BCGF News: Crosby, Tong, Bell
A final look at some of the wonderful books on sale tomorrow at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. As always even if you can't go, click through on some of the links...new, fresh...
BCGF: D&Q – Tomine, Nilsen
Just to wrap things up, Drawn and Quarterly has a blog post on their BCGF activities. Sadly Peggy BUrns will not be able to attend due to a lost passport (! The Terrorists have...
BCGF: Pigeon Press announces new Johnny Ryan book: New Character Parade
Pigeon Press, the new company from Alvin Buenaventura has recent books by Lisa Hanawalt amd Matt Furie available at BCBF, and the debut of a new JOhnny Ryan book:
"New Character Parade" by Johnny Ryan
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More BCGF news and comics: Cotter, Blexbolex, Juliacks etc
More news and notes from publishers and cartoonists at this Saturday's Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival. If you are not local, just check out the links for some new and different comics. We had such a fantastic outpouring of info we have ONE MORE post coming later today. It had been a blast going through all these links and finding so many new artists to follow.
BCGF: Koyama Press debuts "Spotting Deer"
Not only does Koyama Press have a spanking new website, they will also have some new books this weekend:
Koyama Press will be bringing Michael DeForge, the Wowee Zonk collective and Steven Charles Manale from...
BCGF: Secret Acres debuts Edie Fake's Gaylord Phoenix
Secret Acres presents a very amazing new book at this weekend's show:
News: Deitch, English, Little, many more at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
The response to our call for new books at this weekend's Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest was incredible and overwhelming, with new work by Kim Deitch, Jason Little, Austin English, Mark Alan Stamaty, and MANY MORE. We're still sorting through it. Consider this only part 1! Bring a full wallet.
Female farce: Benjamin Marra meets Maureen Dowd
It had to happen. Sort of. "New Action" cartoonist Benjamin Marra takes on the occasionally dizzy columnist and author of such books as Are Men Necessary? Maureen Dowd in a no holds barred action inferno:
Comic Books vs Scroobius Pip
Scroobius Pip is one half of UK indie hip hop duo dan le sac vs Scroobius Pip. Their songs tackle issues including suicide, domestic violence, and teen pregnancy with humour and intelligence lacking in...
Beard Love: An interview with Alec Longstreth about comics and facial hair
While some creators may go in for the hairless look (as cultivated by Brian K. Vaughan and Grant Morrison) in the minds of many comic book fans beards and talent seem to go together...
Indie Month-to-Month Sales September 2010
September may not have seemed to create any records for sales, but if you look more closely at the charts you’ll discover some interesting things. The bottom title on the chart (Farscape #11 from...
To Do this weekend: Comica London International Comics Festival
This weekend marks the start of the Comica London International Comics Festival. Over the next month there will be many events including talks by Charlie Adlard (THE WALKING DEAD), Ho Che Anderson (KING), and...