But is it…Comic Aht? #4
The fourth issue of Austin English and August Lipp’s intermittent magazine of comics culture, But is it…Comic Aht?, is due for dropping sometime in April (or thereabouts).
Unsurprisingly, given the names behind it, But is it…Comic Aht? is a periodical with a purpose and a lot of thought behind it.
In starting a new print magazine about comics, it’s my hope that some ideas and conversations might be preserved with an ounce of the dignity that the mediums art offers. Online criticism and discussion is important, but fades away extremely quickly and seems driven by argument rather than reflection. Early issues of The Comics Journal offered quiet pages for artists to study, piecing together the practices and ideas of favorite artists in lengthy interviews. After a month of thinking about what a cartoonist said in a discussion, some debate of those ideas would appear in the next months letter column. The weight of a cartoonists words could be digested, embraced, rejected and most importantly THOUGHT about, rather then reacted to.
Issue #4 is set to feature original comics and art, as well as written pieces, long form interviews, et cetera. Including: covers by August Lipp and Mollie Goldstrom, comics by David King, Victor Cayro, Chaia Stratz, John Mejias, a long interview with Chris Cilla by Tim Goodyear, a feature on David Lasky by Megan Kelso, and lots more besides.
Yes, please.
But is it…Comic Aht? #4, edited by Austin English and August Lipp. $8, 72 pages, newsprint, 8.5″ x 11″.
Pre-order now at Domino: http://dominobooks.org/comicaht4.html
The Machine Detective by Dustin and Nick Holland.
The Machine Detective: A Friendly Wager is a heart-warming comedic tale of murder, mystery and dystopia, the outcome of an art and printmaking collaboration between brothers Dustin and Nick Holland. Writing for TCJ, Ryan Carey called it “…a comic absolutely bristling with creative energy and intent…” And so it is.
The second edition, I’m told, is selling out quickly.
Who says punk’s dead?
The Machine Detective: A Friendly Wager by Dustin and Nick Holland. 60 pages. 8.5″ x 11″. Black and White interiors with color covers. Handmade.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1308446386/machine-detective-a-friendly-wager
News & Links
The Rust Belt Review is accepting submissions for Volume 6.
https://www.seanknickerbocker.com/submit
Golden Record by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell opens for pre-order on Silver Sprocket.
https://store.silversprocket.net/products/pre-order-golden-record-by-rosemary-valero-o-connell
Nate Garcia’s Plum Pocket is dropping within the next 24 hours and includes a one page painting by Simon Hanselmann.
https://nategarcia.bigcartel.com/product/plum-pocket
Read Consumption and Transformation by Jason Novak on TCJ.
https://www.tcj.com/dialogue-balloons/
The Centre for Cartoon Studies opens applications for Cornish Residency Fellowship.
https://www.cartoonstudies.org/cornishfellowship/
Kate Beaton (Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands) interviewed on BBC radio.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3ct34x9
Silver Sprocket releases list of their top 200 selling indie titles of 2022.
https://www.comicsbeat.com/sales-chart-silver-sprocket-top-200-indie-bestsellers-of-2022/
Quimby’s Feb Newsletter.
https://mailchi.mp/quimbys/epybccdgzv-3136964?e=54f6dee088
Los Bros Hernandez interviewed on Broken Frontier.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/jaime-gilbert-hernandez-love-rockets-fantagraphics-first-fifty/
Another Comics Daze with Lars Ingebrigtsen.
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2023/02/06/comics-daze-65/
Uncivilized Books newsletter.
https://mailchi.mp/uncivilizedbooks/uncivilized-territories-6026461
Reviews
Desperate Measures by M.S. Harkness reviewed on Optical Sloth.
http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=27657
Supplement by Ben Cherry reviewed on Optical Sloth.
http://www.opticalsloth.com/?p=27651
Revenge of the Librarians by Tom Gauld on TCJ.
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/revenge-of-the-librarians/
Forget my Name by Zerocalcare, translated by Carla Roncalli Di Montorio reviewed on TJC.
https://www.tcj.com/reviews/forget-my-name/
Tedward Classic Moves by Josh Pettinger & Simon Hanselmann reviewed by Ryan Carey.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/tedward-classic-78432733
Ashling Larkin’s Estrela d’Oeste on Broken Frontier.
https://www.brokenfrontier.com/estrela-doeste-ashling-larkin/
Drew Lerman’s Tales of Old Snake Creek reviewed by Ryan Carey.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/wild-witty-dare-78386865
Maus Now: Selected Writing, edited by Hillary Chute reviewed by the Guardian.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/feb/06/maus-now-selected-writing-edited-by-hillary-chute-art-spiegelman-review-the-maus-that-made-history
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