NPR: Adrian Tomine's 'The Donger and Me'

0 Comments POSTED ON Mar 25 2008 AT 2:43 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet In more NPR comics news, they present Adrian Tomine’s ‘The Donger and Me’, an examination of the character from John Hughes lovably racist Sixteen Candles.

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D&Q: Breakin

0 Comments POSTED ON Mar 20 2008 AT 8:04 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet free creator ringtone The approval by EASA has finally put to rest that GSM phones on certified aircraft types are safe. ringtones firefighter There are over five hundred million active ringtones firefighter accounts in China, as of 2007, but ringtones firefighter penetration rate there still stands below 50%. islamic ringtones Trains, particularly [...]

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Interview round-up

0 Comments POSTED ON Mar 12 2008 AT 10:50 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ ICv2 has a two-par interview with First Second’s Mark Siegel: What were your big hits for the second half of 2007 through the holiday season? Laika and Robot Dreams have had all sorts of interesting things happen for them (Laika is Nick Abadzis and Robot Dreams is Sara Varon). It’s a delightful [...]

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Week in Review: Dupuy, Berberian, Friedman, Hayes

0 Comments POSTED ON Mar 09 2008 AT 12:18 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We’re a little bit recovered from the week’s dizzying array of New York-cenetered events. Wednesday was Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian at Housing Works, moderated by Matt Madden. You can read Madden’s report here. Also recap by Kiel Phegley. We arrived a little latish (but still well before 7:00) and the [...]

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Dupuy & Berberian in NYC

0 Comments POSTED ON Mar 05 2008 AT 12:44 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Fresh off their Gran Prix win at Angouleme, the legendary duo of Dupuy and Berberian come to America. Related: a preview of Dupuy’s Haunted at Vulture. Also, Matt Madden previews tonight’s event. Words Without Borders and Housing Works Presents Tales from the Global Village, Part 3: Straight out of Angoulême Dupuy & Berberian Wednesday, March 5th Housing [...]

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To Do Tonight, Cambridge, MA: ADrian Tomine

1 Comment POSTED ON Feb 28 2008 AT 2:26 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Thursday night, Adrian’s at the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, sponsored by the Harvard Bookstore. Last night, he addressed a SRO crowd at the Librairie Drawn and Quarterly. It was the first time I had seen Adrian’s slide show for Shortcomings. All I can say is, do not miss this slide show. [...]

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To Do To-nite: Tomine in Montreal

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 26 2008 AT 12:29 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet At The D&Q Librarie.

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Cartooner mom echoes blogger

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 21 2008 AT 2:05 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Vanessa Davis talks to her mom at the D&Q website. Say, maybe these autobio comics ARE the best form of storytelling!

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Stars of '08: Lynda Barry

0 Comments POSTED ON Feb 08 2008 AT 8:09 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Of all the events of the coming year, nothing excites us more than the return of Lynda Barry. Surely on the shortlist of the best writers ever in the comics format, Barry has created a body of work unparalleled for its subtlety and perception of the doubts and triumphs of [...]

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Tomine on Fresh Air

0 Comments POSTED ON Jan 31 2008 AT 8:06 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetIs there no end to the cartoonists invading the airwaves this week? Now Adrian Tomine will be appearing on NPR’s Fresh Air today. D&Q’s Peggy Burns also reminds us that Tomine is going on a mini tour at the end of this month: 2/26 — D+Q Librairie, Montreal 2/28 — Brattle Theater, [...]

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Tomine in the Times

3 Comments POSTED ON Jan 14 2008 AT 8:06 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Yesterday’s NY Times magazine cover by Adrian Tomine. Link via the D&Q blog.

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Lavender Diamond at D&Q store

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To do Saturday 12/8 — Adrian Tomine!

0 Comments POSTED ON Dec 07 2007 AT 2:01 pm BY Beat

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Tomine: Cover Boy

0 Comments POSTED ON Nov 15 2007 AT 8:07 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Adrian Tomine has drawn his share of magazine covers in his day, but it appears that it’s his MUG that adorns the latest issue of LA City Beat. Within lies a profile as his SHOERTCOMINGS tour winds up: “Even since I was a teenager doing these little mini-comics out of my parents’ [...]

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Classic Comic Strips Month

0 Comments POSTED ON Nov 02 2007 AT 8:09 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetWe totally missed the announcement, but luckily Johanna caught it! In an historic example of détente, Fantagraphics, D&Q, Checker and IDW are teaming up! For Classic Comic Strips month, and an oversized promotional sampler: This full-color 11″ x 17″ tabloid is a spectacular showcase of some of the finest comics art [...]

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