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BY JEN VAUGHN – Caitlin McGurk, OSU Engagement Coordinator librarian (and a former cow0rker of mine) let loose the news. The Sullivant Hall unleashing and revealing at the Grand Opening Festival will happen November 14th-17th in conjunction with the CFP: The Third Triennial Academic Conference at the Festival of Cartoon Art. Does that not sound like the Tri-Wizard tournament to you or what?! The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum is one of the largest collections of original art and strip comics in the world. It is a resource for many publishers, scholars and fans alike.
Caitlin (right) and I high-five with the Sullivant construction in the background, behind some trees. She was gracious enough to give me an after hours behind-the-scene tour last June. The new building will house multiple comics collections including the new Dylan Williams Collection. This is a primo place to present a comics paper you’ve been hiding away or for some reason didn’t submit to ICAF (International Comics Academic Forum).
“In honor of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, we will be organizing sessions focusing on some of the strengths and special features of the Library’s unparalleled collection. Toward this end we are inviting academic papers in comics studies, with a special interest in papers focusing on topics that connect with the Library’s collections and mission. (For information on the resources and collections at the Library, visit: http://cartoons.osu.edu). Some potential topics might include:
18th- and 19th-Century Cartoon art
Editorial cartoons
Newspaper Comic Strips
Minicomics
Underground Comics
Walt Kelly and Pogo
Charles Schulz and Peanuts
Will Eisner
Jeff Smith and Bone
We will also be celebrating the ongoing partnerships between the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and the pre-con’s co-sponsors, Project Narrative, the Wexner Center for the Arts, and Popular Culture Studies. Toward that end, we are also soliciting papers on:
Graphic Narrative & Narrative Theory
Comics and Contemporary Art
Comics and Popular Culture
And last, but certainly not least, to honor the Billy Ireland’s teaching mission as part of Ohio State University, we are soliciting papers on “Teaching with Comics.”
To be considered for the panels, please send a 250-500 word abstract and a one-page vita to [email protected]. The deadline for abstracts is July 1, 2013.”
Above image a strip by Billy Ireland. Visit the site for more information and updates as they roll out. Hot-shot comics critics and cartoonists will be announced to entice you to visit Columbus, like you need any other reasons. I just hope I can finish filling my glitter cannon with cut up strips of Wally Wood‘s Cannon by then.
Rendering of Sullivant Hall minus my glitter cannons
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Jen Vaughn is a cartoonist and marketing manager at Fantagraphics Books. She’s going to MoCCA, TCAF and Stumptown so you better come too.
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Tom Tomorrow, creator of This Modern World, is this year's Herblock Prize winner. Established in 2004, and nemed for famed editorial cartoonist Herblock, the prize is given for distinguished examples of editorial cartooning that exemplify the courageous standard set by Herblock and is judged by a panel of outside experts. The finalist this year was Jack Ohman, who left his post at The Oregonian last year.
1 Comments on Tom Tomorrow wins Herblock prize, last added: 2/26/2013
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Blog has a nice post onJackie Ormes, creator of Torchy and the first African-American woman cartoonist of note. And she did get note in her day:
2 Comments on Nice art: Jackie Ormes!, last added: 2/27/2013
I’ve been a LONG time fan of Ormes and her groundbreaking history. Trina Robins (A Century of Women’s Comics) introduced me to her work on Torchy Brown. Wonderful stuff.
gene phillips said, on 2/27/2013 2:41:00 PM
Dare I suggest that the column might have said “Torchy Brown” to avoid confusion with Bill Ward’s “Torchy?”
That sturdy comic strip-to-stage-to-movie warhorse Little Orphan Annie is getting a remake and now a star: Quvenzhane Wallis. he Beast of the Southern Wild star, the youngest ever Best Actress Oscar nominee, will star in a modernized remake of the stage musical. 9-year-old Wallis attended last nights Oscars looking fine, and appropriate and carrying a puppy purse.
3 Comments on Meet your new Annie: Quvenzhane Wallis, last added: 2/26/2013
And with Jane Lynch making her Broadway debut this May as Miss Hannigan, it’s a good time to be an Annie fan.
Darin said, on 2/25/2013 2:00:00 PM
Will avoid since Smith and Jay-Z are involved. Next!
Allen Rubinstein said, on 2/26/2013 9:16:00 AM
Will Warbucks be black, I wonder? Sam Jackson? The guy from Key and Peele? Ving Rhames? Patrick Stewart should get the role if he can be white, but it’ll probably end up being Will Smith, which would be horrible casting.
