokes, there's no shortage of Online Commentary & Diversions today: • Review: "…Prison Pit… is nothing less than a continuous, no-holds barred, violent assault on the eyes. It is literally one god damned, bloody fight scene after another… The book's genius lies in Ryan's sheer nerve and imagination in setting up these battles; he constantly ups the ante in the most bizarre and inventive ways possible. … Ryan's love of body functions goes into full gonzo mode here. …you've got a book where body horror extends far beyond the repulsive into the truly sublime and inspired. … Despite the…
Gary Groth: The Early Years, Part 2
Unofficial Gary Groth History Week continues, this time at ComicAttack.net, where Ken Meyer Jr. looks back at Gary's pre-Fantagraphics Fantastic Fanzine, specifically issue #10, with lots of background and commentary from Gary and a PDF download of the full issue. Looks like Ken will be looking at more issues of FF in the future, too, so we'll be sure to alert you when that happens.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #608
{mosimage} Fritz the Cat meets Jane Austen!?! This mostly autobiographical daily strip details the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his layabout pals and neurotic girlfriends. Basically, it’s the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we’ve all come to love. A smash hit in its native Sweden, presented in English for the first time. Join us Monday through Friday for a new daily strip, with a rolling archive of a week’s worth of strips. “It’s being acclaimed as the funniest Swedish comic of our time, but it’s more than that. Rocky is the long awaited generation novel that no…
