Some Fanta artist previews for the Post-It Show 3 at GR2. December 13, 2008 – January 14, 2009Reception: Saturday, December 13, 6:30 -10:00 Curated by artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson and Giant Robot, the exhibition is slated to feature nearly 2,000 works by over 95 noted contributors each starting at only $20. These pieces will be on standard-sized 3 x 3 Post-It notes. (Larger sizes of 4 x 4 and 6x 6 will also be available.) Tim Hensley: Steven Weissman: Johnny Ryan: (*Speaking of Mark Todd — he has a show at La Luz in LA coming January…
Holiday shipping deadline
Don't forget, if you want your order shipped by our Standard shipping option within the U.S. to arrive before Christmas, tomorrow (Friday, December 12) is the deadline to get your order in! (UPDATE: our shipping folks have informed me that if you're shipping to a P.O. box, you'll want to select First Class or Priority Mail shipping rather than Standard.) After that, you'll have until Monday for USPS Priority Mail delivery and until next Friday for 2nd Day UPS. We'll post reminders for those deadlines as well. If you need some gift suggestions, check out our handy Holiday Gift Guide…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #383
{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…
I Totally Don’t Get This Joke.
Or anything about the depictions involved. But I like it. More here.
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery tote bags
Now available at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle: capacious, durable, environmentally-friendly canvas tote bags emblazoned with the likeness of Dan Pussey, the store's official mascot, as drawn by Daniel Clowes. These sturdy, smart-looking bags measure 18" x 12" x 6" — enough room for about a dozen copies of Gary Panter's Jimbo in Purgatory, one of our largest books — and have reinforced nylon webbing handles for your heaviest loads. Sure to last through years of comic conventions, farmer's markets, record stores, etc., all while broadcasting your excellent taste in comics and keeping pounds of paper and plastic…
Daily links: 12/10/08
• Newsarama talks to Greg Sadowski, editor of our forthcoming anthology of early Golden Age superhero stories Supermen! (with a bonus deleted story) • Dick Hyacinth's best-of-the-year long list includes his thoughts on a full baker's dozen of our 2008 releases • The River Cities' Reader includes Robert Pollard's Town of Mirrors in its holiday recommendations of rock-related coffee table books • At Comics Comics, Frank Santoro rediscovers an Eros Comix classic from the 1990s
Mel Stringer
Some magazine out there could do a lot worse than hire a 21-year old Australian to become their staff portraitist. For what it's worth, I really like what she's doing.
New Comics Day 12/10/08
Once again this week your local comics shop is not scheduled to receive any new titles from us. Keep it tuned right here for next week's update.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #382
{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…
Holiday Gift Ideas, Non-Fanta Division
Effective this week through Monday, Dec. 15, all of Jeremy Eaton's original artwork currently available at Comic Art Collective is available for just ONE-HALF the listed price.