Following up on last year's bestselling Vader and Son, Jeffrey Brown is back this April with Vader's Little Princess a series of gags based on Vader as dad to little Leia, from toddler to teen. Art Director Steve Mockus has a process post on putting together the book's cover; since it covered an age range the idea wasn't immediately apparent.
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When it comes to kickass heroines, Modesty Blaise stands with the best of them. Originally created as a Brit comic strip in 1963 by Peter O’Donnell and Jim Holdaway, espionage agent Modesty was the female James Bond, stylish, sexy and very Sixties. Since then she’s been adapted into novels and mostly forgettable movies (although Tarantino is said to be entranced by the character—Vince Vegas was reading a Modesty Blaise book when he died). NOW she’s starring in 15-minute radio dramas from the BBC.
Daphne Alexander (below) plays Modesty in this adaptation of the novel A Taste for Death, which will air on December 17th. I’m not sure you can actually listen from the BBC website, due to regional issues, but clever folks might be able to get around that.
3 Comments on Go listen: BBC presents Modesty Blaise radio drama, last added: 12/15/2012
They had Modesty Blaise in the paper when I was a kid.
She was naked a lot.
Like…a real lot.
John said, on 12/12/2012 3:14:00 PM
Yes you can listen – the BBC radio player is available everywhere for free! So it’ll be available for 7 days on-line after the radio broadcast
AudioComics said, on 12/14/2012 9:17:00 PM
Oh yeah…
This is what I LIVE for. Great audio dramas from great comics. And people wonder why I do what I do…it’s ’cause it sounds so good. And that MUSIC! LOVE IT!
Andrews McMeel is the publishing division of what was once known as the Universal Press Syndicate. If one ignores the various archival publishers of comicstrips, then AMU is the predominant publisher of comicstrip collections in the United States.
This Fall, AMU launches a line aimed at kids, known as AMP!. Diary of a Wimpy Kid encouraged Lincoln Peirce to publish a hybrid book of Big Nate (which pioneered the cartoon diary in that comicstrip back in the 1990s). Based on the success of those prose novels, AMU is using Big Nate as a foundation to launch a series of large reprint paperbacks featuring Big Nate, Fox Trot, and Lio. (Old school comics fans will recall the old Holt, Rinehart and Winston Peanuts collections. These are similar, except each page features one strip, instead of the two-per-page of Peanuts.) 224 pages for $9.99 is quite affordable, and all three strips are quite enjoyable. (Although Lio can be a bit dark at times.)
Covers have not yet been set yet for the Spring titles. All information is tentative. If you’re not familiar with these strips, they can be read for free over at their Uclick website, along with a lot of other great strips!
AAAA! That’s the sound heard often from the the Fox siblings as only sister Paige discovers Quincy the iguana has eaten her homework, older brother Peter applies permanent marker on his face drawing a fake goatee, and younger brother and expert video gamer Jason loses to Paige. Throw in the AAAAs as mother Andy exclaims while dodging thrown balls in the house and backyard-grilling disaster dad Roger blows up another grill, and you have the perfect equation for a family that every kid can relate to.
Including cartoons from previously published books, this kid-targeted book portrays a not so typical look at how a year unfolds in the Fox family.
The Kansas City-based syndicate is informing newspaper editors in a letter that reads: “The last year has been a struggle for Richard. Parkinson’s disease, first diagnosed in 2009, has so weakened him that he is unable to meet the demands of a comic strip. For a time, he worked with another artist, but the deadlines became too much of a task.”
Of the Parkinson’s, Thompson, 54, says in a comment released by his syndicate: ”At first it didn’t affect my drawing, but that’s gradually changed. Last winter, I got an excellent cartoonist, Stacy Curtis, to ink my roughs, which was a great help. But now I’ve gotten too unreliable to produce a daily strip.”
In an interview with Michael Cavna, Thompson, who won the Reuben Award in 2011, details his struggle with the disease:
1. Can you tell me how you came to this decision now? Was there a moment that this choice became clear, or has this been a long and gradual decision — perhaps one that had a tipping point?
