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August 2011

35 posts

everydaypants: Friends! Especially those of you interested in comics, self-publishing, and helping young women share their creative voice and ideas. My extremely talented friend Sara Drake is working with Anne Elizabeth Moore, doing a very special comics project in Cambodia and she really needs your help getting there. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/178882708/comics-in-cambodia - - -...

Habibi, page 300

spx: Can’t wait to get a look at Craig Thompson’s new book. Sadly it won’t be out quite in time for SPX but we’ll have Craig there in the flesh for the first time in quite a few years. Very exciting! sequentialartistsworkshop: Breaking radio silence (meaning taking a break from packing) to say that I’m 300 pages into Habibi, and it already seems to me probably the most masterful long-form...

2011 Harvey Award Winners, announced at this...

BEST LETTERER John Workman, THOR, Marvel Comics BEST COLORIST Jose Villarrubia, CUBA : MY REVOLUTION, Vertigo/DC Comics BEST SYNDICATED STRIP OR PANEL DOONESBURY, Garry Trudeau, Universal Press Syndicate BEST ONLINE COMICS WORK HARK! A VAGRANT, Kate Beaton, http://harkavagrant.com/ BEST AMERICAN EDITION OF FOREIGN MATERIAL BLACKSAD, Juan Diaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido,...

icecreamtornado asked: I get a lot of my comics-reading recommendations from here, so I just wanted to say thanks! :)

Kate Beaton Interview from The Hairpin →

here’s a pretty great interview with Kate Beaton of http://www.harkavagrant.com/ over at The Hairpin! good stuff!

the Copy Cats tumblr →

i’m a big fan of this kind of Creative Commons property, it’s way cool! definitely worth a look! they’re looking for submissions right now to start filling up the site with comics and stuff, so make sure to participate if you get a chance!

SPX Programming Info is Up!

spx: When you have an absolutely killer slate of guests attending your comics and cartooning arts festival, lining up an amazing slate of programs and presentations is easy. Or, at least SPX’s Programming Director Bill K. makes it look easy. Here’s the full list of programming that will take place at this year’s show (September 10th & 11th in Bethesda, MD - seriously, make some plans...

Habibi process, by Craig Thompson

drawnblog: Six years in the making - Craig Thompson’s new book, Habibi, is set to release in September. Beautiful process gallery with tons of new sketches and pencils and final artwork is up on the new book site.

Only a day or so left to vote for this year's... →

Voting is open to anyone professionally involved in a creative capacity within the comics field, so if you’re in the industry, make sure to vote today! and here’s the 2011 Harvey Award Nominees: BEST LETTERER ____ Scott Brown, BOX 13, http://www.comixology.com and Red 5 Comics ____ Darwyn Cooke, RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE OUTFIT, IDW ____ Dustin Harbin, CASANOVA, Icon Comics...

Vattu: The First Day

evandahm: Vattu’s first print incarnation will be a book of the first 30-odd pages, and some extra material, to debut at this year’s SPX. This is the cover! i absolutely love Evan Dahm’s work, all of it is just soooo beautiful! pretty excited that the first Vattu book will be available at SPX!