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• Linkarama@Newsarama

  
  Blog@Newsarama — Authority: 598
  “Speaking of trees dying for no reason…”: I know I’ve linked to Christopher Butcher’s liveblogging his reading and ordering-from the Previews catalog a few times before, but I’m going to do it again. I always enjoy reading what a smart, funny retailer has to say about the mysterious process of acquiring ...
  18 hours ago

• My Year in Comics: 2009

  
  4thletter! — Authority: 521
  I keep trying to do a top ten list, but I keep getting bored and wandering off partway through. It’s not that I can’t do it. It’s just that everyone has done it, and I wouldn’t be bringing anything new to the table. Sure, my list of ten books would be different from someone else’s list, and I’d probably ...
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• Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: A publishing news round-up

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 670
  From Rhinoceros Just a few quick items before the holidays: • Neil Gaiman reveals that he is going to be the guest editor for the next edition of Houghton Mifflins Best American Comics series. • Jeff Smith has a three-page preview of the sixth issue of RASL up at his site. • Josh Simmons offers a ...
  6 days ago

• Free Comic Book Day 2010 Full Line-up of Gold & Silver Comic Books Announced

  
  Hypergeek — Authority: 447
  Diamond Distribution have provided Hypergeek with a full run-down of all of the Gold & Silver sponsor comics set to be arriving in stores for Free Comic Book Day 2010 . Diamond had already announced the list of Gold sponsor titles ( see here for my thought s), so the new things here are really the Silver ...
  1 week ago

• Best Books of the Year Part 4 [Not About Covers]

  
  Caustic Cover Critic — Authority: 119
    (Continuing from here and here and here ...) * * *  Roberto Bolaño: 2666 FSG, 2008 I went on and on about the design of this book here . It was the look of the thing, and a heartfelt recommendation from book designer Michael Kellner , which eventually persuaded me to read 2666 ...
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• Everyones A Critic: A round-up of comic book reviews and thinkpieces

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 670
  Ghost World I havent done this in awhile, so lets highlight some of the more interesting posts from the past week or so -- or at least what was intersting to me: • The folks at the Hooded Utilitarian recently wrapped up a lengthy roundtable discussion on Dan Clowes Ghost World . • Tom Spurgeon continues his ...
  1 week ago

• PREVIEW: Dash Shaw On The Unclothed Man In the 35th Century

  
  Splash Page — Authority: 712
  Acclaimed writer/artist Dash Shaw received quite a bit of attention when his 2008 graphic novel "Bottomless Belly Button" was heralded as one of the bets projects of the year by various print and online media, and only solidified his place among the upper echelon of indie creators with his "BodyWorld" webcomic (soon ...
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• Get your own gift! Storewide sale at Fantagraphics Bookstore!

  
  FLOG! Entries — Authority: 144
  Stuck with another ugly sweater, useless gadget, or awful CD this year? We know. Santa sucks! Get yourself the gifts you really want this weekend at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery s storewide sale. At least 20% off on every item in stock! Two days only — Saturday and Sunday, December 26 & 27. Hundreds ...
  1 week ago

• Comics College: Robert Crumb

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 670
  The Complete Crumb Vol. 4 Comics College is a monthly feature where we provide an introductory guide to some of the comics mediums most important auteurs and offer our best educated suggestions on how to become familiar with their body of work. With everyone and their uncle sounding off about his new adaptation ...
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• A review a day: Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives volume 1

  
  Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources — Authority: 626
  Smell the history! Fantagraphics continues to bring out nifty collections of olde-tyme comics, allowing us whippersnappers to check out what the four-color stuff looked like back before the Internet, cell phones, video games, Alan Moore, and the wheel. This time around, we get Strange Suspense by Steve ...
  1 week ago

• Thin wallets, fat bookshelves: A publishing news round-up

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 670
  Mome Vol. 18 • Techland reports that UK celebrity Jonathan Ross and artist Tommy Lee Edwards are working on a comic for Image, titled Turf , that will debut in April. ( Via ) • Mome editor Eric Reynolds marks the fifth anniversary of the Fantagraphics anthology by sharing the covers for the upcoming 18th ...
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• Hooray for Beto

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 670
  Heartbreak Soup A belated congratulations to Gilbert Hernandez, who was named a 2009 Rasmuson Fellow in the field of Literature earlier this week and will get a $50,000 grant. ( via )
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• Gilbert Hernendez named 2009 USA Fellow in Literature

  
  THE BEAT — Authority: 651
  The great Gilbert Hernandez is one of this year’s 8 winners of a USA Fellows 2009 Literature grant of $50,000. Jim Woodring, Joe Sacco and Chris Ware won grants in 2006. Considering that Beto is, indeed, what you might call a national treasure, this is welcome news. More context by Carolyn Kellogg here. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Billy Hazelnuts 2!

  
  THE BEAT — Authority: 651
  The ever indispensable Flog blog points us to exciting Tony Millionaire news : First, so as not to bury the lede: Tony Millionaire is on Twitter. This is major. So far he is on a roll; among his postings is this sneak peek at the long-awaited sequel to the Eisner-winning Billy Hazelnuts, Billy Hazelnuts and the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Robot reviews: The Great Anti-War Cartoons

  
  Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment — Authority: 670
  The Great Anti-War Cartoons The Great Anti-War Cartoons Edited by Craig Yoe Fantagraphics, 192 pages, $24.99 The title says it all really. Its a collection of editorial cartoons and the occasional gag cartoon with a specific focus on the futility of war. The book is subdivided into sections like "The Brass" ...
  2 weeks ago

• Billy Hazelnuts 2!

  
  THE BEAT — Authority: 651
  The ever indispensable Flog blog points us to exciting Tony Millionaire news : First, so as not to bury the lede: Tony Millionaire is on Twitter. This is major. So far he is on a roll; among his postings is this sneak peek at the long-awaited sequel to the Eisner-winning Billy Hazelnuts, Billy Hazelnuts and the ...
  2 weeks ago

• The New TCJ.com Launches!

  
  Hypergeek — Authority: 447
  Fantagraphics have just informed Hypergeek that the brand new TJC.com has launched. The Comics Journal is the only comic periodical that I have every really enjoyed, and I’ve been a subscriber for some years now. However, I’ll admit that the old TCJ website was rather lacking in features. This all ...
  2 weeks ago

• Daily OCD: 12/14/09

  
  FLOG! Entries — Authority: 144
  Oh man these Online Commentary & Diversions links really pile up: • List: The Daily Cross Hatch presents The Best Damned Comics of 2009 Chosen by the Artists, this years edition of their essential annual survey of comics pros top 5 comics. I wont quote all the lists commentary here since that would steal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Small Press Spotlight: The November 2009 Small Press Comics & TPBs/OGN Sales Charts

  
  Hypergeek — Authority: 447
  As a follow-up to Diamond Distribution’s Top 20 Publishers, Top 300 Comics, and Top 300 TPBs & GNs for November 2009 , I have used the raw data to construct the sales charts for small press titles in November 2009. Diamond provided their own small press charts, but I chose to ignore them, for a couple of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microreview: The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion

  
  The OLM Blog — Authority: 416
  The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion Brian Kane Fantagraphics Books, 2009 The original Prince Valiant Companion has long been out of print, a stalking-horse for collectors. Fantagraphics Books is engaged in an elaborate job of reprinting all the Prince Valiant comic strips, and they’ve taken the opportunity ...
  2 weeks ago

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