As a Turner myself, this gag more than any other makes me love the genius that is Gahan Wilson.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #527
{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…
All and Sundry – Introduction by Paul Hornschemeier
{product_snapshot:id=1586,true,false,true,right} This book began by looking for something. More precisely, it began by sorting through flat file drawers filled with artwork, in an attempt to determine what pieces I should select for my first proper gallery show. I stacked the work in piles: these are probably good candidates, those are good, but don’t seem to fit the general feel of the show. I was looking for only thirty or so pieces of artwork. I was removing hundreds of pieces of Bristol board from the drawers. It slowly dawned on me that the “good but doesn’t fit” pile was quite massive….
Daily OCD: 5/28/09
Once more, Online Commentary & Diversions goes on vacation tomorrow. • Profile/Review: Cincinnati Magazine talks to C. Tyler about You'll Never Know Book 1: A Good and Decent Man, calling it "a dense, triangulated tale (war and madness; father/daughter coming-of-age; familial reconciliation) made accessible by Tyler’s detailed yet straightforward storytelling and impeccable renderings… Switching artistic styles to connote the passage of time, Tyler’s graphic narrative deftly moves between her childhood and her father’s war experiences, between dream sequences, real time, psychology, and family lore. The book transcends mere documentation; it is a valentine sealed in genealogy, footnoted in history." •…
Luba: Collectors Edition update
If you're one of the first 10 people who ordered the exclusive Luba: Collectors Edition (signed, numbered, and sketched in by Gilbert Hernandez, with a special deluxe cloth binding), your copy is on its way to you this week. Gilbert is sending them back to us in batches of 10, so the next 10 orders will go out as soon as we get the next shipment from him. Only 30 copies exist and they are nearly all spoken for, so if you've been on the fence about ordering it, get off that fence and make your order now! It's the…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – unnumbered 9-panel strip
{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…
Feiffer at Cinefamily in L.A. 6/21
Appearance by Jules Feiffer 6/21! Poster by Johnny Ryan! So much great comedy I weep explosively for not living in L.A.! Info/tickets here. (Via event co-sponsor The Sound of Young America.)
Fantagraphics MoCCA 2009 Signing Schedule
Start yer plannin'! These are all subject to last-minute change; we'll try to give advance notice of any changes if we can. We'll have more MoCCA-related announcements in the coming days so stay tuned. FANTAGRAPHICS MoCCA SIGNINGS SATURDAY SIGNINGS 11:00 am – Noon • Paul Hornschemeier, Dash Shaw & Derek Van Gieson (Mome – just added!) (Unfortunately Nate Neal, previously scheduled for this time, won’t be able to make it to the Fest.) Noon – 2:00 pm • Jason & Michael Kupperman 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm • Paul Karasik & Bob Fingerman 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm • Lilli Carré,…
IFC.COM & Fantagraphics Team up for Next Dash Shaw Project
IFC.COM TO PREMIERE ANIMATED WEB SERIES OF DASH SHAW'S NEW BOOK THE UNCLOTHED MAN IN THE 35TH CENTURY A.D. THE UNCLOTHED MAN IN THE 35th CENTURY A.D., by DASH SHAW, will be promoted at the 2009 Book Expo America in New York City, May 29-31, with an appearance by the author on Friday, May 29, at 1:00PM at the Fantagraphics Booth and 4:00PM in the Autographing Area. New York, NY – May 27, 2009 – IFC.com announced today that it will premiere an original animated web series based on graphic novelist and comic book artist Dash Shaw's latest book The Unclothed Man…
Daily OCD: 5/27/09
Your daily dose of Online Commentary & Diversions: • Profile: The Oklahoma Gazette dedicates a cover feature (pictured above) to native son Boody Rogers, talking to Yoe, Nadel and Spiegelman about his work. Of our collection of his comics they say "Boody: The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers reprints 13 of Boody Rogers' comic-book stories between 1948 and 1950. Although they have fallen into the public domain, publisher Fantagraphics has restored the color and images to its typical standards of quality … not to mention standards of unapologetic weirdness." • Review: "…Terr'ble Thompson is… playful fun… [Gene] Deitch’s upbeat mangling…
