Who or what are Kurdles? Are they man or beast—or something else entirely? As it happens, Kurdles are the denizens of Kurdleton, and Sally the bear runs into them as she tries to find her way home after being separated from her owner. So begins this 60-page all ages tale, and we have here a 9-page, downloadable excerpt for your viewing pleasure. At a generous 8.75" by 12", the oversized format of The Kurdles allows you and your little ones to be fully immersed in the lush watercolor world that Robert Goodin has created, not to mention all the individual details that one…
New Dame Darcy Comics in Graphic Canon
We're always looking for more reasons to scream Dame Darcy's names to the stars and she has new mermaid comic in the The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (The Graphic Canon Series) edited by Russ Kick. In this anthology, all the greatest fairy tales are presented pre-censorship and pre-sanitization. Hence, Darcy's fine sensual work will shock and amaze. Pick up the latest volume for new DD! Check out her website too for more on-going work or Facebook where every Thursday you get a new Voyage of the Temptress comic, like below!
Digital comics: comiXology presents two new graphic novels
This week from comiXology you can now enjoy the finest graphic novels: Michael Jordan: Bull on Parade by Wilfred Santiago (21). A thrilling, kinetic bio-epic about Michael "Air" Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time and most influential athlete in history, from the creator of the acclaimed and best-selling 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente. This tour de force explores Jordan's public successes and private struggles, with the depth of Santiago's passion for his subject shining through on every full-color page. Feel the sweat as you swipe for only $18.99! "From a scuffle with Patrick Ewing in the book's opening pages to the…
TCAF Special Guests include Eleanor Davis and Lucy Knisley
Toronto Comics Art Fest 2015 and Fantagraphics are elated to announce a few grand special guests, Eleanor Davis and Lucy Knisley. Eleanor's instant sell-out book How to Be Happy is now back in stock so Canada can finally grab some copies. Lucy will be celebrating her second travelogue with Fantagraphics, Displacement, which came out right on the heels of An Age of License. You can see just how crazy TCAF 2014 was in their timelapse video here (Fantagraphics table very right row [wo]manned by Jacq and Jen from 00:26-00:32 seconds) TCAF 2014 TimeLapse – The Toronto Comic Arts Festival from Toronto Comic Arts Festival on Vimeo. We…
PORTLAND: SuperTrash signing
Portland, time to get high and then get low with the curated mess of SuperTrash: Hermaphro Chic, Movie Fetish, 21st Century Anxiety by Jacques Boyreau. The book signing starts at 8pm sharp on Saturday February 28th, taking place at Mother Foucault's Bookshop (523 SE Morrison Street), the music by Matt Danger and a performance by Catherine Candor. Alcoholic refreshments are provided so all will have a good time. Part psychedelic psychotronic, part poster book, part album cover book, part paperback pulp book. Interdisciplinary, quantal, and polyglottal, SuperTrash is Surrealism for the 21st century and you'll want a copy of this mega-slick-zine in your collection!
Geek Bar Beta’s Rad Comic Library
Photo by Brittany Yantos The new(ish) Geek Bar Beta in Chicago (1941 W North Ave.) is now home to a few good comic books. As you can see, patrons are digging into the goodness that is local cartoonists Lane Milburn's Twelve Gems and Lucy Knisley's An Age of License in addition to some classic punchy Fantagraphics comics: Meat Cake, Ghost World and Unlovable. Photo by Peter Ranvestel For the geek in us all, Geek Bar Beta is fostering a pretty rad and inclusive environment for whatever your flavor is; be it cosplayers wanting to find people for team-ups, trivia, board games (just like Seattle's FANTASTIC Café Mox), and movie screenings. Especially…
The Complete Eightball 1-18 by Daniel Clowes – First Look
It's a good thing these advance copies of The Complete Eightball comes shrinkwrapped, else all our advance copies would be covered in drool by now! The long-awaited, painstakingly proofed, and completely perfected box set collecting all 18 issues of Daniel Clowes' influential Eightball comic series have arrived fresh from the printers. And it looks beautiful. Two glossy hardcover volumes of roughly 280 pages each filled with extras, including brand new artwork by Clowes, are all wrapped up in a deluxe, sturdy slipcase cover with no detail spared! Look for our video and more photos soon. The Complete Eightball hits bookstores in May, but we…
Mark Fertig Film Noir Talk
Between Midnight and Dawn: Midcentury Noir and Crime Film Posters from the Collections of Mark Fertig and Eddie Muller You are cordially invited to a gallery talk with curator Mark Fertig, Saturday, March 7, at 7:00 p.m. Exhibition of posters continues through March 2 – April 11, 2015 at the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery and Permanent Collection at St. Lawrence University. Film Noir 101 editor and curator Mart Fertig writes: Film noir flourished in Hollywood throughout the 1940s and 1950s, owing to a perfect storm of cultural, political, and industry-specific forces, including the disillusionment and pessimism lingering from the Great Depression; the popularity of…
Black River by Josh Simmons – Cover Uncovered
Master of horror Josh Simmons is back with an all-new graphic novel filled with terrors to chill the mind and soul. In Black River, the world is a barren, post-apocalyptic landscape where no one is to be trusted and chaos reigns. A ragtag group of people travel together for safety, looking out for each other as they seek a supposed walled city that still has electricity and some semblance of civilization left. We're pleased to present the finalized cover design here for you. Black River is scheduled to be released in April and is available for pre-order now!
NY Times Best Seller: Prince Valiant
Is it the impeccable draftsmanship and absolute mastery of drawing horses? Is it the scary beasts? The saucy threats from a wife to her husband? Or is it consistently amazing comics coupled with out-of-this-world production? Whatever it is, Prince Valiant Volume 10 1955-1956 by Hal Foster (a past 2012, 2014 Eisner nominee) hit the NY Times Best Seller list. Volume 8 hit the NY Times Best Seller's list this time last year. Volume 10 traverses the lands of Constantinople, Eastern Russia and Camelot in addition to wrapping up stories on the kidnapping of Aleta, Valiant's trusty wife, and hunger problems in Thule. And we're…
