D+Q at the Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival.

Is there a nicer way to end the year than by going to NYC, doing a *one-day* show where you make practically as much money as a two-day show and seeing all of your friends? NO! THERE IS NOT! Ladies and gents, I present to you....Come visit Drawn & Quarterly this weekend in Williamsburg Brooklyn at the Our Lady of Mt Carmel Church with Adrian Tomine,...

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St. Petersburg (Bak-style)

T. Edward Bak recently went to Russia and I casually said to him "hey, take some pictures and write something and I'll blog it." Well, Tom Spurgeon was right on top of Bak and did a great interview so I figured that was that. Until TEBs (that's what those in the know call him) wrote me and said, "hey, I wrote a thing for you. It's terrible." Of course,...

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The Avengers Guide Part 4: The Comic Book

The Avengers Guide Part 4: The Comic BookThe Avengers Origins.This the first issue of The Avengers.The following is from Wikipedia.com."And there came a day, a day unlike any other, when Earth's mightiest heroes and heroines found themselves united against a common threat. On that day, the Avengers were born—to fight the foes no single super hero could...

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Vote for Kate! Vote for Kate!

2011 Goodreads Choice Awards: Best Graphic Novels & ComicsVote now for your favorite books!Vote for Kate! Vote for Hark! Vote for Kate! Vote for Ha...

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Nemesis Redux + Kate Beaton Tees

KateKateKate! A sequel to her sequence of pirate bromances.Also, now that it's past American Thanksgiving, did you know Kate Beaton has new T-shirts up for sale on her site? Finally, a T-shirt that expresses exactly how I feel all the time (except sometimes I want more cat videos, or more capybara photos, or more ... y'know). All I'm sayin' is these...

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The Avengers Guide Part 3: The Villains

The Avengers Guide Part 3: The VillainsIf you have missed any part of The Avengers Guide here are the links.The Avengers Guide Part 1: The Movies. The Avengers Guide Part 2: The Heroes. The Avengers Guide Part 3: The Villains The Avengers Guide Part 4: The Comic BookThe Avengers Guide Part 5: The Origins. The Avengers Guide Part 6: Secrets...

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Daniel Clowes Covers the NEW YORKER!

Just after I read this article in Salon about buying actual books from actual bookstores, I come across Dan's fantastic cover to this week's NEW YORK...

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A bunch of scores ago...

Mimi Pond gets out there and does the serious research on the Greatest of Wars at the LA Times. Seriously, how great was the Civil War. It really had everythi...

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The Avengers Guide Part 2: The Heroes.

 This is Part 2 of "The Avenger Guide"The HeroesThis next part is about the characters of in The Avengers including the heroes and villains.I do not own any of following pictures. Most of them are from IGN.comRead the following dossiers (files) of the characters in the Avengers movies. If you haven't seen Captain America: The First Avenger...

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