Angel

Digging into that pile of Dell comics on my desk...what have we here? Angel #7 by Mel Casson. Again, no idea if he actually did the art for this comic book. It looks a lot like the various samples I found while researching him but there a number of good mimics on the Dell staff. This doesn't really count as a failed book I guess. There seem to be several...

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A Walk in the Forest

New animation by Diane Obomsawin up on the NFB site, so go...

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Vote!

You know who is awesome? Ben Jones is awesome. Let me ask you this--would you rather see a cartoon series made by the guy who wrote the funniest Simpsons comic book ever or some other schmoe. Exactly!! Vote "Neon Knome."Please.{Seriously, 12 hours later "Neon Knome" is getting trounced by "Yappy Babes!" You may not know it now but you want to live in a world where Ben Jones makes your television content. You gotta trust me on this. I mean, jeez, we already let "Snake 'n' Bacon" slip awa...

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Timmy

I've been looking at a lot of kid's comics since we started the John Stanley Library--partially looking for lost Stanley gems and partially because I've become fascinated by all the Dell Four Color one-shots that never seemed to pan out. There have been some favorite diamonds-in-the-rough like Miss Peach written and drawn not by Mell Lazarus but Jack...

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Moomin valley

If you're in Brussels (or anywhere near really it's worth the trip) don't miss the upcoming show at the Belgian Comic Strip Centre, Moomin: Tove Jansson's Dreamworld. Curated by Moomin afficionado and great guy Paul Gravett, this exhibition features animations, original drawings, puppet films and other gems on loan from the Tove Jansson Archives in...

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Behind the Cover.

Yes, we admit to putting all four covers here in the office together to try and find the hidden message in the four covers. It's been over a week, so I am not spoiling that, yes, we did match up the drawing of Eustace Tilley, which was pretty fun to connect between the four different styles of Ivan, Dan, Chris and Adrian. In this video, Françoise explains the genesis of the cover, and features each artist talking about the challenge of the job, and the idea behind their own cover and the task of creating a larger image as a whole. Job well done,...

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Early viral promotion

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HOTWIRE 3 ART SHOW Tonight in Brooklyn!

Come check out the work of R. Sikoryak and other HOTWIRE contributors tonight at Scott Eder Gallery in Brooklyn! Details below:HOTWIRE 3 Art ShowFriday, February 12, 20106:00 - 9:00PMScott Eder Gallery18 Bridge StreetBrooklyn, NY 11201718-797-1...

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Best New Music category

Yes, I do. I do really like this new record from Ron Rege, Jr. under his Discombobulated Ventriloquist moniker. It is fr...

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Elvis Studio at Baumgold Gallery

Adam Baumgold has a couple great comics related shows up/coming. Of course there's the Seth show up now but I just found out about the Elvis Studio show going up on Friday, February 12th. Both are must sees for any comics fan especially if you're looking for a third dimension in your comic art. {Sure.}{Also, For Denizens of the Tri-State Area Onl...

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Maybe Blogging Will Help

As Jessica just mentioned, John Porcellino has a blog and if that's not enough for you to click on this link then consider this--for an autobiographical cartoonist John rarely offers up straight personal history and rarely talks about comics but in this case he does both. PART ONE!!And PART T...

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Happy Birthday New Yorker! Holy Smokes What Covers!

Wow, here's a doozy that will (hopefully) send collectors running to their newsstands! In honor of the New Yorker's 85th anniversary, Françoise Mouly selected Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Dan Clowes and Ivan Brunetti to do a cover!!!! Well, four covers, to be exact. I can't even begin to describe how great this is, just that you know it is a good...

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THIRTEEN!

There are a couple really nice writeups for the latest in our John Stanley Library series--Thirteen Going on Eighteen.The first is over at our pal Frank Young's Stanley Stories blog and Frank makes note of this long post at Cartoon Brew on the merits of Stanley and particularly his Thirteen work. Yvette Kaplan really makes some great points about the...

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Tattoo Fridays!

Continues this week with a John P tattoo!One of my favourite parts of this photo has to be the subtle dread-locks floating down from the top left corner. *sniff* I'm starting to get all nostalgic for the west coast...Actually, speaking of John P, have you seen his new bl...

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Amber Albrecht

Check out this exhibition by Montreal-based artist and future "Petits Livres" artist Amber Albrecht.The exhibition runs until February 28th and is happening at:BIBLIOTHEQUE PUBLIQUE ELEANOR LONDON COTE SAINT-LUC5851, BOUL. CAVENDISHCOTE SAINT-LUC, QC H4W ...

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Angouleme Envy

So some people are lucky enough to meet and hang out with Seiichi Hayashi, the master cartoonist who created one of my all-time favorite comics Red Colored Elegy. It seems he was in Angouleme and at the Centre Pompidou promoting the new French edition by Corneli...

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What's So Wrong About Wind Energy?

Lynda Barry explains why in this video. For more information, visit Lynda's wesbite, Better Plan For Wiscons...

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Attn NYC!

Tonight in Brooklyn, Adrian will be in conversation with John Wray at the Powerhouse Arena (sounds a bit like celebrity author wrestling) for the paperback release of Lowboy, for which Adrian did the cover.Tomorrow night, as Claire blogged earlier this week, Seth will have his opening for the drawings of George Sprott and the buildings from his city...

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Give/Subscribe to Giant Robot--They Need Your Help!

Any reader of this blog knows how much we adore Giant Robot. We think of them as an indy peer, a similar-minded lean mean independent company that has a sharp editorial focus and supports artists, many of them D+Q cartoonists. And while staying independent has allowed them not to be bought and sold like last year's ReadyMade, they are not immune...

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Dominion

This Friday Seth has an exhibition opening at Adam Baumgold Gallery comprised of drawings from George Sprott and featuring 6 new buildings from the city of Dominion. Go see!You've probably heard something of Dominion what with its multiple exhibitions around our fair country over the years, but have you walked through the city gates?! Seth's ever-evolving...

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