A. I’ve known for a year or more that I was working on borrowed time. My lettering had begun to wander off in 2009, but that could be fixed easily enough. But when Alice’s and Dill’s heads began to look under-inflated last winter I figured I was losing control of the drawing too. When I needed help with the inking (the hardest but most satisfying part of drawing the strip),well that was probably a tipping point. Parkinson’s disease is horribly selfish and demanding. A daily comic strip is too and I can only deal with one at a time. So it was a long, gradual, sudden decision.
Thompson say she will keep drawing, as possible, but will go to a more aggressive therapy called Deep Brain Stimulation, which uses an electrical implant in the brain to rewire the nervous system.
This is a sad, even heartbreaking story, although the grace and wisdom which infused Thompson’s amazing comics have also accompanied him on this journey. We wish him all the best, and hope that some more masterpieces from his hand are forthcoming.
8 Comments on Richard Thompson ends CUL DE SAC on September 23rd, last added: 8/19/2012
This deserves comments. Richard is one of our best cartoonists and stands among the greats of the past. I realize he isn’t a big deal to the Direct Market crowd, but, come on. R.I.P Cul de Sac, but long live Richard Thompson, and the best of health to him.
Andrew Farago said, on 8/17/2012 2:05:00 PM
What Evan said. Richard’s the best strip cartoonist we’ve seen in decades, and I’m sad we’re losing Cul de Sac as a daily strip. I hope that all of his treatments go well and that he’s able to continue in other artistic endeavors.
If you’re as upset about all of this as I am, please consider a donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s research:
Sad to hear it. Cul de Sac was the best strip to hit the funny pages in decades. I will miss the daily dose of Richard’s comic and illustrative genius very much. I wish him best of luck with the deep-brain stimulator, which I know has been helpful for many PD patients.
Mark Anderson said, on 8/17/2012 4:35:00 PM
CdS is probably the last great newspaper comic strip. My sadness in losing it is matched only by my hope that we find a cure soon.
Mark Badger said, on 8/17/2012 5:13:00 PM
Evan’s right, he gets wiser with years.
craig yoe said, on 8/17/2012 7:19:00 PM
I am am very honored to know both the strip and a bit of the man–both are equally great. I am very sad the strip is ending. but the reprieve from the daily strip grind I hope does richard a world of good and i hope he gains and enjoys the best of health possible and wonderful opportunities to continue his artistic brilliance.
Kat Kan said, on 8/17/2012 8:45:00 PM
Sad news. I wish all the best to Richard Thompson.
Marcus Lusk said, on 8/19/2012 4:24:00 PM
Sad news. Cul de Sac is such a great strip. I hope ending the strip means better health and quality of life for Richard Thompson. He deserves nothing less.
I am saddened by the news that Richard Thompson is ending his comic strip Cul de Sac due to difficulties with his Parkinson’s disease. Richard is one of the nicest cartoonists I’ve had the pleasure to meet, and Cul de Sac is a rare gem — arguably the last truly great comic strip we’re likely to see on the traditional newspaper comics page.
0 Comments on I am saddened by the news that Richard Thompson is ending his... as of 1/1/1900
Congratulations to Philip Street whose comic strip Fisher today makes its 20th anniversary being published in the Globe and Mail. Not many comic strips these days live this long, and certainly I can’t name many that exist solely in a single paper. Visit philipstreet.com to delve into the Fisher archives.
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Well, it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these lists…
It’s the middle of the month, the middle of the week, and there’s nothing in the general Zeitgeist or newscycle driving comic book and graphic novel sales. So that makes it a good time to take a look and see what’s selling at BarnesAndNoble.com.
What do I look at? Any title in the Top 1000 titles overall. A title in the Top 100 should be considered a bestseller, as B&N merges all books into one big list, just like USA Today.
This list was snapshot at about 7:15 PM, Thursday, June 14. I have no inside knowledge about what sells on this list, or how it is calculated. The number rankings come from the distinct pages for each title, while the list is what appears when you click the B&N link above. All of the data below, except for my commentary, comes from their website. Click on the cover, title, or author for more information (including illustrators)!
[The Walking Dead Compendium (listed below) hit #5 the week after the season finale back in March. It would have been #1, but The Hunger Games had just opened to a record box office so all three books were hot, and 50 Shades of Grey was also trending in the media (even hotter, so I've heard). So #15 might be the next highest ranking ever for a graphic novel. Even if it isn't, it's still an amazing rank, given that the book has been out since April. It's currently #33 over at Amazon. Some of the sales could be from Father's Day promotions. Even so, getting this book is way cooler than any tie! (Although there are some nice Star Wars ties available!)]
