TOKYO: Gondry/Bell film opens
TOKYO, a new triptych film directed by Michel Gondry, opened on Friday, and one of the segments is an adaptation of Gabrielle Bell’s comic book, CECIL AND JORDAN IN NEW YORK, in which a...
BookScan redux
Okay, just a few after dinner cordials as we close the books on the annual Imbolc rituals:
§ Peerless Peggy Burns of D&Q has the last word on the indie sales matter, by...
Huizenga halts OR ELSE
Kevin Huizenga has announced that OR ELSE, his periodical comic from D&Q, will not have a sixth issue:
I've decided that Or Else (the series) is done. It doesn't make sense to do it this...
A night of European comics
(l-r, front row Igort, Isabel Kreitz, Max, Nicolas de Crécy; standing, Jaromir 99 and Jaroslav Rudiš)
Euro comics week in NYC continued with an evening of slideshows and presentations by David B., Nicolas de Crécy,...
This week: Lynda Barry, Groening events
Tonight!
WASHINGTON DC-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD 7:00 PM
POLITICS & PROSE WITH SPX
SLIDE SHOW, Q+A AND SIGNING
http://www.politics-prose.com/
Tomorrow!
NYC-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH 4:00 PM
NEW YORKER FESTIVAL
IN CONVERSATION WITH MATT GROENING
http://www.festival.newyorker.com/
Kevin Huizenga explains the origin of Glenn Ganges and more
Huizenga's work is so weightless in effect and weighty in substance, it's interesting to hear him talk about his work process:
I don’t want to explore something like “Science vs. Faith” in my work, though...
SD08: Drawn & Quarterly – #1529
D&Q will have a new tote bag for all purchases over $40, new books and signings and panels by James Sturm, Lynda Barry, Rutu Modan, and Adrian Tomine. You won't want to miss...
More John Stanley!
Drawn and Quarterly continues to do God's Work be announcing even more John Stanley reprints:
We'll be starting off with a three volume set of Stanley's Melvin Monster. During the "monster" craze of the...
Lynda Barry on tour!
Lynda Barry's WHAT IT IS comes out in a few short days, and the legendary cartooner will be touring all spring and summer, into the fall D&Q reports. Here are her current tour dates:
06/4 The...
NPR: Adrian Tomine’s ‘The Donger and Me’
In more NPR comics news, they present Adrian Tomine's 'The Donger and Me', an examination of the character from John Hughes lovably racist Sixteen Candles.
D&Q: Breakin’ the law
If you were going to pick on an indie comics company as a scofflaw, Montreal's ultra-civilized Drawn & Quarterly would be the last one you would suspect. But you would be wrong. In bi-lingual...
