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New Al Columbia Interview on Inkstuds

Just back in town for a few hours now and still catching up, and the first thing that caught my attention as worth giving a listen to is this new interview with Al Columbia on Inkstuds. As is noted in the comments, you will need to crank up your system to hear it properly. Inkstuds [...] [...]

Al Columbia Interview on Comics Comics

Get up close and personal with Biologic Show and Pim & Francie creator Al Columbia in this in-depth interview on the Comics Comics blog with Nicole Rudick. At the beginning, I’m really into it, but then you come to a point where you realize the whole day you’re going to be drawing doorknobs. And I start [...] [...]

Hotwire Comics 3 Out Today – New! Cerio, Hellman, Henderson, Sandlin, Mats?!

An unholy host of New York City-type cartoon art guys (and a couple others and at least one gal), many of whom have been or are currently published or distributed by Wow Cool (and nearly all the rest are old friends from SVA, minicomics or the Zero Zero anthology) get to step out in style [...] [...]

Al Columbia Limited Toyland Print

Portland’s Floating World Comics is selling a magnificent 18″x24″ very limited print of Al Columbia‘s painting Toyland (detail view above). I’m a little late posting this, but they seem to be still available. Go get yours now! The art also appears as the centerspread to Floating World’s Diamond Comics #4. UPDATE: The Prints Keep Coming! Brooklyn’s Desert [...] [...]

The Stupid Pages 23 – Charlie Brown is my Jesus

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Restoring Jim Flora

There a great story on the fine printing folks at Yee Haw Industries restoring and printing a long lost woodcut by the late, great Jim Flora in the latest issue of Knoxville, Tennessee’s free weekly Metro Pulse. Go Read It. More Flora. Railroad Town main page. [...]