Kate Beaton goes to D&Q
The big news of the day: D&Q has picked up Kate Beaton and will publish her next collection, HARK! A VAGRANT.
Beaton's current print outlet is the Topatoco edition of Never Learn Anything from History, which, every time we've seen Beaton at a show -- is sold out. Grrrrrr. It isn't clear from the PR if this is a new edition of that material or all new but the word "next" suggests the latter.
Nice art: Victor Kerlow
The art of Victor Kerlow has been featured in The New Yorker, the NY Times, and many other outlets. His website contains not only his lovely illos but many of his comics, which are also collected in Small Victories, a volume he was kind enough to send us a review copy of. While the art is immediately stunning, stories of danger in toilets, lumberjack exploits and other mysteries makes for a fine assemblage of comics.
Merry Christmas: The Year Kenny Loggins Ruined Christmas
2010 was really the year of Allie Brosh whose blog/comic Hyperbole and a Half garnered a huge readership this year. Rather in the vein...
Chitter chatter: The ComixTalk 2010 Roundtable
Very knowledgeable webcomics folk Xaviar Xerexes, Brigid Alverson, Larry Cruz, Lauren Davis, Brian Heater, Rick Marshall, Gary Tyrrell and, inexplicably, The Beat gather together to look at the present and future of the digital comics medium. Pairs well with Comics Alliance's Digital December in which they talk to comics publisher digital czars for a nice state of the union.
Nice Art: Hard Apple concept art
Over at tropical toxic, the blog of artist twins Asaf and Tomer Hanuka, they share some concept art for an animated version of HARD APPLE, a crime series based on the work of Jerome Charyn.
Webcomic alert: The Magic Pen
Have you checked out Dylan Horrocks' online comic THE MAGIC PEN lately? You should.
Con Report: New England Webcomics Weekend
Photos and text by Jen Vaughn
The New England Webcomics Weekend was like no other convention I have attended in all my (two) years of...
John Allison's UK Indie Comics Manifesto
Bad Machinery and Scary Go Round creator John Allison has just returned from attending some comics events in the USA and he's written a...
Webcomic watch: OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS
Folks around the net are linking to the webcomic OUR VALUED CUSTOMERS by Mr. Tim.
This site depicts REAL things said to me (or at least near me) by customers in the comic book shop that I work in. These are real people. This is what they look like and this is something that they actually said.Obviously, Mr. Tim is made of stern stuff.
To Read: Uncle Bob And The Frankenstein Monster
Daryl Cunninghamis best known for his scientific debunking stories -- a collection of which has been published in the UK by Blank Slate -- but he also does stuff likeUncle Bob And The Frankenstein Monster.
A US edition of Psychiatric Tales: Eleven Graphic Stories About Mental Illness
is coming out in February from Bloomsbury in the US.












