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Things to See: 11/8/10 roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Usagi Yojimbo , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Stan Sakai , Robert Goodin , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Mark Kalesniko , Marco Corona , Laura Park , Josh Simmons , John Hankiewicz , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Frank Santoro , Drew Friedman , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Carol Tyler , Bill Griffith
7 Nov 2010 11:24 PM
Click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources:
• The future of architecture , from Ray Fenwick 's notebook
• Golden Age Comic Book Stories reproduces the full set of Drew Friedman -illustrated The Ed Wood, Jr. Players trading cards from 1993 (via The Comics Reporter )
• The spaceship-stealing kid in this 1957 illustration ? That's a young Bill Griffith (and his dad in the vid screen), painted by his next-door neighbor Ed Emshwiller. Via Bill on Facebook, who also posts Emshwiller's rough layout
• At Repaneled , Isaac Bidwell does Stan Sakai 's Usagi Yojimbo from issue #14 (soon to be collected in Usagi Yojimbo: The Special Edition )
• Some Netflix warehouse worker is going to get a bit of a surprise when Dash Shaw returns Splice ; this and more of his daily drawings at The Ruined Cast blog
• This painting by Robert Goodin is being auctioned to benefit the CBLDF
And more Things to See from the past week:
• Early strips, illustrations, outtakes and film reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spots and sketches on his Chewing Gum in Church blog and more on his Flickr page
• A new print at John Hankiewicz 's Clip Joint blog
• Drawings, paintings, collages and other images by Frank Santoro at the Cold Heat Comics blog
• Illustrations & sketches at Marco Corona 's Il Canguro Pugilatore blog
• Nature sketches with running commentary by Debbie Drechsler at her Just Around the Corner blog
• More sketches for Mark Kalesniko 's forthcoming graphic novel Freeway (just sent to the printer!) and drawings of women wearing things at his blog
• Laura Park 's sketches from her visit to the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction on her Flickr page
• The latest Josh Simmons cuteness (with Wendy Chin) at Quackers
• Drawings, sketches, photos and a new toy from Renee French
• A new Need to Know video by Steve Brodner
• More pages from Hans Rickheit 's graphic novel in progress Ectopiary , plus other material (including a smattering of outtakes from The Squirrel Machine ) and commentary at his Squirrel Machine blog
• Pages and panels by Derek Van Gieson at his These Days I Remain blog
• A You'll Never Know preliminary sketch at Carol Tyler 's Screened-in Porch blog
• Drawings and works in progress by Joe Kimball on his Flickr page
• Some familiar creators post some new Trubble Club collaborative comics
Things to See: 11/1/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Stephen DeStefano , Sophie Crumb , Sergio Ponchione , Richard Sala , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Popeye , Paul Hornschemeier , Original Art , Matthias Lehmann , Mark Kalesniko , Maakies , Lilli Carré , Laura Park , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Jordan Crane , Jon Adams , Johnny Ryan , John Hankiewicz , Joe Kimball , Jim Flora , Jason , Jaime Hernandez , Hans Rickheit , Gary Panter , Frank Santoro , Emile Bravo , EC Segar , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Dame Darcy , Bob Fingerman , Anders Nilsen
1 Nov 2010 12:29 AM
This post has been in progress for nearly a month now... with so much to catch up on, I'll just be highlighting a few selected items and then giving you links to the regularly-updated stuff. As always, click for better viewing and possible commentary at the sources.