Oh, that Bryan Gurihiru! My favorite hybrid animal in the Avatar universe.
Dave Carter said, on 6/15/2012 4:10:00 AM
Thanks for compiling this. I do a weekly summary of the Amazon comics charts over at my blog (the latest is here) and it is interesting to see the similarities and difference between B&N and Amazon.
Jesse Post said, on 6/15/2012 6:04:00 AM
Love that Avatar charted so high. Nothing against Big Nate, but the new Avatar comics are just so . . . good.
Kneon said, on 6/15/2012 10:54:00 AM
My son (age 8) read the first two volumes of Avatar in one sitting — something he’s never done with *any* comic before.
Richard Thompson and his charming Cul de Sac comic strip have numerous fans in the comics community. So, when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, his personal friend Chris Sparks started educating himself on the disease and the best ways to help. His research lead him to create Team Cul de Sac, a division of Team Fox and The Micheal J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research.
Many of you have heard about and seen Bill Watterson’s painting of Petey Otterloop (scroll down if you haven’t). What many have overlooked is that numerous cartoonists, both from comic strips and comic books, have created original artwork to benefit Team Cul de Sac.
A benefit book (seen above) will be published by Andrews McMeel in June, and the art is currently being auctioned by Heritage Auctions, with final bidding Sunday, June 10 in Dallas. All 148 lots can be viewed online, and if you register, you can bid on the artwork.
This is an incredible auction! Not only is it for a great cause, but you’ll find original artwork here from many artists! Yes, Bill Watterson is known for being a recluse, never showing his paintings to anyone, but many other comic strip creators rarely attend comics conventions or do sketches. I’ve selected some of the more interesting pieces and posted them below, but please visit the Heritage Auctions website and place a bid! If you can’t afford the original artwork, click on the book link above and order a copy of the hardcover. There’s a Google Preview available, which shows the artwork in color, along with the a foreword from Richard Thompson, and a profile reprinted from the Washington Post.
The 2012 ‘Reuben’ awards were given out by the NCS (National Cartoonists’s Society) on Saturday night, although only one is actually called the Reuben. The full list of winners is here, but Tom Richmond, best known for his work on MAD Magazine won the top spot, otherwise known as THE REUBEN AWARD for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year. Richmond is a fairly prolific blogger, and has already recorded his initial thoughts:
As to my winning the Reuben for “Cartoonist of the Year”. . . I am beyond words. I was shocked to be nominated in the first place and it was honor enough just to be mentioned in the same breath as Brian Crane and Stephan Pastis. I never thought I’d actually win it. Brian and Stephan are at the top of both their field and their game, and I saw myself as a distant third, just glad to be there. Despite being president, I was kept in the dark as to the winner, so when my name was called it was a complete surprise. I am humbled and gratified that so many of my fellow cartoonists think enough of my work to have given me this honor. Thank you.
Richmond’s work has been a mainstay of recent MAD’s and carries on the tradition of Jack Davis and Mort Drucker in a highly enjoyable fashion.
The other notable win of the night was Jon Rosenberg winning the first ever NCS award for a webcomic for SCENES FROM A MULTIVERSE, a worthy winner that isn’t likely to make any crowd rise up muttering and vowing retribution.
In special awards, Stan Goldberg won the Gold Key Award and entered the Hall of Fame, and Steve McGarry won the Silver T-Square for service to NCS.
The complete list of winners:
TELEVISION ANIMATION
Erik Wiese- Production Design on The Mighty B – Nickelodeon
Marmaduke, like a lot of classic comic strips, gets a bad rap these days as an all-too-easy punchline (and sure, the recent movie didn’t help) for unfunny comics, which always strikes me as a bit unfair. Because isn’t it great that today’s world of comics has enough material to cater to such a variety of tastes? Marmaduke-lovers included.
Regardless, I don’t think I had ever seen the strip’s earlier incarnations. Its bold clean lines barely resemble the loose scribbly Great Dane we know today.
Here are a selection of books due out this month. All of the information presented below [aside from my aside/snide comments] are from publisher or distributor websites.
ALL information is subject to change, and something which might ship this month to a comics shop might show up months later in regular bookstores. So, if you see something here which has been out for a while, that’s why. Just consider it a reminder, in case you didn’t notice it the first time.
