TCJ: REGÉ, ROMITA, DOGSBODY
The Comics Journal's website now features material excerpted from issue #251's interviews with Ron Regé Jr. and John Romita. The Journal's website also debuts Dogsbody, a dedicated online review column. Dogsbody's premier edition takes on Kramer's Ergot #3 and George Tautkus' Krunk: A Short Procedure; books can be submitted for review to the address listed at the column's end. The Journal's online audio archive continues to feature over an hour of excerpts from Gary Groth's 1994 interview with Burne Hogarth, available for download through the end of May.
INFO: The Comics Journal
posted by Egon on Friday, May 02, 2003

XERIC GRANTS ANNOUNCED
The Xeric Foundation has announced its latest group of self-publishing grant recipients:

Jef Czekaj, "Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters"

John Hankiewicz, "Tepid"

Jai Nitz, "Paper Museum"

Bishakh Som, "Angel"

Elena Steier, "The Revenge of the Vampire Bed and Breakfast"

Julie Yeh, "Poppie's Assignments: Serpents in Paradise"
"A total of $25,452 was awarded to six comic book creators," according to the Foundation's press release. "The next deadline and review dates are July 31, 2003 and September 1, 2003, respectively."
LINK: The Xeric Foundation
posted by Egon on Tuesday, April 29, 2003

CHRIS WARE: BANGED UP
The second issue of Casterman's "Bang!" magazine cover-features Chris Ware, according to BDNews and Casterman's website. The magazine includes a new interview with Ware, cover art, a new strip, sketchbook pages and an excerpt from Acme Novelty Library #1. The 144-page issue also includes short manga by Suchiro Maruo and Kan Takahama. Feature articles cover the history of Tintin magazine and the relationship between comics and movies, including a new color strip by Moebius on the film adaptation of "Blueberry." Bang! #2 costs 19.50 Euros and is available for purchase via Casterman's website.
INFO: BDNews
INFO: Casterman
posted by Egon on Tuesday, April 29, 2003

CAROUSEL RETURNS IN MAY
R. Sikoryak's "Carousel" program of cartoon slide shows returns to New York's Marquee theater on Monday May 5, including Kaz and Michael Kupperman among its performers. The Marquee is located at 356 Bowery between East Jones & East 4th Street; admission to the 8:30 event costs $12 or $10 for seniors and students.
posted by Egon on Tuesday, April 29, 2003

MAN FROM TUPELO
Slave Labor Graphics announces the July publication of "Tupelo," a four-issue mini-series written by Matt DeGennaro and drawn by Phil Elliott. Both the publisher's website and Elliott's feature several preview pages from the upcoming series. According to Slave Labor's press release, Elliott also provides "the artwork for Illegal Alien, an 80-page graphic novel to be published by Dark Horse this June."
INFO: Slave Labor Graphics
INFO: Phil Elliott
posted by Egon on Tuesday, April 29, 2003

BRYAN TALBOT'S BRAINCELLS
The latest issue of the UK's "Northern Lightz," a thrice-yearly comics magazine for marijuana enthusiasts, runs a feature on Bryan Talbot's "Brainstorm Comix by his first publisher, Lee Harris, and a reprint of his strip Komix Comics, for the very first time in full colour," reveals Talbot's website. "The latest issue No.8 is on the shelves from the end of March" and can be ordered via the Northern Lightz website.
INFO: Bryan Talbot
LINK: Northern Lightz
posted by Egon on Tuesday, April 29, 2003