Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson has written a positive review of Schulz and Peanuts the new biography of Charles M. Schulz by David Michaelis for the Wall Street Journal. The cartoons are also terrifically funny and edgy, even after all these years. The wonder of “Peanuts” is that it worked on so many levels […]
Retail creator Norm Feuti has a new book, Pretending You Care, is coming out next week. The Sun Chronicle has reviewed the book and interviewed Norm. Although “Pretending You Care” includes dozens of memorable “Retail” strips, Feuti’s book is unlike most cartoonist opuses in that the content isn’t confined to artwork. Instead, Feuti offers plenty […]
Last week I wrote about the new Schulz and Peanuts biography of Charles M. Schulz that that is being received coldly by the Schulz family. There is now an official web site for the book that includes a promotional video interview with the book’s author David Michaelis along with tour information and advanced promotional quotes.Hat […]
Brevity co-creators Rodd Perry and Guy Endore-Kaiser will be at the Los Angeles Borders book store (Century Mall) on October 25th at 7:00 p.m. for a book signing. Rodd and Guy have two books out now: Brevity : A Collection of Comics by Guy and Rodd and Brevity 2: Another Collection of Comics by Guy […]
Next week, a highly anticipated biography of Charles Schulz entitled “Schulz and Peanuts” will be released, but some members of the Schulz family are not happy with the way author David Michaelis has portrayed their father as “depressed, cold and bitter man who was constantly going after different women.”Michaelis argues that extensive research through family […]
Just got an email from Rob Harrell who tells me that he’s self-publishing a second collection of his Big Top comic through Lulu press. The book is called “Sawdust and Greasepaint”, has 128 pages and retails for $11.95. He’s also redesigned his web site to showcase his fine art, illustration and comic strip. It also […]
E&P reports that Dilbert creator Scott Adams has selected 150 of his blog posts to be published in book format. Blog topics include: “politics, religion, marriage, dancing, underwear, aliens, and why kangaroos don’t drive cars.” The book is due out on October 22nd by Portfolio/Penguin.This isn’t too unusual for the blogosphere. Many self-publishers offer “blog […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) have published a special limited-edition book celebrating the organization and its cartoonists. The book contains: The complete history of the worldâ??s oldest and largest organization for professional editorial cartoonists, from its founding to the rise of the internet. Reports on major speakers, panels, controversies and practical jokes at […]
Sylvia creator Nicole Hollander was on NPR yesterday talking about her new book called “Tales of Graceful Aging from the Planet Denial.” The book is a humorous look at getting older. The book was published by Broadway book.From the description of the book: Nicole Hollander grew up in the nineteen-fifties, when women of a certain […]
From Collected Comics Library blog, comes news that Vanity Fair is running an excerpt of the soon to be released biography of Charles Schulz.Link hat tip: Tom Spurgeon
Over on Comic Book Resources is a great, and lengthy interview with Gary Gianni who began to take over on the art work on Prince Valiant in 2000 while John Cullen Murphy transitioned out. Gary also talks about a Prince Valiant art book that is due out next year which will include reproductions of preliminaries, […]
In continuation of the partnership between Universal Press and Lulu.com, a new comic collection for Stone Soup has been released. The book by Stone Soup creator, Jan Eliot, is entitled “There’s No ‘WE’ in Crowning!” and is largely on the topic of pregnancy, labor, delivery, and midwifery. This book can be purchased for $8.95 for […]
From the ComicsDC blog, Mike Rhode informs us that David Willis, author of “Killed: Great Journalism Too Hot to Print and Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression” will be speaking next Monday, September 24th at George Mason University during their 6 day book festival. All events are free and open to the […]
F-Minus creator Tony Carrillo has posted a short video to YouTube to describe what his F-Minus book collection will be like. My first thought: An episode of America’s Funniest Home Videos?See the video for yourself.The book is available at Amazon.
Universal Press and Lulu.com are now offering more titles for their print-on-demand partnership service. In addition to PreTeena, The Fusco Brothers and Clear Blue Water, comic fans can also order A Boatload of Louis by Overboard creator Chip Dunham, and Betty Dubnam’s Mini Page children’s feature.