Jeremy Eaton is selling two dozen gouache drawings (including those seen above) in a one-night only studio show/sale, Sept. 13, 6-9 p.m. The same work will be available online at the same time (go to Comic Book Collective), but those in attendance at the opening get a special "locals only" price. His studio is at 521 NW 43rd St., Seattle, WA 98107 (north side storefront of the big blue building at the junction of 6th Ave. NW & 43rd, just across from Hale's Brewery, on Leary Ave.). Seattlites best know Eaton as the illustrator of The Stranger's I Love Television column, as…
Rebel Visions Sept. 17th in Philly
Patrick Rosenkranz, comix historian and the author of the comprehensive tome Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975, will give a lecture about R. Crumb's work and the trangressive movement that it helped define, at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia next Wednesday, Sept. 17. The lecture is in conjunction with "R. Crumb's Underground," which opened last Friday and continues through Dec. 7 at the Institute of Contemporary Art (118 South 36th Street, Philadelphia) after previous stints in Seattle and California. Rosenkranz will also appear at Robin's Bookstore in Center City at noon on Sept. 17th.
This book…
… is gonna knock baseball fans' socks off. Some of the most crackling baseball action in comics I've ever seen (and there's more than you'd think).
Dash Shaw on Inkstuds.
You know the show, you know Dash. Listen, already! (Image from Bodyworld.)
Just Overheard in the Office
Eric Reynolds: I wouldn't want to be attacked by a werewolf.
Fresh stock: Kafka by Crumb & Mairowitz
We've got a new printing of this perennial favorite book in stock now. Read more info and order here; click here for a preview look.
Rory Hayes discussed.
Dan Nadel talks to Van Jensen about the work of Rory Hayes.
Humbug update
Prompted by a recent customer query, here's a quick status update on our Humbug collection: it's still a bit delayed due to our painstaking production process, and is now looking like a late December/early January release. I've eavesdropped on many production discussions and I can tell you that there is incredible attention to detail going into this project. (If you missed it earlier, you can get a glimpse at the process right here.) It will absolutely be worth the wait!
L&R New Stories 1: A hack review.
This is an old post I'm just getting to: "Having just approved the proofs for printing the brand new Love and Rockets Volume Three I can't help but post about HOW FUCKING AMAZING these New Stories are. Absolutely mind-blowing on the part of both Gilbert and Jaime. "EVERY SINGLE PANEL of Jaime's work is ridiculously well-rendered. Like a mural you'd stare at for days and yet each one is cast aside as simply a panel in another story he's done. And even more amazing is how he's pulled off telling a perfect Superhero story– the thing I wish I got…
Noel Troll. A short review.
The minicomics of artist Noel Friebert, aka Noel Troll, are mysterious vignettes that can go from two characters engaged in fisticuffs to two characters engaged in a kind of moist sex without a moment's notice. It's decidedly jarring, visceral stuff but I love that it always feels very personal even when I don't know what the hell is going on. I keep his silkscreened book (object) Troggy the Little Brother on my desk to revisit over and over just to take in the whole elaborate package. Simultaneously loose and meticulous, it's an impressive art book made from a single, well-folded…
