ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com/media/feedlogo.gif ComicsAlliance.com http://www.comicsalliance.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/McKean, McNeil and Yokoyama Among Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nomineeshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/24/los-angeles-times-book-prize-graphic-novel-nominees/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/24/los-angeles-times-book-prize-graphic-novel-nominees/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/02/24/los-angeles-times-book-prize-graphic-novel-nominees/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


The Los Angeles Times has released the list of nominees for its prestigious assortment of book prizes, including the finalists in the graphic novel category. Last year's winner was Adam Hines' Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One, which was also ... Read more

 

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]]>carla speed mcneilCarlaSpeedMcneilcelluloidCongress of the AnimalsCongressOfTheAnimalsdave mckeanDaveMckeanfindergardeni will bite youIWillBiteYoujim woodringJimWoodringjoseph lambertJosephLambertlos angeles timesLosAngelesTimespictureboxsecret acresSecretAcresYuichi YokoyamaYuichiYokoyamaAndy Khouri2012-02-24T15:00:00 00:0021 Portraits from Tony Millionaire's '500 Portraits' [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/03/500-portraits-preview-tony-millionaire/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/03/500-portraits-preview-tony-millionaire/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/01/03/500-portraits-preview-tony-millionaire/#commentsFiled under: , ,


On sale now from Fantagraphics is 500 Portraits, a very handsome hardcover volume collecting more than two decades of pen-and-ink portraiture by Tony Millionaire, the award-winning cartoonist of Drinky Crow's Maakies and Sock Monkey. The book ... Read more

 

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]]>500 portraits500Portraitstony millionaireTonyMillionaireAndy Khouri2012-01-03T12:30:00 00:00Elysian to Brew Charles Burns' 12 Beers of the Apocalypse in 2012http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/19/elysian-charles-burns-twelve-beers-of-the-apocalypse-fantagraphics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/19/elysian-charles-burns-twelve-beers-of-the-apocalypse-fantagraphics/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/19/elysian-charles-burns-twelve-beers-of-the-apocalypse-fantagraphics/#commentsFiled under: ,


If you've invested in Roland Emmerich's life-altering film 2012 starring John Cusack, you are fully aware that the world is totally going to end next year on December 21 (What's that? Something about a Mayan calendar? Sorry bro, never heard of ... Read more

 

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]]>beerBlack HoleBlackHoleCharles BurnsCharlesBurnsElysian Brewing CompanyElysianBrewingCompanyFantagraphicsCaleb Goellner2011-12-19T11:00:00 00:00Holiday Gift Guide: 'Lost in the Andes' By Carl Barkshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/01/the-comicsalliance-holiday-gift-guide-lost-in-the-andes-by-c/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/01/the-comicsalliance-holiday-gift-guide-lost-in-the-andes-by-c/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/12/01/the-comicsalliance-holiday-gift-guide-lost-in-the-andes-by-c/#commentsFiled under: ,


With the holiday season upon us, we here at ComicsAlliance have decided to make things a little easier on you by highlighting some of the best presents you can get for the comic book reader on your list in our Holiday Gift Guide! Walt ... Read more

 

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]]>Carl BarksCarlBarksDonald DuckDonaldDuckgift guide 2011GiftGuide2011holiday 2011Holiday2011Chris Sims2011-12-01T14:00:00 00:00'Celluloid' Depicts Sex and Voyeurism as Only Dave McKean Can [Preview]http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/26/celluloid-sex-voyeurism-dave-mckean-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/26/celluloid-sex-voyeurism-dave-mckean-preview/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/26/celluloid-sex-voyeurism-dave-mckean-preview/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


The endearingly ludicrous Suicide Girls notwithstanding, there's an increasing number of comic books that deal with sexual themes and situations in fairly explicit yet very sophisticated ways, despite identifying or otherwise qualifying as ... Read more

 

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]]>celluloiddave mckeanDaveMckeaneroticaAndy Khouri2011-05-26T11:30:00 00:00Jacques Tardi: Fantagraphics Helps A Legend Get His Due With an 'Icepunk' Graphic Novelhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/16/jacques-tardi/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/16/jacques-tardi/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/05/16/jacques-tardi/#commentsFiled under: ,


The funny thing about comics, as a medium, is that it's so much larger than you might think. The American comics industry, from cape comics to autobio, is well known, as is manga, a Japanese import that went from niche to fad to powerhouse. But, ... Read more

 

