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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 15: Princess Leia Races Home Aboard Her Starship.
Ok, big week here at TRY SOMETHING NEW. It seems a ton of you have been reading my column and taking my advice. Obama released the sales charts for comics last week and it turns out REPTILE MUSEUM by...
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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 16: Custodian of the Stolen Plans
So last week was my worst column yet. How do I quantify that? Well I thought it was dumb, everyone else who read it also thought it was dumb, and not many people read it. See? Quality isn’t really...
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TRY SOMETHING NEW Chapter 17: That Can Save Her People…
Funny story. My column ran long last week and Unkie Dev’s space got cut. Since then I have been wracked with guilt and completely unable to function in my daily life. I am overwrought with worry...
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On “New School” Color
This idea of color as something other than coding is nothing new, and since the days of Frank Santoro’s “Sirk” and even earlier with Françoise Mouly’s and Spiegleman’s RAW Magazine, cartoonists have...
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On February 5th New Comics, From Someone in Seattle
By the time you’re reading this, I’m either in a perpetual state of bummed because the Seahawks just lost, or I’ll still be insanely pumped on their crushing win over the Broncos. I’d be vastly...
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Super Stoked on SuperTrash
Last Monday when I got to work, fellow manager Justin greeted me with a “There’s a book for you coming out this week.” Which can mean one of two things… either there is actually something that I will...
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Free Comic Book Day at Forbidden Planet NYC 2015
Saturday, May 2nd, is Free Comic Book Day and here’s the deal on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for this year’s festivities. First off, if you’re not familiar with FCBD, it’s an annual event on...
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Terror Assaulter release party with Ben Marra!
Join us at Forbidden Planet NYC on September 16th from 6PM to 8PM in celebration of Fantagraphics’ Terror Assaulter! Artist, writer, all around cool dude Benjamin Marra will be on hand signing copies...
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My Favorite Thing is Monsters is One of Our Favorite New Books
Fantagraphics published Emil Ferris’ debut graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters last week and we’ve been singing its praises to our in-store customers since it hit our shelves. Here’s the...
View ArticleTotal Jazz Will Play All The Right Notes
There are a few truly American born art forms. This week two of them will cross paths with a collection of the celebrated French artist’s Blutch latest book, Total Jazz. Jazz, comic books, the musical...
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