• At The Hooded Utilitarian , Ng Suat Tong reports on some recent Jaime Hernandez original art sales, with lots and lots of images
• At Not Quite Clobberin' , a scan of a seldom-seen 1997 autobio strip by Jaime Hernandez
• Doc Shaner posted a bunch of Popeye art on his Tumblr last week, including this amazing "Sgt. Popeye's Lonely Hearts Club Band " by Stephen DeStefano
• Shucks, it's an illustrated love letter from 1916 from E.C. Segar to his wife-to-be Myrtle, at Letters of Note (via The Comics Reporter )
• Jason reveals the cover art for the French edition of Isle of 100,000 Graves (L'Île aux 100 000 Morts ); plus early strips, illustrations, outtakes and film reviews at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• A new comic for Vice by Johnny Ryan
• Bob Fingerman 's They Live poster for an art show at Maxwell's in Hoboken
• Three from Covered : Mome contributor Jon Adams does Yosemite Sam #2; Tom Pappalardo does Acme Novelty Library #1 ; and Dyna Moe does Tales Designed to Thrizzle #3 . Also see Jon's latest Truth Serum strips
• Two from Repaneled : Matthew Allison takes on Johnny Ryan 's Prison Pit and Steven Weissman gets in on the fun; also catch up on Steven's latest "I, Anonymous" spots and sketches on his Chewing Gum in Church blog and more on his Flickr page
• Eleanor Davis 's letterpress print for The Cloudy Collection; plus her latest sketches, works in progress and other illustrations at her We Be Ouija blog
• Dig Gary Panter 's logo design for his multimedia "band" Devin Gary & Ross
• A two-page all-ages horror story by Richard Sala
• A new war-story page by Tim Lane , with interesting background info; plus recent installments of his ongoing Belligerent Piano strip at his Jackie Noname blog
• At Gabrielle Bell 's Lucky blog, the concluding installments of her "San Diego Comic-Con Comicumentary" (which Anthony Vukojevich interprets at Repaneled ) and some "embarrassing older work"
• Paul Hornschemeier 's weekly t-shirt designs at his News and/or Head Lice blog
• Noah Van Sciver 's "Blue Wilson" and lots more drawings, strips and news on his blog
• "The King & The Beast" is a 2006 comic by Ray Fenwick
• New installments of the latest Simon & Jack (& Rosalyn!) story by Jordan Crane at What Things Do
And please catch up on the last few weeks worth of the following:
• Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga and Dan Zettwoch; more Kevin at The Balloonist and New Construction
• Matthias Lehmann 's Bloc-Notes blog and stunning new originals for sale
• Sketchbook drawings at John Hankiewicz 's Clip Joint blog
• Drawings, paintings, collages and other images by Frank Santoro at the Cold Heat Comics blog
• Artwork, dolls, fashions, other handicrafts and spells from Dame Darcy
• Artwork & illustrations from Émile Bravo
• Illustrations & sketches at Marco Corona 's Il Canguro Pugilatore blog
• Vintage Jim Flora illustrations & artwork (plus merch) at the Jim Flora blog
• Nature sketches with running commentary by Debbie Drechsler at her Just Around the Corner blog
• Lots of sketches for Mark Kalesniko 's forthcoming graphic novel Freeway (just sent to the printer!) and drawings of women wearing things at his blog
• Comics, illustrations and news from Sergio Ponchione at his Mondobliquo blog
• Laura Park continues to add artwork to her Flickr page
• The latest Josh Simmons sketches, panels and updates at The Furry Trap and The White Rhinoceros and (with Wendy Chin) The Randy Gander and Quackers
• An entire month's worth of drawings, sketches, photos and jewelry (!) from Renee French
• Animated drawings and Eyeworks Animation Festival updates from Lilli Carré at her Kettle of Fish blog
• Dash Shaw 's daily drawings at The Ruined Cast blog
• Sketchbook drawings and comics by Sophie Crumb at her blog
• Caricatures, a new Need to Know video, and commentary on current events by Steve Brodner
• Sketchbook comics etc. by Anders Nilsen at The Monologuist
• More pages from Hans Rickheit 's graphic novel in progress Ectopiary , plus other material and commentary at his Squirrel Machine blog
• Pages and panels by Derek Van Gieson at his These Days I Remain blog
• The latest Maakies strips and other updates from Tony Millionaire
• Drawings and works in progress by Joe Kimball on his Flickr page
Things to see: 9/29/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Wilfred Santiago , Tony Millionaire , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Roger Langridge , Richard Sala , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Peanuts , Noah Van Sciver , Marco Corona , Maakies , Laura Park , Kevin Huizenga , Jordan Crane , Joe Kimball , Jim Woodring , Jim Flora , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Drew Weing , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dave Cooper , Dash Shaw , Daniel Clowes , Andrice Arp , Anders Nilsen
28 Sep 2010 10:48 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources:
• Jason presents two cover illustrations: one for a biography of Henrik Ibsen, the other for a 1989 issue of a Norwegian fanzine (oh yeah, and the cover for his next Fanta collection What I Did is in there too)
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous " spot and some sketchbook pages here and here
• A couple of witty recent entries on the Covered blog: Valerie Fletcher 's version of The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970 and Anthony Vukojevich 's take on Eightball #2
• Dave Cooper gives a peek at a few of the 96 little drawings he's bringing on his West Coast book tour, with commentary
• An unpleasant new Jim Woodring panel
• The final part of Jordan Crane 's "Chapter Two: Unraveling" at What Things Do
• A bit of Dungeon fan art by Drew Weing
"Greetings, stranger of the future . If you are reading this, it means the written word has survived, that the world of tomorrow still exists, and that for some reason my ramblings are still considered worth reading. My name is Mark Twain, and I write these words to you in the good old days of August 2010."
