Nov 20 2009
I normally confine my “shameless commerce” stuff to the Buy Stuff page on my site, but SLG is having a big 40% off sale at the moment, so I thought it’d be worth mentioning. You can find everything I’ve done that SLG has published all grouped on my creator page. You’ll get 40% off the …
Nov 11 2009
…then someone’s stealing his bit. I saw this ad in a local weekly and I immediately thought, “Paul Pope.” I think I was reacting to the loose brush-work and the way the lips are drawn in the image. On the other hand, that gooey amorphous figure above (a snowboarder on a lift, I think) doesn’t …
Nov 07 2009
Rob Ullman’s posted the second installment (the first is here) of his “Traffic and Weather” comic strip documenting a recent bizarre happenstance in which we both wound up going out to dinner and drinks with a number of folks, including R. Crumb. We’d just finished hearing Crumb and Françoise Mouly speak about Genesis in Richmond …
Nov 03 2009
The second, and final, part of my guest coverage of the recent R. Crumb/Françoise Mouly appearance in Richmond, VA is now posted over at ComicsWorthReading: Robert Crumb is a well-known aficionado of old-time American blues, jazz, and ragtime music, and this love of music has often found its way into his artwork. Among the many …
Nov 02 2009
Publishers Weekly has a very early review of Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean in today’s children’s book review section: Rather than rushing past the highlights of Earhart’s career, this quietly moving book approaches her life through the admiring curiosity of a girl who also aspires to escape traditional boundaries. Young Grace has grown up in …
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