Set to Sea pg. 132 (of 134)
on August 26, 2010
(The Set to Sea book is out now!)
One day to go. And as you might guess from the numbering, there will be two panels tomorrow.
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Set to Sea pg. 131 (of 134)
on August 25, 2010
(The Set to Sea book is out now!)
• These Gabrielle Bell comics only strengthened my resolution to never, ever go to the San Diego Comicon.
• Anime director Satashi Kon died recently, at only age 46. Of his movies, I’ve only seen Paprika – but that one was amazing and memorable.
Set to Sea pg. 130 (of 134)
on August 24, 2010
(The Set to Sea book is out now!)
• The last panel of Set to Sea will be up on Friday, and then the whole story will stay online until September 10th! So between now and then would be a good time to pass it along to a friend. After that, you’ll have to shell out for the book if you wanna read the whole thing, heh heh.
• I found this pretty cute discussion of Eleanor’s Secret Science Alliance the other day. I think it’s from some midwestern bookstore discussion groups? They all had similar complaints about the super-complex visual busyness, (though they were sure that children these days liked that sort of thing) but they were all really sweet and positive about the book. One reader warns about searching for the author online, as Eleanor’s done a lot of dirty drawings. It’s true!
Set to Sea pg. 129 (of 134)
on August 23, 2010
(The Set to Sea book is out now!)
• Last week was the week of potlucks, I went to three in a row. Good thing my friends know how to cook! I’m feeling really positive about the medium of the potluck right now.
• What? Miyazaki might be making a sequel to Porco Rosso? That was a gorgeous movie, but I don’t really know if it needs a sequel. Also, if the new Studio Ghibli “Borrowers” adaptation doesn’t do well, Miyazaki threatens to press the Ghibli self-destruct button.
• Cartoonist Laura Park lost her cat, Lewis, recently. She’s been working through her grief in some really beautiful, sad comics. Best wishes to her.
Set to Sea pg. 128 (of 134)
on August 20, 2010
(The Set to Sea book is out now!)
• Damn, Set to Sea has been getting some flattering reviews recently. This from a roundtable discussion at Time Magazine’s Techland blog: “Set to Sea is just beautiful, emotional in all the right ways, and mixed with unexpected moments to pull it away from sugary sentiment and tweeness – Dude gets shot in the eye! Man!”
• Have you seen Joey Weiser’s fun new fishboy-out-of-water series Mermin? I’ll be sharing a table with Joey at SPX, where he’ll be debuting issue 3, so I urge you to come by and check out all the Toriyama-esque shenanigans!
• I just heard the actual recording from that Dr. Laura “n-word” episode. Man, that lady just loved saying “the n-word.” She was practically rolling it around on her tongue. What a horrible person.
• Also just heard a recording of an anti-“ground zero mosque” radio ad that seriously said: “On September 11th, they declared war against us. And to celebrate that murder of 3,000 Americans, they want to build a monstrous 13-story mosque at Ground Zero. This ground is sacred.” Ugh, ugh, ugh.
