| Daily links: 2/2/09 | |
| Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tom Kaczynski, Tim Lane, Rory Hayes, reviews, Peanuts, Love and Rockets, Lilli Carré, Jim Woodring, Jaime Hernandez, Fantagraphics Bookstore, Esther Pearl Watson, David B, Dash Shaw, Daniel Clowes, Charles M Schulz | 2 Feb 2009 1:10 PM |
The comics blogosphere does not rest for Super Bowl weekend:
• List: Brick Weekly has 4 "Top 10 Comics of 2008" lists on which Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw and The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring appear multiple times
• List: The Comics Reporter asked readers to "Name Five Favorite Single-Issue Alternative/Independent Comic Books" and lots of folks chose Fantagraphics stuff
• Review: Fictions looks at Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez
• Review: Rob Clough says Where Demented Wented: The Art and Comics of Rory Hayes is "a stunning retrospective that seems remarkably fresh today"
• Blurb: USA Today Pop Candy's Whitney Matheson names Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable the "Best thing I read" last week; she's also reading the current issue of The Comics Journal
• Analysis: At Blog Flume, Ken Parille examines Schulz's use of varied settings in some early Peanuts strips
• Interview: Watch this episode of Canapé, from NYC cable channel CUNY, for a segment on David B. 's recent stop in NYC
• Interview: Robot 6 talks to Lilli Carré about The Lagoon
• Interview: Newsarama talks to our latest Mome signing, Noah Van Sciver
• Events: Sacha Peet is excited for Esther Pearl Watson's Unlovable art show and book signing at our storefront this Saturday, and so should you be
• Things to see: At Liberation.fr, here's what appears to be a promotional video for a French edition of Eightball by Daniel Clowes
• Things to see: Another new story page from Tim Lane
• Things to see: More "Doodle Dump" and rock sketches from Tom Kaczynski

