Better Late Than Never: Best of 2008!

I know January 2009 is almost over, but here are my favorite comics of 2008…

-The Last Musketeer by Jason

-Mesmo Delivery by Rafael Grampá

-Kramers Ergot 7 edited by Sammy Harkham

-Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw

-The Country Nurse by Jeff Lemire

-”Invasion” by Al Columbia (from MOME Vol. 12)

-RASL #1-3 by Jeff Smith

-Boys Club #2 by Matt Furie

-Monsters #3 by Ken Dahl

-Delayed Replays by Liz Prince

Robert Goodin’s COVERED

OH MY GOD

Cartoonist Robert Goodin has launched a blog called COVERED where he gets artists to recreate their favorite comic book covers. Here’s the first contribution—Jeff Brown doing Secret Wars #10…

There’s also a new contribution up from Criterion Collection project designer Eric Skillman!

(via FLOG)

Doppleganger Alert

I am NOT featured on The Onion

I repeat, I am NOT featured in an accompanying photo for a recent Onion article about a 26-year old guy lamenting the fact that he’ll be seeing former high school classmates in his hometown during the Thanksgiving holiday, though that does sound familiar.

Though I can see where people are drawing comparisons I don’t think I’m as chubby as that guy, nor do I have any regrettable piercings or own any silly looking hoodies.

That is all.

Not Comics: Kris Kuksi’s “Imminent Utopia”

Kris Kuksi makes incredible sculpture work out of model parts, toys and more. Imminent Utopia exhibition on display at Joshua Liner Gallery in NYC through December 20th.

Via SLAMXHYPE

Stoked: Lilli Carré in MOME 14

Over at FLOG, Eric Reynolds announces that Lilli Carré will have a 32-page full color story in MOME Vol. 14 called “The Carnival,” as well as the cover.

Photo Parade: Kramers and Grampá

Sammy Harkham’s store, Family, in L.A., hosted a signing for Kramers Ergot 7 this past Sunday, with many of the contributing cartoonists in attendance.

from nowherefront FLICKR

Here are some other FLICKR photostreams with pictures of the event…
wendypants
Walt Holcombe
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(all photos were found via FLICKR search. if you’d like me to remove any of these links for some reason email me:dpaggi[at]wizardent[dot]com)

Meanwhile, on the other side of the country, Desert Island in Brooklyn hosted a release party for Rafael Grampá’s Mesmo Delivery. Rafael came all the way from Brazil to hang out with folks.
Desert Island has a few photos on their FLICKR.

Jeff Lemire Gets Real

Jeff Lemire, the cartoonist behind the acclaimed Essex Country Trilogy (Tales From The Farm, Ghost Stories and The Country Nurse), reposts his guest entry from a Portland bookstore blog giving a look into the real Essex County his books were based on.

All of my stories start with the setting, and even more than that, location totally informs how my characters and plots grow and take shape. The Essex County books (Tales From The Farm, Ghost Stories, The Country Nurse), all started when I decided to do a book set in the tiny Canadian farming town where I grew up.

Check it out.

Mesmo Delivery

Check out Rachel Molino’s Mesmo Delivery article from Wizard 206!

Check it: “A Dream To Have In Heaven” by Maki Sasaki (from Garo)

Vintage manga from Garo: