May 24, 2018
Go, Read: Douglas Noble Thread On Forgotten Anthologies
posted 1:30 am PST |
Permalink
The Never-Ending, Four-Color Festival: Shows And Events
By Tom Spurgeon
* a lot of the anticipatory chatter I hear is for Heroes Con, with some joy expressed over an appearance by
Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez. One of the all-time great drawers at the premier drawing-culture show makes a lot of sense.
*
VanCAF sounds like it was a good time. A lot of creators take the extra time to tell me they like that show, which is a blessing for the communities in Portland, Seattle and Vancouver itself. That was a hell of a special guest list.
* lots of cosplay at veteran show
Motor City. The article claims tens of thousands in attendance.
* finally: Comic Con Palm Springs
has bought a young, regional animation festival. I can personally attest that's a model that can work. Palm Springs' relative isolation might work against it, although it would definitely have the hotel infrastructure necessary to grow.
posted 1:25 am PST |
Permalink
If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
posted 1:20 am PST |
Permalink
Forthcoming Comics-Related Events, Through June 2018
*****
May 25
*
If I Were In Montreal, I'd Go To This (FBDM)
*
If I Were Near Riga, I'd Go To This (RZF)
*
If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This
May 26
*
If I Were In Montreal, I'd Go To This (FBDM)
*
If I Were Near Riga, I'd Go To This (RZF)
*
If I Were In Stoke-On-Trent, I'd Go To This
May 27
*
If I Were In Montreal, I'd Go To This (FBDM)
*
If I Were In Pasadena, I'd Go To This (LAZF)
*
If I Were Near Riga, I'd Go To This (RZF)
May 31
*
If I Were Near Erlangen, I'd Go To This
*****
June 1
*
If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
*
If I Were Near Erlangen, I'd Go To This
*
If I Were Near The Computer At 5 PM EST, I'd Watch This
June 2
*
If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (CAKE)
*
If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
*
If I Were Near Erlangen, I'd Go To This
*
If I Were In Carrara, I'd Go To This
June 3
*
If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This (CAKE)
*
If I Were In Chicago, I'd Go To This
*
If I Were Near Erlangen, I'd Go To This
June 4
*
If I Were In Columbus, I'd Go To This
June 6
*
If I Were In SF, I'd Go To This
June 9
*
If I Were Near Crouch's End, I'd Go To This (CECAF)
June 15
*
If I Were In Charlotte, I'd Go To This (Heroes Con)
*
If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (Denver Comic Con)
June 16
*
If I Were In Charlotte, I'd Go To This (Heroes Con)
*
If I Were Ann Arbor, I'd Go To This (Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival)
*
If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (Denver Comic Con)
June 17
*
If I Were In Charlotte, I'd Go To This (Heroes Con)
*
If I Were Ann Arbor, I'd Go To This (Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival)
*
If I Were In Denver, I'd Go To This (Denver Comic Con)
June 21
*
If I Were In New Orleans, I'd Go To This (ALA Annual Meeting)
June 22
*
If I Were In New Orleans, I'd Go To This (ALA Annual Meeting)
*
If I Were In Sacramento, I'd Go To This (Fandemic)
June 23
*
If I Were In New Orleans, I'd Go To This (ALA Annual Meeting)
*
If I Were In Detroit, I'd Go To This
*
If I Were In Sacramento, I'd Go To This (Fandemic)
June 24
*
If I Were In New Orleans, I'd Go To This (ALA Annual Meeting)
*
If I Were In Sacramento, I'd Go To This (Fandemic)
June 25
*
If I Were In New Orleans, I'd Go To This (ALA Annual Meeting)
June 26
*
If I Were In New Orleans, I'd Go To This (ALA Annual Meeting)
June 30
*
If I Were In Las Vegas, I'd Go To This
*****
Events For July 2018 Onward Listed Here
*****
*****
*****
posted 1:15 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: An Oil Pipeline in Louisiana is Making a Bad Situation Much Worse
posted 1:10 am PST |
Permalink
Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* Charles Hatfield on
Be Prepared.
* otbp: I think this link takes you to
a limited edition catalog for an imminent Jesse Jacobs exhibit. Jacobs is right there.
* either I forgot to post
this link to Steve Lieber's advice on providing critiques to younger comics-makers, or you're getting it again. Either way is just fine with me.
