It’s Nice That has a rundown of why and how the New Yorker manages to consistently get such wonderful illustrated covers. From Chris Ware, to Adrian Tomine, those New Yorker covers are killing it, and it’s all thanks to art editor Francoise Mouly and contributor Mina Kaneko. Work like this is important to cartoonists and…
R/W: Do Worry
Well, add another book to my Jane Austen fangurl collection. Jane Austen Cover to Cover by Margaret Sullivan explores the various covers of Austen’s oeuvre. The covers are not only a delightful way to engaged with Austen’s continued legacy, but also to learn a little about what Austen’s books mean to a particular era. The…
This Week in Racist Claptrap: The First Pan Trailer Dropped
Warner Bros. has made a prequel to the many many Peter Pan movies, cartoons, and books, and it. Looks. Drab. Young Peter is a Dickensian orphan in London, the only place in the UK that also exists in Hollywood UK, and one day, for reasons predictable (familial destiny and spunk, gosh darn), piratical (a kidnapping)…
9 Great Gifts for Geeks: Apparel and Accessories
Your geeky friend, colleague, or neighbor not into stuff or food (what, why, how?)? Here are nine clothing/accessory ideas for the sartorially inclined. Why nine gift ideas and not ten? Because Even numbers are boring. Nine is divisible by three!
The End is not Nigh: Arts and Arts Industries Aren’t Dying
Look up. That’s the Orion Nebula, a site of massive star formation. It’s certainly dramatic. Some bright points of light. Huge clouds of dust colliding. Who knows what will come out of it? Well, we do know. Stars are what’s coming, big and small. Imagine that’s an arts industry. Pick one, any will do. Ok, we’ll go with publishing. What was…
Multifarious: Apple Strudel vs Art
One day, a woman made a fine very apple strudel. She shared that strudel with an artist, who in turn gifted her with a painting. Now, that painting is up at auction and experts estimate it will earn the woman’s daughter somewhere between $15,000 – $20,000. That artist? William Kurelek. That strudel? Damn fine, apparently….
[TW] Rat Queens Artist Roc Upchurch Arrested
[Update: Roc Upchurch has since been removed from Rat Queens. You can read Kurtis Wiebe’s statement here.] Late Tuesday evening, Bleeding Cool reported that Rat Queens artist Roc Upchruch was arrested on October 31st on charges of battery and assault. He paid a $750 bond, was allowed to return home, and has not been contacted by…
Where to Find Good Books and Comics at INSPIRE! (Everywhere)
Full disclosure: I am volunteering at the fair this weekend but am not obliged to give it good press. It’s the weekend in Toronto and you’re bored. What luck! The city’s new big-time international book fair, INSPIRE! kicked off on Thursday and will continue through to Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. General admission tickets…
New Comics from Youth In Decline? Oh My. OH MY.
Ryan Sands last gave me heart palpitations when he and Michael DeForge released images from their cartoon-that-wasn’t, MallNation, but now he’s gone and released details of Youth In Decline‘s 2015 line up. HOLD ME.
XKCD Doing Rosetta Landing Comics
The European Space Agency is, at this very moment, attempting to land the unmanned Philae probe on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Confirmation of the landing won’t reach us instantaneously, because spaaaaace, so we’re expecting it at about 11:15 AM ET. The Rosetta Mission marks the first time we’ve landed something, some human-made thing, on a comet. It’s a complicated…
Evil Dead Coming to TV… with Bruce Campbell
The Evil Dead series extends past the three original movies to a 2013 reboot, a travelling musical, games, comics, and now, a TV show. A TV SHOW! Poorly named American network Starz will bring the horror comedy titan to TV in 2015. Original director/producer team Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are set to produce the series,…
Multifarious: But the art of it
The rise of curation in popular culture Has the curator supplanted the creator in popular imagination? The Globe and Mail examines the rise of curation as a profession and an art form. The curator’s job has been, among other things, to find the through line. She provides a practical function, telling us who to trust…