Another Worthy Kickstarter Project

Anyone who's read the various iterations of my column over the years knows how much I admire the work of Steve Lafler. As such, I wanted to let folks know that he's started a Kickstarter fund to offset the costs of printing. For larger donations, one can get a Lafler original painting, which is a great inducement considering how fun his paintings are. Here's a link to my review of the book.

TCJ Entries For October

Here are links to my TCJ output in October:

Solipsistic Pop, volume 2, edited by Tom Humberstone.

Three, edited by Robert Kirby.

A minicomics roundup featuring Mike Dawson, Emi Gennis & Jonathan Baylis (& collaborators).

Memory Foam, by Toby Jones.

Mome, Volume 19, edited by Eric Reynolds.

New issues of Tragic Relief, by Colleen Frakes.

Minis from Holly Foltz & Lena Chandhok.

The CCS anthology Future, edited by Emily Wieja.

Minis from Aaron Cockle, Pat Barrett and Paul Swartz

Minis from Max de Radigues & Tim Stout

Abortion Andy: Baby Steps, by G.P. Bonesteel

Comics by Katherine Roy & Ross Wood Studlar.

The CCS anthology Tales From San Papel, edited by Nomi Kane.

Comics from Matt Aucoin & Betsey Swardlick

The minicomics of JP Coovert

A Worthy Kickstarter Project

I don't usually do this, but I thought I'd pass on a link to a comics-related Kickstarter project that I thought were worth highlighting: an anthology called Gay Genius, edited by Annie Murphy. Murphy is a former Center for Cartoon Studies student who did one of my favorite minis of 2008 with I Still Live.

TCJ Entries For September

For those still following my articles through this blog, here are my TCJ reviews and other features for September:

Diario De Oaxaca, by Peter Kuper.

Drinking At The Movies, by Julia Wertz.

Set To Sea, by Drew Weing.

New comics from Colleen Frakes & Alex Kim.

Go For The Gold, a sketchbook from the Meathaus collective.

The comics anthology Nymphomomena.

New volumes of Bone and Amulet, by Jeff Smith and Kazu Kibuishi, respectively.

The fourth volume of Frank King's Walt & Skeezix.

The first three issues of Bob Oxman's minicomics series Smuttynose.

Parts one, two and three of a career-spanning interview with Steve Lafler.

The fourth and fifth issues of Morgan Pielli's Indestructible Universe Quarterly.

The Axe-Man of New Orleans, by Rick Geary.

How I Made It To Eighteen, by Tracy White.

El Vocho, by Steve Lafler.

A minicomics round-up featuring comics by Dina Kelberman, Kyle Baddeley and Desmond Reed.

TCJ Entries For August

Here are my latest columns and reviews from The Comics Journal:

The Minicomics of Virginia Paine

Ganges #3, by Kevin Huizenga

Lightning Round: short reviews of comics by Greg Carter & Stephanie O'Donnell; Ibrahim Ineke; Kyle Baddeley; and Rob Jackson.

Nurse Nurse #6 and Troop 142 #4, by Katie Skelly & Mike Dawson, respectively.

The Living Cain, by Lydia Conklin

Revolver, by Matt Kindt

The first two issues of the Supertalk anthology

Wilson, by Daniel Clowes

Melvin Monster Volume 2, by John Stanley

Second Thoughts, by Niklas Asker

Elephant Man #1, by Greg Houston

These Things Happen #3 and #4, by Sam Carbaugh

An Evening at Chapel Hill Comics

Dance After Dark and Rapt Attention, by Laura Terry & Penina Gal, respectively.

The CCS Anthology Werewolf!!

The Complete Peanuts, 1977-1978, by Charles Schulz.

Diario De Oaxaca, by Peter Kuper.

A Quick Plea For Poseur Ink

I received this message last night:

"Rachel Dukes from Poseur Ink here. I'm getting in touch with everyone who helped promote our books Side A and Side B to let them know that we've run into a family emergency and need to liquidate our stock of books in order to make room for a family member to move in with us. (And to pay off debts in case further emergencies arise.) If you wouldn't mind, we would be forever grateful if you could make a small blog post and let your readers know that the books are currently 50% off ($5 and $11, respectfully). There's still about 300 copies of each book left, so we have a ways to go; but we need to get these out of our apartment asap.

You can read more in our blog at: https://webmail.duke.edu/classic/horde/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poseurink.com%2F%3Fp%3D391"

Please consider buying a volume. Here's my review of the Side B anthology.

TCJ (and other) Entries For July

Here's a list of reviews I did in the month of July:

Mome Volume 18.

Hate Annual 8, by Peter Bagge.

Rare Bits Comics Collective: Jen Vaughn, Sam Carbaugh & Jason Week.

The Pterodactyl Hunters In the Gilded City, by Brendan Leach.

Blammo #6 and Blindspot #1, by Joseph Remnant & Noah Van Sciver.

The free Dope Flounder anthology.

Two comics by L. Nichols.

An appreciation of Harvey Pekar.

Newave!, edited by Michael Dowers.

Tales Designed To Thrizzle #6, by Michael Kupperman.

Autobio comics by Ben "Snakepit" White, Jason Young and Robyn Jordan.

Werewolves of Montpellier, by Jason.

James Sturm's Market Day and mental illness.

Death Deals & Quiet Human Contact, by Eamon Espey and various, respectively.

Short takes on comics by Greg Farrell, Dina Kelberman, Sean Andress and volume 10 of Candy Or Medicine.

Tag Team #1, an anthology from various alumni of the Center for Cartoon Studies.

New comics from Jose-Luis Olivares and Joseph Lambert.

Eschew #2, by Robert Sergel.

Whirlwind Wonderland, by Rina Ayuyang.