• A prose story from Michael Kupperman : "From the Newly Discovered Second Autobiography of Mark Twain "
• Richard Sala presents a whole bunch of production, concept, and storyboard art from his animated serial "Invisible Hands" from MTV's Liquid Television , in 4 installments (so far) here here here and here , with commentary
• "Benemerenze di satana " by Marco Corona
• A woodcut illustration of Cincinnati (1941), an uncompleted sketchbook drawing (circa 1950) and a magazine proposal sketch (1956), all at the Jim Flora blog (with commentary from Irwin Chusid)
• A black phoebe and some ground squirrels from Debbie Drechsler 's nature sketchbook, with commentary
• It's part 8 of Gabrielle Bell 's "San Diego Comic-Con Comicumentary"
• Noah Van Sciver 's historical strip "Elijah Lovejoy November 7 1837" part 1 and part 2
• Laura Park gets anatomical with a how-to and a note to her doctor
• From Renee French : hairy girl , fly with stick , dog , Ikea roof , guys (photo), baby , rodents , thing roofs
• Dash Shaw 's Daily Drawing nos. 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 & 20
• Recent Steve Brodner sketches, with commentary, of Dinesh d'Souza , cowardly Karl Rove , the corpse of Harry Truman giving Obama what-for , and Truman's bones revisited
• It looks like Kevin Huizenga is sending Glenn Ganges on some kind of Hardy Boys adventure or something
• I didn't know that Roger Langridge had done rejected cover comps for our Jules Feiffer novel reprints (one of which got canceled anyway)
• New sketchbook pages from Anders Nilsen
• Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary page 43 ; Hans also has a song for you
• The cover to Derek Van Gieson 's evocatively titled upcoming publication
• Tigers clustered and solo by Andrice Arp for an old Giant Robot art show
• From Wilfred Santiago , page 91 of 21 , plus process images for pages 120 & 121 , and a postcard illustration
• Two weeks worth of Tony Millionaire 's Maakies
• Work in progress (presumably) by Joe Kimball
• Recent spot illos by Ray Fenwick for Cottage Life Magazine
Things to see: 9/21/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Zippy the Pinhead , Tony Millionaire , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Stephen DeStefano , Sergio Ponchione , Roy Crane , Richard Sala , Renee French , Noah Van Sciver , merch , Matthias Lehmann , Mark Kalesniko , Maakies , Lilli Carré , Laura Park , Kim Deitch , Josh Simmons , Jordan Crane , Jim Woodring , Jim Flora , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Frank Santoro , Eleanor Davis , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Dame Darcy , Bill Griffith , Anders Nilsen
21 Sep 2010 2:10 AM
A lot of catching up to do with this batch of clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources:
• A couple of things Bill Griffith has recently shared on Facebook: the rejected first draft of the home screen for the Zippy Comix iPhone app, and a "lost" Wacky Packages design that Bill says is "almost sacrilegious"
• Dr. Hermes Retro-Scans presents "The Photo-Finish!", a 4-page Kim Deitch story from Corn Fed , 1972 (via ¡Journalista! )
• At Potrzebie , Bhob Stewart presents Roy Crane 's 1920s Mexico sketchbook (via ¡Journalista! )
• Jim Woodring presents "Spectacularly unpleasant goings-on from CONGRESS OF THE ANIMALS, page 60"
• It's Stephen DeStefano 's 'Mazing Man redux (and seemingly feminized)
• From Matthias Lehmann , one more work-in-progress photo and, above, the finished product
• From Jason : promotional "bubblegum cards "; a catalog cover (one of ours? I don't have them handy to check); and a book cover illustration (with a different take on the dog-headed figure)
• From Steven Weissman : a new "I, Anonymous " spot; new stuff on sale at Comic Art Collective ; the cutest damn sidewalk chalk drawing ever ; "School Spirits " & "Series 3 " Stinckers
