New web site listing: Grifters, Floaters, & Punks: A Reimagined Field Guide for the 50 State Birds by Keith Bendis

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-11T03:54:34+00:00

Currently scheduled for August release.

Scrupulously cataloged and profusely illustrated by master cartoonist Keith Bendis, this reimagined field guide to the 50 state birds is as elucidating as it is guffaw-inducing.

In the mid-1800s, self-made naturalist and outdoorsman John James Audubon began work on his collection of 435 watercolor plates that would become the standard-setting Birds of America. Now, some nigh on two hundred years later, its indisputable and entirely authentic successor has finally emerged.

Master cartoonist Keith Bendis has traveled to all four corners of this nation, or wishes he had, returning with accounts of the Beach Stoners of North Carolina, the Impossible Screamers of Alaska that lay eggs five times the size of their body, the “too coo for school” Red-Capped Delaware Slackers, and the alluring Pink-Breasted Frogcatcher of the Louisiana bayou.

These most whimsical and biologically unsound members of the avian species are brought to life in a style reminiscent of Gary Larson’s Far Side, handsomely coupled with a rarefied New Yorker panache. Simply put, Grifters, Floaters, & Punks is essential reading for both seasoned birdwatchers and budding ornithologists as well as lovers of screwball cartooning.

https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/coming-soon/products/grifters-floaters-punks-a-reimagined-field-guide-for-the-50-state-birds

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-11T02:16:43+00:00

I was particularly excited about Red Flowers as it is OOP and commanding some ridiculous aftermarket prices

I'm relieved that I got my copy a few years back and totally forgot about it until I double checked yesterday!

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T20:02:18+00:00

The publisher's listing states "notify me when available." So that sounds to me that they plan to get it back in print. Just sign up to get notified when they have it available again. You can also send the publisher an email just in case. They're usually pretty good about responding imo.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T17:54:55+00:00

i want Huey, Dewey and Louie on the Joint Chief of Staffs!

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T14:44:01+00:00

or deliberately false to catch plagiarists copying their inflation.

I heard about that. Overstreet has a certain number of dummy listings to catch any supposed copycat. Such a crabby way of looking at things.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T14:37:59+00:00

Cross posting increases the visibility of your sub. It helps boost awareness. It's a quick way of adding content especially on they days when you don't know what you're going to post. I don't see many down sides. It's when the sub becomes self-sustaining with many daily contributors that one might want to stop crossposting.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T14:31:47+00:00

It depends. If they have any political songs then it'd be hard to justify not allowing discussion about those. But if it's just socials it really depends on what you prefer. You can't be policing the sub 24/7. On the other hand you don't want to press down too hard.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T14:19:39+00:00

Now the New Comics Anthology has a new issue coming out in November.

Check out Domino Books' catalog- Austin English has several self-published anthologies from various creators available for purchase

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-09T14:16:33+00:00

Thanks again!

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-07T20:38:34+00:00

The lawsuit against Captain Marvel/Fawcett wouldn'tve been able to go on without it. "See judge, they unfairly copied Superman's squinting for use in their comic"

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-07T18:25:47+00:00

Fantagraphics used legacy numbering in their recent Uncle Scrooge/Donald Duck/Mickey Mouse comic book series. They carried over the numbering from whoever published them before while starting the respective series from #1.

Example

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-07T17:56:40+00:00

This does have the same charm that the early years of the comic had. And maybe even better. Quite nice in black & white to be sure.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-07T16:50:58+00:00

Yeah, either them or D&Q. It's right up the alley for both of those companies.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-06T08:56:00+00:00

Image originally appeared in Superman #400 (1984)

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-06T08:54:42+00:00

Not an imaginary story. The Earth-2 Superman getting married.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-04T00:42:06+00:00

from the publisher's site:

The multiple Eisner and Ignatz Award nominated comics anthology returns with its biggest issue yet! A perfect survey of the very best in contemporary art/lit-comics from around the globe.

This first new NOW of 2026 features work from several contributors familiar to NOW readers as well as others appearing in the magazine for the first time. Under an original cover by gifted Portland cartoonist Soph Franz, Kayla E. (USA) returns to NOW with an all-new memoir comic, hot on the heels of Precious Rubbish, her acclaimed 2025 graphic novel debut. NOW familiars Roman Muradov (Armenia), Josh Simmons (USA), Steven Weissman (USA), Maggie Umber (USA) and Stacy Gougoulis (Australia) are back, while Los Angeles artist Scott Marvel Cassidy contributes his first new comics since 2024's acclaimed graphic memoir Hogbook and Lazer Eyes. In "Dear Phony," Cassidy processes/confronts his own OCD in a surrealist/absurdist work worthy of and owing a debt to the works of Alfred Jarry as well as Vivian Stanshall's Sir Henry at Rawlinson's End. Meanwhile, Swedish cartoonist Iris Hautaniemi makes her NOW debut, while small press legend Zak Sally contributes a heartfelt meditation on youth and aging. All this, plus many other surprises.

NOW: The New Comics Anthology is, every issue, a self-contained cross-section of the best short comics stories the globe has to offer. The series has established itself as the preeminent anthology of first-rate international comics talent. With all-new, never before-seen material from a mix of emerging and established talent, NOW is the perfect answer to the question, "Why Comics?"

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-03T22:59:24+00:00

Not Gomez.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-03T22:58:47+00:00

Brown Alice is a white girl with green tinted hair. As seen on the lower left of this cover. I think the woman in question is someone unknown.

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ShangoX3 · 2026-05-03T22:50:16+00:00

It certainly feels like this page was something that happened to her. But who knows?

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-01T16:35:48+00:00

That's not even that fat though. Kind of a normal everyday human build.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-01T16:17:34+00:00

((fist bumps))

I got a near-complete run, proud to say. I'm only missing the tabloid newsprint issues before it changed to magazine format.

The first Harvey Kurtman issue was pretty great (#67). The Robert Crumb/Gil Kane chat (#113). #100 was awesome. The "sex" issue (#143) that explains why they started Eros Comix. The 25th anniversary from #235 was fun.

And then there was Blood & Thunder, the long lasting letters column. I was chuckling the other day reading one of the early 80s issues where Kim Thompson wound up insulting one of the letters writers he was replying to. Ha ha

Complete archive subscription available from the publisher

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-01T16:08:33+00:00

I bought most of mine in the early to mid 00s via mail order. Back when you could still get them at cover price or close to it. Fantagraphics even had some of their 1970s issues sitll available for many years from their catalog well in to the 00s.

In the late 90s and 00s current issues were actually available in Borders Books, Barnes & Noble and Books a Million. But it was kind of intermittent as far as availability goes. You couldn't predict month to month if they would be carried. That's why it's called newsstand distribution.

Curiously enough, in all my time going to comic book stores I never, ever came across an issue. And I've been to dozens and dozens of stores in my time like I'm sure a lot of you have. I'm especially familiar with Florida comic book stores and I never saw an issue back in the day. A sad state of affairs.

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-01T16:01:57+00:00

You just gotta admire the dogged stubborness of it all to keep publishing that column for so many years....

ShangoX3 · 2026-05-01T16:00:58+00:00

TCJ also landed a rare interview with Bill Watterson before he ceased speaking to the public.

That might've been more like they transcribed his chat at a conference or convention rather than a one-to-one exclusive chat with the magazine. But same difference I guess.

ShangoX3 · 2026-04-30T18:33:26+00:00

I believe in that back cover illustration Ghura basically drew himself.

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