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]]>fantagraphicsjacques tardiJacquesTardiDavid Brothers2011-05-16T17:00:00 00:00Are You Getting a Degree in Graphic Novels?http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/17/are-you-getting-a-degree-in-graphic-novels/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/17/are-you-getting-a-degree-in-graphic-novels/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/17/are-you-getting-a-degree-in-graphic-novels/#commentsFiled under: ,


What started out being an oddity -- college classes and programs devoted to the study and creation of comics -- is quickly becoming a full-fledged trend, according to this interesting Associated Press feature picked up by USA Today. Apart from places ... Read more

 

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]]>Comics, Manga, college, Carol Tyler, Fantagraphics, BordersComics,Manga,College,CarolTyler,Fantagraphics,BordersWayne Beamer2007-12-17T12:30:00 00:00The Comics Page: Beasts! Volume 2http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/09/the-comics-page-beasts-volume-2/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/09/the-comics-page-beasts-volume-2/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/09/the-comics-page-beasts-volume-2/#commentsFiled under: ,


If you enjoyed Fantagraphics' great art anthology Beasts!, you'll be very pleased to learn FBI art director Jacob Covey is working on a second volume and promises "many names that readers won't recognize, bringing a whole new audience to some artists ... Read more

 

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]]>Jaime Hernandez, Beasts!, Fantagraphics BooksJaimeHernandez,Beasts!,FantagraphicsBooksWayne Beamer2007-12-09T01:38:00 00:00Funnybook Paparazzi in Austinhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/03/funnybook-paparazzi-in-austin/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/03/funnybook-paparazzi-in-austin/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/03/funnybook-paparazzi-in-austin/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Had nice conversations with Tony Millionaire, nee of Maakies, Sock Monkey and Billy Hazelnuts fame, and Dave Herman, voice actor extraordinaire whose animation credits include Futurama, American Dad, Bee Movie and the upcoming Drinky Crow Show on ... Read more

 

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]]>Office Space, Tony Millionaire, Dave Herman, MaakiesOfficeSpace,TonyMillionaire,DaveHerman,MaakiesWayne Beamer2007-12-03T08:59:00 00:00Creator Q&A: Tony Millionairehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/01/creator-qanda-tony-millionaire/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/01/creator-qanda-tony-millionaire/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/12/01/creator-qanda-tony-millionaire/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Must 've been sleeping when the news broke that the fine folks at Cartoon Network's Adult Swim had aired a pilot based on Tony Millionaire's brilliant Maakies weekly strip, appearing in a fine alt-weekly newspaper near you (including the Austin ... Read more

 

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]]>Maakies, Tony Millionaire, Sock Monkey, Billy Hazelnuts, Dark HoMaakies,TonyMillionaire,SockMonkey,BillyHazelnuts,DarkHorse,FantWayne Beamer2007-12-01T00:07:00 00:00The Comics Page: Comic Strip Masterpieceshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/11/11/the-comics-page-comic-strip-masterpieces/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/11/11/the-comics-page-comic-strip-masterpieces/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/11/11/the-comics-page-comic-strip-masterpieces/#commentsFiled under: ,


Over the past several weekends, we've been breaking up the mix of news, views, interviews and features by talking up the work of living, breathing cartoonists hiding in plain sight on the Web, meaning those with a pulse. This week's tribute casts a ... Read more

 

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]]>comic strips, Peanuts, Comic Strip MasterpiecesComicStrips,Peanuts,ComicStripMasterpiecesWayne Beamer2007-11-11T00:26:00 00:00And I Thought Censorship Was So Yesterdayhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/10/27/and-i-thought-censorship-was-so-yesterday/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/10/27/and-i-thought-censorship-was-so-yesterday/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/10/27/and-i-thought-censorship-was-so-yesterday/#commentsFiled under: ,


Very intentionally, I've stayed away from the latest tale of woe involving the forced resignation of a young high school teacher in Guilford, Ct., who very mistakenly assigned Eightball #22 as make-up homework. I did so largely, because other comic ... Read more

 

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]]>censorship, Fantagraphics Books, Eightball, Daniel Clowes,Censorship,FantagraphicsBooks,Eightball,DanielClowes,Wayne Beamer2007-10-27T19:13:00 00:00This Week's New Releases and Recommendationshttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/08/29/this-weeks-new-releases-and-recommendations/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/08/29/this-weeks-new-releases-and-recommendations/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/08/29/this-weeks-new-releases-and-recommendations/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


If you read the comic books, you know what happens on the Wednesday. Bow down before the power of the Wednesday! COUNTDOWN TO ADVENTURE #1 Soooo.... we're already counting down to FINAL CRISIS with COUNTDOWN, but now we have to count down to ... Read more

