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.

MISSED IT: You Ain’t No Dancer Vol. 3

I guess this was in Preview last month?

The latest installment of You Ain’t No Dancer is due in stores early October, but you can pre-order it over at New Reliable Press! Check out the link for the contributor list (which includes Kazimir Strzepek and Ken Dahl!)

So much stuff…

—So some big news coming out of San Diego Comic Con was the title and release date of Scott Pilgrim Volume 5. The next installment of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s much loved series from Oni will be titled Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe and is set to debut at New York Comic Con February 2009. Diagnosis: awesome. Check out the cover and click through for the bigger version.

—In case you missed it (because I did), Brian Ralph posted some cover designs for (I think) the next volume of his first person POV, post-apocalyptic free-for-all Daybreak. Daybreak is actually serialized over at new bodega, but if your anything like me, reading comics on the net hurts your eyes, so you’re “waiting for the trade.”
Check this one out and again, click through for more.

—And finally, the next issue of Sean Ford’s awesomely bizarre comic, Only Skin is due out at SPX this October. Sean shares some partially inked pages on his website and announces that cartoonist Dane Martin will be writing and illustrating an Only Skin Annual, also due out at SPX 2008. If you haven’t checked out Only Skin I suggest you do immediately. It’s an incredible supernatural conspiracy drama that I’m pretty sure also involved werewolves. I mean, I hope it involves werewolves. If not, it’s still pretty cool.

…check back tomorrow for SDCC photos and memories…and seals. Oh yes, there will be seals.

Etcetera

Hey there muchachos!
Just a quick update: I’ll be at MoCCA this weekend (both days) taking pictures, buying comics, getting Lockjaw sketches and eating hot dogs from street vendors. Check back for that coverage Monday.

I’ll be posting a beefy interview with Dash Shaw in a quick minute. Definitely check that out.

Stay tuned next week for some new reviews of Injury Comics #2, Duostar Racers #1 and everything I buy at MoCCA!

Finally, my “comic strip”, Pancake Lover, can be henceforth found at www.pancake-lover.blogspot.com. Perhaps I’ll post one or two stray strips here, but for the most part I’d like to keep Indie Jones pancake free.
That’s about it. See ya!

Class of 2008

Over at his blog, Jason Lutes gives thanks and well wishes to the recent graduates of the Center for Cartoon Studies, where Lutes taught this past year.

Here’s a “class photo” that the students put together for the faculty. Click through to Lutes’ blog for a complete list of graduates and some handy links to check out their work.

Here’s a photo from Chuck Forsman’s (Snake Oil) blog of the actual ceremony.

Congratulations to all the graduates!

Jeff Mason Update

Jeff Mason, publisher of Alternative Comics, posted an update on the Alternative Comics blog Wednesday (the first post in almost a year) regarding his current personal situation. Mason, who has been dealing with health problems for the past few years (possibly longer, please excuse my ignorance) delivered a positive sounding state of affairs.

“For the first time in years, I have absolutely no abdominal pain. I’m still weak as a kitten, and don’t yet have stamina – but that will improve with time.”

I was never really in tune with the comings and goings of indie publishers and was shocked to hear about Mason’s problems when I did. Alternative Comics has published some pretty crucial creators in the past (Bertozzi, Annable, Kochalka, etc.) and to know that such a hard-working indie comics publisher, let alone anyone, has to deal with chronic debilitating health issues is truly heartbreaking.

Our best wishes go out to Jeff, his family and friends.