Bundled, Tossed, Untied And Stacked



By Tom Spurgeon

* via Drawn and Quarterly comes a link to a look at the Chris Ware-created cover to the forthcoming Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss biography by Philip Nel. Cushlamochree indeed.

* here's a publishing announcement that showed up about five minutes after last week's "Bundled" posted but that I think is fairly important and worth going back to: Oni Press is going to work with the popular, veteran webcomics-maker John Allison. That's one of those guys you read and it's hard not to think he could get over in a bigger way.

* more Tim Hensley is always good news.

* so is a Dan Clowes New Yorker cover. Boy, that one fairly pops.

* for that matter, so is more of whatever the hell this is. At least I think so.

* Domino Books has announced some new silk-screened books are available.

* here are looks at the imminent Ed The Happy Clown book, Reprodukt's edition of Portugal and Mr. Twee Deedle.

* Alan Gardner at Daily Cartoonist caught that the Rechin Family is going to retire the strip Crock. That's the Foreign Legion strip, one that came around kind of at the tail end of the long period when really focused situational gag strips were a dominant force in the market.

* Conundrum Press has made official their acquisition of Michel Rabagliati's Paul au Parc.

"Following on the heels of the release of The Song of Roland Conundrum Press is delighted to announce that they have acquired the English rights to the latest book by Montrealer Michel Rabagliati. The book will focus on the early years of Rabagliati’s famous Paul character, who has been called 'The Tintin of Quebec.' This book follows Paul in a scout troupe during the time of the FLQ crisis. It takes a historical approach to both the scouting movement and the October crisis of 1970 but humanizes these incidents for both a YA and adult audience. Original, sincere, and captivating.

The French edition, published by La Pasteque in 2011, has sold incredibly well and was critically hailed, nominated for the youth award at the Angouleme Festival 2012, and for a Friends of the Library Award in Montreal.

Translation will be by Helge Dascher. Rights negotiated between publisher Andy Brown and Michel Rabagliati. Look for a Spring 2013 release."

I like those books, and I'm glad there will be more.

* PictureBox announces a new book.

* finally, the new BlexBolex book is available for pre-order. You may not see a more handsome single volume this year.


 
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