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Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: Fantagraphics' spring catalog

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 02:56:51 +0000

Abandoned Cars Fantagraphics sent their spring catalog in the mail the other day and, good-hearted soul that I am, I thought I'd take the time to run through it and share its secrets with the rest of the Internet, as it's chock full of notable graphic novels, comic strip collections and ...

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Prison Pit: Book One

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:18:24 +0000

Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics ... found this 16 hours ago on fantagraphics.tempdomainname.com

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Q & A with Jacob Covey, Art Director Fantagraphics Books

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 17:01:16 +0000

I get excited just about every time I post an interview on The Casual Optimist (I am officially a cheap date), but it is a special thrill to post a Q & A with Jacob Covey, designer and Art Director at Fantagraphics. Partly this is because I’m grateful that in defiance of all reason, ...

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 12/2/09

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 15:18:24 +0000

§ We haven’t seen this “beautifully sad” comics Badger: Then and Now by Howard Hardiman but after reading about it on the Forbidden Planet blog we want to. § Colorist and teacher Jose Villarubia is profiled in the online bmore magazine. § The producers of Time’s ...

Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics ... found this 16 hours ago on pwbeat.publishersweekly.com

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Previewed, February 2010

Thu, 3 Dec 2009 00:15:02 +0000

Diamond’s Previews catalog for books shipping in February 2010 is out, so I’ll take you on my monthly walk-through of the comics that caught my attention. Honestly, not a whole lot grabbing me this month, which seems to be a mild theme lately. But there are still enough titles to ...

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Obscurity of the Day: Alexander

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:55:34 +0000

The George Herriman cat strip trilogy is bookended by Zoo Zoo and Krazy Kat , and today's obscurity, Alexander , occupies the middle position. The first two really have little in common with the third -- they live in worlds much farther apart than the one-letter difference between cat and ...

Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics ... found this 2 days ago on strippersguide.blogspot.com

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Review: All and Sundry

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:25:00 +0000

All and Sundry: Uncollected Work 2004-2009, by Paul Hornschemeier , 2009, Fantagraphics Books , 207 pages, $29.99 Here is an easy test to determine if you might be interested in buying this book. Are you: A graduate student writing his or her thesis on the work of Paul Hornschemeier. A ...

iloverobliefeld posted 4 days ago from iloverobliefeld.blogspot.com

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Low Moon

Wed, 2 Dec 2009 15:14:20 +0000

Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics ... found this 40 hours ago on fantagraphics.tempdomainname.com

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Todd DePastino Wins 2009 Sperber Prize for his Biography of World War II Cartoonist Bill Mauldin

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:33:17 +0000

Historian Todd DePastino received the prestigious book award for Bill Mauldin: A Life Up Front at a ceremony at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus in New York City. The biography recounts the embattled career of the Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist best remembered for his grim ...

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Hobbit Filming Delayed to Mid-Summer

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:00:00 +0000

Several reports are coming in that filming for The Hobbit will be delayed from the original estimate of March 2010 to mid-summer 2010, possibly July. The German site, moviereporter.net, reports that, as part of an interview regarding The Lovely Bones, PJ estimates filming will begin towards the ...

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Comics on the View?

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:37:00 +0000

Artist Vinnie Tartamella wrote us a line yesterday to say that the Bluewater comics biography of Barbara Walters, for which the painted the covers, was slated to be discussed on The View, this week. He thought it would be either yesterday or tomorrow. According to people close to Walters, ...

When Fangirls Attack found this 6 days ago on pwbeat.publishersweekly.com

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The clothed cartoonist in the 21st century: An interview with Dash Shaw

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:33:17 +0000

The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. There's been a number of noteworthy indie cartoonists who have come to prominence in the past 10 years, but certainly one of the most interesting and significant has got to be Dash Shaw . Having slowly garnered a bit of attention and acclaim with ...

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30% OFF 2009 releases TODAY ONLY!

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:47:49 +0000

We've got Cyber Monday fever! Today only (Monday, Nov. 30, 2009), all of our currently-available and pre-orderable 2009 releases (with a few exceptions) are marked down 30%! That's a fantastic deal on over 75 items, including but not limited to: deluxe box sets like Humbug and Gahan Wilson ; ...

Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering ... found this 3 days ago on fantagraphics.com

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Desert Island Comics

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:33:46 +0000

As you may have heard, the HU bloggers are taking a break this Thanksgiving week. I will be heading off to Indonesia myself so it seemed "appropriate" to bring up the subject of desert island comics (see here for Shaenon K. Garrity's survey of various industry professionals on the same ...

Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics ... found this 8 days ago on hoodedutilitarian.blogspot.com

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And Now the News: The Gigantic Robot is Revealed

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:58:00 +0000

Hunt at World's End The third installment in Hard Case's pulp-style adventure series is out. Here's their description of it: Three jewels, lost for centuries and scattered across the globe, hold the secret to a device of unspeakable power, and only Gabriel Hunt can prevent them from falling ...

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Don't Ask! Just Buy It! - November 25: Sinners, Russians, Powers and Ganges

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Savage Critic and "Reading Comics" author Douglas Wolk runs down the hottest comics and graphic novels coming out this week, using this helpful key: KEY * Military types in trouble ^ Holy consumption ¥ Howling at the moon † "It felt, ... Read more Permalink | ...

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The end of history: An interview with Larry Gonick

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:13:22 +0000

The Cartoon History of the Modern World Vol. 2 For the past 30 or so years, Larry Gonick has been engaged in what has to easily be one of the most ambitious comics projects ever: The Cartoon History of the Universe . In four volumes (including Vol. 1 of The Cartoon History of the Modern ...

Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics ... found this 10 days ago on robot6.comicbookresources.com

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