Friday is new webcomics day! First up, Johnny Ryan's Blecky Yuckerella gets historical, sort of, in this week's strip. And in this week's installment of Steven Weissman's in-progress pages from "Blue Jay," an epic 32-page story from Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures: the tension continues to mount! And don't forget to catch up on our current 5-day chunk of Martin Kellerman's hilarious Swedish smash-hit Rocky, updated Monday-Friday! This week: Rocky faces success and sickness at Christmastime.
Daily links: 2/13/09
• Things to see: Happy Friday the 13th from the Jim Flora Blog • Review: Comics Waiting Room has the first word on Connective Tissue by Bob Fingerman (coming later this Spring), calling it "perversely hysterical" • Review: PLAYBACK:stl says Tales Designed to Thrizzle #4 by Michael Kupperman "brings more of the crazy" • Interview: du9 talks Bottomless Belly Button and Bodyworld with Dash Shaw; Belgian site XeroXed reprints the interview (in French) with some additional information • List: In the holiday spirit, the UCD Advocate's rundown of "Cartoon Sex" names Charles Burns's Black Hole "Creepiest," Robert & Aline Crumb's…
SLIDE SHOW part one
On loan to Buenaventura Press, from January 25th to February 3rd I was in France to attend Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême. My trip to Angoulême was bookended by brief stays in Paris, a city I hadn't visited in 8 1/2 years. Here are some photos I took while I was in France… I flew to Paris by way of Chicago… Looking back on this photo I genuinely envy The Sleeping Chef of O'Hare Airport, when I landed in Paris I had't slept for over 30 hours and I hadn't a clue as to where I would be…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #433
{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…
Supermen! Previews, Pre-Order
Now available for preview and pre-order: Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941, an indispensable collection of comic book heroes from the best and the brightest of the first generation of the Golden Age, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton. This book is scheduled to be in stock in late February or early March and in stores approximately 4 weeks later. View a photo & video slideshow preview embedded here. Click here if it is not visible, and/or to view it larger in a…
Boody. The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers: Previews, Pre-Order
Now available for preview and pre-order: Boody. The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers, the first-ever collection of Golden Age comic-book visionary Boody Rogers's wacky, weird, wild and sexy yarns, culled from the pages of such forgotten classics as Babe, Darling of the Hills and Sparky Watts. This book is scheduled to be in stock in late February or early March and in stores approximately 4 weeks later. View a photo & video slideshow preview embedded here. Click here if it is not visible, and/or to view it larger in a new window (recommended). And visit the product details page for…
Daily links: 2/12/09
• Review: Anthem says Anders Nilsen's Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes "is definitely one of the more rewarding reading experiences of this very young year" • Things to see: The Cold Heat Comics guys (Ben Jones & Frank Santoro) post a glimpse at the original art from their story in Mome Vol. 14
Bodyworld Complete
Dash Shaw has finished his online serialization of Bodyworld, which you can now read in its entirety, beginning here. Frank Santoro calls it "the most formally inventive comic being made today," and you know, I think he might be right. This is gonna be a Book of the Year candidate whenever it comes out (old hat to Dash by now), and probably a Book of the Decade frontrunner, too.
Tomorrow Night in Los Angeles: BEASTS!
A New Addition to the Fanta Family
On behalf of everyone at Fantagraphics, I'd like to welcome Ulysses Kupperman Dougherty to the world. Ulysses was born on Monday night to our own Michael Kupperman and his lovely wife, Muire Dougherty. Luckily for comics fans, Michael turned in Tales Designed to Thrizzle #5 just before the big day. We can't wait to meet you, Ulysses.
