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Blood Orange is back, in packs

mike

Before there was Mome, before the current explosion of small-press anthologies, there was Blood Orange, the short-lived mid-'00s series edited by Chris Polkki which gathered rising stars of the art-comics scene in four distinctive, beautifully designed 48-page issues. Blood Orange captured the pulse of alt-comics circa 2004-2005. We recently recovered a small quantity of shrink-wrapped packs of all 4 issues from the distributor, and we're now offering them via mail-order for the special low price of $17.85 — that's 3 issues for the price of 4! (You can also get the individual issues for $5.95 each.)

In the first issue: Nicolas Mahler, Rick Altergott, Michael Kupperman, Lauren Weinstein, Typex, David Collier, Maaike Hartjes, Allison Cole, Tobias Tak, Dan James, Marc Bell, John Hankiewicz, Matthew Thurber, Kevin Huizenga, Ron Regé Jr., a sketchbook from Gary "Teacher's Pet" Baseman, and covers by Andrew Brandou.

The second issue continues to encourage experimentation, pushing the medium in new directions. Look for innovative stories from groundbreakers such as Archer Prewitt, Rebecca Dart, Chris Wright (with a full-length 18-page story), Ron Regé Jr., Jeffrey Brown, Matti Hagelberg, Lauren Weinstein, Cole Johnson, Helge Reumann, and Fabio Viscogliosi, along with drawings by Renee French... all wrapped in a lovely cover designed by the one and only Steven Weissman.

The third issue of this always-surprising quarterly anthology series features European cartoonists Pakito Bolino and Caroline Sury (of France's Le Dernier Cri), Ulf K., Alex Baladi, Nicolas Mahler, Olaf Ladousse, and Fabio Zimbres; as well the homegrown talents of Anders Nilsen, Renee French and Ben Jones (Paper Rad). Also includes a brand-new 11-pager by Jeffrey Brown! With an eye-popping cover by French illustrator Olivier Douzou.

Blood Orange #4 wraps up the series with exclusive new stories by Brian Ralph, Lark Pien, Tobias Tak, Rebecca Dart and Ted May. Covers by Lark Pien.

This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 4/16-4/23

janice

We're busy as bees getting ready for our Spring conventions! MoCCA! Stumptown! TCAF! Here are some other fine events to keep you busy in the meanwhile:

Tuesday, April 17th

• New York City, NY: The legendary Gahan Wilson will be teaching a Master Class in Cartooning at MoCCA! (more info)

Still from "In Suspense" by Lilli Carré

Friday, April 20th

• Chicago, IL: Lilli Carré launches her exhibit Moving Holds at Western Exhibitions! More information about this show is coming to the FLOG this week!

Saturday, April 21st

• Boston, MA: The 2012 Boston Comic Con kicks off today, with special guests Peter Bagge and Al Jaffee! (more info)

Sunday, April 22nd

• Kyoto, Japan: The exhibit Three Sides Chicago: Squares, Squirrels & Dots, featuring Archer Prewitt, alongside Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge, closes at the Trancepop Gallery. (more info)

• Boston, MA: The 2012 Boston Comic Con continues today with special guests Peter Bagge and Al Jaffee! Plus, Al will be part of the panel "Legends of Mad Magazine" with Al Feldstein and Paul Coker Jr. (more info)

This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 4/2-4/9

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Monday, April 2nd

• Los Angeles, CA: Join editor Pat Thomas at the Norman Lear Center for a presentation on Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power, 1965-1975. (more info)

Tuesday, April 3rd

• Santa Barbara, CA: Author Monte Schulz will be making a hometown appearance for The Big Town, at Chaucer's Books. (more info)

Wednesday, April 4th

• Los Angeles, CA: Monte Schulz will return to Skylight Books to launch the last book in his Jazz Age trilogy, The Big Town! (more info)

• Los Angeles, CA: Editor/curator Pat Thomas will be giving a presentation at BookSoup on Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975! (more info)

• Kyoto, Japan: The exhibit Three Sides Chicago: Squares, Squirrels & Dots, featuring Archer Prewitt, alongside Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge, will be opening at the Trancepop Gallery. All three artists will make an appearance at the opening reception. (more info)

Thursday, April 5th

• Los Angeles, CA: Meet Daniel Clowes at Meltdown in Los Angeles! The evening will be hosted by Blair Butler (of G4's Fresh Ink), and there will be an interview conducted by Mark Frauenfelder of BoingBoing, followed by a Q&A. Also, it's the First Annual "Enid Coleslaw" Meet-Up at Nerdmelt. (more info)

