Dear Nancy

Although this charming letter from Miss DayJah Cabaza of Pennsylvania arrived in the John Stanley Library mailbag months ago (back when the stationery was still seasonally appropriate,) its charm has not waned with the passage of time! In her letter, Miss Cabaza declares that she is Nancy's biggest fan. Which begs the question: how tall is C. Tyler?(Photo...

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Bruce "Raskolnikov" Wayne

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in NYC has a new exhibition up curated by Bill Kartalopoulos. How Classics and Cartoons Collide will showcase a selection of notes, sketches and reference material from R. Sikoryak's Dostoyevsky Comics. Go see original artwork from this top notch synthsesis! Lay your eyes on that miserly old Pawnjoker! Also, make...

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Al-Qaeda thwarted again

Would-be terrorists of the world, don't even think about stirring up trouble at this weekend's G20 Summit in Toronto. We've got David Collier on our side, a soldier (and resident cartoonist) in the Canadian Army, providing security for the international gathering of world leaders. Aside from drawing numerous sketches of the likes of Barack Obama, Silvio...

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There is a new Palookaville coming!

And with its 20th issue, it has undergone a format change--it will now be only available in iPad format!Yeah, I know it's a lame joke but I put the 30 seconds into making that jpeg so I thought I'd see it through.But seriously, it's now a handy little hardcover book. As a result, it's beefed up with lots of new features like a long sketchbook diary...

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Hung With Good Taste

Now I have another reason to like Thomas Jane, from PEOP...

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Tubby, rolling into stores this fall!

Having had my fair share of trouble at the Canada-US border for importing comics of questionable moral content (created by nationally-treasured cartoonists, I might add,) I am just going to be right up front about it this time: Tubby, the next volume in our ongoing John Stanley Library series, contains kid nudity. And that's not all: this book, which...

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Support your local independent store

Landmark Toronto bookstore THIS AIN'T THE ROSEDALE LIBRARY is facing tough economic times, as reported in this post by Rory Seydel, manager of our own independent bookstore. THIS AIN'T is particularly close to our hearts in part because they have carried and supported D&Q books and comics since the early 1990s, at least a decade before most bookstores in North America started creating "graphic novel" sections.Folks, we all have to step up here and do our part to support these stores, or else we'll all be reading books on iPads and Kindles a...

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Nipper 1963-1964

There's a new Nipper book in the works, collecting comics from the peak period of Doug Wright's career. Nipper will be an annual series of paperbacks that will be different from last year's mammoth Wright retrospective both in size (this one will fit on your bookshelf) and price (at $16.95, this'll be about 60% less expensive).But aside from that,...

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Last week at Desert Island

There was more portrait fun last week with Keith Jones, Seth Scriver, and Sonja Ahlers celebrating the releases of their books Catland Empire, Stooge Pile, and The Selves. DI-chief Gabe Fowler put up a flickr set he...

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Tomorrow in Houston

If you are anywhere in Texas (I know it's a big state) you should still hop in your electric car and go to Domy Books to see Ron Rege Jr. give an artists talk and maybe drink some of that special beer of h...

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Clowes in Bay Guardian, WILSON Moves up to #3 on NYT Graphic Novel List

Is linking to this interview a cheap ploy to point out that WILSON has moved up to #3 on the NY Times Graphic Novel Bestseller list, 2 months after its release? Perhaps, but trust me the SFBG interview is interesting, especially to Bay Area people, as Dan and the writer Sam Stander go over the difference between Oakland, Berkeley and SF, as well as the still sad closing of Cody's, and even Natural Born Kille...

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To All the Daddies: Full Page Jillian Comic in Today's NYT!

Jillian Tamaki created a full page comic, for the NYT Op-Ed page, Domestic Men of Mystery. This is a father's day strip, but it's also for the daughters.Remember, Jillian has a new art book out this Summer in our petit livre series, Indoor Voice, that will debut at her special guest appearance at Comic...

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Archie Marries Jughead...Finally!

R. Sikoryak draws this parody in the latest issue of MAD, #504, written by Charlie Kad...

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Seth Covers the Walrus

Summer Reading issue on stands n...

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Sonja, Keith, Seth, and Ron

You better hop in the car and go here and then drive, um, 1000 miles to here if you know what's good for you.Too oblique?Seth Scriver (Stooge Pile), Keith Jones (Catland Empire), and Sonja Ahlers (The Selves) are all at Desert Island in Brooklyn tonight. Do I need to remind you about these portraits that the boys will be making? I am not sure if Sonja...

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Chicago Report

It rains every year at Chicago Printers Row (who ever thought it would be a good idea to have a book fair outdoors?) but that never stops people from coming out. Alison watches over the booth.Dan Clowes is interviewed by the journalist Ray Pride as part of the last event of his Spring Wilson tour......which was immediately followed by a long line...

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Eden

Comica Argentina opened last week and among the featured artists of the festival is Pablo Holmberg aka Kioskerman, whose book EDEN we will be publishing this fall. Pablo has been self publishing online since 2004! Check out the vast repertoire of weekly strips on his webs...

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Books, Portraits, Skullhead, Hotdogs

Coming up this Wednesday, June 16th Keith Jones! Seth Scriver! Sonja Ahlers! Truly, a triple book launch party for the new and mighty CATLAND EMPIRE, STOOGE PILE and THE SELVES at Desert Island Also $2 portraits for you to keep forever come one come all just look into those e...

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The Greatest Comic Related Product of All Time

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Interns are awesome and awesome

Meet our summer interns Laila and Tracy, pictured here ruining their eyes and posture on the John Stanley Library while the sun streams in from another beautiful summer day. Among other projects, Laila and Tracy have been working on the third and final volume of Melvin Monster, in stores late next fall. Oh the wild and crazy shenanigans those monsters...

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Year of the Carnivore

Sook-Yin Lee's new movie The Year of the Carnivore opens this Friday, with poster illustration (above) by her longtime pal Chester Brown. From Bob's Your Uncle to Much Music to Shortbus and DNTO check out this article then go see the mo...

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Hot Hot Keith

Why looky here--that Keith Jones is a busy feller. Making stickers for Koyama Press and designing album covers for the Hot Hot Heat all the while touring for his new book, Catland Empi...

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More D+Q in the New Yorker Fiction Issue.

In the current issue of the New Yorker that I mentioned last week for its spectacular Chris Ware cover, Adrian Tomine also turns in a beautiful illustration for a short story, The Entire Northern Side was Covered with Fire, by Rivka Galchen, which he has for sale on his website.Also in the issue, albeit on the advertising side, is our ad for WILSON,...

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2010 Joe Shuster Awards

The votes are in and it looks like none other than Toronto's The Beguiling has won the award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Retailer! Congratulations you guy...

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Chicago Welcomes Home Clowes!

Timed to his Chicago events this weekend, Christopher Borrelli wrote an great profile of Dan and a "cartoonist's Chicago" in Tuesday's Chicago Tribune complete with Dan's history and background in the Windy City, the influence of the city on Dan's artwork, and his interior decorating of Earwax Cafe. The interview may be the most personal profile of...

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DWAs!

Seth's acceptance speech for Best Book at the Doug Wright Awards. Uncut + Onli...

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Chris Ware Covers The New Yorker

Be sure to check out this week's double fiction issue of the New Yorker for Chris' cov...

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Anders!

Check out a blog post about an impressive button installation by Anders Nilsen (featuring 10,000 buttons!!) on his blog. While you're over there, be sure to watch the time-lapse video of this work being constructed over the course of 5 da...

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