46 Million

Frustrated by the townhalls, Anders Nilsen admirably took it upon himself to do something about healthcare in the U.S. He asked many cartoonists-Lynda Barry, Lille Carre, David Heatley, Jordan Crane, James Sturm, Kevin Huizenga, John Porcellino, Chris Ware, Jeffrey Brown, Genevieve Castree and Ivan Brunetti and others to donate their original art,...

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Speaking of Brooklyn....

D+Q will be in Brooklyn next month! Drawn & Quarterly To Exhibit At The Brooklyn Book Fair on Sunday, September 13th! 20th Anniversary Party at Brooklyn's Rocketship on Saturday, September 12th! Guy Delisle, R. Sikoryak, R.O. Blechman, Adrian Tomine, Gabrielle Bell and Ron Rege Jr!For the third year in a row, D+Q will be exhibiting at the Brooklyn...

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Meta-Meta

Love it. Photo by Etienne Frossa...

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Congrats Ignataz Nominees!

The nominations for the Ignatz Awards are out, and congrats to the following D+Q cartoonists on their noms.Outstanding Anthology or CollectionAgainst Pain, Ron Rege Jr. Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book 5, T. Edward Bak, Anneli Furmark, Amanda Vähämäki Outstanding Graphic NovelAcme Novelty Library #19, Chris Ware Nicolas, Pascal Girard Outstanding...

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Introducing R. Sikoryak's ... MASTERPIECE COMICS

If you weren't one of the lucky ones to not only score a ticket to San Diego Comic-con but then also to score a copy of R. Sikoryak's MASTERPIECE COMICS before it sold out, then have no fear, as the book hits stores on September 1st. And the good news is that the book has already gone back to press before its release! Hey, people have good taste....

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This is a comic book...

There's an exhibition up right now at Mahan gallery in Columbus, Ohio featuring work by Anders Nilsen, John Porcellino, Ron Rege Jr. and a number of other cartoonists. You may have missed the opening but visit before it closes on August 28...

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New Vanessa Davis Comic!

It's always a good day when Vanessa debuts a new comic on the website Tablet. This time she takes us back to fat camp and how much she enjoyed herse...

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Rutu Shopping Bag From Blue Q!

So last week Tom and I were at the always-awesome Mass MoCA where in the gift shop, I stumbled upon this beautiful shopping bag made from 95% post consumer material with charming Rutu Modan artwork that captures the "joie de vivre" of Paris, from the Western Mass company Blue Q. Buy it he...

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Quixotic

I am seriously fascinated by this story and can't wait to get my copy of the new Comics Journal to find out the full story. Here's a little personal addendum, if you will--Chris, Jamie, and I went to visit Michel Choquette a couple of weeks ago at his office which is just a five minute walk from ours. art spiegelman had asked us to pick up his page...

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Adrian Covers the New Yorker

Adrian has created a gorgeous cover to the New Yorker this week, but what really excites me is that Tom and I were at this very spot, the Brooklyn Bridge Park, one week ago today. I'll spare you photos of the kids...this ti...

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The days of real pants

Doing some research at the library this weekend, I came across this Clare Briggs illustration in an ad for (now long gone) local department store Goodwin's in the September 6th 1922 issue of the (now long gone) Montreal St...

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I Love My Job

Today I was able to meet up with Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean at the Librairie D&Q. Neil is town as the special guest for the World Con, and the two kindly signed each and every one of their books in our store. Their book, Sandman Endless Nights was the last one I worked on at my old job at DC Comics, I think I scared them off today with my desperate...

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The saddest movement of all time

Lynda has a great long interview at the Eugene Weekly. I love this part of the interview:Q: I loved it when you said on “Talk of the Nation” that “the only movement left for adults is exercise, which is the saddest movement of all time.” What do you think the world would be like if adults were a little more free with movement?A: Well, I was lucky enough...

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The rest of SDCC 2009

I know I'm way behind on this but I gotta see this post through. I thought SDCC this year was just fine. We did about what we expected sales-wise based on convention debuts and special guests and the fact that we're in a recession. Many parts of the convention were run better than ever. In fact, this might have been the most hassle free Comic-Con ever...

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Clowes interview on McSweeneys site

Is this an older post? I can't really tell. I do know it's an excellent interview with a hilarious description of Cracked magazine:Q: Were you even a fan of Cracked? A: No one was ever a fan of Cracked. Growing up, my friends − okay, "friend" − and I used to think of Cracked as a stopgap. We would buy Mad every month, but about two weeks later we...

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