All Hail Peggy Burns!

Peggy finally gets the well-deserved spotlight on her in today's feature interview on Comics Reporter. She is easily one of the smartest people working in comics today and the results of her hard work and dedication can be seen in virtually every facet of D&Q for the past seven years. Peggy is a good friend and also one of the people that I admire...

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Holiday Reading!

Of course, I did my big Acme Novelty Library #20 blog post last week, and three hits come in this week. Not that I'm complaining. Bring on more! The critic, Mr. Wolk, puts forth his top ten graphic novels for Time's Techland and kindly includes Market Day and Acme Novelty Library #20. MTV's top ten list includes Acme Novelty Library #20. And yesterday's comicsreporter interview featured blogger Matt Seneca and an extended conversation about Acme Novelty Library #20. It's good reading. But if you excuse me I have to now go read Simonson's Thor...

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NYC Event! Leane Shapton at 192 Books, This Wednesday 12/22!

Leanne Shapton will be at 192 Books located at 192 10th Ave in Manhattan this Wednesday at 7 PM to celebrate THE NATIVE TREES OF CANADA. In case you missed this weekend's Montreal Gazette, Cottage Life, the Globe and Mail gift guide, the Halifax Coast, the Paris Review, Maclean's, design sponge, the National Post, or the New York Times Book Review,...

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It's Been A Good Year For James Sturm!

This past April saw the release of the original graphic novel MARKET DAY by James Sturm, and just last month, we published James' "side project" DENYS WORTMAN'S NY (how many side projects can one man have?). People, you know you have had a good year when both of your projects merit their own NY Times article or review. Not to mention that each of...

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The Slow Burn That Is The Selves

This summer Sonja accurately described her books as a slow burn, and was she right. This book came out in May, and has ended the year as a top pick in Canadian Art and they spotlight the book to a T: Ahlers’ compositions are at once delicate, familiar, strange and painful. They delve deep into the interior lives of women and consider the relationship...

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More On Mr. Ware.

I have been meaning to discuss the awe-inspiring Acme Novelty Library #20 for a while and apologies that I have not. Especially since Chris was one of the first D+Q cartoonists I met in comics, way back before either one of us were with D+Q. When I worked at DC and before Jimmy Corrigan, he, Ivan Brunetti and I ate lunch alongside both a Beatles Festival...

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More! Lynda! Interviews!

It's amazing that an interview with Lynda just never gets old. Yesterday was the Walrus and today is the AV Club. I imagine there will be a spate of interviews appearing because it probably took this long to transcribe her interviews. This is a very in-depth interview that covers a lot of ground including: her D+Q books; the end of her syndicated...

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Still Smarting!

I thought i may have had one of those nice wallet thieves, you know, the kind that takes the money and throws the wallet in a mailbox and all your ID gets mailed back to you? No such luck. And then I come across the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics photo on Dan Nadel's facebook page of Sammy, Gabrielle, Anders and Kevin, and it stings even mo...

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Happy 40th or 41st Birthday, Tom Spurgeon!

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Lynda! Lynda! Lynda!

Nothing is better than when a million interviews have run with one artist and then one comes out and simply knocks you off your feet. Ladies and gents, I present Sean Rogers of the Walrus in conversation with Lynda Barry:The Walrus: The last time we spoke, you told me about [Simpsons creator] Matt Groening’s Life in Hell strips, so I went and pulled...

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Our Spring 2011 catalog

We're going to make this a regular feature. As soon as we nail down the list, we'll offer up this catalog to you, dear readers. And look at that, it's all formatted to fit the computer screen--amazing! {Please note that both the Adrian Norvid (Nogoodniks) and Michael Dumontier & Neil Farber (Constructive Abandonment) books will be hardcovers.}...

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For a Good Cause

Look people I would totally do this, but there's already a Peggy in Acme, ok? It's a good thing, as the ebay bids have climbed to $1000! What's this about? Chris Ware, and a host of other authors such as Mona Simpson, Lorrie Moore, Vendela Vida and Jane Smiley have signed on to put your name in their next book. Proceeds benefit the thefirstamendent.org, which if the Tea Party wins any more seats, will be more valuable an organization than it already ...

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Next week in New York

Join Leanne Shapton at 192 Books as she presents The Native Trees of Canada, her book of bold, fauvist-like images that has garnered attention everywhere from the New York Times, The Paris Review, Maclean's, and National Post, to Design Sponge. Leanne will be accompanied by Jason Logan, who represents the "J" in J&L Books (the "L" is Leanne). Jason...

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Gift Ideas # 37 and 38: Kids sure love their old-time comics

Young Clara Ware of Oak Park, Illinois, contemplates the delicacy of Doug Wright's linework while perusing the first in a series of annual Nipper paperbacks.Rory Mackay of Ottawa, Ontario, is unfazed by the otherwise less-than-refined splendor of his settings because all of his attention is naturally focused on the book he's holding in his hands: a...

