test headingMark Siegel of First Second Books heartily endorses Cul De Sac while at the same time totally revealing he doesn't read this blog or at the very least doesn't value any of the opinions expressed here! Thanks for nothing, Siegel! Actually, I'm kidding, and am glad that Siegel enjoyed the first Cul De Sac book as much as so Read More »
test heading I hadn't been following the strip, and I confess I just picked it up on Bill Watterson's endorsement. What a delight! I take so much pleasure in the kooky, wondrous artwork and writing. It has that 'where-in-outer-left-field-did-this-come-from' that the early Simpsons had, and rewards many readings in a way that Calvin & Read More »
Starting this week, Gene Yang's PRIME BABY appears in the New York Times Funny Pages!
test headingPaul Pope news release in VARIETY this week: Paramount and Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions team up to bring BATTLING BOY to the silver screen. Read here.And a piece in the last PUBLISHERS WEEKLY COMICS WEEK:Pope said now more than anything he wants to focus on "optimistic work," particularly his ongoing series THB and Battling Boy, an Read More »
test heading Have a look-see! Jordan Mechner's fine website is open to visitors! Lots of good stuff to see, especially his Prince of Persia corner, filled with goodies on the games, the movie and, yes, the graphic novel.
test heading Nisha Gopalan writes at MTV.com about First Second's 2009 title STUFFED by Glenn Eichler and Nick Bertozzi: The other day, comic illustrator Nick Bertozzi (”The Salon”) slyly leaked a few pages of “Stuffed,” his comics collaboration with “Colbert Report” writer, Glenn Eichler, on his LiveJournal. Here’s what we saw: a chubby, middle-aged, long-haired, Read More »
test heading Links, links aplenty: "Campbell's newest release, "The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard," is a return to that greatness we should expect from him and First Second."—Brick "Eddie Campbell's metafictional romp, The Amazing, Remarkable Monsieur Leotard (First Second, $17), written in collaboration with Dan Best, isn't a graphic novel so much as an overstuffed trunk Read More »
Ok so this blog isn't typically a political forum, but this gem from the Daily Show is just too good not to share... Could this qualify Jon Stewart for a Pulitzer? And after this, back to work on our comics (the other kind)...
An exquisite piece from Kate Culkin in Publisher's Weekly—can be read here.
