Bundled, Tossed, Untied and Stacked



By Tom Spurgeon

* Heidi MacDonald at PW has the publishing news basics on uclick's plans to offer thousands of comics titles to the iPhone by early 2010. Also discussed is the possibility for original work done for that format, what they're selling right now on that original wave of offerings previously announced (a rough figure of "thousands" per week on the top performers) and the fact that none of the comics can be the least bit naughty. It's a foundational article and a must-read.

* at the bottom of this piece on a NYC event comes the good news that D&Q has scheduled its Bob Sikoryak short-story collection Masterpiece Comics for September 2009.

* Paul Karasik wrote in a lo-o-o-o-ong time ago to say that he has the last Fletcher Hanks story on his list, this "Whirlwind Carter" story from an issue of Daring Mystery. You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation!, the all-new, all-different second Fletcher Hanks book and follow-up to I Shall Destroy All The Civilized Planets is due Summer 2009.

* the next issue of the increasingly vital anthology MOME will feature a 32-page Lilli Carre story that's related to her recently published The Lagoon. I agree with Fantagraphics that she's a talent to watch.

* I got bored one day and started googling the line-up to Top Shelf's forthcoming 400-page collection and translation of alt-manga from AX. I found more information on about seven of them: Akino Kondo, Minami Shinbo, Shinichi Abe, Namie Fujieda, Mitsuhiko Yoshida, Kazuichi Hanawa and Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

* it's been a long while since I posted one of these, which means my dedicated folder for links to publishing news is full of embarrassments. I totally missed this announcement from late last summer that the Charlie Hebdo people are expanding their brand into a line of books. Also skipped was an announcement that Dark Horse expanded their Robert E. Howard comics line to include characters other than Conan. There still aren't any new Hugo Pratt publishing projects in the works that I know about, but it's always interesting to read about another popular master who hasn't really gained traction in the modern graphic novel market. Still haven't seen anything on this new Eric Drooker book of postcards, let alone the book itself. This book from the Immonens snuck up on me, too, but at least I'm certain it either exists or is just about to. Also, Rick Veitch has plans for a massive limited edition of his Brat Pack for Spring '09. And has anyone out there seen this?

* the compulsively enjoyable Andi Watson is working on a folio of images for the Parisien shop La comete de Carthage.

* I'm only a few weeks late in linking to the cover imagery from the next three books coming out from Blank Slate.

* every so often someone is nice enough to send me this link to an apparently forthcoming Ben Katchor book. I seem to recall that this is book that's not all comics that's been promised for a while, and has recently moved from a late 2008 delivery date to a late 2009 delivery date. If anyone has better information, please let me know!

* here's another comics project that I bookmarked about which I haven't heard a lick.

* finally, in the kind of press release one hopes isn't going to completely dry up in the months ahead, Abrams Comics Arts has announced they've The TOON Treasury of Funny Comic Books For Kids, from Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly. That book will feature old comic book short stories from kids comics superstars like Basil Wolverton and Carl Barks.
 
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