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CONSTRUCTIVE ABANDONMENT

All right, Chris Mautner!! I swear I was already planning on doing this post, but since maybe it's unclear what CONSTRUCTIVE ABANDONMENT by Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber is all about, I will speed it up.Michael and Neil were founding members of the Royal Art Lodge, a hugely influential artist collective out of Winnipeg that also featured Marcel...

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Brooklyn report

I'm almost a week late on this post, but here goes. Only in its second year, the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival has become one of the best shows of its kind in North America. Kudos to organizers Dan Nadel, Bill Kartalopoulos, and Gabe Fowler for the accomplishment.Here's Lynda again, posing with a fabulous knitted Nearsighted Monkey wristband....

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Jack Kent Holiday Cheer

Yeah, we don't have anything to do with Jack Kent other than my being a big fan of his King Aroo strip and his children's books. But I was going through the archives and found this and it is timely so there you go. Also, Tom Spurgeon pointed out a seldom seen Christmas strip Jack did posted here on Daryl Cagle's blog. {Scroll down a bunch, it's near...

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Lynda Barry in Montreal!!!!

Yes, folks, it's the day we've all been waiting for. Lynda Barry is coming to Montreal!!!!7pm Saturday, January 15, 2011Ukrainian Federation5213 Rue Hutchison Buy your tickets here, or at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest.Seeing Lynda Barry in person is perhaps one of the greatest experiences you can have. She's somewhere between a...

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Everything Is Coming Up Wilson!

Here's a fantastic way to end 2010, TIME Magazine has selected WILSON as one its best 10 fiction BOOKS. Not comics, but books, see they think comics are books, and since it's fiction, they group WILSON with other fiction titles! Crazy, huh. Ok Ok, I do not mean to be snarky. Seeing Clowes on a list with other big books of the year like Freedom, Skippy...

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"I used to be a cartoonist, now I'm just a poster artist."

Jordan Crane said something like that. It's not true, of course, he's a great cartoonist. But he does make really good posters. What a great Christmas prese...

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It's on your list

Time again to take a look at Ron's blog and see what he's got. He's cleaning off his desk and there are some great bits going for cheep. Give yourself a present. You deserve ...

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I want one of these!

Lynda left NYC to go to India for the INK conference. She sent me this photo of her brand new and very very rad Near Sighted Monkey Smoking wrist cuff knitted by a family member who showed up to the Brooklyn Festival! Love ...

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A Single Match

Well, the first day of winter is December 21st, so our last fall book arrived in the office with 13 days to spare--talk about being ahead of the game. I know...arriving in the office really means nothing as it wont be in stores for a month or so, but it means something to me. Yes, this was a momentous day--I can finally wipe my hands clean celebrate...

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Eww Gawd

Hey, lookie who has a top Canadian gift book according to the Globe and Mail--Mr. Marc Bell with his Hot Potatoe. Nifty. Above, a response to this news from Jeff Keane (no, actually one of Marc's friends. FAIR US...

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From the desk of... Julie Doucet

Here's an interesting website that offers up a profile and analysis of the contents of Julie's desk. I have to admit that I scoured this photo, trying to enlarge it, in the hopes that I could spot somehow a hint of a secret graphic novel project that she's been working on. I'm still looking.And speaking of Julie, a new printing of her 1999 classic,...

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Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival (BACKFAT)

By all accounts (Twitter hearsay really) the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival was a tremendous success. Sell outs were numerous and frankly I'm stunned by how crowded the place looks at all times. While we wait for Julia to return with photos and Chris to write his report, here's a photo of our table that I snagged from the Desert Island flickr...

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We should all listen to Al Jaffee

Over at website The Millions, National Treasure Al Jaffee has this to say about James Sturm's Market Day:"It particularly affected me because I spent my childhood between the ages of six and twelve in an environment that was very much like the one in the book. James Sturm, who was not old enough to have lived in these circumstances, somehow has managed...

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Do you really like comics or what?

Of course you do. And you should prove it by going here and buying a bunch of comics and minicomics from Mister John Porcellino. Spit and a Half is THEE minicomics distro of all time and it is guaranteed that John has the best of the best. LOVE COMICS!! BUY COMIC...

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New Blog Feature: Nice things people say about us

"A three-word response to those who believe the printed book is dead: Drawn and Quarterly. "–Alan Brisbort, New Haven Advocate in his review of PICTURE THIS and ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY #...

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Say Congrats to Vanessa and Lynda in Brooklyn today!

For their glowing New York Times Book Reviews in tomorrow's Holiday Books issue. Jennifer McDonald on Lynda:"More than once, to get you started, Barry offers templates of a bunny, a bat, a bird and a pair of I-don’t-know-whats, urging the reader to cut, copy, trace, color and paste. “No!” you might say. “I wouldn’t dare defile a book as bewitching...

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Arrived in Montreal, For Sale in Brooklyn Tomorrow.

The stunning denouement of Ander's BIG QUESTIONS, debuting Saturday at the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festiv...

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You need to buy some things for the holidays anyways, right?

Another post in a series. Marc Bell has an Etsy store. Where he sells his macrame owls, "fair use" Spiderman stuffed dolls, and prints and comics.Jeez, go spend some of that dough that's burning a hole in your pocket on some of this stuff, would...

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