 

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]]>countdown to adventureCountdownToAdventuremean gnmean graphic novelMeanGnMeanGraphicNovelmice templarMiceTemplarsteven weissmansteven weissman meanStevenWeissmanStevenWeissmanMeanKevin Panetta2007-08-29T07:14:00 00:00Small Press Expo Announces Bill Griffith, Gilbert Hernandez & Rutu Modon as Guests for SPX 2007http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/08/13/small-press-expo-announces-bill-griffith-gilbert-hernandez-and/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/08/13/small-press-expo-announces-bill-griffith-gilbert-hernandez-and/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/08/13/small-press-expo-announces-bill-griffith-gilbert-hernandez-and/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Press Release Small Press Expo (SPX), the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comic books, graphic novels and alternative political cartoons, is proud to announce Bill Griffith, Gilbert Hernandez and Rutu Modan as the first slate ... Read more

 

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]]>Bill GriffithBillGriffithconventionFantagraphicsGilbert HernandezGilbertHernandezLove and RocketsLoveAndRocketsRutu ModanRutuModanSmall Press ExpoSmallPressExpospxZippy The PinheadZippyThePinheadChris Dooley2007-08-13T10:43:00 00:00Just in Case You Missed These Eisner Award Nominees...http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/07/15/just-in-case-you-missed-these-eisner-award-nominees/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/07/15/just-in-case-you-missed-these-eisner-award-nominees/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/07/15/just-in-case-you-missed-these-eisner-award-nominees/#commentsFiled under: , , , , ,


Imagine my surprise leafing through Saturday's edition of the Wall Street Journal to discover a short feature lauding the work of a trio of 2007 Eisner Award nominees in their Pursuits section. Sounds like no big deal, until you dig deeper into the ... Read more

 

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]]>A Late Frreze, Top Shelf, Fantagrapphics, Renee FrenchALateFrreze,TopShelf,Fantagrapphics,ReneeFrenchWayne Beamer2007-07-15T20:44:00 00:00Free Comic Book Day Adventurehttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/05/07/free-comic-book-day-adventure/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/05/07/free-comic-book-day-adventure/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/05/07/free-comic-book-day-adventure/#commentsFiled under: , ,


OK, I love my job. How can you not like working at a place where you get to spend your Saturday visiting comic book shops? I mean, does it really get any better than that? Well, I guess it might if they bought my comics for me, but that is a post for ... Read more

 

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]]>big planet comicsBigPlanetComicsFree Comic Book DayFreeComicBookDayphoenix comics and toysPhoenixComicsAndToysChris Dooley2007-05-07T16:30:00 00:00Fantagraphics sale on Eisner nominees through April 30!http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/26/fantagraphics-sale-on-eisner-nominees-through-april-30/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/26/fantagraphics-sale-on-eisner-nominees-through-april-30/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/26/fantagraphics-sale-on-eisner-nominees-through-april-30/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Press Release The 2007 Eisner Award nominations announced last week are old news here in the blog-o-blob by now [for a complete list of nominees, go here: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/20/2007-eisner-award-nominees-announced/, but we want to ... Read more

 

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]]>eisner nominationsEisnerNominationsfantagraphicssaleChris Dooley2007-04-26T16:47:00 00:00The Drinky Crow Show Premieres May 13!http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/02/the-drinky-crow-show-premieres-may-13/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/02/the-drinky-crow-show-premieres-may-13/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/04/02/the-drinky-crow-show-premieres-may-13/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Press Release On Sunday, May 13, The Cartoon Network's popular Adult Swim animation showcase will premiere the long-awaited pilot of The Drinky Crow Show, based on cartoonist Tony Millionaire's long-running Maakies comic strip. The show's comedy is ... Read more

 

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]]>animationChris Dooley2007-04-02T11:25:00 00:00Chris Ware Gets Animatedhttp://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/03/28/chris-ware-gets-animated/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/03/28/chris-ware-gets-animated/http://www.comicsalliance.com/2007/03/28/chris-ware-gets-animated/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


Well, this just made my day. I don't know how I missed it when the story broke last week, but since it's possible that I'm not the only one who was wandering lost in the wilderness and unaware of the existence of a fresh dose of the genius that is ... Read more

 

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]]>Chris Ware, This American Life, ShowtimeChrisWare,ThisAmericanLife,ShowtimeJohn Anderson2007-03-28T12:30:00 00:00