• More French awards news: La Rivière empoisonnée, the French edition of Gilbert Hernandez's Poison River (collected by us in the new volume Beyond Palomar as well as its own older collection), is nominated for the Selection Patrimoine (Heritage Prize) 2009, to be awarded at the Festival International de la Bande Desinée d'Angoulême (caught by Spurge) • I Wish I Had A Spare $200 Dept: New art for sale from Jim Woodring (going fast!) • PLAYBACK:stl says Deitch's Pictorama has "a groovy charm" and "a vibe of pure fun" • For The Patriot-News, Chris Mautner looks at Where Demented Wented:…
Webcomics update for 11/21/08
Time for the new 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. In this week's episode: A big reveal! This is also a great time to catch up on our current 5-day chunk of Martin Kellerman's Rocky, updated Monday-Friday! All for free! No registration required! Fun times!
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #367
{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…
BEASTS Art Exhibition & 2nd Anniversary Gala
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Celebrates 2nd Anniversary on December 13 with a Spectacular Party and BEASTS Art Exhibition! Over the course of two years, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery has become woven into the region’s cultural fabric and drawn attention to an impressive array of local, national and international narrative cartoonists, illustrators, graphic designers, and fine artists while providing a showcase for Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books. To celebrate the second anniversary of this stimulating space, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery hosts a festive gala and reception for the phenomenal BEASTS BOOKS 1 & 2 book launch and art exhibition on Saturday, December…
BEASTS Art Exhibition & 2nd Anniversary Gala
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Celebrates 2nd Anniversary on December 13 with a Spectacular Party and BEASTS Art Exhibition! Over the course of two years, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery has become woven into the region’s cultural fabric and drawn attention to an impressive array of local, national and international narrative cartoonists, illustrators, graphic designers, and fine artists while providing a showcase for Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books. To celebrate the second anniversary of this stimulating space, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery hosts a festive gala and reception for the phenomenal BEASTS BOOKS 1 & 2 book launch and art exhibition on Saturday, December…
Daily links: 11/20/08
• Dash Shaw's animated trailer for Bottomless Belly Button is now available to watch on ComicBookTrailers.com (in addition to on our own site) • Speaking of Bottomless Belly Button, Matthew Brady takes a good look at the book • Congratulations and good luck to Linda Medley for being named a finalist (and the only American on the list) for the Prix de la Critique 2008 by the Association des Critiques et Journalistes de Bande Dessinée for Château l'Attente, the French edition of Castle Waiting • More stunning sketchbook pages from Anders Nilsen • Austin English has some very nice things…
BEASTS! Print Show: MAHLER
Freshly arrived Nicolas Mahler Palesmurt screenprint for the Dec. 13th BEASTS! print show. Only five of these are available on this continent. (Note that this is not the art that appears in the book… It's bonus Mahler!)
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #365
{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…
New Comics Day 11/19/08
After a couple of quiet weeks we're back with a vengeance at your local comics shop this week with the following titles scheduled to arrive: • Castle Waiting Vol. II #13 by Linda Medley• Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn• The Lagoon by Lilli Carré• Petey & Pussy by John Kerschbaum As usual, check the links for more info and previews. (Note that the new Castle Waiting is in stores before we have it in stock ourselves.)
Daily links: 11/19/08
• Webcomics avatar/fictional comic shop clerk Lydia includes The Lagoon and Petey & Pussy in her staff picks this week in The Rack • Here's a transcript of Gary Panter's panel discussion with C.F. and Dan Nadel at the Tokion Creativity Now Conference • Sequart looks at Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham • Syndicate Product gives a quick overview of The Complete Peanuts • Wart plugs the January 2009 release of the French edition of Jason's Pocket Full of Rain (in French) • The Phoenix compares The Drinky Crow Show (debuting this weekend!) to its source material, Tony Millionaire's…
