Tag: Comics

SLG’s 20th Anniversary

SLG: Too Stupid to Quit This year marks the 20th year in the comic book business for publisher Slave Labor Graphics. This is a remarkable feat for an independent comic book publisher. In fact, off the top of my head, I can only think of one other such entity that’s been around that long, that …

Continue reading

Looks Like I’m Gonna Have to go to Washington

“Cartoon America” Opens Nov. 2 – The Library of Congress The exhibition will feature 100 masterworks of such celebrated artists as political cartoonists Thomas Nast, Rube Goldberg, Bill Mauldin and Patrick Oliphant; comic strip creators Winsor McCay, George Herriman, Chic Young, Milt Caniff, Charles Schulz and Lynn Johnston; humorous gag cartoonists Peter Arno and William …

Continue reading

Midnight Sun #2: In Stores November 8th

Diamond Shipping Lists Coming out a week later than expected (surprisingly, for resons having nothing to do with me!) Midnight Sun #2 will be in Comic Book Stores Wednesday, November 8th. 

Lucas vs. Diesel Sweeties

Here’s an interesting page some folks have been linking to, in the aftermath of the Lucasfilm “cease and desist” letter to Richard Stevens, creator of the webcomic Diesel Sweeties as well as vendor of some admittedly Star Wars-ey merch (note: images of said merch will likely be gone in a few days). Re. the page: …

Continue reading

Briefer’s Monster of Frankenstein

Amazon.com: The Monster of Frankenstein by Dick Briefer This volume appears to have been out since July, but I–like many folks–seem to have been unaware of it until just today.  Dick Briefer is one of my favorite artists, albeit one whose work I own precious little of, so I’m definitely going to pick this up.  …

Continue reading