Ray Fenwick has a new t-shirt design up for sale at Tiny Showcase, don't ya know. Or is it an older design in new colors? In any case, save me one!
Your good deed of the day
Make a pledge to Maximum Fun and The Sound of Young America and you could get a copy of Ghost World: Special Edition as a thank-you gift. (There's lots of other good stuff to choose from, too.) Vote for good radio with your dollars!
A Fletcher Hanks mystery!
Following the stunning success of the Eisner Award winning I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets, a second volume collecting the stories of Fletcher Hanks, "You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!", will debut at MoCCA in June. Volume II contains more than TWICE as many Fletcher Hanks stories than Volume I as well as an introduction written by Paul Karasik and illustrated with drawings never before published by the elusive Super Wizard of the Inkwell, Fletcher Hanks. Together the two volumes will comprise The Complete Fletcher Hanks, the artist who created 51 tales in a hailstorm of creative fury during…
All Hail Clowes!
High-res version here!
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #508
{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…
Webcomics update for 5/1/09
It's your Friday nite funnies! Listen up! Blecky's got an important announcement in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan… We begin the R. Kelly-inspired (not really) sequence in this week's installment of Steven Weissman's in-progress pages from "Blue Jay," an epic 51-page story from Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures…. And in our current 5-day chunk of Martin Kellerman's Rocky, be sure to catch the last 2 pages of the "Intermission" story, and then we return to the daily strips. "Rocky all grown up"? Really?
Celebrity shoppers: Vivian Girls at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Brooklyn's lovely Vivian Girls dropped by Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery before their show at Neumo's on Thursday to stock up on road reading material by Ivan Brunetti, Paul Hornschemeier, and Esther Pearl Watson. (Unlovable, they're not!) Highlights of their current tour included a spot at the Coachella Music Festival where the band reported Sir Paul's marathon midnight serenade set him back thousands for violating local noise curfews. We're guessing he can afford it. See you all tomorrow for Free Comic Book Day and next Saturday, May 9 for Tony Millionaire's Drinky Crow show!
Provocative Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack Returns May 9!
May 1, 2009 – SEATTLE, WA. The wildly inventive and often irreverent Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack continues on Saturday, May 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. This monthly event has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most entertaining and spontaneous cultural outings in the region. The public is again invited to experience this remarkably creative community of artists working in visual, applied and performing arts. Among the many highlights of the May 9 installment: A lively PBR P(art)y at Smarty Pants featuring art, food, libations, and music by DJ Russ; Tony Millionaire's "Drinky Crow Show" and book…
Daily OCD: 5/1/09
New month, new name! It's your Online Commentary and Diversions for today: • Review: "If the censors had delved beneath the perceived bias, they would have discovered some of the finest war stories and illustration in the medium's history… The dynamic art leaps off the pages throughout… Without leaning on glory and sensationalism, Blazing Combat focused on heroism, sacrifice, and dignity." – Rick Klaw, The SF Site: "Nexus Graphica" • Review: "…[T]he third Popeye volume 'Let's You and Him Fight!' presents a winning complete reprint of Segar's Popeye strips… an excellent oversized presentation of strips perfect for in-depth graphic novel…
Brunch with Anders Nilsen
This Sunday in Chicago, go see Anders Nilsen's exhibit at Home Gallery, listen to him talk about it a bit, and maybe have a pastry. More info at Anders's blog.
