Judging from the banner atop their website, Comics Comics is published in Kings County. The Comics Journal is published here in King County. Comic Art magazine is published by Buenaventura Press in California, whose name is derived from a storied paradise peopled by black Amazons ruled by Queen Califia. Thus we settle the question of the comics family's royal roots. …Another useless post.
Daily links: 3/27/09
• Review: The A.V. Club gives Humbug an A-minus: "Fans of vintage Mad will immediately be at home thanks to familiar artists and attitudes, although Humbug ultimately feels a bit like an alternate-universe Mad, one 1950s grown-ups could stack between Playboy and Harper’s on the coffee table… Humbug remains a fascinating showcase for a group of artists operating at the height of their powers and inspiration. The lovingly assembled package — beautifully reprinted and filled out with extras like a long Roth and Jaffee interview — doesn’t hurt either." • Review: The A.V. Club says "The Wolverton Bible shows the…
Coches Abandonados
Dig this eye-popping, bone-crunching cover for the Spanish edition of Tim Lane's Abandoned Cars, coming later this year from our colleagues at La Cupula. From Tim's blog.
Good grief, Geithner
Drew Friedman & Peanuts: two great tastes that taste great together. For The New Republic, via Drew's blog.
Webcomics update for 3/27/09
It's your weekly batch of new webcomics! First up, Blecky finds a crafty solution to her problem in this week's Blecky Yuckerella strip by Johnny Ryan! Next, an unexpected turn of events in this week's installment of Steven Weissman's in-progress pages from "Blue Jay," an epic 50-page story from Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures. And lastly, a trip to Gothenburg in our current 5-day chunk of Martin Kellerman's hilarious Swedish smash-hit Rocky, updated Monday-Friday!
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #470
{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…
Vector/Vectoria
What to get that creepy pervert in the next cubicle who has everything? "Ward's Beauties" dingbat font! It's not like you wanted to spend money on that guy, right?
Daily links: 3/26/09
• Review: 13 Milliones de Naves says Tim Lane's Abandoned Cars is "drawn with the raw precision of a compassionless physiognomist, with a style midway between Daniel Clowes and Charles Burns… removing the rubble from the shipwreck and bringing to the fore a collection of human beings in the state of abandonment… [T]his book is anything but indifferent; the realistic and stark graphic style of its author shakes with a flying kick… [T]he Lane name has many numbers to enter on the same roster as Tomine, Burns, Clowes and company." (Translated from Spanish with help from Google) • Review: Bookgasm…
The Great Lloyd Llewellyn Print Giveaway
UPDATE 4/14/09: The prints are all gone and the offer below is over. Thanks to everyone who participated! Congratulations to the winners of our 20/20 Club Lloyd Llewellyn Llottery! We have a handful of these recently unearthed limited edition Lloyd Llewellyn prints left over, and we're gonna give them away! They measure 8.5" x 11" and are signed and numbered by Daniel Clowes. Read on for details… This print will be included with your order FREE of charge if A) your order subtotal is $100 or over, before shipping and after any discounts are applied, and B) your order includes…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #468
{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…
