Henry Rollins responds to the Henry and Glenn Forever comic
Tom Neely's HENRY AND GLENN FOREVER comic is a classic mini that envisions two punk icons -- Black Flag's Henry Rollins (once of Black Flag) and Glenn Danzig (once in the Misfits) -- as a gay couple with sitcom problems -- dealing with jealousy, having Hall and Oates over for dinner. Imagine a punk METALOCALYPSE you can put in your pocket. Danzig -- a notoriously feisty scrapper who's been known to pop people in the snoot and once was a credible choice to play Wolverine -- is no stranger to comics. He once ran his own Verotik line and was a pioneer of the comics Nerdlebrity. However, his reaction to the comic has been crabby ranting. Now Rollins, who is also a published poet and photographer, has gone on the record with his own response, in a video interview with Narduwar the Serviette. The bit begins at about 6:18.
Continue ReadingHaspiel donates minicomics to Library of Congress
Some people just talk about the dream -- Dean Haspiel is living it. Not only is he a cartoonist with a following, the fashion-forward originator of a whole shirtless artist look and an Emmy-winner: now he's managed to get rid of all his old junk donate his "massive hoard" of minicomics to the Library of Congress. A few months ago it was announced that the Library of Congress is now starting an SPX collection which will assemble comics from SPX exhibitors but also items they donate. The LoC is wary of having tons of other people's weird old crap dumped on them; however, the minicomics collection is just the kind of essential folk art that the LoC was created to preserve. We were totally joking about this collection being a lot of junk above, BTW. Dean is a fanatical collector (like a lot of us) but he keeps his stuff NEAT. Ignatz coordinator Eden Miller writes more about the collection:
Continue ReadingBox Brown’s THE GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT now available
An anthology of Box Brown's much lauded EVERYTHING DIES mini-comic and webcomic is now available. Winner of two Ignatz Awards, EVERYTHING DIES deals with various historical and religious takes on the end of the world, second comings, death, and other eschatological matters. This Lulu-produced collection includes selections from both versions of the strip. Brown's THE SURVIVALIST is also available for pre-order and will be at BCGF this Saturday.
Continue ReadingMaisie Kukoc Award goes to Damian Jay
The Maisie Kukoc Award, presented to a mini-comic of merit as part of the Stumptown Festival, was given to Damian Jay for The Natural World #3-4
Continue Reading2011 MoCCA Debuts
Better late than never, new stuff by Austin English, Chuck Forsman, Rina Piccolo, and dozens more!!!!
Continue ReadingS.P.A.C.E. 2011: The Jam Show
by Brady Russell S.P.A.C.E. is the Midwest's answer to the Small Press Expo, founded twelve years ago by Bob Corby, as a show that comics creators without a huge following could afford to go to. I've known about it for a long time and always wanted to go. After attending SPX myself for the first time in 1999, I came home and started Googling creators I had met, and I think it was searching for Suzanne Baumann that I found out about S.P.A.C.E. for the first time. The photos made the show look much smaller, much simpler than SPX, which even ten years ago, at the original location, was a pretty crowded scene.
Continue Reading2010 SPACE prizes announced
The SPACE Prize, given to the best publications presented at the SPACE indie comics show held yearly in Columbus, OH., have just been announced, and they are:
Continue ReadingSCOOP: Dawson’s Troop 142 lands at Secret Acres
Mike Dawson's award winning Troop 142 webcomic/mini-comic has found a paper home -- Secret Acres will publish the collected edition next fall, just in time for SPX. Following a fateful scout camping trip in the mid=90s, it's a sharply observed story of men and boys and what makes them men and boys. Dawson has been working on the story for over a year, with both a web version and a printed mini comics version.
Continue ReadingWhen mini-comics were maxi
As SPX '10 thoughts still swirl in the indie community, Frank Santoro looks back and swirls about why mini-comics no longer feel fresh to him:
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PREVIEW: Jim Rugg’s RAMBO 3.5
Jim Rugg writes to tell us he'll be debuting a new mini comic at SPACE tomorrow, and -- as befits one of our most POPULAR categories here on The Beat -- gave us an exclusive peek:
Continue ReadingAn 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.
Continue ReadingHeroesCon: Low Key Comics Party
Share this link on Facebook!TweetLow Key Comics will be premiering Snug Comics #1 at their rock show/party party Saturday at heroes Con: Details below but more info here. Low Key Comics presents: Snug Comics featuring Calabi Yau, Young Tom Fury, Battle Beasts, and the Lights, Fluorescent Saturday, June 21st 9PM Snug Harbor 1228 Gordon St. Charlotte, NC 28205 www.snugrock.com 18+ $7 – 21+ [...]
Continue ReadingTrees and Hills hit the roads
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDan Barlow sends word of a spring tour for this New England cartoon collective–frankly we didn’t know there were two conventions in New Hampshire alone! The Trees & Hills comics group will celebrate the end of a long winter this year by hitting the road for a spring tour. The 2008 SPRING THAW [...]
Continue ReadingMaisie Kukoc award voting opens
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia the email: The Maisie Kukoc Award for Comics Inspiration rewards a self-publisher of small-press, hand-made comics (sometimes called “mini-comics”), on the basis of merit and financial need. The 2008 Kukoc will be awarded at Guapo Comics and Coffee on April 24th, 2008, to coincide with the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, [...]
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