• The Stranger has lunch with The Lagoon by Lilli Carré

• On Blog Flume, Ken Parille offers critical counterpoint to some of Blake Bell's analysis of Steve Ditko's later work in Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko

• Vitrola looks at Explainers by Jules Feiffer (in Portugese; Google translation here)

• The San Antonio Current looks at Mome Vol. 12, Krazy & Ignatz 1943-1944, and Comic Arf

• I Love Rob Liefeld reviews Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw

• Your comics-icons-mashup street art of the day

 

Today marks something of a milestone for Fantagraphics: our very first -- in 32 years of publishing -- cover of the venerable New York Times Book Review. Featured is Jules Feiffer's EXPLAINERS, in review by David Kamp titled "Cartoons for Grown-Ups" (who'da ever thunkit??). The online version even has the requisite NY Times slideshow. As my good pal Thom put it to me this morning via email, "What's next... a black president?" There is hope. 

But wait, that's not even all! The very same issue of the NYTBR features a full-page review of Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez's recent work, by the critic Douglas Wolk, appropriately titled "The Audacity of Hopey". The piece reviews The Education of Hopey Glass, Amor Y Cohetes, and Love & Rockets: New Stories #1. 

 

 

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

 

A good week to be a comics fan kickin' it in Martha's Vineyard:

Jules Feiffer is this week's feature Onion A.V. Club interview, and it's a doozy! The 1,200 word teaser is in this week's issue, or you can read the expanded version here.  

Part One at the Daily Crosshatch.

UPDATE: And now, Part Two, as well.

On his blog, our good friend Neil Gaiman declares his love for Jules Feiffer's Explainers, reprints his introduction from our 1997 edition of Feiffer's Tantrum, and confirms that yes, he still has this Feiffer print.

Jules Feiffer gives a nice one-on-one to Chris Mautner. 

You can stream the Mr. Media interview with Jules Feiffer, which broadcast yesterday, with this handy dandy BlogTalkRadio player right here:

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Jules Feiffer will be interviewed live tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11AM eastern on the Mr. Media radio show and will be taking questions from listeners. Just click the link for full info about listening live online and for calling in to ask Mr. Feiffer a question about his new book, Explainers, or really anything from his storied career.