Picturebox News

Yet more new products for your shopping pleasure. First, we are pleased to announce that we are the exclusive U.S. distributor of the French drawing book Nazi Knife 6. No, we don’t love the title either, and not just because three-quarters of our family was wiped by the Nazis. But these young men are not Nazis – they’re just French noise dudes and they can’t help it! Anyhow, the contents are great. Amazing work from an international collection of weirdos: CF, Leon Sadler, Jonas Delaborde, Frederic Fleury, and many others. Yep. Also now in stock: Two great publications by Daniel Higgs and Bongout, published by our pals at Soundscreen! And finally, we also have stock of the great new Wild For Adventure by John Broadley.

Frank Santoro has a great four-part interview up at The Daily Crosshatch. It’s lengthy and filled with great ideas and information. Check it out

Attention denizens of Los Angeles: Gary Panter will be lecturing at The Hammer Museum at 7 pm this Thursday, January 21st. Rumor has it he’s breaking out “the good shit” for this one. Book signing to follow. Don’t miss this master of the Texas spiel.

Have mercy, there are yet more products now in stock. Very funny comics from British man Leon Sadler here, here and here. Frenchman Blexbolex’s first English language book, Abecederia, Noel and Lane’s new jam, and no day is complete without a new Matthew Thurber comic. Finally, we have brand new printsby the brilliant Will Sweeney, of Greenfuzz infamy. Damn straight.

This space-age decade is upon us. PictureBox is very excited about this new year. To begin with, we have confirmed (at last) final (seriously) release dates for Powr Mastrs 3 and If ‘n Oof. CF and Chippendale have labored mightily – both books are longer and even more intense than before. They will arrive in our New Jersey warehouse around June 3, and will ship out shortly thereafter. Trust me, they are worth the wait. Stay tuned for tour and event information around these books. Now, over the course of 2010 we will be releasing other publications, too. Among these is our proud foray into literature: a reprint of Charles Willeford’s memoir, I Was Looking for a Street, due out in March. And much, much more, to be announced. It’s going to be a good new year.

Here’s a great video of Ben Jones on the New York Times web site. Honest!

We have a slew of new products now in stock, including: a new Jimbo comic by Gary Panter; Leif Goldberg’s great annual silkscreen calendar, Gear Worms; City-Hunter by CF; Anya Davidson’s new silkscreen comic Real People and poster, too. Also: Slime Freak 11 and restocks of 8-10, new work by Keith Herzik and more. Please note that orders received by 12/17, using Priority Mail, should arrive in time for X-Mas. Media Mail is a crapshoot. We can’t guarantee anything, but Priority Mail by 12/17 should do the trick.

Please check our “new and recommended” section for more items.

This just in: Mat Brinkman will be signing at the PictureBox booth at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival.

This weekend come see us at the first annual The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, which we’ve organized with Desert Island. PictureBox will be debuting some fun new work there, including a brand new Jimbo mini comic by Gary Panter, as well as new comics by CF, Anya Davidson and Carlos Gonzales. Our signing schedule and other details follows below

PictureBox at the Brooklyn Comics and PictureBox artists on site include: Mat Brinkman, Anya Davidson, C.F., Carlos Gonzales, Gary Panter, Frank Santoro, Matthew Thurber, Lauren Weinstein.

Our signing/event schedule is:

12-1 pm: Mat Brinkman, Carlos Gonzales and Anya Davidson at PBox
1-2 pm: Gary Panter and Peter Saul in conversation with Dan Nadel (at Secret Project Robot)
1-2 pm: Lauren Weinstein at the Festival signing table
2-3: Mat Brinkman signing at the PictureBox table 2-3 pm: CF and Matthew Thurber at the Festival signing table
3 pm- 4 pm: Gary Panter, Lauren Weinstein, Anya Davidson at PBox table
4 pm: Gary Panter at at the Festival signing table
4-6 pm: CF, Mat Brinkman, Carlos Gonzales, Matthew Thurber at PBox table
6 pm: Frank Santoro at the Festival signing table

The Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Saturday December 5th 2009
11 AM - 7 PM

Our Lady of Consolation Church
184 Metropolitan Ave
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Free Admission

A very nice notice just came over the transom. Two PictureBox books have been named “Best Books Ever” by The Society of Publication Designers blog: Gary Panter and For the Love of Vinyl. Congrats to Helene Silverman for such a great and deserved mention of her fabulous design of Gary Panter. Thanks SPD!

Yuichi Yokoyama has complete a series of murals for a Nike store in Tokyo. click here for pix.

Go read Chris Mautner's review of Cold Heat 7/8. It’s a doozy!

Don’t miss the opening of a brand new exhibition from Hipgnosis opening Wednesday, Nov. 18 at Albert Studio Gallery in London. Storm and Po will be signing books and having a Q&A. This should be a great event!

1 Albert Studio
Albert Bridge Road
London SW1 4QD

We’re please to introduce the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, presented by PictureBox and Desert Island. We will have more information soon, but mark your calendars: December 5, Williamsburg Brooklyn. Guests include Gary Panter, Charles Burns, CF, Michael Kupperman, Carlos Gonzales, Mark Newgarden, Ben Katchor, Anya Davidson, and many others. This will be a day of commerce but also of education. We have a full slate of artist talks and panel discussions planned for the day. Please check the web site for updates.