| Daily links: 12/18/08 | |
| Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under walt holcombe, Ted Stearn, Popeye, Mome, Love and Rockets, Los Bros Hernandez, Linda Medley, Lilli Carré, Krazy Kat, Kevin Huizenga, Jules Feiffer, Josh Simmons, Johnny Ryan, John Pham, Fletcher Hanks, Fantagraphics history, Dash Shaw, comics industry, Cathy Malkasian, Beasts | 18 Dec 2008 2:43 PM |
• 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.)