New books, so many, when?

I think we're all a little confused. New books debut at SDCC but then aren't out for a few weeks or months or get overshadowed by the latest sensation. Well, I'm here to clear all that up with a list of our late summer/fall releases!

Nancy Vol. 2 John Stanley/Dan Gormley - August 3
The Wild Kingdom Kevin Huizenga - August 31
Eden Pablo Holmberg - August 31

Tubby Vol. 3 John Stanley/Lloyd White - September 28

Palookaville 20 Seth - October 12
Make Me a Woman Vanessa Davis - Oct 12
Nipper: 1963-1964 Doug Wright - October 12

Acme 20 Chris Ware - November 9
Who Will Comfort Toffle? Tove Jansson - November 9
Picture This Lynda Barry - Nov 9
Denys Wortman's New York Denys Wortman, edited by James Sturm and Brandon Elston - November 9
The Wrong Place Brecht Evens - November 9

{More details about each of these coming soon soon soon.}

New Adrian Tomine Comic In The New Yorker

It's like Christmas on Labor Day people, check out the September 6th issue of the New Yorker for a new strip by Adrian Tomine.

Damn Straight: Best. Comic Shop. Ever.

Seems likes the Beguiling was recently profiled in the National Post, the amazing Chris Butcher (above, how could i resist?) answers some Q+As.

Moomins and Bento

I probably should be posting something like the above (found here) almost daily. And by something like this I mean edible comics content. Tomorrow I will post the photo of Louis Riel made out of poutine.

{Thanks to Janice Headley for the tip.}

Comic tattoos for the week

Recently John P. was in the tattoo capital of the U. S. (Portland, Oregon) and met not one but two people who had King-Cat tattoos. As it turned out they both approached John's table simultaneously and startled each other with the coincidence. I present to you: Dave and Reba!

Moomin + Bjork = Instant Classic

{Yeah, I'm a little late on this one. Can't a guy take a vacation?}

John P on tour again

I'm a little late to posting this so my apologies to those of you in the areas I missed and John and Noah. John P. is out on the road again covering the entire continental U.S. and Canada in pieces along with his pal Noah Van Sciver. John has a new issue of King-Cat in hand as well as copies of his three D+Q books (Perfect Example, King-Cat Classix, and Map of my Heart). Get out there and support these guys. Likely John P. will never undertake such a grueling trip again. Here's the latest tour info:

Tonight:
ZAPP/Hugo House
7 PM
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
ph. (206) 322-7030


Tues. 8/31: Vancouver, BC
Lucky's
7 PM
3972 Main Street,
Vancouver, BC V5T 4L8
ph. (604) 875-9858


Thurs. 9/2: Berkeley, CA
Comic Relief
7 PM
2026 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
ph. (510) 843-5002


Fri. 9/3: San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Zine Fest READING
Cartoon Art Museum
7 PM
655 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94105
ph. (415) CAR-TOON


Sat.-Sun. 9/4-5: San Francisco, CA
San Francisco Zine Fest


Tues. 9/7: Los Angeles, CA
Giant Robot LA
6 PM
2062 Sawtelle Blvd West
Los Angeles, CA 90025
ph. (310) 445-9276


Weds. 9/8: Joshua Tree, CA
Mt. Fuji
7 PM
61740C 29 Palms Hwy
Joshua Tree, CA
(Behind the Bakery and True World Gallery)
ph. (760) 333-9174


Sat. 9/11: Albuquerque, NM
Astro Zombies
12 noon
3100 Central Avenue SE
Albuquerque, NM 87106
ph. (505) 232-7800


Sun. 9/12: Santa Fe, NM
True Believers
12 PM
801 Cerrillos Road
Santa Fe, NM 87505
ph. (505) 992-TRUE


Sat. 9/18: Denver, CO
Kilgore Books and Comics
6 PM
624 E. 13th Ave.
Denver, CO 80203
ph. (303) 815-1979

A New Era

Thanks, Danger Room Comics, (and Quenton, below) for taking our mail adornment expectations to a new level. The precedent has been set, senders!

Tubby-mania hits North Carolina (watch out Tennessee, you're next!)

Thank you to Quenton Bowman, John Stanley's "biggggggest fan" in Wilmington North Carolina, for this ravishing portrait of a mustachioed Tubby Tompkins! Send YOUR fan-ly Stanley mail to P.O. box 48056, Montreal, Quebec, H2T 2Y5, Canada.

TUBBY: A hefty hero

Rolling into stores any day now, Tubby is the latest volume in Drawn & Quarterly's ongoing John Stanley Library series. A spin-off of Little Lulu, Stanley's best-known work, the Tubby comic book series lasted from 1952 to 1962, with John Stanley at the helm until 1959 when he left to work on the Nancy comic book series (coincidentally collected in our Nancy series.)
The Drawn & Quarterly Tubby tome, which collects issues 9–12 of the Dell series, highlights Stanley's extraordinary ability to create a well-rounded (hoh!) hero out of a supporting foil. Tubby is bossy, controlling, and conniving, a greedy gourmand embodiment of the unchecked id. However, as the following excerpt demonstrates, the titular tyke's truculent temperament is always held in balance by a built-in sense of duty and responsibility.
Featuring some of Stanley's funniest writing brought to life by Lloyd White's vibrant lines, Tubby offers incontrovertible evidence of Stanley's genius at capturing the conflicting desires that form the essence of the human spirit. Also: how totally adorable is little Chubby?!
(Click on the image below to read the whole story.)