• Los Angeles, CA: Pat Thomas will be giving a presentation on Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 at Amoeba Records. (more info)

• Columbus, OH: Join Paul Hornschemeier at the Columbus Museum of Art as he speaks with Jared Gardner, a professor of English and Film Studies at Ohio State University. In conjunction with his talk, the museum will display a selection of Hornschemeier’s scripts, storyboards, and sketches highlighting his creative process. (more info)

Saturday, April 7th

• Santa Barbara, CA: Pat Thomas will be giving a presentation on Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 at Warbler Records & Goods. (more info)

Sunday, April 8th

• Tokyo, Japan: Three Sides Chicago: Squares, Squirrels & Dots spotlights the work of Archer Prewitt, alongside Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge, and they'll make an appearance at the Shibuya Parco B1F LIBRO on this final day of the exhibit. (more info)

This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 3/26-4/2

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Monday, March 26th

• Columbus, OH: Paul Hornschemeier will be leading an adult writing workshop for the graphic novel at Thurber House. (more info)

• Tokyo, Japan: The group show Three Sides Chicago: Squares, Squirrels & Dots opens at the at Shibuya Parco B1F LIBRO, featuring the work of Archer Prewitt, alongside Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge. (more info)

• Northridge, CA: Gilbert, Jaime, & Mario Hernandez will be speaking to Professor Charles Hatfield's class on Monday, March 26th at the California State University, Northridge (in greater Los Angeles). This event is open to the public, not just students! (more info)

Tuesday, March 27th

• New York, NY: Get ready for another editior of The Crime Stoppers Club with Michael Kupperman and co-host Kate Beaton! This month, they welcome Dave Hill, Victor Vardnado, Domitille Collardey, Jim Torok, and Corey Pandolphfor a night of laughter and imagery. This free event starts at 7:00 PM at Luca Lounge. (more info)

Wednesday, March 28th

• Columbus, OH: Paul Hornschemeier will be leading a young writer's studio at Thurber House. (more info)

• San Francisco, CA: Daniel Clowes will be interviewed by Rene de Guzman, Senior Curator of Art at the Oakland Museum of California, at the Kadist Art Foundation! More details coming to the FLOG very soon!

Thursday, March 29th

• New York, NY: Kim Deitch will be on a panel discussing comic and graphic arts biographies for the 4th Annual Leon Levy Conference! (more info)

Friday, March 30th

• Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics kicks off the weekend at the 10th Annual Emerald City Comicon! Meet Ellen Forney at 5:00 PM and Jim Woodring at 7:00 PM. Both artists will be part of our 6:00 PM panel "Northwest Noir: Seattle's Legacy of Counterculture Comix," with Real Comet Press publisher Cathy Hillenbrand, and Fantagraphics Books associate publisher Eric Reynolds. Moderated by Larry Reid of Fantagraphics Bookstore. (more info)

Saturday, March 31st

• Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics continues our appearance at the Emerald City Comicon at Booth 704 with special guests: Bill Schelly (editor of The Art of Joe Kubert) at 11:00 AM, Michel Gagné (editor of Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics) at 2:00 PM, and Jim Woodring at 5:00 PM. (more info)

• Seattle, WA: Camille Rose Garcia will be signing her latest at Roq La Rue in the Belltown neighborhood. (more info)

• Seattle, WA: Join Fantagraphics for the Emerald City Comicon Pinball Party at Shorty's, with your host Jim Woodring! Free fun for all comix and pinball enthusiasts over the age of 21! (more info)

• Columbus, OH: Otterbein professor of philosophy Andrew Mills will speak about Paul Hornschemeier's work in a philosophical context at this free event at the Columbus Museum of Art. (more info)

Sunday, April 1st

• Seattle, WA: It's your last day to visit us at the Emerald City Comicon! Stop by our booth between 2:00 to 3:30 PM to meet Jacques Boyreau, editor of Portable Grindhouse: The Lost Art of the VHS Box! (more info)

Archer Prewitt Art Shows in Japan!

janice

OhmyGOD. Our friends at PressPop have curated the show of my comic/music/critter-lovin' dreams!!!

Three Sides Chicago: Squares, Squirrels & Dots spotlights the work of Archer Prewitt, alongside Sam Prekop and Eric Claridge, who also happen to be his bandmates in The Sea & Cake.

The Tokyo exhibit opens today (Monday, March 26th) in Tokyo at Shibuya Parco B1F LIBRO, and when the show closes on April 8th, all three gentlemen (pun not intended) will be at the store for a signing!

