Apparently this dates back to 2005, and I have no idea why it was produced, but this short stop-motion Krazy Kat film (YouTube link) by UK animation studio Banana Park is beautifully animated. Maybe we already Flogged it back in ’05, but it’s certainly worth another look. Found via Joakim Gunnarsson.
Daily links: 12/22/08
• Parka Blogs talks about the Beasts! Print Show • Iconoctlán reviews Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham (Google translation) • MEGATONik looks at Popeye Vol. 2: "Well Blow Me Down!" by E.C. Segar • Comics & Graphic Novels features The Complete Peanuts 1963-1966 Box Set • Sean T. Collins examines The Mystery of Woolverine Woo-Bait by Joe Coleman • Newsarama noted Jack Cole's birthday last week by recommending some books of his work, including ours • Newsarama also previews You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!, our next collection of the comics of Fletcher Hanks (coming next year)…
Chicago 2008 via Hornschemeier and Nilsen
In Time Out Chicago, this illustrated story from Paul Hornschemeier (with some explication by Paul)… …and this sillier-than-usual illustration from Anders Nilsen (detail below):
Tom & Thompson
This is a must-read and deserves its own post: The Comics Reporter's Tom Spurgeon talks with Fantagraphics Vice-President and Co-Publisher Kim Thompson about a range of topics relating to Fantagraphics past and future.
Hey Peggy…
Janice says if you bring the Olive Oyl dress to Comic-Con she will totally wear it.
Man of Rock meets Mr. Media
We linked to this a few days ago, and now we'll go one better and let you listen right here via the widget embedded below: Bill Schelly talks about his book Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert with Bob Andelman on the Mr. Media internet radio program (after the brief commercial message).
20/20 Club: The last-minute gift that keeps on giving!
So you've missed our holiday shipping deadlines but you still want to give the gift of comics this year… what to do? How about a gift membership to the Fantagraphics 20/20 Club? Your lucky and grateful recipient will get 20% savings on all their Fantagraphics purchases plus free shipping (within the U.S.; half off for international) and other perks! Just give us the recipient's name, address, e-mail address and phone number when you place your order. If you're already a member, you know how great the program is; if you're not, read up on the details — you'll want to…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #391
{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…
S. Clay Wilson benefit Dec. 28
Mark Bode forwarded us this message from a fellow friend of S. Clay Wilson, Dave Hodtwalker: Hi everyone. This holiday brings a little sad news from an old friend of mine, underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson of ZAP Comix, The Checkered DEMON, Capt. Pissgums and his Perverted Pirates, Star Eyed Stella and all your favorite demented ungerground comix characters. Steve either fell or was attacked about 2 months ago and suffered a very serious brain injury. He's having trouble recovering and the bills are mounting. Fortunately a good samaritan called it in when they found him and after a long stay…
Preview video/slideshow: Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes by Anders Nilsen
Slated to be our first release of 2009, Anders Nilsen's Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes is the second Monologues… collection of darkly humorous strips and stories from one of comics' great young experimentalists. Click this link if the embedded slideshow doesn't appear above, and/or to open it in a new window.