* finally:
Dean Haspiel tells the secret origin of Thorgood, his co-creation with Wyatt Cenac.
posted 1:05 am PST |
Permalink
Happy 70th Birthday, Alan Zelenetz!
posted 1:00 am PST |
Permalink
Happy 58th Birthday, Wimbledon Green!
posted 1:00 am PST |
Permalink
May 23, 2018
Go, Look: A Visit To The Only Cafe Around
posted 1:30 am PST |
Permalink
This Isn't A Library: New, Notable Releases Into Comics' Direct Market
*****
Here are the books that make an impression on me staring at this week's no-doubt largely accurate list of books shipping from Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. to comic book and hobby shops across North America.
I might not buy all of the works listed here. I might not buy any. You never know. I'd sure look at the following, though.
*****
MAR181872 COMMUNIST MANIFESTO SC GN $19.99
I have a significant level of curiosity about this book, which friends of mine have seen in various stages of production. It's certainly an interesting match of cartoonist and subject matter, an there's an underlying no-fucks quality to all the top UK newspaper cartoonists that might be intriguing to see in play.
FEB180483 COIN OP COMICS ANTHOLOGY HC 1997-2017 $29.99
This is the book of this week that feels absolutely out of left field, a collection of Peter and Maria Hoey, stretching back to the BLAB! days. I'm game, and am grateful for its existence beyond my personal interest.
JAN181333 MOUSE GUARD HC VOL 03 BLACK AXE B&W ED $99.99
I'm not sure where this fits in with the various printings of
Mouse Guard out there, but I'm happy to see different variations of the work put out into the market. I will always think that these comics are a bit undervalued in their marketplace and one path out of that position is working in as many formats as can be sold..
MAR181255 LUMBERJANES #50 $4.99
MAR180843 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #600 BLANK VAR LEG $5.99
MAR180042 INCOGNEGRO RENAISSANCE #4 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
MAR188485 TERRIFICS #1 2ND PTG $2.99
MAR180641 BEEF #4 (OF 5) (MR) $3.99
MAR180786 BLACK PANTHER #1 $4.99
Weird comic book week, at least from my perspective. The first two I included because the issue numbers were relatively high. The third I've listed because I forgot about the serialization of this series am pretty sure I'm not the only one. Haven't seen a lot of the artist-focuse series that DC announced recently get additional printing attention, although I'll admit that's the first think I look for. I'm enjoying this new Shaky Kane book although probably a little bit less than some of these.
Black Panther I assume will be a cornerstone of Marvel's soft reboot, but I'm hearing so little about those efforts I wonder to what effect.
MAR181862 WINNER GN $18.00
This is Karl Stevens' effort from the Retrofit crowd-funder, and probably the most affecting thing he's done. There's a slight scatter of narratives here, as befits a book about making choices between media: the media used often make Stevens' choice for him, and that may become as he gets older and factors other than a desire to do a certain kind of work may weigh in with a vote. It's perhaps the best book on third-step ennui from any modern cartoonist, with so much of what Stevens feels coming out in the drawings themselves.
FEB180484 JOHNNY BOO HC VOL 08 $9.99
Volume eight! James Kochalka is almost too prolific for the bookstore-market era.
NOV178660 MIKE ALLRED ARTIST SELECT HC $125.00
I don't know that I've looked at a lot of Mike Allred separate from more direct narrative demands, and it might be an excellent way to enjoy that work.
MAR181861 TROUBLEMAKERS (MR) $20.00
I don't know much about Baron Yoshimoto but the quality of the drawing makes me feel that I've missed out.
JAN181661 LOVE & ROCKETS MAGAZINE #5 $4.99
Here's the one that will actually get me into the store this week. Jaime stepped back from his issues #1-3 narrative for an issue, so I'm stuck wondering what's next. That's a great place to be 30-plus years in with an author.
*****
The full list of this week's releases, including some titles with multiple cover variations and a long, impressive list of toys and other stuff that isn't comics,
can be found here. Despite this official list there's no guarantee a comic will show up in the stores as promised, or in all of the stores as opposed to just a few. Also, stores choose what they carry and don't carry so your shop may not carry a specific publication. There are a lot of comics out there.
To find your local comic book store,
check this list; and for one I can personally recommend because I've shopped there, albeit a while back,
try this.
The above titles are listed with their Diamond order code in the first field, which may assist you in finding comics at your shop or having them order something for you they don't have in-stock. Ordering through a direct market shop can be a frustrating experience, so if you have a direct line to something -- you know another shop has it, you know a bookstore has it -- I'd urge you to consider all of your options.
If I failed to list your comic, that's because I hate you.