Unless it’s something amazing (like omnibus volumes), I tend to ignore ongoing books series. You either know about the series, or unlikely to pick it up if there are numerous volumes on the shelves. Yes, I know it’s almost April. But many publishers announce their new titles via “Out This Week” posts, so that’s why I wait. (And some don’t even do that!)
I do work for a bookseller, so everything posted here has nothing to do with my day job.
Author Bio: Jason hails from Oslo, Norway, but currently resides in the south of France. The Harvey and Eisner Award-winner continues to create new books at a breakneck pace-his books include Werewolves of Montpellier; Low Moon; Pocket Full of Rain and Other Stories; Hey, Wait…; Sshhhh!; The Iron Wagon; What I Did(collecting the previous three volumes); I Killed Adolf Hitler; The Last Musketeer;The Left Bank Gang; Why Are You Doing This?; The Living and the Dead; Meow, Baby!; You Can’t Get There from Here; Tell Me Something; and Almost Silent(collecting the previous four volumes) and (with Fabien Vehlmann) Isle of 100,000 Graves.
Summary: Another all-original collection of full-color graphic novellas in the format of Low Moon, Athos in America takes its title from the lead story, a prequel of sorts to the graphic novel The Last Musketeer, in which the seemingly ageless swashbuckler turns up in a bar in 1920 New York and relates the tale of how he went to Hollywood to play himself in a film version of The Three Musketeers. Another tie-in with a previous Jason story occurs in “The Smiling Horse,” in which the characters from the story “&” in Low Moon attempt to kidnap a woman.
Also in this volume: “The Brain That Wouldn’t Virginia Woolf,” a mash-up of The Brain That Wouldn’t Die and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, told in reverse chronological order; the Bukowski pastiche “A Cat From Heaven” in which Jason works on his comic, has a reading in a comic book store, gets drunk and makes a fool of himself; the dialogue-free (all the text occurs in thought balloons) “Tom Waits on the Moon,” in which we follow four people (one of them a scientist working on a teleportation machine) until something goes wrong; and “So Long Mary Ann,” a prison-escape love-triangle story.
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3 Comments on Coming Attractions: March 2012, Part Two, last added: 3/30/2012
Jason does not hail from Oslo, Norway. He hails from Molde, the town where I live. I’ve interviewed him several times as it’s kind of a big deal for us every time he’s mentioned in American media.
Morning Links: This #*?! Isn’t Very Funny Editio said, on 3/30/2012 6:00:00 AM
[...] The Beat | The Beat continues to curate a fantastic list of books coming out this month, a great number of them featuring things other than Superheroes. Check them out and empty your wallets, kids. [Source] [...]
Torsten Adair said, on 3/30/2012 7:23:00 AM
Wow… Molde is nowhere near Oslo! That’s like saying you’re from New York, but actually come from Pittsburgh!
Someone should send a correction to Fantagraphics and W.W.Norton, which supplied that information.
The winners will be announced Memorial Day weekend at the annual NCS meeting, to be held this year in Las Vegas.
Television Animation
Ben Bocquelet and Antoine Perez Production Design on The Wonderful World of Gumball Cartoon Network
Penn Ward Character Design on Adventure Time Cartoon Network
Erik Wiese Production Design on The Mighty B Nickelodeon
Feature Animation
Mark McCreery, character design: Rango
Carlos Saldanha, Director: Rio
Jennifer YuhNelson, Director: Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom
Newspaper Illustration
Glen LeLievre
Michael McParlane
Bob Rich
Gag Cartoons
Mathew Diffee
Zach Kanin
Barbara Smaller
Greeting Cards
Dave Klug
Glenn McCoy
Rick Stromoski
Newspaper Comic Strips
Glenn McCoy The Duplex
Jeff Parker Dustin
Mike Peters Mother Goose and Grimm
Newspaper Panel Cartoons
Mark Parisi Off the Mark
Stephanie Piro Smile
Wiley Miller Non Sequitur
Magazine Feature/Magazine Illustration
Victor Juhasz
Bruce McCall
Edward Sorel
Book Illustration
Barbara Lehman The Secret Box
Mark Pett The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
John Rocco Blackout
Editorial Cartoons
Lisa Benson
Mike Lester
Mike Ramirez
Advertising Illustration
Nick Galifianakis
Kevin Kallauger (KAL)
Tom Stiglich
Comic Books
Darwyn Cooke “Betty Saves the Day” Rocketeer Adventures #2
Duncan Fegredo Hellboy: The Fury
J.H. Williams Batwoman
Graphic Novels
Chester Brown Paying For It
Rick Geary The Lives of Sacco and Vanzetti
Ben Katchor The Cardboard Valise
Online Comic Strips
Matthew Inman The Oatmeal
Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins Penny Arcade
Jon Rosenberg Scenes from a Multiverse
An anonymous critics has started a Shit My New Yorker Cartoons Tumblr, which parses the ineffable humor of New Yorker cartoons:
But again, the thing with the Fucking New Yorker is the PICTURES CAN’T BE FUNNY. Wouldn’t this be funnier with a grandmother texting her son from the back seat of a car, commenting on his driving? Or a broken-winged bird commenting on some flying, or even just make this dork in the office a real gross hoarder or something. The girl in this picture is pointless, as is the man. In a real single-panel cartoon, say by Larson or Kliban or Booth, or most by Gahan Wilson or Addams, both the pictures and the text matter. If the guy were drawn funny you wouldn’t even need a pointless lady staring at him.
