Following Johnny Ryan's art show at Mishka in Brooklyn last week, they've put a whole bunch of his originals and other merch up for sale on their website, including pages from and the original cover art for Prison Pit Book 2! Go, consume.

Johnny Ryan announces on his blog:

"I will be signing copies of my new book PRISON PIT BOOK 2 at MISHKA in Brooklyn on Friday, Sept. 10th at 7 PM. There will also be original art for sale (CHEAP), dolls, prints and this new shirt that I designed with MISHKA:"

And coming in October:

We've just confirmed the triumphant return of our own Ajax Wood as C.F.! More details on this one are To Be Announced.

Tony Millionaire's been plugging his Maakies t-shirts available from I Love Waterloo, so we will too! There's a bunch of designs (that last one is my favorite), plus limited-edition signed posters. Do some weekend shopping!

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• More uncollected Jason strips: one from Mjau Mjau, one possibly unpublished (plus more Audrey Hepburn movie reviews)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

Peter Bagge collectors! People who like fun! Get yerself some merch from Peter's band Can You Imagine? in the Can You Imagine? merch shop! T-shirts! Buttons! Mugs! 'N' more!

Barry Windsor-Smith fans, we are pleased to share the following announcement with you:

Windsor-Smith Studio is pleased to announce the publication of

POETRY

A stunningly colored work printed by the giclée process, making the reproduction as beautiful as the original painting.

This signed and numbered limited edition of 375, in a deluxe, foil stamped presentation folder, features a 20" x 12 3/8" image on 22" x 15" UltraSmooth heavy 100% cotton rag, acid free & pH buffered paper.

The price is $135, including insured shipping.

POETRY is available from Glimmer Graphics, at their web site:
http://www.glimmergraphicsprints.com/Poetry.html

Tim Hensley channels his inner Kirby for this incredible silkscreen poster in full-on 1970s black-light mode, complete with flocking! It's available from those wizards at PictureBox. Will he have some with him during his signing at our Comic-Con table at noon on Saturday? He's not saying.

The latest limited edition release from the Drew Friedman Fine Art concern is Drew's portrait of soul great Jackie Wilson. Click here for all the info and to order. The portrait is also included in Drew's new collection of portraits, Too Soon?, debuting at Comic-Con and available widely soon thereafter.

A previously unpublished 1970 Jim Flora painting, G3 in Tampico, is now available as a limited-edition print from Jim Flora Fine Art. Read the restoration notes here.

Jordan Crane is a silkscreening fool in the runup to Comic-Con, just having released two new editions, Flutter to Fly and Leave Taken, on his Reddingk site, following the zombie print from a couple of days ago. Gorgeous as always.