I bought a few collections when i was a kid, so maybe nostalgia is a factor, but I just find his facial expressions hilarious. Still do. I have a big hardback collection called 'The world of Charles Addams'. Published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton 1992 and in the US by Alfred A. Knopf Inc. Most of the stuff in it is from the New Yorker, its a lovely collection. Admittedly I'd rather have a dedicated Addams Family collection. I've got a whole bunch of Zippy the Pinhead stuff. I remember reading them for the first time, they blew me away. He's so original and really stands out from other, more typical underground comix.
Still seems crazy to me that Zippy ended up as a daily strip in mainstream newspapers, and that that's been true for over 40 years! I can't think of another legit underground guy that's had anything like that kind of exposure or platform. Pretty great. ooo Since the page just flipped, don't forget to check out Fanta's current sale, or their upcoming ersatz comic con panels. As long as I'm here... Panel 'o the Day: You show em', Col. Tigh! KASPAK!
Ripping off the shrink-wrap on this beautiful hardback, and i've just found the 3-D glasses. Pure pleasure. This is sadly the last of the series and the last ever major work by either Moore or O'Neill (or so they say). I've loved every densely packed page of League over the years, and also enjoyed the 'Nemo' spin-off trilogy ....
Meant to post about this almost four years ago --- It was with great confusion and sadness when I noticed that my favorite comic of 2006... ...had somehow come out the other side of the webgrinder, a decade later, as... ...the very figurehead of hate and vileness. Poor Pepe! The net was all over it, 'both' sides, but my favorite breakdown of the horrifying phenomenon was on the Reply All podcast, which is what I planned to link to in that post I never made. Jumping forward, I was tipped to this happy surprise late last year: 'Praps a few of you would like to join me in pre-order breath holding. Is it September yet? Anyway, Matt Furie did and does rule, and if it's not on your shelf already, you should totally consider picking up the new printing of the collected adventures of Pepe, Landwolf, Brett and Andy from Fanta or wherever. Good times guaranteed. Ah, almost forgot - odd that the film poster wasn't done by Matt... View this post on Instagram ...but you could do way worse than having Benjamin Marra as your surrogate. End of transmission.
My daughter had an appointment today with a Dr. Kang. Could not help thinking of this guy: Bonus portrait by the great Mike Del Mundo
Sounds like what you want is this: The Addams Family: An Evillution, published by Pomegranate in 2010. It has every appearance of a family member that saw print, and 50some more that never did! A complete collection in all but name.
I found four little gems today, all for £2 each ... which was nice. 'Black Blizzard' by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (I already have it, possible Xmas present for my bruv. Couldn't leave it on the shelf for that price, its killer). 'Alias the Cat' by Kim Deitch (Not familiar but it looks great.) 'Death Rattle' No.12 - Kitchen sink comix (natch) 'Space Dog' - Hendrik Dorgathen. (This one got a hoot from me, been searching for this one for a fair price for a long time. Finally scored one in pristine condition (1993). No words, just eye boggling 50's style graphical adventure story telling.
For no particular reason, but at least reminds me that Marvel wasn't always just a corporate machine.
Didn't do my usual shill this year, but... ...with 24 bonus hours of savings, I might as well suggest that you all empty your wallets for Fanta once again. Free ship, too! FU, Bezos!
^ Ha! You card. Happy to help! Whudja get? Have a spread: Francisco Solano López, working from a script by Jim Woodring.
Yule Bringer by Adam Higton 10 years ago I got this "abstract" comic as a freebie with some other goodies I bought from eminent publishers Landfill Editions. Given it's yule tide theme I keep it with my Holiday decorations and look through it around this time each year. Long out of print, I post it here in it's entirety, but if that seems overly generous of me on the creators behalf let me know and I can take it down. 1 Colour Offset 16 Pages 145mm x 200mm Saddle Stitched With 2 colour Risograph Print Published 2010 Edition of 1000 Welcome friends to a World of Magick! This book contains 70+ drawings made over the course of a year and which formed part of Adam’s first solo show at Analogue Books In Edinburgh. The works invoke a wide variety of Forest Folke, Dandy Demons, and Christmas Characters, Haunted Hippy Communes come and go and Woodland Wanderers wander about in a jovial fashion. Each copy of the book ordered directly from Landfill includes an A5 2 colour Risograph mini print. - Landfill Editions, 2010 Spoiler: Yule Bringer (full comic) Edit: A few pages scanned anew
My order from Fantagrafics and Hollow Press finally arrived ! Here is what I got Edit: bigger pictures so we can read see what's up.
^ Ooo, remind me to report the spoils from both as well! Quality haul, @nico000. Shill time... Preorder yr very own copy of Crisis Zone direct from Fanta and they'll send along a free CRISIS ZONE 2022 calendar for your troubles.
Whoring for Fanta once again: The rules. Runs until midnight on the Left Coast. Apologies for the late notice.
Picked up the last NBM translation of Donjon i didn't have. These comics are wonderful, give them a look if you get a chance! https://www.nbmpub.com/humor/trondheim/dungeon/dungeonhome.html
Blogs are cool and all, and who among us hasn't leaned on a wiki or two to try to suss out the details, but I know I'm not the only one who's missed the papery thrill of a hold-it-in-your-own-hands bona fide fanzine! The kind where you can't learn whatever you want, whenever you want to, but you get a deeeep dive into whatever's been sticking in their craw... Or the even rarer kind where all the articles are gold... Folks, if you didn't know it, they're back! If yr lucky, like Rei, there are copies sitting right there in your local as I type. If not? https://www.bubbleszine.com/ https://strangersfanzine.bigcartel.com/ And what have they been digging up and talking about, you ask? Please enjoy the following cover splays: Spoiler: BUBBLES Spoiler: STRANGERS End of shill.
Here's something kinda weird: There are a whole mess of new mainstream flops out there now that I fully sign off on. Even weirder? Fantagraphics figured out what those hateful words retail incentive variant cover mean... and I fell for it!