Hey they can’t all be Peter Arno. Although the Anonymous Snarker is no hero, some of the issues raised are of craft interest.
6 Comments on New Yorker cartoons analyzed….again, last added: 3/20/2012
Wow. A very focused individual. And maybe studying to be a future New Yorker cartoonist.
But is it cool to apparently scan every cartoon in each issue, post all of them and write a critique about each one?
Kate Willaert said, on 3/19/2012 6:05:00 PM
If each cartoon is being critiqued, then the scanned cartoon is being used for review purposes, which falls under Fair Use. Or at least that’s my understanding.
Mike Mitchell Online said, on 3/19/2012 10:30:00 PM
I think this guy is dead on with his criticism, and it’s something that I’ve noticed in the past, myself. The “ironic wit” of the New Yorker is that its cartoons needn’t dabble in plebeian “visuals” that contribute to the humor. No, they only need to raise a dry chuckle as I sit in the train from Connecticut to Manhattan for my morning commute.
In short, I’ve always found them pretentious and, for the most part, poorly illustrated.
Mike Mitchell Online said, on 3/19/2012 10:33:00 PM
You know, I will amend that. They are not “poorly illustrated.” The draftsmanship is competent. It’s just that, as the artist said, the artwork serves only to set up the scene for the text. In Gary Larson’s work, the text illustration and text are intertwined to the point that each is completely interdependent on the other to achieve the full impact of the cartoon.
The image of the cartoon above could just as easily be replaced with this simple phrase, and it would not diminish the “humor” in any way:
Man at computer says to woman: “Those who can’t do, comment.”
rich said, on 3/20/2012 7:59:00 AM
I get a laugh out of most New Yorker cartoons. I don’t know what’s eating at this guy. Like the man said: “Those who can do. Those who can’t, comment.”
Fantagraphics has released the cover for Popeye Vol. 6, the final volume of their handsome reprint series of E.C. Segar’s immortal Thimble Theater strips. We’re eager to get this if only to finish selling out POPEYE on the back of the books. Great design, great strip—one of those “must haves” for every well-stocked comics library for sure.
4 Comments on Revealed: The cover for the final Popeye volume, last added: 3/4/2012
Yep, my bookshelf has said “Popey” for ages. Looking forward to it!
Mike Mitchell Online said, on 3/3/2012 1:20:00 AM
This looks pretty cool. While sorting comics to catalog from my collection (finally putting them into a database app), I pulled my collected issues of the Spirit and Dick Tracy to reread. Tracy’s strips from the 1930s were pretty hard-boiled and gritty. I read them about 10+ years ago and I’m looking forward to reading them again. When I’m done, maybe I’ll check out these Popeye editions (well, after I finish rereading some barbarian comics like Conan and Blackmark).
Christian said, on 3/3/2012 12:59:00 PM
“We’re eager to get this if only to finish selling out POPEYE”
Should be “spelling”, right?
#corrections
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Russ Cochran, a pioneer of deluxe comic reprints through his past efforts reprinting classic comics of the 50s, has just launched a new publication called Sunday Funnies which will reprint classic Sunday comic strips in full color:
THE SUNDAY FUNNIES is a monthly 32 page full size comic section, containing historic Sunday pages from as far back as 1895, and including favorites such as GASOLINE ALLEY, LITTLE NEMO, KRAZY KAT, and many other classic Sunday pages that you’ve probably never seen before.