And then on April 4th, a simultaneous show will open at the Trancepop Gallery in Kyoto featuring different artwork from the Tokyo show! Archer, Eric & Sam will be there for the opening reception for a signing, as well. The exhibit will run in Kyoto until April 22nd.

Hmm, how about a Seattle show?? Whaddaya say, Presspop?!

Things to See: Archer Prewitt concept art for Lee 'Scratch' Perry figurine from Presspop

mike

Following their vinyl figurines of music/literary visionaries Bob Moog, Raymond Scott, and Allen Ginsberg, all of which were designed by Archer Prewitt, the good people at Presspop have pressed Prewitt into service again for a new figurine of dub inventor Lee "Scratch" Perry, coming this summer! Above, Archer's concept art (final product subject to change).

Things to See: Earwax Cafe (R.I.P.) menu with Dan Clowes, Archer Prewitt, Chris Ware art

mike

As Earwax Cafe, a hub of comics activity in Chicago for many years, slips into memory and legend, Lilli Carré shares the above scan and reports on her blog: "I went there one more time this past weekend as they were closing, and they let me have the last extra copy of their xeroxed menu, the cover of which is adorned with doodles by Chris Ware, Dan Clowes, Archer Prewitt, and others." What an artifact!

UPDATE: Paul Hornschemeier also shares some thoughts on the closing of Earwax on his blog.

The Allen Ginsberg Beat Poet Figurine

mike

Quite possibly the world's first Beat Poet action figure, now available to order from Presspop in Japan! The figurine, packaging and accessories were all designed by Archer Prewitt (also responsible for their previous figurines of music pioneers Raymond Scott and Robert Moog) and feature a cloth jacket, glasses, beaded necklace, papercraft Uncle Sam hat and book, and a CD of live poetry readings. It's adorable!

Things to see: 9/3/10

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Periodic clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources:

• Michael Kupperman illustrates a New York Times op-ed piece written by William Gibson

• This video posted by Jim Woodring has a surprise ending

• At Comics Comics, Jeet Heer reminds us of Kevin Huizenga's tribute to Floyd Gottfredson in Or Else #2

• Another stage in Matthias Lehmann's scratchboard work in progress

• An unpublished 1987 Bob Fingerman drawing of young zombies in love

• The cover of the first comic Jason ever made, circa 1979 (it means Tim and Tom On the Go!, not Tim and Tom Are Farting!, you sillyhead)

• This week's "I, Anonymous" plus church sketches and more sketchbookery by Steven Weissman

• Another page from a comic-in-progress by John Hankiewicz

• Pegasus progress pics from Frank Santoro

• An illustration by Marco Corona for Internazionale, with commentary in Italian

• Debbie Drechsler draws the belted kingfisher, with commentary

• From Renee French: fly, fly people

• Steve Brodner draws Abel Meeropol and former Sen. Alan Simpson, with commentary

• Ooh, pretty record cover art for Coil Sea by Archer Prewitt (via Presspop)

• A new animated Underworld cartoon by Kaz & co. (via Ben Schwartz)

• This week's Maakies by Tony Millionaire (still on Facebook for the time being)

• Our own Jacob Covey just posted a bunch of his drawings on vintage postcards to Facebook — I'm not sure what his privacy settings are but some of them are on Flickr too if that link doesn't work

• Paul Hornschemeier's latest t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop — Biggeespeare joins the protagonist of Set to Sea in the ranks of hulking poets

Things to see: 8/10/10

mike

Periodic clips & strips (slightly off schedule) — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:

• Johnny Ryan hits that cute/offensive sweet spot yet again with his jungle hero who is also a bunny (via Facebook)

• Jon Vermilyea's entry in David Ryan's Calvin & Hobbes-themed convention sketchbook

• 1990 sketchbook pages and a 1996 illustration by Jason

• Drew Weing's Set to Sea page 121

• Richard Sala presents a selection of drawings from his book The Ghastly Ones

• The latest installment of Tim Lane's Belligerent Piano

• Gabrielle Bell continues her Comic-Con "comicumentary"

• From Mark Kalesniko, another version of "Tina in a Polka-Dot Dress"

• Noah Van Sciver is selling drawings to raise money for his West Coast tour with John Porcellino, including original Blammo pages or commissions like this Wookiee Wolverine

• This 10" record of Allen Ginsberg & Arthur Russell from Presspop features jacket artwork by Archer Prewitt

• From Renee French: black mountain, hagelbarger, bed, daisyy, rock

• Steve Brodner on the Golden Ticket to bigotry

• Hans Rickheit's Ectopiary page 36

• A Ray Fenwick illustration for the Globe and Mail

Things to see: 8/6/10

mike

Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:

