2010 Lulu Award nominees announced
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Nominees for the 2010 Lulu Awards, recognizing “the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women” have been announced. Voting is open to the public at this link, with the voting deadline September 27th. The awards will be [...]
Continue ReadingTo Do 9/15: Carousel
R. Sikoryak's long running series of live readings of comics slideshows continues with
Continue ReadingVanessa Davis on tour
Vanessa Davis and her delightful Make Me a Woman are coming to several towns near you in the coming months:
Continue ReadingCartoon Books moves to PGW
Another tweak in the ongoing book distribution shifting: Cartoon Books, Jeff Smith's company and publisher of the 1 Volume BONE and RASL books, is moving from Diamond Book Distributors to PGW. The move affects only Cartoon Books' returnable sales -- direct sales will continue to be offered through Diamond Distribution. Recently out from cartoon Books: RASL POCKET EDITION #1, collecting issues 1-7 of the story of a dimension-jumping art thief. Good reading.
Continue ReadingSPX 10: You were awesome
Just a very quick moment to jot down a few thoughts on SPX. (My "official" report will be in PWCW tomorrow.) In short, it remains the summer camp of comics, with a bunch of people who are there for love just hanging out, talking, drawing, drinking, smiling and laughing.
Continue ReadingTrue Blood Recap: A Bloody Good Finish
Share this link on Facebook!TweetSeason 3/Episode 12: Evil Is Going On Evil might’ve been going on, but at least True Blood had it goin’ on good for the finale. It truly came back from the grave after a sloppy penultimate episode. Sure, there were some hokey happenings and some sloppy wrap ups, but, all in all, [...]
Continue ReadingNice Art: David Chelsea’s Wonder Woman of Willendorf
Via David Chelsea , his art for the annual Wonder Woman Day auction: This year’s piece of original art (or one of many others contributed by superstar cartoonists like Jamie Hernandez, David Lloyd and Roberta Gregory) can be yours. You can view the piece big here. The Wonder Woman Day silent auction will take place Sunday October 24th at Excalibur Comics in Portland. You can also bid online. Details at the Wonder Woman Day website.
Continue ReadingThese dicey days: Up, up and…gone
For everyone wondering if mainstream comics are so tired that "the general zeitgeist seems to be that mainstream comics are spent right now" maybe this is part of the reason why.
Continue ReadingThe Drawn & Quarterly sale
Drawn & Quarterly is also having a warehouse sale, with nearly all titles in stock 30-40% off. Lots of great stuff from Chester Brown to Lynda Barry to Kevin Huizenga.
Continue ReadingThe Top Shelf sale
Top Shelf has announced a big $3 sale for the next 10 days with various titles slashed and others going for as little as $3. There are some fantastic deals here -- Tom Spurgeon has posted a $100 guide -- and if you've been thinking about getting something but twiddling your thumbs, this is a great time to just do it.
Continue ReadingNice Art: DAPPER MEN pin-up by John Tyler Christopher
RETURN OF THE DAPPER MEN is a very unusual-looking graphic novel by Jim McCann and Janet Lee that comes out later this year -- Lee's wooden board collage art has been quite a conversation topic on the convention circuit this year. Prior to the book's debut, McCann has released pin-up art; here's one by illustrator John Tyler Christopher.
Continue Reading2010 Ignatz Award winners
Share this link on Facebook!TweetPresented Saturday night at the Small Press Expo, here are the 2010 Ignatz Award winners. Nominees were chosen by a panel comprised of Anders Nilsen, David Kelly, Rob G, Joshua Cotter, and Trevor Alixopoulos. Winners were voted on by SPX attendees: Outstanding Artist Eddie Campbell, Alec: The Years Have Pants (A Life-Sized Omnibus) [...]
Continue ReadingIndie Month-to-Month Sales: July 2010
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVampires beat zombies this month, as the first issue of IDW’s new series based on the True Blood TV show is the top selling “indie” comic, beating an anniversary issue of The Walking Dead. We’ve also got the first issue of Doctor Solar and a new Star Wars miniseries from Dark [...]
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A lot of you have been emailing me about the comment glitch wherein the previous commenters information is still in the commenting box, and some bogus posting has resulted. Unfortunately, I've had to disable comments until we can figure out what's going on.
Continue ReadingSPX Day 0 quick pix
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe gang is all here, and it’s awesome. Old skool comics as they are made and loved. Julia Wertz reading at SPXplosion at Atomic Books. Great store. Since last year, they also opened a section for vinyl LPs which is doing well, said owner Benn Ray. The readings were put together by [...]
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