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A shorty today: • The Oregonian presents excerpts from Beasts! Book 2 • Angry Asian Man looks at John Pham's Sublife Vol. 1 • Here's a Lilli Carré illustration in The Chicago Reader (hat tip: Paul Hornschemeier)
• USA TODAY Pop Candy names Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw the top comic of 2008, with The Lagoon by Lilli Carré at #6 • Rob Clough has a typically thoughtful review of The Lagoon • The Miami Herald casts a favorable eye on Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell and Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert by Bill Schelly • Tim O'Shea interviews Ivan Brunetti • The Daily Cross Hatch presents part 2 of their interview with Kevin Huizenga • A last-minute Christmas gift from Ellen Forney: free sexy-elf desktop wallpaper!
• I Love Rob Liefeld reviews The Lagoon by Lilli Carré • Comic Book Resources' "Comics Should Be Good" places Tales Designed to Thrizzle #4 by Michael Kupperman and Ganges #2 by Kevin Huizenga at the #5 and #4 positions, respectively, on their "Top Ten Comics of 2008" • They also mention Ellen Forney and Man of Rock: A Biography of Joe Kubert by Bill Schelly on a list of "Top Ten Moments of Comic-Related Happiness in 2008" • Steven Stwalley features Tom Kaczynski and praises Mome • Bram Meehan puts this year's two major Bill Mauldin releases, our collection Willie & Joe: The WWII Years and Todd DePastino's biography A Life Up Front, in a shared #10 position on his "Top Ten Comics of 2008" (via TCR) • The Oklahoman, which published Mauldin's early cartoons, looks at Willie & Joe: The WWII Years • The A.V. Club gives straight As (two As and an A-) to The Compete Peanuts 1969-1970 by Charles M. Schulz, Ghost World: Special Edition by Daniel Clowes, and Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham • This 2005 interview with Charles Burns and Chris Ware was found and blogged by Paul Hornschemeier
• Inside baseball: in a must-read slice of industry history from the mid-1980s, former Fantagraphics staffer Dave Olbrich comes clean about the debacle of the Jack Kirby Awards. Be sure to check the comments for official reaction from Kim Thompson • Cartoon Brew recommends Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn • Comics - History & Price Guides takes note of Krazy & Ignatz 1931-1932 by George Herriman • Stella Matutina says Castle Waiting by Linda Medley would "make a great present for the fairy tale-loving feminist in your life" • Rob Clough reviews Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham • Jim Hanley's Universe recommends Percy Gloom by Cathy Malkasian as a Staff Pick • The Seattle Times includes Beasts! Book 1 and Book 2 in their listing of new local book offerings An explosion of end-of-year lists: • USA TODAY Pop Candy places Lilli Carré at #58 on the list of "Top 100 People of 2008" • Book By Its Cover includes Beasts! Book 2 in their Top 10 of 2008 • Jeff Smith says Popeye Vol. 3: "Let's You and Him Fight!" by E.C. Segar was a favorite of 2008 • Robert Boyd names Jules Feiffer's Explainers and the Hernandez Brothers' Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 two of "The Best Comics of 2008" • Brian Nicholson places Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw at the top of his list of Best Comics for the year, with Ganges #2 by Kevin Huizenga not far behind • Dustin Harbin's top 10 "Best Comics of 2008" has Bottomless Belly Button at #2, Popeye Vol. 3 at #4, and Ganges #2 at #7 • Johnny Bacardi puts Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 on his "2008 Personal 10 Best in Comics" list (previously noted, but I forgot the link) • Mindless Ones names I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks a "Top Comic of 2008" (yes, it came out in 2007 but I think they're UK) • At comiXology, Tucker Stone unveils #30-11 of his "Best Comics of 2008," with Mome Vol. 12, Jessica Farm Vol. 1 by Josh Simmons, Angry Youth Comix Vol. II #14 by Johnny Ryan, and Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 making the list • GraphicNovelReporter names Bottomless Belly Button one of their "Best Graphic Novels of 2008" • On the Forbidden Planet International blog, Mike Carey names Things Just Get Away from You by Walt Holcombe ("a strange little masterpiece") and Jessica Farm Vol. 1 ("willfully perverse") as two of his three favorite comics of the year (Hat tip to Largehearted Boy's diligent compilation of "Best of 2008" Book Lists for a few of these links.)
