Omaha in Library Journal? and more on Eurotica…

August 19, 2009 by  
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[You must be over 18 to click on links on this post!] Yup, Omaha the Cat Dancer by Reed Waller, Kate Worley and James Vance was part of a list of ‘16 graphics novels of sex, drugs, and rock and roll’ prompted by the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, run in Library Journal. See the article. Obviously [...]

The Big Kahn gets The Big Press

August 12, 2009 by  
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First off: Booklist, an influential review of books: Kleid’s second graphic novel observes the fallout of a 40-year deception. At Rabbi David Kahn’s funeral, a Gentile asks to see his brother one more time. His brother? Just so, for the rabbi wasn’t a Jew. He came to Judaism as a young crook working a con [...]

The Big Kahn is now in stores!

August 10, 2009 by  
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One of our best and most anticipated books this season, The Big Kahn, is now out and available in stores. Buzz was mounting in San Diego for it as we premiered it there. As soon as Neil presented this concept to me, I knew we had a winner. But at first, like most people, I thought it would [...]

Big Kahn on USA Today Popcandy blog

August 6, 2009 by  
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Why I like it: Sometimes, the best information I get at Comic-Con comes from just strolling around and chatting with people. While wandering the convention floor, I started hearing buzz about Kleid’s new graphic novel, a tale that begins at a rabbi’s funeral. Rabbi Kahn’s grieving family is shocked to learn that the man they [...]

The Onion and Sequential Tart on Bringing Up Father

August 4, 2009 by  
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“The gags are funny and well-designed, with a freewheeling spirit that’s held up well over the past century.” So says The Onion on Bringing Up Father, our Forever Nuts latest collection, out in stores now. Sequential Tart also says of it: “I began to appreciate the inventiveness of the comic, despite always following the same [...]

Xaviera Hollander does intro for Rall’s new book

August 3, 2009 by  
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Xaviera Hollander, author of the best-selling “The Happy Hooker” (which sold 16 million copies) and helped to revolutionzie attitudes on sex, has provided the introduction to Ted Rall’s forthcoming The Year of Loving Dangerously (shipping in October and being solicited in comics stores now). Mentioning her own experience running a brothel in New York in [...]

Big Kahn gets buzz in San Diego

August 3, 2009 by  
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Neil Kleid’s and Nicolas Cinquegrani’s The Big Kahn built up some good buzz in San Diego with Publishers Weekly telling others this may be the sleeper of the show. The site Comic Book Resources posted a follow-up interview with Neil who provides some fun background on this. By the way, the book has shipped from [...]

OCTOBER: Ted Rall with Callejo and Vatican Hustle

July 31, 2009 by  
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Coming in October, as solicited for in comics stores now: Ted Rall scripts only for the first time and is paired up with Pablo (Bluesman) Callejo and we launch an outrageous talent in Vatican Hustle THE YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY Ted RALL & Pablo CALLEJO Here’s a new turn for the controversial cartoonist and commentator Ted [...]

Newsarama on Geary’s Famous Players

July 21, 2009 by  
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  “Another winning true-crime volume from Rick Geary.  No surprise there, as Geary’s made a long and successful career of this type of comics.  In addition to presenting all the evidence in a clear and precise narrative, Geary’s art is perfectly suited to this type of factual accounting.  His representational pen-and-ink drawings couch the events [...]

THE BIG KAHN PREMIERES at the San Diego Con

July 20, 2009 by  
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Neil Kleid’s And Nicolas Cinquegrani’s The Big Kahn which Graphic Novel Reporter already touted as one of the Hot Graphic Novels of this summer makes its premiere next week at the San Diego Comic-con where Neil Kleid will appear to sign at our booth #1528. Here’s Neil’s schedule of appearances: Thurs.: 1-2:30, 4-7 Fri.: 10:30-noon, [...]