After Watchmen, What's Next?

From Fantagraphics website :
"Public confusion surrounding the overwhelming critical regard that the WATCHMEN graphic novel continues to be held in amongst those who haven't read the book but paid good money to see the feature film is rampant. "Wait, are comics for kids, or aren't they?" many have asked. Now that these people have seen WATCHMEN the movie, how do they erase it from memory and avoid wantonly dismissing the entire medium from which it sprung? We're here to help. Point them in the right direction with Fantagraphics Books' new "AFTER WATCHMEN, CLEANSE YOUR PALATE" program.. Please visit our homepage for more information on these fine "essentials" from Fantagraphics Books, perfect for anyone who sees WATCHMEN on film and can't believe that comics are worth taking seriously."

Art from the Humbug Show

Russ Heath


Al Jaffee


Arnold Roth



Will Elder


Arnold Roth

From the exhibition at the Fantagraphics Bookstore, Seattle.
Read all about it, and see more art, on the Fantagraphics blog - part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

HUMBUG

Oh Boy, I wanna see this! Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Jack Davis : the fifties' artists who influenced a few decades worth of alternative cartoonists. Read all about Harvey Kurtzman and Humbug here, where you can also download the first issue as a pdf file.
There will also be a Humbug exhibition, opening March the 7th, at the Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery in Seattle.





"Kurtzman’s ‘Humbug’ is no humbug" by Michael H. Price.

Kim Thompson

There's a nice Kim Thompson interview over on The Comics Reporter.
Kim is the co-owner/publisher of Fantagraphics Books, the main player in the world of alternative comics since the early '80's.

It's All Happening Somewhere Else

Kim Deitch at MoCCA

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