Breaking news of five months ago: Buenaventura Press closes

Over at Blog Flume, Alvin Buenaventura announced that his much admired Buenaventura Press -- publisher of such seminal works as KRAMERS ERGOT #7, FIGHT OR RUN, and THE COMPLETE JACK SURVIVES -- was forced to close its doors in January, due to a single devastating financial blow. Buenaventura wrote:

TCAF Dreaming!

Well, as you all undoubtedly know, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival is ginning up right this minute in BEAUTIFUL Toronto, the show of the year for art, literary, and indie comics, and those of us who aren’t going are quietly crying and drinking a bottle of Château Cheval Blanc down at the KFC. You can see [...]

Iwaoka’s SATURN APARTMENTS debuts

Another intriguing looking Viz Signature manga is coming via their partnership with IKKI Magazine, Hisae Iwaoka’s SATURN APARTMENTS. According to the blurb: Far in the future, humankind has evacuated Earth in order to preserve it. Humans now reside in a gigantic structure that forms a ring around the earth, 35,000 kilometers up in the sky. The [...]

Charles Burns’ X’ed OUT

One of the hottest promos at MoCCA was the Pantheon flyer for this fall’s new Charles Burns GN, X’ed OUT, and we’ve sneakily scanned it in to give you a sneak peak. The cover is a direct homage to this famed Tintin tale: A theme echoed in the interior. (Click for larger version.) X’ed OUT comes out on [...]

An interview with Dylan Williams

Dylan Williams is the founder of Sparkplug Comic Books, art film/used bookstore owner , and guy behind the scenes in many of Portland's comic and independent press events. A few months back, I sent Dylan some questions for an article on Diamond for PW Comics, expecting a few short answers, and when I got his responses, I wanted to print them all.

MoCCA poster and guests revealed

Dash Shaw has posted his poster and program guide cover for this year’s MoCCA, which is in only a couple of months…yeep! While the type is tiny, the poster reveals the names of this year’s guest list: Bill Ayers — yes, THAT Bill Ayers — he has a new graphic novel out. Gabrielle Bell Kim Deitch Emily Flake Tom Hart Jaime [...]

American Elf Volume Four cover