• Our pals at Presspop share this, the cover illustration by Archer Prewitt for the novelization of the upcoming film Morio (Toilet)

• Gabrielle Bell kicks off "Season 3" of Lucky with the first part of her San Diego Comic-Con diary; also, her previously-serialized strip "Manifestation" is presented in its entirety at What Things Do

• Dame Darcy's Black Madonna painting and other new stuff in her latest blog update

• Bob Fingerman illustrates "Queen of Mean" Lisa Lampanelli for Royal Flush magazine, plus more quick sketches

• Maggie-through-the-years fan art by Mike Hawthorne at Comic Twart

• Tony Millionaire posted this week's Maakies on Facebook while his new website is being built (if that last link doesn't work try this)

• Paul Hornschemeier's latest t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop

• A couple of teasers from Part 4 of Derek Van Gieson's Mome serial "Devil Doll"

• This week's "I, Anonymous " by Steven Weissman

• Life drawing studies by John Hankiewicz

• Collage and some guidelines from Frank Santoro

• Drew Weing's Set to Sea pages 118 119 & 120

• Richard Sala presents his strip from the July 1994 issue of Pulse magazine

• Tim Lane extends Belligerent Piano into the audio realm with "The Cowboy's Lament"

• A preview of the next Jim Flora art print, available for pre-order

• Debbie Drechsler sketches some lakeshore fauna

• From Lilli Carré: sketchbook pages, illustrations for Kordian, and a story for Chicago Magazine

• A quartet of recent illustrations by Sergio Ponchione, including one for 826 Brooklyn

• Noah Van Sciver vs. Batman

• From Josh Simmons, The Golden Quackers

• From Renee French, a couple of rocks and a peek

• Steve Brodner thinks maybe it's about time for the President to start losing his cool. Also, a grocery store incident as political allegory

• From Kevin Huizenga, a couple of hot panels and a tale of narrowly-averted disaster

• A new Truth Serum strip by Jon Adams

• Joe Kimball shares several glimpses of a whole bunch of stuff on his Flickr page

• Two recent Ray Fenwick illustrations for Threadless and Cottage Life magazine respectively

Things to see: 4/26/10

mike

Daily clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:

• Spanish-language newspaper El País publishes a Joe Sacco cover for their literature supplement

• The cover of Jon Vermilyea's forthcoming turtle-flavored minicomic Pizza Time

• This is a photo John Pham posted on Facebook of a piece he has in the Poketo "Los Angeles I'm Yours" art show at Space 1520 in LA which opened on Saturday and which also features handmade minicomics by Jordan Crane

• Also on Facebook, Bill Griffith posts this one-page story (excerpted above) which was recently published in a new book about Levittown, Second Suburb, edited by Dianne Harris (link goes straight to the image file, since I don't know Bill's Facebook privacy settings, but he posts cool stuff all the time)

• Moose! You're killing me with cuteness, Renee French

• Hans Rickheit's Ectopiary, page 21

• T. Edward Bak is posting several pages from his current serialized Mome story "Wild Man" — for 50 bucks you can purchase an original page and help fund his impending trip to Alaska for field research for the story, so hit that Paypal link on his blog

• Gabrielle Bell reports from her trip to Stockholm

• The Archer Prewitt-designed Allen Ginsberg figurine from Presspop is coming closer to reality

Things to see: 4/19/10

mike

Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:

• A new Vice comic by Johnny Ryan

• Steven Weissman's new series of Stinckers is taking shape

• On his Clip Joint blog John Hankiewicz says "My lithograph No Argument is part of the 30th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink Gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The show, now open, runs until May 26th. More information here."

• From Frank Santoro, what I can only assume are process pics of some color backgrounds using airbrush or spray paint... they're pretty, whatever they are

• Get yourself a Dame Darcy Witch Craft Kit for all your charm-casting needs

• Debbie Drechsler draws a fallen crow

• Gabrielle Bell re-runs her story "Roosevelt Island"

• It's Archer Prewitt's packaging design for Presspop's forthcoming Allen Ginsberg vinyl figurine

• I don't imagine Renee French intends to remind us to floss, but that's what I'm getting here

• This looks like it might be the cover to a new mini by Kevin Huizenga but maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part

• "Blond Girl in a Black Dress 2 " by Mark Kalesniko

• Josh Simmons & Wendy Chin have been keeping the cute coming on the Quackers blog

• I'm super excited for Roger Langridge's new Thor series

• Ectiopiary page 20 and "an ancient illustration" by Hans Rickheit

• Jon Vermilyea posts a teaser from his upcoming TMNT zine

He Likes to Draw Funny Things

janice

Pull the kids up on your lap, turn up the volume on your computer, and enjoy this performance from cartoonist/musician Archer Prewitt, live on "Chic-A-Go-Go," the cutest all-ages dance show on cable access in Chicago.