• From Frank Santoro : more Silver Surfer art ; something titled Pompe11 ; "Postcard from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania " for Internazionale , with translation
• A new batch of crafts & merch from Dame Darcy in her latest blog update
• 19 new illustrations by Eleanor Davis for a local organic farm newsletter and a letterpress print in the new edition of the Cloudy Collection
• A handful of vintage Richard Sala sketchbook pages
• The latest installment of Tim Lane 's Belligerent Piano
• Now available , a licensed Jim Flora font complete with "Flornaments" dingbats
• From Debbie Drechsler 's nature sketchbook: woodpeckers , turtles , fungi , squirrels
• From Lilli Carré : the cover of the Chicago Reader 's Fall Arts Guide; animated loop drawings in progress , completed and projected
• Gabrielle Bell presents part 7 of her "San Diego Comic-Con Comicumentary" and her strip from the San Francisco Panorama
• More AMC Pacer studies for Freeway by Mark Kalesniko , including action/disaster shots
• A Sergio Ponchione illustration for a radio talent show (I think)
• A message from Noah Van Sciver , plus an announcement and other updates , and an excerpt from his Lincoln story at Top Shelf 2.0
• Laura Park documents a day in the life with chronic back pain
• From Josh Simmons : Rickles , swaying Quackers
• From Renee French : Bugatti toy photo , sculpt of slug masked girl , e's , Barry with stick , tongue mask , mitt dude , slug girl sketch , shadowy creature , turds , Otto
• Dash Shaw 's Daily Drawings no. 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , & 14
• Steve Brodner 's latest newsmaker portraits with commentary: Marty Peretz , John Boehner , Christine O'Donnell , Hamid Karzai , Cantor Yosele Rosenblatt , Sarah Palin & Rupert Murdoch
• Anders Nilsen 's Great Gatsby cover for Penguin UK, with preliminary studies; a car engine ; and a portrait of Richard Brautigan
•
Hans Rickheit 's
Ectopiary page 41 &
42 , plus
a poster for
The Bad Seed
• A concert poster from Derek Van Gieson 's archives
• The latest Maakies from Tony Millionaire
• Jordan Crane 's cover illustration for the latest Cinefamily newsletter
Things to see: 9/10/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Sergio Ponchione , Robert Goodin , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Miss Lasko-Gross , Matthias Lehmann , Mark Kalesniko , Laura Park , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Drew Weing , Drew Friedman , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Dame Darcy , Al Columbia
10 Sep 2010 5:26 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing and possible artist commentary at the sources:
• Drew Friedman illustrates the latest crop of pop stars-cum-reality TV stars for Billboard (with commentary)
• The cover of a new minicomic Miss Lasko-Gross is debuting at SPX (via Facebook)
• From Kevin Huizenga , a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond strip
• Two more stages in Matthias Lehmann 's scratchboard work in progress
• From Jason : a 1996 anthology story page ; a lizard lady ; an illustration of U2 ; and three early cartoons
• Steven Weissman drew Courtney Love for The Stranger 's Bumbershoot guide ; also, "I, Anonymous" (original , as printed ), and ice cream roundup
• Two more panels from an upcoming comic by John Hankiewicz
• Two good ones at the Covered blog: Jeffrey Meyer does Al Columbia 's Pim & Francie and Derek Van Gieson does New Mutants #33
• Relatedly, at his Wood Paneled Basement blog Robert Goodin says "The Criterion Collection curated a film festival for this year's All Tomorrow's Parties in New York. Comic artists were asked to create posters for the different movies and I did the one above for Gomorrah ."
