• Here's photos of Dame Darcy's post-APE appearance at Isotope Comics… • …and a photo from J.R. Williams of himself with Jim Blanchard and Daniel Clowes at APE • Nuvole Parlanti discusses (in Italian) the Ghost World graphic novel and film • The Chicago Reader has the first review of Lilli Carré's The Lagoon • Newsarama looks at The Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernandez • Sometime Comics Journal contributor Noah Berlatsky discusses his favorite parts of the latest issue (#293)
Bagge Action in Ballard
Calling all Seattle-Area Art and Music Lovers! Peter Bagge's art will be hanging on the walls of Ballard's Tigertail bar and restaurant from Nov 12th to the end of 2008. The opening celebration is on Wednesday the 12th, starting at 6 pm. And here's Bagge's design for a new Tigertail t-shirt: Also: Bagge's new pop band, the curiously named "Can You Imagine?" (pictured below) will be making its stage debut at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard this Sunday the 9th at 8pm (they currently aren't listed but Bagge assures us that they WILL be there as an opening act), and they'll also be playing…
Cartoonists on the election
Peter Bagge, Jaime Hernandez and others sound off on the election results to MTV.
Holiday Gift Guide
If you're starting to plan your holiday gift shopping, might we suggest that you could do far worse than to utilize this handy Gift Guide we've put together? Browse these categories for some quick gift ideas, with items for every interest and budget! (You can also find these links in the main menu of our site, under "Browse Shop.") • Quick Gift Ideas – A selection of great gift books for every interest • Gifts Under $20 – Affordable books that still make a big impact • Gift Sets & Special Editions – Deluxe boxed sets, value multipacks, and fancy-pants…
More signed bookplates added!
As we like to remind you, we have a great selection of books available with signed bookplates as a nifty free bonus. Well, fresh from APE, we've just added new bookplates for Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn (shown above), Most Outrageous by Bob Levin, and Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham. These signed bookplates are only available when you order direct from us! Some conditions apply; click here for more details and the complete list of books available with this FREE premium!
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #355
{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…
Preview video/slideshow: Zippy: Welcome to Dingburg
If you follow us on Flickr, you saw this preview of the upcoming new Zippy the Pinhead book Welcome to Dingburg pop up a few days ago. If you don't… here it is! Click this link if the embedded slideshow doesn't appear above, and/or to open it in a new window. (And don't forget to join us and Bill Griffith at the book launch party/exhibit opening at our bookstore on Saturday night!)
Views of APE ’08
We floated our photos and videos from APE up on Flickr a couple of days ago but haven't had a chance to point 'em out until now. Behold the slideshow below; click here if you can't see it and/or to view it in a new window, or click here to browse through at your own speed.
Does not compute / Only in comics
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Daily links: 11/5/08
Election mania (woo hoo!) means a quiet blogosphere: • The Playboy blog, tracking things monstrous, takes note of Beasts! Book 1 • More Johnny Ryan fan art
