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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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…
Inkstuds: Tim Lane
The Inkstuds podcast updated yesterday with a new interview with Abandoned Cars creator Tim Lane — go listen.
Chocolate Cheeks for 10/10/08 and a webcomics announcement
Time for the twelfth 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: Oh Elzie Crisler, so cute and yet so bad! And guess what? You no longer have to be registered and logged in to read our webcomics (though we still encourage you to sign up)! We've decided that we want to share the fun with everyone. Why now? Because starting Monday we'll be bringing you (drum roll)… …daily (Mon.-Fri.) installments of Rocky, the hilarious smash-hit Swedish comic strip by…
“The Day We Shot My Car” by Michael Dougan
(Click image to open larger version in a new window) More by Michael Dougan (click covers for complete product details): {product_snapshot:id=1341,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=1355,true,false,true,left}
Italian Masters of Comic Art opens tomorrow in Brooklyn
This exhibit opens tomorrow evening at 6PM at scott eder gallery in Brooklyn and includes work by a slew of Ignatz Series fumettisti including series founder/co-publisher Igort (Baobab), Marco Corona (Reflections), Gabriella Giandelli (Interiorae), Gipi (Wish You Were Here), and Lorenzo Mattotti (Chimera) along with other greats. More info and online preview right here. Another must-see!