Each issue of THE SUNDAY FUNNIES will be a full size 22″x16″ comic section, containing full page Sunday comics in full color. These pages are coming from the archives of Ohio State University, which, thanks to Bill Blackbeard, has the largest and most comprehensive collection of Sunday comics in existence. The retail price will be $10 and I will be selling subscriptions, 12 monthly issues for $100. My print runs for these historic sections will be low and I expect to sell out the first few issues, so get your order in now before it’s too late.
The first three issue are available and can be purchased for $30 plus $9 ($21 outside US) shipping. A subscription is $100 plus $25 shipping ($55 outside US).
Several alternative newspapers featuring comics have ended their runs lately — including POOD — but maybe the classic model of newspaper strips in an actual newspaper will find enough patrons to continue.
2 Comments on Russ Cochran launches SUNDAY FUNNIES, last added: 12/19/2011
It would help to know a little more about the strips. Are they being printed sequentially? Is there a theme in each issue? Are the same strips in each issue?
Okay you can mark off one more from the list of great comic strips without a deluxe reprint series: Percy Crosby’sSkippy is getting the Library of American Comics treatment. The whimsical childhood strip was immensely popular in its day — the film version starring Jackie Coogan was nominated for four Academy Awards — but Crosby eventually ran into severe personal problems and spent the last years of his life in a mental hospital.
Despite Crosby’s sad story, the strip remains a much loved gem that influenced the great kid strips like Peanuts, Calvin & Hobbes, and Cul de Sac. Library of American Comics Series co-editor Dean Mullaney sent along a swell preview of the first volume, which is due next summer.
3 Comments on PREVIEW: IDW to publish Skippy, last added: 12/8/2011
Interesting… over all the hub-bub and to-do about creator rights, reversions, and copyright, no one noticed a trademark battle which has been ongoing since 1933…
Hopefully, someone will do an in-depth interview with Joan Crosby Tibbetts. Charles Schulz is involved (having endorsed the peanut butter).
No copyright battles… Crosby retained the copyright when he started the strip with King Features.
Jackie Estrada said, on 12/8/2011 9:48:00 AM
Yay!
ron m said, on 12/8/2011 8:12:00 PM
i am very excited to hear this, long time skippy fan. I owned 1 originaly skippy daily and everyone loved it! hope todays readers not only gain respect for the strip but learn about the legal battles and get percy’s name out there.
There was something about the life on the other side of that circle that looked pretty good. For kids like me there was a map and a compass hidden in Family Circus. The parents in that comic strip really loved their children. Their home was stable. It put that image in my head and I kept it.
The author of a Kindle blog recalls that althouh Family Circus was an often mocked comic strip, Keane dealt with the mockers gracefully. For instance, Family Circus was one of the first products on Amazon to get fake reviews, in this case comparing it to literature or other Onion-like claims.
Soon dozens of fake reviews sprouted up on several of Keane’s Family Circus collections — and I thought Bil Keane handled it like a true gentleman. When he was reached for a comment by the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, they reported that Keane laughed and said genially that while some of it was in bad taste — some of it was also funny, and “I assume my readers are intelligent enough to know I didn’t do the bad stuff…”
Keane was also apparently friends with cartoonists who drew some of the ‘hipper” cartoons. According to Wikipedia, Keane once even agreed to draw his characters into a special series of Zippy the Pinhead strips, while their dialogue was provided by its creator, Bill Griffith. And while the Pearls Before Swine strip used to mock The Family Circus, in real life, the two cartoonists behind the strips were good friends. In fact two years ago, Bil Keane even wrote the introduction to a Pearls Before Swine collection.
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She told that story at the end of the session. “I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble,” she said. “As much trouble as you could imagine. In the daily paper, there were all these comic strips, and there was one that was a circle. It seemed like things were pretty good on the other side of the circle. No one’s getting hit. No one’s yelling.”
Once, at a comics convention, she shook hands with Bil Keane’s son, Jeff — Jeffy — who now inks the strip. Barry instantly burst into tears. She told the class why: “Because when he put his hand out and I touched it, I realized I had stepped through the circle. I was on the other side of the circle, the place where I wanted to be. And how I got there was I drew a picture.” She smiled and held her arms out. “The reason I’m standing here in Florida in 2011 is because I drew a picture and wrote some words. The reason you all are here is because you’re interested in doing the same thing. When I think about all the things that this image world has brought me. . . . I mean, I don’t have health insurance, and dental work is really an issue, but the feeling that life is worth living? Being in this class gives me that in spades.”
