I vowed off linkblogging a while back since there’re plenty of great full time comics news blogs around these days, but this seemed like a news item that might fall under the radar, so… It looks like there’s a new Christophe Blain book out–alas just in French for now. Blaine is one of my absolute …
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May 01 2010
FCBD: Jabberwacky Now Online
If you read my blog, you already know that Jabberwacky is the Free Comic Book Day online comic from Wide Awake Press and you already know who’s in it. So…. now that it’s actually Free Comic Book Day, you can go and dowload it either as a PDF or CBZ–or you can just read it …
Apr 26 2010
FCBD Approacheth…
I did a post a while back about the Wide Awake Press Free Comic Book Day offering for this year, Jabberwacky!, but with FCBD nearly upon us, I thought I’d post a few additional items before the digital comic itself becomes available. First off is this video “trailer” for the book, set to psychedelic rock …
Apr 21 2010
“Trenches” vs. “Tranchees” – A look at the Fantagraphics and Casterman Editions of Tardi
I had a big Jacques Tardi “phase” a while back–and in particular, I was really enamored of the bits and pieces of C’était la Guerre des Tranchées that had appeared in various anthologies up to that point. In fact, the “duotone” style of drawing that I’ve been using in most of my longer work (Farewell, …
Apr 06 2010
Dear Publishers, Please Stop Doing This
I was trying to get my bookshelves more organized a few days ago but was having a hard time staying focused because this kind of stuff drives me nuts! (OK, admittedly, I’m a little obsessive/compulsive for sure, but…) I’m as glad as the next guy that comics are no longer available exclusively as saddle-stitched periodicals …
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