Friday, May 20, 2011

Fantagraphics Books Brings Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse Back to Life


Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson
“Race to Death Valley”
Edited by David Gerstein & Gary Groth

Designed by Jacob Covey
Featuring essays by Warren Spector, Floyd Norman, Thomas Andrae and David Gerstein
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS, SEATTLE, WA
$29.99 Hardcover • 260 pages, color and black-and-white • 10 1/2” x 8 1/2” • ISBN 978-1-60699-441-2
HUMOR / Comic Strips • PUBLICATION DATE: Late May 2011

• Produced in full cooperation with The Walt Disney Company
• Great gift idea
• Featuring the #1 character franchise in the world
• Fantagraphics’ most anticipated release since the first volume of The Complete Peanuts, which has sold over 150,000 copies

Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador of all things Disney, and the #1 character franchise in the world. But back in the 1930s, Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble, two-fisted epic hero — an adventurous, underdog scrapper matching wits with mobsters, kidnappers, spies, and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickey’s greatest feats of derring-do took place in his daily comic strip, written and drawn by one of the greatest cartoonists of the 20th century — Floyd Gottfredson.

Gottfredson’s vibrant visual storytelling has never been more beautifully reproduced, with each daily lovingly restored from Disney’s original negatives and proof sheets.

Walt Disney often said that his studio’s success “all started with a Mouse,” and today Mickey is among the world’s most recognizable icons. Now it’s time to rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon!


Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: "Race to Death Valley" (Vol. 1) (Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse)


Thursday, May 19, 2011

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The Return to Saiunkoku

I read The Story of Saiunkoku, Vol. 3

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).


Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Make Your Mark with Flink12 Global Icon Art Competition

Flink12, a new social networking site, has put out a call for artists and graphic designers to take part in a Global Icon Art Competition.  They're offering a minimum of $3,000 commissions to create feature icons for the site.  They're looking for graphic icons to be used as status updates for the network.

Visit the site at http://flink12news.com/

They are interested in hiring talented graphic artists on a work for hire basis, and they will not publish or use your icons unless you are awarded a contract.

Enter the competition at http://news.flink12.com/tagged/competitions

Bakuman Phone Call and the Night Before

I read Bakuman., Vol. 4

I posted a review at the Comic Book Bin (which has FREE smart phone apps).


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

DC Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 18 2011

DC COMICS

FEB110194 BATGIRL THE FLOOD TP $14.99

MAR110299 BATMAN #710 $2.99

MAR110300 BATMAN AND ROBIN #23 $2.99

MAR110292 BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM #1 OF (5) $2.99

MAR110281 BOOSTER GOLD #44 (FLASHPOINT) $2.99

MAR110337 DC COMICS PRESENTS BATMAN DARK CITY #1 $7.99

MAR110285 DC UNIVERSE ONLINE LEGENDS #8 $2.99

AUG100282 DC UNIVERSE ONLINE STATUE WONDER WOMAN $85.00

MAR110375 DEUS EX #4 (OF 6) (MR) $2.99

MAR110386 DMZ #65 (MR) $2.99

FEB110213 DONG XOAI VIETNAM TP $19.99

MAR110382 FABLES #105 (MR) $2.99

JAN110328 FLASH OMNIBUS BY GEOFF JOHNS HC VOL 01 $75.00

MAR110384 HELLBLAZER #279 (MR) $2.99

FEB110256 HELLBLAZER CITY OF DEMONS TP (MR) $14.99

FEB110211 JSA ALL STARS GLORY DAYS TP $17.99

MAR110286 JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #57 $2.99

MAR110318 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #13 $2.99

FEB110158 OUTSIDERS #39 $2.99

MAR110327 POWER GIRL #24 $2.99

MAR110322 SPIRIT #14 $2.99

FEB110203 SUPERBOY LEGION OF SUPER HEROES THE EARLY YEARS TP $14.99

MAR110313 SUPERGIRL #64 $2.99

MAR110314 SUPERMAN BATMAN #84 $2.99

MAR110331 TEEN TITANS #95 $2.99

MAR110329 THUNDER AGENTS #7 $2.99

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MAY100312 WOMEN OF THE DCU SERIES 3 STAR SAPPHIRE BUST $60.00

MAR110368 YOUNG JUSTICE #4 $2.99

MAR110334 ZATANNA #13 $2.99

Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for May 18 2011

MARVEL COMICS

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MAR110790 CHAOS WAR INCREDIBLE HULKS TP $19.99

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MAR110745 DEADPOOLMAX #8 (MR) $3.99

MAR110798 DEATH OF DRACULA TP $19.99

MAR110796 ELECTRIC ANT TP (MR) $19.99

MAR110803 ESSENTIAL X-MEN TP VOL 08 NEW ED $19.99

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MAR110741 GENERATION HOPE #7 $2.99

MAR110693 HAWKEYE: BLIND SPOT #4 (OF 4) $2.99

MAR110627 HERC #3 FEAR $2.99

MAR110692 HEROES FOR HIRE #7 $2.99

MAR110671 HULK #33 $2.99

MAR110618 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #504 FEAR $3.99

MAR110712 NAMOR FIRST MUTANT ANNUAL #1 $3.99

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MAR110633 SIGIL #3 (OF 4) $2.99

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MAR110788 SUPER HERO SQUAD SQUAD FOR ALL SEASONS GN TP $14.99

MAR110761 THOR WORLD EATERS PREM HC $24.99

MAR110710 THUNDERBOLTS #157 $2.99

MAR110784 TROUBLE BY MARK MILLAR PREM HC $19.99

MAR118163 ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #1 (OF 6) 2ND PTG YU VAR $3.99

MAR118134 ULTIMATE AVENGERS VS NEW ULTIMATES #2 (OF 6) 2ND PTG YU VAR $3.99

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MAR110641 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #158 DOSM $3.99

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