Torsten Adair said, on 11/10/2011 12:04:00 PM
On the Family Circus website, under “Files” is a collection of mentions and appearances in other strips, including Zippy’s quest!
Chris Hero said, on 11/10/2011 12:34:00 PM
Oh wow. I never realized anyone else looked at The Family Circle the same way I did…thank you, Lynda Barry. I used to get so mad at people who would bash it because I would think, “That’s heaven he’s drawing! Leave it alone!” Growing up in a tough household sucks.
Secret Identity said, on 11/11/2011 10:03:00 AM
I agree with Lynda and the above. To me Family Circus was like Leave It To Beaver. I don’t think I ever really thought life was that simple, but how wonderful to think that maybe it could be.
First, let me say this won’t feature everything. I appreciate all the cool stuff they publish, but a lot of it just doesn’t interest me. You probably have different tastes, so feel free to comment down below. Here’s the FBI page for 2011 releases, so go take a look. Fanta also has a bargain bin, so you’ll probably find something in your price range! They also have special offers for new titles, so please take a look! (If you’re going to ship your book bucks to Washington, it’s better to send them to Fantagraphics than Amazon!) Click on the titles below to go to the official pages on the FBI website!
So, here’s what I find interesting.
For (what is hoped) the final time here on Coming Attractions:
Lotsa awesome stuff from Fantagraphics! So exciting. I just wish more of it went straight to paper. I am so not into hardcover books. That’s just me, tho.
Team Cul-de-Sac launched as a fundraising effort for Parkinson’s Disease research after Reuben award-winning cartoonist Richard Thompson was diagnosed with the illness. The plan is to publish a book next spring and auction off some of the all-star art. Along the way it’s featured art by retired cartoonists like Bill Watterson and Cathy Guisewite, all drawing Thompson’s Otterloop characters. Here’s a new piece by not-retired cartoonist Garry Trudeau.
BY JEN VAUGHN - From all over the globe, scholars, professors, panelists and attendees are swooping into White River Junction as this weekend The Center for Cartoon Studies hosts the International Comic Arts Forum. Past incarnations of ICAF have been hosted at SPX (they used to plan programming too!), the Library of Congress and the School for the Art Institute of Chicago.
The academic community is itching to share their papers and argue on panels about topics such as East Asian comics and Building Postmodern Geographies. In this small area, the crowd might find just how comics-loving the community truly is! If you are in the Vermont/New Hampshire/Boston/New York area, White River Junction is within spitting distance and since ICAF if free, a true gem for the weekend. Despite the fact I live near him and talk to the man himself daily, one of the highlights of the conference is sure to be Steve Bissette’s Friday night talk called “Uncanny Geometries: Junji Ito’s UZUMAKI and Dread Geometries in Comics & Manga”
For the comics hungry crowd of international and national academics, CCS is also hosting a Marketplace complete with free graphic novels from publishers, lots of student and alumni work being sold and signings by the professional faculty members like Jason Lutes, Steve Bissette, James Sturm and David Berona. As a community that believes in the study of comics, what better place for ICAF to be this year?
So while ICAF is running 9am to 9pm this weekend, the cartoonists who are getting a day or two outta school are smartly tabling at the Center for Cartoon Studies on 94 South Main Street from Noon to 7pm, Friday and Saturday, September 20th and October 1st. Bring those dollars and get some work from the next generation of cartoonists!
The whole town is getting into the swing of things, they know that comics are king! Local lovely coffee shop, The Tuckerbox, is running a special ICAF drink. Even in a neighboring town, the local AVA Gallery hosts a Words Without Pictures exhibition curated by David Berona and featuring comic work by Alec Longstreth, Alexis Frederick-Frost, Jon Chad and myself. Traveling around the bars (there are three) at night will prove if there are special ICAF drink-drinks. I thought the Charli
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I’m getting a fleeting feeling of a nascent Angouleme type festival here ( small town devoted to graphic literature for a long weekend). The US could certainly do with something like that.
Very interesting….
a series of gags based on Vader as dad to little Leia, from toddler to teen. Art Director 
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My favorite TT from 2005/ click 2 enlarge:
http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerydetailsearch.asp?artist=Tom++Tommorow&GCat=52441