Our wonderful printer of the Popeye series, Print Vision, just sent me this photo of our 3rd volume to confirm that the diecut aligns correctly. This should be in stores in November. Thank you Fantagraphics for letting me use such a ridiculous sequence on the Wimpy cover. (Next year: Sea Hag/Goon.)
Robert Williams Wears Vans
Certainly the first major national ad campaign to throw around phrases like "But sometimes polyps develop on the colon of mankind." Look for a new Robert Williams book from Fantagraphics in the fall of 2009.
The Office
Our own Eric Reynolds recently posted some nice photos of our glamorous office on his Flickr page. Behold! (Above: our library.)
Weissman’s Le Sketch
Go here for details.
Joe Cool
Me on Halloween circa 1986 at the comic book store I worked at in Fountain Valley, CA. Because nothing screams cool like trying to look like a badass in front of a wall of X-Men back issues and a Hulk poster.
Now in stock: Castle Waiting Vol. II #12
Castle Waiting Vol. II #12 By Linda Medley This is the long-awaited special all-bowling issue, as Henry, Dayne, Chess, Tolly, Peace and Simon wage an all-out ninepin war… and it turns out one of them has heretofore unsuspected bowling skills! Like all good sports competitions it's a high-stakes battle to the very last frame. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, Dinah and Jain pull out more and more dresses from the bottomless trunk and use a not-terribly-resistant Rackham to model them. All this, plus conjectures about what the heck's going on with the mysterious, elusive, and somewhat sinister Dr. Fell. 24-page…
Jason: Low Moon Collected
Coming next year, fans of Jason will be excited to hear that this book collects several new stories besides the New York Times Magazine serial, "Low Moon."
Can anyone explain this?
I want to help Gary win $15,000 dollars.
Inspiration.
Popeye.
Blogosphere roundup for 9/19/08
This week's book buzz from blogs and beyond: • The Forager Blog takes a concise look at You Can't Get There from Here by Jason (via Sean T. Collins) • Jan Stephens looks at Tales Designed to Thrizzle by Michael Kupperman • ComicList reviews Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell; also, Four Realities reprints Dave Sim's review of the book from Ditkomania • Bust is "so beyond excited" for the release of Ghost World: Special Edition by Dan Clowes; Brazilian blog Suburbana plugs the book in Portugese • Sean T. Collins on Jason's Pocket Full…
