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Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Maybe Blogging Will Help

As Jessica just mentioned, John Porcellino has a blog and if that's not enough for you to click on this link then consider this--for an autobiographical cartoonist John rarely offers up straight personal history and rarely talks about comics but in this case he does both. PART ONE!!

Posted by Tom Devlin at 2:12 PM

Monday, February 08, 2010

Happy Birthday New Yorker! Holy Smokes What Covers!

Wow, here's a doozy that will (hopefully) send collectors running to their newsstands! In honor of the New Yorker's 85th anniversary, Françoise Mouly selected Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Dan Clowes and Ivan Brunetti to do a cover!!!! Well, four covers, to be exact. I can't even begin to describe how great this is, just that you know it is a good day when this sort of thing occurs.

Posted by Peggy Burns at 3:16 PM

THIRTEEN!

There are a couple really nice writeups for the latest in our John Stanley Library series--Thirteen Going on Eighteen.

The first is over at our pal Frank Young's Stanley Stories blog and Frank makes note of this long post at Cartoon Brew on the merits of Stanley and particularly his Thirteen work. Yvette Kaplan really makes some great points about the work and it's gratifying to know people are paying such close attention to Stanley's work.

On a personal note, these are my favorite Stanley comics (I guess after the unparalleled Lulu stories). Not only is this the largest sustained cartooning (rather than just writing) effort on the part of Stanley but it seems like his most personal work in a way. The writing is mean, hilarious, and slightly unhinged. As Frank mentions, there seem to be fewer editorial restrictions. And the cartooning is beautifully stripped down--no wasted lines. By this time, Stanley really is a talented cartoonist. There's a confidence in that spareness. But, seriously, both the above blog posts say it better than I could. Go check them out.

Posted by Tom Devlin at 11:28 AM

Friday, February 05, 2010

Tattoo Fridays!

Continues this week with a John P tattoo!

One of my favourite parts of this photo has to be the subtle dread-locks floating down from the top left corner. *sniff* I'm starting to get all nostalgic for the west coast...

Actually, speaking of John P, have you seen his new blog?

Posted by Jessica Campbell at 3:53 PM

Amber Albrecht

Check out this exhibition by Montreal-based artist and future "Petits Livres" artist Amber Albrecht.

The exhibition runs until February 28th and is happening at:

BIBLIOTHEQUE PUBLIQUE ELEANOR LONDON COTE SAINT-LUC
5851, BOUL. CAVENDISH
COTE SAINT-LUC, QC H4W 2X8

Posted by Jessica Campbell at 2:42 PM

Angouleme Envy

So some people are lucky enough to meet and hang out with Seiichi Hayashi, the master cartoonist who created one of my all-time favorite comics Red Colored Elegy. It seems he was in Angouleme and at the Centre Pompidou promoting the new French edition by Cornelius.

Posted by Tom Devlin at 10:38 AM

Thursday, February 04, 2010

What's So Wrong About Wind Energy?

Lynda Barry explains why in this video. For more information, visit Lynda's wesbite, Better Plan For Wisconsin.

Posted by Peggy Burns at 4:28 PM

Attn NYC!

Tonight in Brooklyn, Adrian will be in conversation with John Wray at the Powerhouse Arena (sounds a bit like celebrity author wrestling) for the paperback release of Lowboy, for which Adrian did the cover.

Tomorrow night, as Claire blogged earlier this week, Seth will have his opening for the drawings of George Sprott and the buildings from his city Dominion at the Baumgold Gallery in NYC. If you haven't been to the Baumgold Gallery in while you should head over, it has spiffy new digs! Also, check out this overview of the show in Design Arts Daily.

Posted by Peggy Burns at 2:42 PM

Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Give/Subscribe to Giant Robot--They Need Your Help!

Any reader of this blog knows how much we adore Giant Robot. We think of them as an indy peer, a similar-minded lean mean independent company that has a sharp editorial focus and supports artists, many of them D+Q cartoonists. And while staying independent has allowed them not to be bought and sold like last year's ReadyMade, they are not immune to the ever increasing cost of paper and postage and the economic downturn.

They need to raise $60,000 so they do not have to go only digital or quarterly, please, please, please consider donating or subscribing to Giant Robot. If not for the fact that they need money, but because they may be just about the only mainstream magazine that each month, with each issue, reviews in print comics, lots of comics. And personally, what I like best about GR is the sheer lack of mainstream celebrity pandering. Similar to the Chief and his stewardship of D+Q, GR is all about the tastes of Eric and Martin, and they have very good taste.

Please donate here and/or subscribe.

{Adrian's cover to GR #49}

Posted by Peggy Burns at 9:12 PM

Monday, February 01, 2010

Dominion

This Friday Seth has an exhibition opening at Adam Baumgold Gallery comprised of drawings from George Sprott and featuring 6 new buildings from the city of Dominion. Go see!

You've probably heard something of Dominion what with its multiple exhibitions around our fair country over the years, but have you walked through the city gates?! Seth's ever-evolving model community is being shown at Museum London until March 14th. Take a look at it here keeping in mind this is nothing compared to the perfectly imagined maquette glory that awaits you. Cullen Gardens may be long gone but now there is Dominion!

Posted by Claire Bennett at 2:52 PM

Friday, January 29, 2010