Lehmann art for sale

FantaBlog | June 11, 2008

Matthias Lehmann (HWY. 115) is having a Spring Sale of original art. Even if you're too broke to buy any, go check it out because it's awful purty — Matthias is one of the few remaining practitioners of the ancient and crazy-making art of scratchboard, and he ups the ante by handcoloring it on top of that. And if you do want to buy some, don't worry, Matthias speaks and writes excellent English. One Euro is about a buck and a half these days. Buy them before it's two dollars!

Now in stock: The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8

FantaBlog | June 11, 2008

The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8 By Thomas Ott Swiss horror master Thomas Ott returns with the first full-length graphic novel of his career. When clearing up the cell of a prisoner who has been sentenced to death and subsequently executed, a prison guard finds a small piece of paper with a combination of numbers on it. On the spur of the moment, he puts it into his pocket. As the guard lives a solitary, monotonous life, the numbers on the paper awake his curiosity. To find out their hidden meaning could add a new meaning to his life as well, so the…

Marvel Team-Up: Clooney & Eaton

FantaBlog | June 11, 2008

  Jeremy Eaton wants to pitch George Clooney on a biopic about the Marvel Bullpen. George, have your people call me, I'll set up the meeting. Meanwhile, Eaton's "Criminals of the Art World" series of paintings are rather brilliant, aren't they? 

PW talks Mauldin

FantaBlog | June 10, 2008

Publishers Weekly interviews Todd DePastino about WILLIE & JOE: THE WWII YEARS by Bill Mauldin, perhaps the most extravagant package in our 32-year history of publishing.

Stay tuned for MoCCA Festival wrap-up

FantaBlog | June 10, 2008

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table at the 2008 MoCCA Art Festival this past weekend! Great turnout, incredible guests, an intense early-summer NYC heat wave, and a couple of visits from emergency service personnel made it a memorable show! Once I'm caught up with business here, I'll write up a full run-down with photos and a bit of video; in the meantime, you can spend a few seconds looking over some real-time text updates I sent to our Twitter page during the show..