The latest batch of sketchbook comics from Anders Nilsen ranges from pure abstraction to some trenchantly funny political commentary.
Tim Lane’s blog & website
Shame On Us Dept: Tom Spurgeon scoops us on pointing out the blog and website of Abandoned Cars cartoonist Tim Lane.
Sneak peek video & photos: Baobab #3
Our daily (almost — sorry we missed yesterday) video and photo teasers of upcoming releases continue with the second of three releases in our Ignatz format due later this month: Baobab #3 by Igort. Watch the video above, and take a closer look in our photo gallery.
Blab! exhibit pics
Bill North, Senior Curator at the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, sends us this link to photos of the exhibit "BLAB! A Retrospective," featuring artwork from the past several volumes of our BLAB! anthology. The exhibit opened last week and runs through November 2, 2008.
Attention Pros: Harvey Deadline Approches
Don't forget to vote in the Harveys! Ballots due Aug. 15. UPDATE: The email address to return ballots to is a dreaded SBCglobal address that no one at Fantagraphics can email to. I guess no Harvey Awards for us this year!
Summer Sidewalk Sale – 50% Off!
To make room in our warehouse for a boatload of new arrivals, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will host a SUMMER SIDEWALK SALE this Saturday, August 9. You’ll get 50% OFF selected backlist books by your favorite Fantagraphics geniuses. These recent returns and slightly marred books will fill your dog days of August with endless amusement. This Saturday also features the August installment of the colorful Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack. This monthly art walk celebrates the creative diversity of Georgetown in an effort to generate public sentiment favoring preservation of this wonderful civic asset. More than 30 Georgetown enterprises participate,…
Blippo Bold
Please enjoy this not-comics video and take a moment to appreciate your Friendly Neighborhood Fanta Graphic Designers, Jacob Covey and Adam Grano, for beautifying America's bookshelves with their graceful designs and for keeping us safe from any Comic Sans atrocities (the Blippo Bold of Graphic Novel Design).
Zak Sally & Nate Denver at Play
The day after Zak Sally and Nate Denver played the Fantasygraphics comic book store we tried to go see the batman (stinks) movie at the imax bubble but it was sold out so then we went to Archie Mcphee's and looked at stuff. Capt. Zak! We found a photo of Xaime stapled to the wall! Nate Denver surveys the land. (Zak and I did eventually see the 12 and a half hour long batman movie and it was… uh… the best movie ever… I guess…)
Curse of the Dark Knight.
A comics-related post on the topic of curses over at Cryptomundo. Is The Dark Knight cursed? The argument isn't that strong (yet) but it's worth reading this brief rundown. I'm going to spoil Loren Coleman's final word by sharing it here, as it perfectly summarizes my own interest in BEASTS! : "From Batman to Mothman, whether or not there are curses is not important. The fact that they have become part of popular culture and that there is a dark sense that there may be such things in the modern world, in the end, may be what becomes more significant."…
Karasik & Feiffer: Martha’s Vineyard this Friday
A good week to be a comics fan kickin' it in Martha's Vineyard:
