Certainly the first major national ad campaign to throw around phrases like "But sometimes polyps develop on the colon of mankind." 

Look for a new Robert Williams book from Fantagraphics in the fall of 2009.  

Our own Eric Reynolds recently posted some nice photos of our glamorous office on his Flickr page. Behold! (Above: our library.)

Go here for details.

Me on Halloween circa 1986 at the comic book store I worked at in Fountain Valley, CA. Because nothing screams cool like trying to look like a badass in front of a wall of X-Men back issues and a Hulk poster. 

Castle Waiting Vol. II #12
By Linda Medley

This is the long-awaited special all-bowling issue, as Henry, Dayne, Chess, Tolly, Peace and Simon wage an all-out ninepin war... and it turns out one of them has heretofore unsuspected bowling skills! Like all good sports competitions it's a high-stakes battle to the very last frame. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, Dinah and Jain pull out more and more dresses from the bottomless trunk and use a not-terribly-resistant Rackham to model them. All this, plus conjectures about what the heck's going on with the mysterious, elusive, and somewhat sinister Dr. Fell.

24-page black & white 6.75" x 10.25" comic book • $3.95
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Coming next year, fans of Jason will be excited to hear that this book  collects several new stories besides the New York Times Magazine serial, "Low Moon."

I want to help Gary win $15,000 dollars.

Popeye.

This week's book buzz from blogs and beyond:

• The Forager Blog takes a concise look at You Can't Get There from Here by Jason (via Sean T. Collins)

• Jan Stephens looks at Tales Designed to Thrizzle by Michael Kupperman

• ComicList reviews Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell; also, Four Realities reprints Dave Sim's review of the book from Ditkomania

• Bust is "so beyond excited" for the release of Ghost World: Special Edition by Dan Clowes; Brazilian blog Suburbana plugs the book in Portugese

• Sean T. Collins on Jason's Pocket Full of Rain and other Stories

• The Daily Cross Hatch looks at The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring

• The Village Voice examines Deitch's Pictorama by the brothers Deitch

• The Forbidden Planet International blog looks at the UK edition of Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez

Other internet items of interest:

• From Jessica Palmieri, photos of the opening reception of "Kim Deitch: A Retrospective" at MoCCA; WNYC profiles Deitch and presents two audio interview clips (via The Beat, who also report from the exhibit opening)

• A Fantagraphics rejection letter from 1995

• du9 presents an interview with Kevin Huizenga

• Rod McKie names Robert Crumb and Gahan Wilson two of the World's Greatest Living Artists

• Desk Space has a brief interview with Leah Hayes

As a reminder, you can keep up with these links in real time on our Delicious page and RSS feed, or by adding us to your Delicious network.

You are invited to hear Jules Feiffer read from and discuss his long-awaited collection, Explainers, featuring the complete first decade of his legendary and groundbreaking comic strip, Sick, Sick, Sick (and later redubbed Feiffer), from the Village Voice.

WHO: Jules Feiffer

WHAT: Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips 1956-66
WHERE: TATTERED COVER COLFAX AVE.
2526 East Colfax Ave.
Denver, CO 80206
303.436.9219
WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008 at 2:00PM