Dan Clowes contributes one part of a three-part cover for the new issue of The New Yorker, with a video explanation wherein the artists and art director Françoise Mouly discuss the concept: And Jaime Hernandez has an illustration inside (via The Beat):
Daily OCD: 10/5/09
Lots of Online Commentary & Diversions today: • Review: "The graphic novel, it turns out, is a form especially well-suited to the noir genre. Maybe this isn’t surprising — comics have always run the gamut of moods from goofy to autobiographical to just plain smutty. But it still gives a shiver of pleasure to stumble upon a graphic novel that captures the hardboiled tone of classic noir as perfectly as West Coast Blues, Jacques Tardi’s adaptation of a 1976 crime novel by Jean-Patrick Manchette. … The plot includes bursts of bruality, dark realizations, alluring women and grizzled observations from its…
Johnny Ryan Cinefamily illos
Johnny did a bunch of illustrations for an October Cinefamily flyer. It was hard picking one to feature here. One word of advice for Johnny: t-shirts.
C. Tyler events in Ohio & Florida
It's my pleasure to share the following announcement from C. Tyler: Hello Friends! Two things this Fall: Saturday, October 17 from 10 – 4 come see me at the Duke Energy Center in downtown Cincinnati. "Books By the Banks" is the name of the event and I will be there signing my newest book You'll Never Know. Miami International Book Fair , November 8 – 15. I'll be signing all weekend as part of the "Comix Galaxy" and on Friday afternoon giving a talk to education professionals: "What's So Funny About Teaching Comics." I will be hauling all those corny…
New Femke Hiemstra print
Pressure Printing has announced a new limited-edition print titled "Haniwa" from Rock Candy artist Femke Hiemstra. Go to their blog for more info and lots and lots of photos, from art in progress to print in progress to finished product.
Bagge in MN, Oct. 10th – 11th
Peter Bagge sends along the following message: "Attention all Twin-Cities freaks & geeks: I'll be attending this up-coming FallCon, held at the Minnesota Fairgrounds between Mpls and St. Paul this upcoming weekend. So please feel free to show up and spend all your hard-earned money on my useless crap! Hope to see you there!" http://midwestcomicbook.com/
Hans Rickheit Tour Continues This Week
TODAY! October 5th (4-6pm)That's Entertainment244 Park AveWorcester, MA(508) 755 4207 TUESDAY! October 6th (7-8pm)Rabbit Hole805 Main StreetFitchburg MA(978) 345 0040 WEDNESDAY! October 7th (4-7pm)Casablanca Comics151 Middle Street #2Portland ME(207) 780 1676 SATURDAY! October 10th (7pm)Quimby's1854 W North AveChicago, IL(773) 342-0910 SUNDAY! October 11th (2pm)Vault of Midnight219 S Main StAnn Arbor, MI(734) 998-1413
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #604
{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…
Monte Schulz in L.A. Saturday night!
Saturday, Oct. 3, 5PM Skylight Books1818 N. Vermont Ave.Los Angeles, CA 90027Tel: 323.660.1175
Webcomics update for 10/2/09
It's crazy Friday nite webcomics synchronicity — two of this week's strips feature diet tips! Blecky's been picking hers up from Southeast Asian folktales in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan…. …while Chubby takes a traditional American approach in this week's strip from Steven Weissman's Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures… …and we break with the theme with a trip to Norway and more deep thinking in our Monday-Friday Rocky strips by Martin Kellerman. Enjoy!
