Coming this October, Raconteur #3, the latest in this fun series of comic book stories by John Klossner, David Jacobson, Jeff Pert, and Mike Lynch, who’s responsible for this issue’s cover. Order here.
Naked Cartoonists; Raconteur #2; An Excerpt from Peter Steiner’s latest book
This coming October, Fantagraphics will publish Naked Cartoonists: Drawers Drawing Themselves Without Drawers. Gary Groth has edited the collection of self portraits that includes work by Lee Lorenz, George Booth, Eldon Dedini, Mike Twohy, Sam Gross, Gahan Wilson and Arnie Levin. Amazon offers a look inside the book, including a full list of contributors
And available right now is Raconteur #2, the work of Mike Lynch, David Jacobson, John Klossner, and Jeff Pert. See Mike Lynch’s site for ordering information.
From Criminalelement.com, this excerpt from Peter Steiner’s latest, The Resistance (Minotaur Books, publication date: August 21, 2012)
Raconteur #1 with Lynch, Pert, Klossner and Jacobson
Four single panel cartoonists decide to try a longer form, and the result is Raconteur #1. A sneak preview can be found here on Mike Lynch’s blog. (cover above by John Klossner)
Two reports: University of Chicago Comics Conference & Maine Comics Arts Festival
From The Beat, May 21, 2012 “Comics G-17 summit report from Chicago” (content includes references to: Robert Crumb, Chris Ware, Francoise Mouly, Daniel Clowes, Seth, Art Spiegelman, Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Ivan Brunetti, among others)
From mikelynchcartoons.blogspot, May 21, 2012, “Report: Maine Comics Arts Festival May 20, 2012″ (content includes references to John Klossner, Kate Beaton, and Bill Woodman)
Talk: John Klossner; New Yorker Big Story Panel video
From Fosters.com, March 6, 2012, “Cartoonist to talk at Noble on March 6″ — John Klossner speaks today at the Noble High School, North Berwick, Maine.
From newyorker.com, March 6, 2012, a video of the recent Big Story event, “The Future of Funny,” featuring panelists Emily Flake, Farley Katz, Drew Dernavich and Zachary Kanin, with moderator, David Remnick.
