Tatsumi on Spillane
Oddly enough, an LA Times profile of manga pioneer Yoshihiro Tatsumi and Adrian Tomine touches on the late Mickey Spillane's wide-ranging influence:
Tatsumi's work, appropriately,...
Kevin Smith on girl nerds
And speaking of Smithhere's what he had to say about Rosario Dawson:
Q: Rosario is kind of a sci-fi nerd, right?
KS: It’s cool because a...
Must reading: Kevin Smith
If nerd-as-underdog culture has an icon, it's probably director Kevin Smith, a common man made good at the pinnacle of Hollywood, aka sleeing over...
History of Filipino comics video
http://www.youtube.com/v/9HbFeJl1OUE
A surprisingly touching tribute to 120 years of cartoonists in the Philippines. Did they all go to the same eyeglass shop or what?
SDCC: The BLVD ( #1701 )
The BLVD art collective (John Paul Leon, Sean Chen, Trevor Goring, Tommy Lee Edwards, and Bernard Chang) will be releasing the SECOND BLVD sketchbook...
SDCC: Vanguard (#1706)
Appearances by the legendary Steranko, Basil Gogos John Romita Sr. and more highlight the Vanguard schedule, along with the premiere of 3 new calendars....
Moore, Lee, Braque, Picasso
Marcela Valdes has a good piece in WaPo's Book Notes section nicely tying together LOST GIRLS and the Gordon Lee case:
Alan Moore better be...
2006 Doug Wright award nominees
The nominations for the 2006 Doug Wright Awrads have been announced, celebrating the best in Canadian cartooning, and it's a diverse, high quality list:
BEST...
Man of Action BLOGS!
While the Man of Action collective has been storming the castle with BEN 10, their hit CN toon, Messrs. Seagle, Casey, Kelly and Rouleau...
SDCC: How to park, take trolley at Comic-con
The Comic-Con website hs handy hints on how to park at Comic-con, ans a guide to taking the trolley:
Parking can be one of the...
To do tonight, 7/13 Minneapolis: McCloud lecture
Scott McCloud delivers a free lecture at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) tonight:
Scott McCloud lecture When: July 13, 7 p.m.Where: Auditorium...
Vancouver cartoonists in the news
The Vancouver Westender looks at the local underground scene, including Drippytown, with an art exhibit, and a cover feature.
Hey Folks, Guess What? Comics...
