December 7, 2010
Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked
By Tom Spurgeon
* a new classics line at Casterman
kicks off with a re-release of the Mattotti/Kramsky
Fires and
Murmur books under one cover. Those books' English-language versions don't get discussed a whole lot, but I saw
a lot of cartoonists looking at them in the mid-1990s.
* probably the big publishing news of the moment was communicated through a press release Monday that
IDW is expanding its forthcoming Alex Toth books to three books: the previously announced
Genius, Isolated to be followed by
Genius, Illustrated and
Genius, Animated. The three will then be open to slip-casing. Every delayed work should have this outcome.
* one of the great things about there being so many fantastic comics being published right now is that you can look forward to something like Wilfred Santiago's book on Roberto Clemente for what seems like the longest time and be perfectly happy waiting until it comes out. That also has to be the first Fantagraphics product with a pull-quote from an ESPN commentator on the front cover.
* it looks like Rob Kelly
is putting together a book about comics-reading.
* so apparently artist Frazer Irving's next project
will be the Xombi revival. That strikes me as an odd place for Irving to end up given how luminous his
Batman And Robin work ended up being, but there could be all sorts of things about the move I'm not getting, up to and including that's the project Irving wants to do. That announcement certainly doesn't disappoint me personally, I'm happy to follow that guy wherever he goes.
* Jared Gardner
is ending Guttergeek for a new
TCJ sister blog with various well-regarded panelists that will start in early 2011.
* the entire first chapter of the Spanish version of
Daytripper has apparently been put on-line for you to read.
* I'm told via e-mail that
Mortimer The Slug has passed its first birthday. Congratulations to Team Mortimer.
* finally, I can't imagine a better year-ender for this column (well, I might do one next week, but probably not) than to drive your eyes and attention to
the 26th issue of Mineshaft, a precious object in a world of ephemeral experiences. It will be out in January, and we'll all be better for it. That cover looks great.
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