A brief yet interesting installment of Online Commentary & Diversions: • Profile: "I loved comic books and, if you read enough of them, they’d give you a sort of caffeine high." – Jules Feiffer, in a lengthy conversation with NYC Graphic's Christopher Irving • Profile: Norway.com puts together the scoop on native son Jason and Low Moon • Things to see: Dylan Horrocks presents his story from Dirty Stories Vol. 2 online for your reading enjoyment (NSFW) • Things to read: A great essay by Tim Kreider for The New York Times "Happy Days" blog • Staff: New vispoems and…
Everybody Is Stupid… preview
True to their name, Previews is serving up a 6-page preview of Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me by Peter Bagge – eat it up!
Intern Escapades
Written by Jessica Lona, Gavin L., and Brittany Kusa. After a long hard day of drinking tea in the underground Fantagraphics comics library, tapping away at our keyboards transcribing conversations between famous cartoonists, we interns needed to unwind. How better to do this than by drinking booze and testing our knowledge of geeky things? We (Brittany, Gavin, Jessica, and our fearless leader, Kristy) tromped downtown to a lovely little pub to attend the Geeks Who Drink trivia night. It was tough to settle on a team name, not for lack of ideas, but because there are so many juicy possible…
Drew Friedman’s Three Stooges print
It's no secret we love a good Stooge (viz. our publication of The Six 3-Stooges biocomic, now out of print), so we're pleased to spread the word about Drew Friedman's new limited edition art print, The Three Stooges with Vernon Dent (Dent was a character actor who often played the Stooges' nemesis). A loving tribute from a true aficionado.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #548
{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…
Now in stock: The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974, 1971-1974 Box Set / Slipcase
The Complete Peanuts 1973-1974 (Vol. 12) By Charles M. Schulz TENNIS, ANYONE? BILLIE JEAN KING SERVES UP AN INTRODUCTION… AND WE CELEBRATE WOODSTOCK! The 12th volume of Peanuts features a number of tennis strips and several extended sequences involving Peppermint Patty’s friend Marcie (including a riotous, rarely seen sequence in which Marcie’s costume-making and hairstyling skills utterly spoil a skating competition for PP), so it seems only right that this volume’s introduction should be served up by Schulz’s longtime friend, tennis champion Billie Jean King. This volume also picks up on a few loose threads from the previous year, as…
NEVER ENOUGH BASIL
He endures…
Daily OCD: 7/14/09
Happy Bastille Day, France. Voici les Online Commentary et Diversions: • Review: "[Michael] Kupperman has been laffing it up for years via cartoons in the New Yorker and animation on Saturday Night Live, but his smart, droll, absurdist humor is best displayed in this compendium of the first four issues of [Tales Designed to Thrizzle]. Kupperman's wit and imagination is only heightened by the stiff, self-conscious woodcut style he often uses for art… The humor never lags in a book that is destined to be a comedy classic and is truly one of the funniest books in years." – Publishers…
Paul Karasik & Dan Nadel talk Fletcher Hanks at Desert Island next Thurs.
From Desert Island in Brooklyn, the following announcement: The hits just keep on coming! We just completed this high-quality screenprint of Hanks's Fantomah in anticipation of the NYC book-launch for You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation! Don't miss this event. Paul Karasik and Dan Nadel will be on hand to discuss the Hanks legacy and field questions, and the book looks amazing. that's 7 -9 pmThursday July 23rdat Desert Island540 Metropolitan Ave Preorder a print here: http://tinyurl.com/fantomah
Seattle icons
Two of the biggest icons of 1990s Seattle: Peter Bagge and Ken Griffey, Jr. (along with the lovely Joanne Bagge) at a recent Mariners game at Safeco Field. All that's missing from this picture is Kurt Cobain and J.P. Patches.
