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July 29, 2009
A Study in Contrast: Lisa Hanawalt and Laurie Sandell
I got a TON of books at San Diego. It would take me half a day just to list and show them all, much less review them, but a couple which caught my eye toward the end of the day on Sunday offered some interesting contrasts I thought worth noting here.
I Want You by Lisa Hanawalt is a 32-page black and white pamphlet with color covers from Buenaventura Press. It's filled with weird, sexually-charged or scatological short subjects. Some are funny, some are disturbing, many are both. It would look at
July 28, 2009
The iGoogle Comics Themes
It seems almost redundant to link to something that had been featured with a direct link from the Google homepage, but it occurred to me that some of you, like me, may have been too busy with Comic-Con to do much surfing over the weekend and might have missed where that great Jim Lee logo was actually sending people.
Check out some of the very cool themes from indy comics and webcomics greats like Jim Woodring, Rich Stevens, Daniel Clowes, Jaime Hernandez, Gene Yang, Derek Kirk Kim, Jessica Abel
July 27, 2009
Nerd World
Winter and her friend Amanda on their way to cosplaying Tai Lee and Mai from Avatar: The Last Airbender. More pictures here, here and here. (Note: The family and I are big fans of the cartoon, though like others, we're concerned about the lack of Asian actors in the upcoming film.)
Con is done for another year. Saw lots of friends, made a few new ones, and got a ton of cool new graphic novels that I may write about later, but overall a pretty ordinary year.
Comic-Con itself, though, is at a high w
July 21, 2009
Comic-Con 2009!
We're off to San Diego early tomorrow morning for Comic-Con International. They've been at it for 40 years, and the family and I have been going for the last 22 of those years (with one exception I'll probably mention a week from Friday). I'm between books this year so I'll mostly be relaxing with the family. But be sure to check out one very important panel [description below from the guidebook]:
Thursday 12:00-1:00
Spotlight on Bryan Lee O'Malley — Comic-Con special guest Bryan Lee O'Malley (win
July 20, 2009
Pre Comic-Con Round-Up
We're heading down to Comic-Con early Wednesday morning, and frantically getting ready tomorrow, so blog updates will be spotty at best starting tomorrow. Here, then, are a few distractions in the meantime:
Merlin has a new hypercomic up, The Four Derangements. Gorgeous, inventive stuff as always.
Johanna Draper Carlson offers some in-depth thoughts on our recent Zot! Collection.
The gang at the Human Creativity Project sent along an adorable gift for our family in the mail, possibly in response to
July 17, 2009
Some Thoughts on Asterios Polyp
First of all, if you haven't read David Mazzucchelli's fantastic graphic novel Asterios Polyp, I strongly recommend getting yourself a copy. And stop reading this post now until after you've read the book.
If you've read Asterios Polyp once…
Read it again.
Seriously, Mazzucchelli's book is a great re-reading experience. There are things you're only likely to notice the second or third time around, and at least a few locked doorways in early sections that only open with keys from later chapters. And
July 16, 2009
I Have Nothing to Say Today
So, here's a picture of Franklin Pierce.
July 15, 2009
On the Topic of Sex
Dylan Horrocks' Three Tijuana Bibles turns the old timey format (learn about the original TBs here) on its head with some genuinely erotic contemporary moments. It originally ran in Fantagraphics Dirty Stories 2, but it works well online.
NSFW, Adults only, etc… (thanks to Tom for spotting this one first).
It's worth saying once in a while, so I'll say it again now:
Sex is a huge part of life. There's no reason that honest, explicit depictions of it can't be a huge part of literature and art, inclu
July 14, 2009
See-Through Comics
Here's a cool idea I haven't seen before. Pat Race, one of our gracious hosts when we visited Juneau during the 50 state tour, has posted a "see-through" comic on his site.
As Pat explains it, you can download and print a 2-sided pdf, read the front page, then hold it up to the light so that the backside shows through and literally see the comic in "a new light." There's a flash version too, though the effect is a bit different.
It's a nice trick, giving a new dimension to a charming, if melanchol
