COMICS: Daniel Clowes, of Ghost World fame, is at City Lights tonight celebrating the release of Mister Wonderful, a newly published collection of his Eisner Award-winning comic series that originally appeared in The New York Times Magazine, along with forty pages of new material. (7 p.m., City Lights, 261 Columbus)
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The Weather Was So Nice Today...
...even Superman stopped to enjoy it. Have a great weekend, folks.
Mission District-Based Comics Wanted for New Book
You guys, this a totally brilliant idea. The Mission is already saturated with every type of media, so why not make it the most interesting kind? A comic book! Lauren Davis, the brain behind the endeavor, a freelance writer and editor who's worked with io9, Comic Book Resources, and h+ Magazine, has lined up an amazing crew of artists, including Jamaica Dyer (Weird Fishes), Ariel Schrag (Awkward, Definition, Potential, Likewise), Shaenon Garrity...
Read SF Public Press Funnies!
SF Public Press, an online site that's also a $2 newspaper, recently featured a full page comic strip from artist Andrew Goldfarb and writer Shawn Gaynor about sit-lie law. It's like Garfield, but with poor people and no lasagna. While not a balls out condemnation of the proposed sit-lie law -- SF Public Press claims no official stance on sit-lie -- the comic is all about your right to sit on filthy sidewalks. Also: a hot cop who uses the word "faggot." For those of you who attend sit-lie cotillions, or if you enjoy graphic comics, check out this PDF of the whole comic at StandAgainstSitLie.org. [via Mission Mission]
What San Francisco Neighborhoods Would Cartoons Live In?
Hoodscope came up with this deliriously joyful bit: in which SF neighborhoods would cartoon characters live? Brilliant. Let's see, in the spicy meatball that is North Beach, they've got the Mario Brothers; in the self-conscious Mission arrondissement, we find the equally self-conscious Daria clan residing comfortably; and in the city's superior neighborhood, SOMA, we see Underdog, The Tick, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, and Batman. (What, no room for Jem and/or the Holograms?!) Check out which cartoon character signifies your hood. [Hoodscope, via UA]
Webcomic About SF Startup Scene Launched by Twitter Wit Author
Nick Douglas, former Gawker and Valleywag scribe/Twitter Wit author, created a glorious new comic about a nascent online internet e-web venture in San Francisco. It's called Big Damn Deal.
Photos: Wondercon 2010 at Moscone Center
Scores of comic aficionados converged on Moscone Center this weekend to attend the annual Wondercon, our annual comic book, science fiction, and motion picture convention. Folks dressed up in colorful attire, emulating characters ranging from Captain America to Superman to (most splendidly) Bob's Big Boy.
Local Bookmongers All Either Dying or Frenetic or Both
by Matt Baume
It's tough times for local booksellers. With Abandoned Planet cleaned out, McDonald's given the heave-ho...
Gift Guide: Caffeinated Comics
by Amy Crocker
Caffeinated Comics has posted this helpful holiday gift guide, suggesting specialized comic books for your entire list. Their recommendations include:
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COMICS: Shitty Kitty is still abroad, but Telephone & Soup will be showcasing their latest Shitty Kitty work at Mission: Comics, which was inspired by their recent relocation to Rabat, Morocco. There will be an after-party at Shotwell's Bar immediately following the show, where Telephone & Soup will be video skyping in from Morocco.
Photos: San Francisco Zine Fest
Photog Steve Rhodes captured these fun and colorful photos at the San Francisco Zine Fest on Saturday. Check out the full collection on Flickr.
"Tales Of Mere Existence" Book Release Party Tonight
is the first officially published book by Lev Yilmaz, author of the underground animation and webcomic series "Tales Of Mere Existence". Lev will be doing a reading from the book, and showing animations old and new.
Carrie Prejean: the Superhero, the Comic
Our very favorite "painted whore," Carrie Prejean, the current anti-gay Miss California, has a fun, new comic penned in her honor. With story and lettering by Brian Andersen and art and colors by Michael Troy, the newest superhero comic is called "Saint Carrie of the Divine Pageant: A Tit, a Tat and an Opposite-Marriage Rat."
"My Darling?" Tales Of Mere Existence
How much do you project onto a person you have not met yet?
Images: WonderCon '09
San Francisco played host to comic convention WonderCon. It's like ComincCon, only smaller. This year's convention saw, um, colorful fans of illustrated dramas, cartoon, furry sex, and explosive imagination converge at Moscone Center.
SFist Tonight: Comic Book Tiki Bar Crawl with Darick Robertson
Since you've heard that the irreplaceable Tonga Room is in danger of being made into condos(!!!), and the WonderCon convention is in town, what happens when the two are combined?
Tiki bar crawl. With comic book happy folks.
That's right! And the guest of honor this year is the Bay Area-esque Darick Robertson, artist behind the slaveringly brilliant Transmetropolitan series (with Uncle Internet Jesus Warren Ellis). Robertson is currently working on superhero deconstruction/destruction The Boys with the maniacal Garth Ennis, the book that's aimed to "out-Preacher [the] Preacher [comics]." To try to out-do one of Ennis's previous high points is some Serious Business. Throughout his work, Mr. Robertson is a man of admirable, gleeful skill.more ›
Tiki bar crawl. With comic book happy folks.
That's right! And the guest of honor this year is the Bay Area-esque Darick Robertson, artist behind the slaveringly brilliant Transmetropolitan series (with Uncle Internet Jesus Warren Ellis). Robertson is currently working on superhero deconstruction/destruction The Boys with the maniacal Garth Ennis, the book that's aimed to "out-Preacher [the] Preacher [comics]." To try to out-do one of Ennis's previous high points is some Serious Business. Throughout his work, Mr. Robertson is a man of admirable, gleeful skill.
Tales Of Mere Existence "Baba" (Turkish for "Father")
Some ways of being close to someone you've never been particularly close to.
Tales Of Mere Existence "A Position Of Power"
Most of us fantasize of being powerful... but is it really worth bothering with?
Tales Of Mere Existence "31 possible reasons why she isn't calling me back"
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