• The Village Voice places Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes and Most Outrageous: The Trials and Tespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester by Bob Levin on its list of "2008's Best Comics, Clip Art, and Pedophilia" • Pol Culture looks at The Lagoon by Lilli Carré • Bob Fingerman presents outtakes from his upcoming book with us, Connective Tissue
• Drawn! names Ray Fenwick's Hall of Best Knowledge one of their Favourite Comics and Art Books of 2008 • Boing Boing spotlights Paul Di Filippo and Jim Woodring's Cosmocopia (you may remember the release party at our bookstore, where you can still purchase copies) • Venus Zine falls in love with The Lagoon by Lilli Carré • The Vancouver Courier reviews Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw • This much-discussed article by Steven Grant at Comic Book Resources has some nice things to say about Explainers by Jules Feiffer and Willie & Joe: The WWII Years by Bill Mauldin (and our own Eric Reynolds) • Sequart's issue-by-issue examination of Love and Rockets Vol. I continues with #37 (link not working at press time, but maybe you'll have better luck) • The Last Visible Blog reviews Abandoned Cars by Tim Lane (and check the "Other Articles of Interest" for more reviews of our books) • Cover Browser names Daniel Clowes' Eightball one of "10 Comic Books that Changed the Industry (Or Just Look Darn Cool)" • Time magazine names Bob Staake's post-Obama-victory New Yorker cover the Top Magazine Cover of 2008 • In The Village Voice, our old pal Everett True, inspired by The Complete Peanuts, imagines Charlie Brown and the gang grown up to become indie rock fans
We have a new duo of downloads with which to decorate your desktop! Just click on the size below that matches your monitor resolution -- find more info (and lots more choices) on our downloads page. The Lagoon by Lilli Carré The 2008 Best-Of lists are rolling in fast and furious: • Bookmunch goes Fanta-crazy this week with reviews of Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw ("graphic novel of the year"), Funeral of the Heart by Leah Hayes ("dazzling") and Abandoned Cars by Tim Lane ("spirited") • The Independent counts the Love and Rockets reprints Perla La Loca, Beyond Palomar and Amor Y Cohetes among the best comics of the year • Critic and commentator Alan David Doane names The Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernandez his Graphic Novel of the Year; Abandoned Cars by Tim Lane is his Debut of the Year; Ghost World: Special Edition by Daniel Clowes is his Reissue of the Year; Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell is tied for Comic Art Book of the Year; and 4 more of our titles are Other 2008 Titles of Note • New York Magazine names Bottomless Belly Button the #2 Graphic Novel of 2008, saying "Shaw's dysfunctional-family epic is so funny and engrossing we'd expect Oprah to pick it, but for all the graphic frog sex" • The Globe and Mail recommends Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko for holiday gift-giving • From Steven Stwalley, here's photos of the "Hot Ink: Comic Art" show at the Minnesota Museum of American Art (mmaa.org) that includes Zak Sally and Tom Kaczynski among others • In this video from Comicology.tv, Mort Walker talks about the history of the International Museum of Cartoon Art (look for our collection of Walker's Sam's Strip early next year) • Publishers Weekly talks to Lilli Carré about The Lagoon • PW also presents a 10-page excerpt from Anders Nilsen's soon-to-arrive Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes • Wall Street Journal book critic and Laura Warholic novelist Alexander Theroux weighs in on The Paris Review Interviews, Vol. III • The Beat goes digging through back issues of The Comics Journal, finds gold Holy figs, this daily link post looks like one of my weekly roundups of old: • PopMatters takes a quick look at Robert Pollard's Town of Mirrors • PopMatters again, on Bill Mauldin's Willie & Joe: The WWII Years • Iconoctlán examines The Comics Journal #293 (en Español; Google translation) • The Austin American-Statesman's lengthy roundup of coffee-table book holiday recommendations includes Bill Mauldin's Willie & Joe: The WWII Years and Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell • NuVoid wraps up the 2008 output of Robert Pollard, including Town of Mirrors • Did you know that if you buy the Popeye the Sailor: 1941-1943 (Vol. 3) DVD set you also get an exclusive Popeye mini-comic we produced with a story from our upcoming Popeye Vol. 4 collection? Booksteve noticed • Chris Barat reviews Popeye Vol. 3: "Let's You and Him Fight!" • Forward talks to Miss Lasko-Gross for a profile of Jewish women cartoonists • The North Adams Transcript looks at Abandoned Cars by Tim Lane • The St. Louis Post-Dispatch includes Abandoned Cars, Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell, and Jules Feiffer's Explainers on its list of "Best Books of 2008: Graphic Literature" • Beard reviews Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 by the Hernandez Brothers • Tropismes (l'Appartement) is yet another French site looking at Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw (Google translation) • Terri Torres is excited for the new issue of Linda Medley's Castle Waiting • On the USA TODAY Pop Candy blog, Whitney Matheson declares Lilli Carré's The Lagoon is the "Best book [she] read" last week • Cartoonist Mark Kaufman is looking forward to our Humbug collection • Dustin Harbin's top 10 "Best Comics of 2008" includes Ganges #2 by Kevin Huizenga, Popeye Vol. 3, and Bottomless Belly Button • Here's video from Pat Moriarity's art opening at 108 Occidental Gallery in Seattle, with music from Pat and his son Jack • Bill Willingham looks back at Coventry • Wayno talks about contributing to our forthcoming collection of 1980s "New Wave" minicomics • On the Comics Comics blog, Mark Newgarden & Paul Karasik need your help in dating an Ernie Bushmiller Nancy strip • Dan Zettwoch discusses his contribution to Beasts! Book 2 • The Dallas Morning News reports on an exhibit of Bill Mauldin cartoons at the 45th Infantry Division Museum in Oklahoma City • Mark Mattson compares our annual catalog favorably to the Sears Wish Book -- did you get yours?
Got some extra links from Eric today: • The Village Voice looks at Petey & Pussy by John Kerschbaum and The Lagoon by Lilli Carré • Dr. K calls Petey & Pussy "vile and wrong" in the nicest way possible • CMJ and the Philadelphia City Paper both feature Town of Mirrors by Robert Pollard • The Gosh! Comics Blog blurbs Krazy & Ignatz 1925-1934 and 1935-1944 • Dark Worlds enjoys our collections of Walt Kelly's Our Gang • Rip Post presents a bunch of Dave Cooper's recent artwork • At Comicon.com, Jennifer M. Contino interviews Kevin Huizenga |
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