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The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack continues to present provocative visual, performing and applied arts throughout Seattle's most colorful creative community on September 12. The monthly Art Attack promotion is intended to raise regional awareness of the historic Georgetown industrial/arts district with the purpose of generating public sentiment toward preserving this valued civic asset. Aside from all that, it's a heckuva lotta fun! Among the highlights of the September 12 installment: An exhibition of underwater photography by Tom Radio and a musical performance by the Abiders at Calamity Jane's; A punk rock Elvis tribute featuring The Kings at the MIX;…

WHO: JAIME HERNANDEZ of LOVE & ROCKETS fameWHAT: LOCAS II Book signing and discussion with writer Ben SchwartzWHEN: Saturday, Sept. 12, 5PMWHERE: Skylight Books1818 N. Vermont Ave.Los Angeles, CA 90027Tel: 323.660.1175  

We're cleaning house! We've just marked down 239 comic book back issues to a low, low $0.99 — up to 80% off the cover price! Load up on Hate and other Peter Bagge classics, Love and Rockets and related titles by the Hernandez Brothers, Jim Woodring's Frank and Jim, our great '90s anthology Zero Zero, some great old obscurities and much, much more! Browse 'em all in their own category right here. And it doesn't stop there! We've also marked down over 75 additional books 1/3 to 1/2 off and added them to our Clearance Sale and Closeout Deals categories…

This just in from Peter Bagge: The first issue of Marvel's new 3 part anthology mini-series, STRANGE TALES, is in comic shops this week. It features my long-delayed "Incorrigible Hulk" story, which has been broken up into 3 parts, with one part in each issue.  My original cover will also serve as the cover of ST #2 (see above). This mini-series also features many indy comics superstars,all of whom get to interpret one or more of Marvel's well known characters in their own style. Each issue is also 48 pages long and only $3.99. Quite a deal! As if we…

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "From the opening panel until the final words, Tardi's adaptation of Manchette's crime novel [West Coast Blues] sizzles with a dazzling graphic intensity… Much like the 1950s American crime novels they emulate, Tardi and Manchette offer a impressive display of destructive violence, wanton love, and disregard for life. Showcasing Tardi's singular artistic talents, the brilliant West Coast Blues emerges as one of the best crime graphic novels ever produced." – Rick Klaw, The SF Site: Nexus Graphica • Review: "[West Coast Blues] is slyly funny without being jokey; thrilling without ever seeming manipulative;…

Peter Bagge just turned this in and I had to share. Coming early next year!

The great Jerry Lewis has invited Drew Friedman to be his guest at the MDA Labor day Telethon this coming weekend in Las Vegas! How cool is that? He's going to be showing the central image of the below piece (Jerry kissing the Oscar) that Drew did several years ago for the NY Observer and which also appears in Drew's book, THE FUN NEVER STOPS! The piece should appear during a segment paying tribute to Lewis receiving the Humanitarian Oscar earlier this year. No word yet about when the segment happens, but hopefully it'll be on the early side. The telethon begins Sunday evening, 9 PM,…

  Last night I headed down to Seattle's great Elliot Bay Book Co. to see my old friend Chelsea Cain read from her latest novel, Evil at Heart, the third book in her NY Times bestselling thriller series from Minotaur (following Heartsick and Sweetheart), featuring serial killer Gretchen Lowell and her nemesis-slash-soulmate, Detective Archie Sheridan. The series has sold a kajillion copies, been featured on HBO's True Blood, and been praised by no less an authority as Stephen King as well as just about everyone else on the planet, so you don't need to take my word for it when I tell you that if you like a good, character-driven thriller, you…