Valentine’s Day Art Attack!

FantaBlog | January 28, 2009

Artwork by John Ohannesian LOVER'S LANE: FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF GEORGETOWN SECOND SATURDAY ART ATTACK ON VALENTINE'S DAY, FEBRUARY 14! Please join us for a romantic evening of exceptional art and entertainment on Valentine's Day in our enchanting arts community for the first anniversary of the Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. In the span of a single year this colorful art walk has established itself as among the most idiosyncratic cultural outings in our region. This monthly promotion is distinguished by its diversity – featuring visual, performing, film, media and applied arts, as well as a wide variety of dining, drinking…

Daily links: 1/28/09

FantaBlog | January 28, 2009

• Review: J. Caleb Mozzocco likes Colleen Coover's "girly porno" comic Small Favors • Analysis: The Groovy Age of Horror takes an in-depth look at House by Josh Simmons (link via Sean T. Collins) • Tourism: The Reading Copy Book Blog recounts a recent visit to the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery • Things to see: Jim Blanchard re-creates the cover of Blatch #14

Hornschemeier’s Inauguration Diary

FantaBlog | January 28, 2009

Paul Hornschemeier attended the Obama inauguration and wrote a very touching blog post about the experience that I very much enjoyed. Now, if I can just get Gary Groth to write something about his inauguration experience in DC last week…

“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #419

Blog | January 28, 2009

{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…

Daily links: 1/27/09

FantaBlog | January 27, 2009

• List: Same Hat! Same Hat! names the "Best X of Everything 2008: Comics!" with Tales Designed to Thrizzle #4 by Michael Kupperman in the #5 position • Review: Optical Sloth likes Johnny Ryan's Angry Youth Comix so much, he's willing to buy you $5 worth of stuff from our website if you don't like it too • Things to see: For The Boston Globe, Alexander Theroux reviews a recent book about Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy • Things to see: In Douglas Wolk's convention sketchbook, a page by Charles Burns

“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #418

Blog | January 27, 2009

{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…

Daily links: 1/26/09

FantaBlog | January 26, 2009

Buckle in:  • Review: The Beat says "You should be reading Rocky" • Profile: Shameless looks at the collaborative comics of Ellen Forney • Analysis: Vibrational Match finds Jack Kirby parallels in Gilbert Hernandez's XXX comic Birdland • Interview: The Daily Cross Hatch posts the second of their three-part chat with Lilli Carré • Blurbs: At Robot 6, Chris Mautner and Richard Thompson (Cul de Sac) both declare that they're currently reading recent volumes of The Complete Peanuts • Birthday: On the Jim Flora blog, Irwin Chusid commemorates the 95th anniversary of Flora's birth yesterday • Birthday: Relatedly, The Comics Reporter notes Jules Feiffer's 80th birthday…