*****
*****
*****
posted 1:25 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: Evan Matthew Cohen Comics
posted 1:20 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: Collaboration
posted 1:10 am PST |
Permalink
Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* Rob Kirby on
XTC69. Scott Vanderploeg on
The Art Of The Simon And Kirby Studio.
* the "Who's Alan Moore?" part of
this open letter is hilarious in a punch yourself into unconsciousness at the way art is treated kind of way. Which I guess is its intention, after a second read. Hm. If they had just waited another ten years people would have split with the material more fully and an adaptation wouldn't have seemed such a gold mine -- let alone multiple adaptations. I'm just going to be shitty and weird about this particular thing for the rest of my life, so apologies in advance. We've reached the point where I'm pretty sure people think they're improving on what for all its faults is a wholly realized expression of personal belief about art and politics. The idea of fixing art is always worthy of contempt. A potential Stoppardian take, even projected as good, doesn't seem to change the original, unnecessary treatment of the writer.
*
Glenn McCoy is leaving the political cartooning part of his cartooning career.
* Carrie Wise profiles
Terri Libensen.
* finally: Chris Schweizer
extols the virtues of being nice in comics.
posted 1:05 am PST |
Permalink
Happy 55th Birthday, Mike Deodato!
posted 1:00 am PST |
Permalink
Happy 67th Birthday, John Bolton!
posted 1:00 am PST |
Permalink
May 22, 2018
The Results Post From Last Friday's Five For Friday On Con Purchases Is Up Now (Sorry)
posted 1:30 pm PST |
Permalink
Art Spiegelman Named Winner Of MacDowell Medal
Congratulations to Art Spiegelman on
news that he will receive the Edward MacDowell Medal during a ceremony in mid-August at the MacDowell Colony. The award is named by an assembled committee of same-discipline and related-interest peers: Alison Bechdel chaired a group that included Gene Yang, Hillary Chute and James Sturm.
An impressive list of past winners include Aaron Copland, Robert Frost, Georgia O'Keefe and David Lynch. All are awarded for an outstanding contribution to American culture. Spiegelman will be the 59th recipient. More information as available
here.
posted 1:45 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: Dustin Weaver At Process Party
posted 1:40 am PST |
Permalink
Missed It: Box Brown Started A Patreon
Here. The interesting things about Brown having one are 1) he's in the middle of a strong run with published work, 2) he hasn't had the same success with this platform despite that high profile -- at least not yet -- and 3) he's serializing his first graphic novel as an incentive.
There was a point at which I wondered if Patreons would become ubiquitous and while we're not there yet and there have been periods where they seem to have fallen out of favor we seem to be getting closer.
posted 1:35 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: Capitalism 101
posted 1:30 am PST |
Permalink
Bundled, Tossed, Untied, Stacked: Publishing News
By Tom Spurgeon
* no better news possible than that from
Katie Skelly and Fantagraphics late last week, that there's a date and format and all the publishing stuff in place for a real-world version of an occasionally whispered collection of the artist's erotic comics, with the excellent name
The Agency. That is some of the best material from a very talented and vital cartoonist. That the material is going to be in color is a dream come true for Skelly fans, of which I am one.
* missed it:
Ebony Flowers and Hot Comb to Drawn and Quarterly for 2019 release.
* Eddie Campbell talked so casually at his TCAF panel about coloring
From Hell,
I didn't realize it was a news story.
* in case I haven't listed it here and you missed it:
this is what 2019 at First Second looks like.
* Nintendo + Dark Horse =
delay.
* finally:
here comes another stab at the Supergirl concept. The costume breaks further away from other iterations I've seen.
posted 1:25 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: Kickily Paints Star Wars
posted 1:20 am PST |
Permalink
Go, Look: Mystic #26
posted 1:10 am PST |
Permalink
Random Comics News Story Round-Up
* Rob Clough on
All The Answers.
* does
anyone want my Beguiling $10 gift certificate?
* not comics: I don't agree with a lot of specifics argued in
this article, but very few writers attempt to explain the broad connections between the modern Hollywood eras '70s to '90s to now.
* industry veteran Rob Liefeld notes his particular manifestation of can't-draw-feet disease
quickly spread to his peers.
*
here is sensible-sounding advice from Steve Lieber on how to do portfolio reviews and art critiques. This may be especially helpful for dopes like me who get dragged into doing this and are completely unqualified to build a structure around which to do so.
posted 1:05 am PST |
Permalink
Happy 34th Birthday, Whit Taylor!
posted 1:00 am PST |
Permalink
Daily Blog Archives
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
Full Archives