A COUNTING ERROR by John and Mark from Barry Phipps on Vimeo.

And while you're at it, and if the kids haven't squirmed away yet, check out this silly video from John & Mark, featuring artwork by Mr. Prewitt. In fact, it's the same artwork that adorns the album John & Mark's Children's Record on Tight Ship Records. You can even download 16 pages of Archer's animal drawings for your kids to color in!

By the way, that "John & Mark" happens to be John Upchurch and Mark Greenberg (also seen "drumming" with Archer on "Chic-A-Go-Go"), and Tight Ship Records happens to be ran by one Mr. Barry Phipps. Yes, folks, it's the closest thing we have to a reunion by The Coctails until I raise enough money to get them to play my next birthday party.

(Incidentally, The Coctails' Popcorn box set? Features photography by your FLOG host Mike Baehr! Also? The Coctails have collaborated in the past with Fantagraphics' very own Dame Darcy! It's a very small world of awesomeness.)

[Ed. Note: The first video was found via The Comics Reporter.]

Allen Ginsberg action figure

mike

Okay okay, "vinyl figurine." Designed by Archer Prewitt, coming soon from our pals at Presspop.

Cartoonist tunes

mike

The new episode of the Inkstuds podcast is a special treat: an all-music show featuring music by cartoonists. The playlist includes: The Action Suits! Peter Bagge's Can You Imagine?! Al Columbia's The Francies! The mysterious Extravagant Bachelor! The Crumb Family! Archer Prewitt! Chris Ware! Paul Hornschemeier's Arks! Mary Fleener's Wigbillies! And (drum roll)... Blueshammer! Awesome.

New Comics Day 10/14/09

mike

Scheduled to make their way to comics shops this week:

Mome Vol. 16 - Fall 2009 (note: mistakenly listed as Summer 2009 on Diamond's shipping list) - with the Mome debuts of cover artist Renee French, Nicolas Mahler, Archer Prewitt, & Ted Stearn, plus the usual mess of other great stuff.

You Are There by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Claude Forest - the landmark Eurocomics graphic novel, newly translated and presented for North American audiences for the first time.

More info and previews can, of course, be seen at the links above, so have a look-see, confirm availability with your local shop, and buy buy buy.

Now in stock: Mome Vol. 16 - Fall 2009

mike

Mome Vol. 16 - Fall 2009
By various artists; edited by Gary Groth & Eric Reynolds

This issue features several of our favorite alternative comic artists of the last 15 years, bringing us great joy. Archer Prewitt is the first, with an all-new “Funny Bunny” strip created in between his active musical career. “The Moolah Tree” is the new Fuzz & Pluck graphic novel from Ted Stearn, following Fuzz & Pluck and Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville, beginning serialization here. We are equally proud to debut new work from Renée French, whose work is also featured on the front and back cover of this issue. And Nicholas Mahler debuts to ask "What Is Art?" (translated by secret weapon Kim Thompson).

Also: the second chapter of T. Edward Bak's "Wild Man - The Strange Journey - and Fantastic Accounts - of the Naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, from Bavaria to Bolshaya Zemlya (and Beyond)"; a new "Cold Heat" story by the team of Ben Jones, Frank Santoro & Jon Vermilyea; Dash Shaw interprets an episode of "Blind Date" into comics form; and new stories from Lilli Carré, Conor O'Keefe, Laura Park, Nate Neal, and Sara Edward-Corbett, with incidental drawings by Kaela Graham.

112-page color/b&w 7" x 9" softcover • $14.99
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Mome Vol. 16: Fall 2009 - Preview, Pre-Order

mike

It brings us great joy to welcome four of our favorite comic artists to the Mome fold in this Fall's Volume 16: Renée French (who graces the cover), Nicholas Mahler, Archer Prewitt and Ted Stearn. Of course, our returning artists are also nothing to sneeze at: T. Edward Bak, Dash Shaw, Lilli Carré, Conor O'Keefe, Laura Park, Nate Neal, Sara Edward-Corbett, and the "Cold Heat" crew of Ben Jones, Frank Santoro and Jon Vermilyea. This issue is now available for pre-order in our online shop. Download our free 12-page PDF excerpt for a sample page from each contributing artist. This book is scheduled be in stock and shipping in mid-September, and in stores approximately 4 weeks later (subject to change).