Last week I vowed that I would win the Funniest Holocaust Cartoon contest. This is my entry. It was my colleague Emily Flake who first brought the contest to my attention, and we immediately agreed that any self-respecting cartoonist could only take this as a challenge. "Obviously," I said, "the premise must be, 'Best Things About the Holocaust.'" Without missing a beat she brightly said, "Well, it got rid of all those Jews!" Tragically, this could not be translated into cartoon form because it is only funny when said by Emily in all blue-eyed ingenuousness. This only confirms my suspicion that Emily is secretly a worse person than me, but censors herself more on paper. She dared me to draw this cartoon, egged me on to infamy, although of course there was no way she would ever do it.
Jessa Crispin admits that self-publishing is still kind of an embarrassing route to publishing for writers, but why not comics?
Some of the strongest writers and illustrators of comics have decided to dip into self-publishing from time to time. What makes that medium so different that going the self-publishing route isn’t so cringe-inducing—but rather a means of heightening credibility?
Cinema Sewer 18 has just arrived! If you're serious about your trashy cinema then this is the magazine for you. Every issue is jam-packed with crazy goodness!
And also, a new project by the creator of CS, I Love Poop!
Hey, I came up with an Iron Cartoonist competition idea the other month! Who will compete against our Iron Cartoonists? Who's drawings will reign supreme?
It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won't you please welcome a new neighbor?
From Davida Gypsy Breier: Garnet Makani Whitby arrived at the height of the snowstorm at 5:32am on Sunday morning (2/12/06). All 8lbs, 6.4ozs of him. Yeah, that was as fun as it sounds.
Congratulations Patrick and Davida! When can we expect Baby's First Zine?
Mark your calendars, April 28th, at the Ottobar, the Heavy Metal Hate the 80s Night. Meet the creators and cast of the documentary! And of course, the "best" metal of the 80s. More info to come!
Need some sexy candles for Valentine's Day? Check out these pulp fiction 7 Day Candles designed by 9th Life in Fells Pt. They've got one for all the major hoods in Baltimore.
Ah but we DO care about this great review of Lulu Eightball in the 10th Anniversary Issue of Bitch:
"The folks at legendary alternative Bookstore Atomic Books just started their very own imprint, and it makes sense that its first offering is this brilliantly dastardly collection of comic strips. With titles like "I Never Meant to Have Thoughts Like This," "Disappointments of the Afterlife," and "Cliches Best Left Unexamined," Emily Flake's comics are morose little slices of spite that make Life in Hell look like the freakin' Family Circus - and maybe more important, serve to remind curmudgeonly types that not only are we not alone, we're everywhere."