• Original art, crafts and other good stuff in Dame Darcy 's latest blog update
• Drew Weing posts this snippet of a comic story he has in the current issue of the Oxford American ; Josh Simmons posts an even less revealing bit of his strip from the same issue
• The latest installment of Tim Lane 's Belligerent Piano
• At the Jim Flora art blog: a 1960 tempera sketch , 1991 sketchbook & journal pages
• Debbie Drechsler sketches squirrels and other fauna , plus a heron
• Gabrielle Bell 's San Diego adventures continue in part 6 of her Comic-Con Comicumentary
• Mark Kalesniko 's AMC Pacer reference sketches for Freeway move to the interior
• Sergio Ponchione presents "Riunione di Condominio " ("Condo Meeting") from the new issue of Linus
• Paul Hornschemeier 's latest t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop
• Another heartrending Lewis strip from Laura Park
• Josh Simmons presents his strip from Bound & Gagged ; also, "Quacker Alley " isn't credited to Josh but it sure looks like one of his
• From Renee French : scrote face girl , Barry the bird swimming , bunny with twine , a popsicle , and a series of shadowy things
• Dash Shaw 's Daily Drawing nos. 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , & 7 , plus his animated sitcom pitch — I'd watch it
• Steve Brodner takes on a hero and a villain: Paul Conrad and Pastor Terry Jones respectively
• Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary page 40 — our Dutch-speaking readers may be interested to know that Ectopiary is being translated and serialized at Serieland
Things to see: 9/3/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , staff , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Michael Kupperman , Matthias Lehmann , Marco Corona , Maakies , Kevin Huizenga , Kaz , John Hankiewicz , Jim Woodring , Jason , Frank Santoro , Floyd Gottfredson , fashion , Debbie Drechsler , Bob Fingerman , Archer Prewitt
3 Sep 2010 2:43 PM
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: 8/27/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Roger Langridge , Renee French , Matthias Lehmann , Mark Kalesniko , Maakies , Love and Rockets , Kevin Huizenga , jon vermilyea , Jon Adams , Jim Blanchard , Jason , Jaime Hernandez , Gabrielle Bell , Emile Bravo , Drew Weing , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler
27 Aug 2010 4:00 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Bleeding Cool uncovers a lost all-ages Roger Langridge rarity
• Here's an auction page where you can zoom in on and pan around a scan of Jaime Hernandez original art from Love and Rockets #9
• This week's Maakies ? Maais oui. Tony Millionaire is still posting them on Facebook for the time being while his website is rebuilt
• Read "Time Traveling" from Ganges #1 at What Things Do ; also from Kevin Huizenga , a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond strip and a curtain-lifting homage to something I can't identify
• Matthias Lehmann posts photos of a scratchboard work in progress — stage 1 , stage 2
• Jason illustrations for a Norgwegian music magazine and a Norwegian comic shop , plus a cartoon from 1984
• This week's "I, Anonymous " spot and these church doodles from Steven Weissman seem to be thematically related, don't they?
• Jon Adams 's Covered version of Batman #8 is pretty creepy when you look closely; also, there's a new Truth Serum
• A couple of ex libris plates by Émile Bravo , plus a metal dwarf bear figurine
• Drew Weing presents the final five pages of Set to Sea ; the entire story will remain online through September 10
• The first page of "Di Briganti e di Brigantesse" from Marco Corona
• The new installment of Tim Lane 's Belligerent Piano
• Two new paintings by Jim Blanchard : Leonard Cohen and Danger: Diabolik
• Debbie Drechsler gets birdy and buggy
• It's the continuation of Gabrielle Bell 's "San Diego Comic-Con Comicumentary"
• Mark Kalesniko is starting to post the preliminary sketches for his upcoming graphic novel Freeway — the man sure can draw a good AMC Pacer
• From Renee French : nervous Hagelbarger , a narwhal , a ledge , a... horse? , and seaweed
• Steve Brodner documents a NYC stabbing of a Muslim cabbie and, in a video drawing for Capitalnewyork.com , a NY State politician
• From Derek Van Gieson : a new "Devil Doll" sneak peek , hot crustacean jazz , and a Moomin parody ; he also has original art and more for sale on Etsy
• Here's the color version of that Smoke Signal story panel from Jon Vermilyea
