The current issue of Spanish satirical mag El Jueves comes with a free roll of toilet paper, pictured here. I miss American satirical magazines.
Pham & Rege at Family this SUN.!
NYT: Palin’ around with cartoonists
David Levine and Drew Friedman keep company with Tina Fey in this New York Times article on the power of political satire.
Rauschenberg Erases de Kooning
"I want it to be something I'll miss." Thank you Of Uncool.
Monday interviews of note
Comics Reporter talks to Man of Rock author Bill Schelly. Poketo talks to Sublife creator John Pham.
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #333
{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…
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Portrait of the Offices
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Cosmocopia sights & sounds
Above, Paul DiFilippo and Jim Woodring pose with their new collaborative book/objet d'art Cosmocopia (from our fine friends at Payseur & Schmidt) at the release party and exhibit opening at our Seattle bookstore on Saturday night. Click here for lots more photos. Below, DiFilippo reads an excerpt from the book (video link): A couple more photos:
Blogosphere roundup for 10/10/08
Stuff about our books from around the web… pay close attention, there's some publishing news sprinkled in here: • The Globe and Mail looks at various graphic novels including Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw • The Star Clipper Blog reviews Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham • Spanish site Tinta Digital looks at King by Ho Che Anderson (Google translation) • Lady, That's My Skull examines Ghost World: Special Edition by Daniel Clowes; Plastic Scene also gives it a look • Hero Spy chooses Sergio Ponchione's Grotesque as its first-ever Featured Comic • Comics' By Products praises Usagi Yojimbo Book…
