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Hey, friends, Have you Heard the News!? It's Classic Doozie Week!

2012-05-16T08:58:20-05:00

Dean Doozie has an infectious way about him that really warms the blood! Click here to start your journey back in Doozie-Time!

Publishers Weekly reviews "Lio: There's a Monster in My Socks"

2012-05-15T10:39:41-05:00

Review here. Here's a juicy tidbit, the original title Mark suggested was "There's a Monster in my Underpants." It almost made it through too.

Pre-order here.

Rejected New Yorker Covers

2012-05-15T10:25:02-05:00

Pretty much every New Yorker cover that's come into my mailbox for decades is in a big pile over in the corner, so I take a passionate fan's delight in word that there are even more of them to peruse, thanks to a coming-soon book called Blown: New Yorker Covers You Were Never Meant to See.

Below is a photograph of the book's author, art editor Francoise Mouly, in her New Yorker office. And even belower is a rejected cover by R. Crumb. And here's an interview with Francoise. I regret that I don't know how to type the little tail on the "c" in her name.

P.S. Here's an interview with R.Crumb about the above image.

Matt Bors' Herblock Acceptance Speech

2012-05-14T13:49:54-05:00

h/t to Alan Gardner

UU Switchboard was all sorts of lit up yesterday

2012-05-14T12:10:41-05:00

http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2012/05/13

Librarians by the bucketful called in yesterday to praise yesterday's NonSequitur, unfortunately they had to speak very quietly because they were at work.

GIVEAWAY ALERT: We've Hit 10k Twitter #Followers!

2012-05-12T12:03:44-05:00

We did it! All thanks to YOU! We think 10k followers is a pretty big deal around here. That said, let's give away some goodies!

How to win:

For a chance to win one of the three prize-paks featured above, leave us a comment on this blog entry telling us who your favorite comic character of all time is. Names from comments will be pooled together on Friday, May 18th at 12pm CST. We will randomly select three winners, including one grand prize winner. Winners will be announced on the blog at 2pm CST that day.

All winners will receive three comic books (featuring a collection of comic strips) and one autographed comic print. The grand prize winner will receive a Big Nate original signed by New York Times best-selling author and creator, Lincoln Peirce (pictured below), AND a 1-year GoComics Pro membership (if winner is an existing Pro member, the membership will be extended throughout 2013)!

Comment away, good luck!

*We can only ship to US and Canada residences at this time. International giveaways to come.

In a good mood? Let's change that

2012-05-11T12:58:28-05:00

Image above: MONSTER by CCS student Dan Rinylo

From the Center for Cartoon Studies site:

The word “comic” has always been a bit of a misnomer and The Cartoon Crierhopes to set the record straight. Sorrow and woe is the focus of this free 36-page newspaper tabloid that highlights the work of The National Cartoonists Society members and of The Center for Cartoon Studies’ community.

The Cartoon Crier features the saddest strips from iconic comics like Family Circus, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, B.C., and For Better and For Worse. The Cartoon Crier also includes comics by Ivan Brunetti, Mell Lazarus, Melissa Mendes, Joe Lambert, Tom Gammill, Hilary Price, Laura Park, Richard Thompson, and Mo Willems, as well as new work from the paper’s editors, Cole Closser, R. Sikoryak, and James Sturm.

Go check it out.

GoComics Hits 10K+ Fans on Facebook - New Winners Announced

2012-05-11T11:35:14-05:00

Time's up! We have selected two new winners for the 10k+ Facebook "Likes" giveaway.

Congratulations:

• New Prize Winner: Linda Cantrill

• New Grand Prize Winner: Paul Anderson

If you see your name, please send your mailing info to facebookwinner@gocomics.com, please be sure to include "Facebook Winner" as the subject line.

New winners have one week to respond.

Bill W.? Comics star?

2012-05-11T09:02:48-05:00

Kory Merritt doing some interesting work over at Lost Side of Suburbia. I'll let you read and judge on your own, but I found it a bit unsettling. Maybe that was the point?

Rage Rages On

2012-05-10T14:18:43-05:00

I may be among the last to know, but thanks to this New York Times article I have learned that rage never sleeps, and reddit is its home.