Things to see: 8/23/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tim Lane , Things to see , Renee French , Laura Park , Josh Simmons , Jordan Crane , jon vermilyea , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Emile Bravo , Drew Weing , Debbie Drechsler
23 Aug 2010 3:11 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• A long-awaited new installment of "Chapter Two: Unraveling" from Jordan Crane at What Things Do
• From Jason , a hand-painted cigar case & matchbox , circa late 1990s, and an unpublished page from 1985
• Some sketches by Émile Bravo
• Drew Weing 's Set to Sea page 129
• Tim Lane presents his updated introduction to Belligerent Piano as it appeared in Smoke Signal
• Speaking of Smoke Signal , here's a panel from Jon Vermilyea 's story for an upcoming issue
• Debbie Drechsler catches a couple of hungry squirrels hiding behind a rock
• Another devastatingly sad strip about Lewis from Laura Park
• Soaring Quackers and Fearless Explorers from Josh Simmons
• From Renee French : "zombbaby ," burnt match squid thing , OMG BABY BUNNY PHOTO
• Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary page 37 ; also the rare color version of the cover of Chrome Fetus #5
Things to see: 8/20/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tom Kaczynski , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Noah Van Sciver , Michael Kupperman , merch , Marco Corona , Laura Park , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , Jason , fashion , Emile Bravo , Drew Weing , Debbie Drechsler
20 Aug 2010 4:24 PM
Periodic clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Michael Kupperman posted this "doodle" to Twitter
• Go bookmark Émile Bravo 's art blog — he posts daily (via The Comics Reporter )
• More uncollected Jason strips: one from Mjau Mjau , one possibly unpublished (plus more Audrey Hepburn movie reviews )
• Renee French 's work from The Rock Show can be seen at the Meyer Gallery website ; also, more guys with mitts and these
• From Steven Weissman : This week's "I, Anonymous ," sketchbook studies over on the Covered blog, and more sketchbook pages here and here
• Drew Weing 's Set to Sea pages 126 , 127 & 128
• The story behind this page by Marco Corona is amusing, if slightly confusing in translation
• This week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane
• Debbie Drechsler documents some crayfish and their habitat
• Paul Hornschemeier 's latest t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop
• Noah Van Sciver stumps for your Ignatz votes
• I feel a little strange re-posting the deeply personal comics that Laura Park has been making about the recent loss of her kitty Lewis, but they're just so amazing
• Josh Simmons introduces Prof. Quackenstein
• Tom Kaczynski previews MIX and teases a new Ransom Strange story
• A new Truth Serum strip by Jon Adams
Things to see: 8/13/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Usagi Yojimbo , Tony Millionaire , Tim Kreider , Things to see , Steve Brodner , Robert Crumb , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Paul Hornschemeier , Maakies , Jon Adams , Jim Flora , Jason , Frank Santoro , Drew Weing , DJ Bryant , Debbie Drechsler , Bob Fingerman
13 Aug 2010 5:27 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Bleeding Cool presents this R. Crumb sketch which was printed on the front page of Brazilian newspaper O Globo
• Bob Fingerman depicts "Another Day in Hell "
• Two unpublished Jason pages: a gag strip starring "D.V." and an aborted Poe adaptation
• This week's "I, Anonymous " spot by Steven Weissman
• This week's Maakies by Tony Millionaire (still on Facebook while his new website is being built — if that last link doesn't work try this )
• New Mome contributor D.J. Bryant has a strip in this week's issue of The Stranger — it's not online so I took a snap of it
• Looks like maybe a new Cold Heat page from Frank Santoro ? Also figures in conflict
• I don't usually editorialize here but Phineas X. Jones's version of Usagi Yojimbo #36 at Covered is awesome
• Drew Weing 's Set to Sea pages 122 & 123
• A partial scan (with color checker card) of an unpublished 1954 Jim Flora woodcut print, Sheffield Island
• Debbie Drechsler draws skinks
• Paul Hornschemeier 's latest t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop
• Josh Simmons & Wendy Chin bring us Quackers vs. Buzzers , Quackers vs. Pony Cheetah , & Quacker loves Bunny ; also from Josh, these scary guys
• Renee French draws a portrait of Tim Kreider ; also these sketches and this photo
• Steve Brodner 's animated take on Charlie Rangel
• A new Truth Serum strip by Jon Adams
• Ray Fenwick made a t-shirt design for Nike
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