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Presenting your first look at the final design (from one angle) of our eagerly-anticipated Humbug collection. Image (and post title) provided by book designer Adam Grano. Read more about the Humbug project right here. (Press: higher-res image available – contact Eric Reynolds.)

Here's an advance look at Ted Stearn's existential funny-animal farce Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville, the continuing adventures of the titular stuffed bear and featherless rooster. Click this link if the embedded slideshow doesn't appear above, or to open it in a new window.

It will be a little late and is turning out to be one of the most production-heavy books possible, but it is coming…

Hey, how about a new content feature here on the ol' Fanta web homestead? We're pleased to present you proud papa Gene Deitch's introduction to Deitch's Pictorama by His Three Sons, reprinted in its entirety from the book. (And if you've missed it, here's an earlier, exclusive Gene Deitch article, with music!)

Thanks to Joe Sacco for supplying us with a fresh batch of signed bookplates exclusively for folks who order Palestine: The Special Edition and Safe Area Gorazde directly from us. We're continuing to replenish our limited quantities of these FREE premiums when and where we can. Click here for the full selection of books available with free signed bookplates. (Disclaimer: Signature plates are limited in quantity and available only while supplies last. In the event that we run out, signature plates will not be backordered. Bookplates are not available separately from their respective books and are only available to individual consumers.)

• Dash Shaw and Tony Millionaire are amongst the the official selections from which the the Festival International de la BD Angouleme main prizes will be drawn from at January's festival. That is very cool. • Joey Anuff has justified the Internet's existence. • Charles Crumb, who passed away 14 years ago, is gone but not forgotten.  • Rudy Ray Moore is not so far removed from the realm of this blog that it would be inappropriate to lament his passing here. R.I.P., R.R.M. A tip of the fur bucket to Rick Altergott and Jim Blanchard, who first introduced me to Petey Wheatstraw: The Devil's Son-In-Law. • Dennis the Menace cartoonist Marcus Hamilton is a thankful man.  • Bob Levin's blog is…

Zak Sally and Jaime Hernandez at the Rain Taxi Literary Festival a couple weekends ago. 

Ladies and gentlemen, Sid (a.k.a. "Alf" from Green Acres) Melton!  Pic by Steve Cross.