Oakland Toy Corp., a small toy company, described as “a cool garage company that make super fun limited products,” is set to release a limited edition 12″ action doll of Daniel Clowes’ famous creation from Eightball - The Death Ray! The figure, which is limited to 200 pieces only, will be distributed though Presspop Inc. [...]
The Drawn & Quarterly offices have just received an early copy of their upcoming hardcover edition of Daniel Clowes’ The Death-Ray, and over on their blog, they’ve given us a sneak peek look at a gorgeous two-page splash! You can check out the splash below, along with a look at the cover. The book isn’t [...]
From the press release: Coming off its biggest year yet in 2010 with attendance topping 5,500, the Alternative Press Expo (APE), returns to San Francisco this fall at The Concourse Exhibition Center. The Expo, taking place Saturday, October 1 and Sunday, October 2, will again feature the expanded Exhibit Hall and additional programming tracks that [...]
This morning, The New York Times released its list of best-selling books, as they will appear in the the May 1st, 2011 print edition of the Book Review, reflecting sales for the week ending April 16, 2011. The top-selling title in the Hardcover Graphic Books category for the week, coming straight in at number one [...]
Daniel Clowes is has put two pages from David Boring up for auction through Heritage Auctions. Both auctions end on May 5th, and according to Clowes, these will be the last David Boring pages available from Heritage in 2011. They are both gorgeos pages, and I wish I had enough money to buy them! Good [...]
Over on his blog, Daniel Clowes has posted a high resolution image of the cover of Encounter Briefs #23, a fictional publication which was featured as a prop in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Paul. Observant fans may also have noticed that throughout most of the movie, Pegg’s character is wearing an tee-shirt of Clowes’ [...]
Daniel Clowes has announced that he will be embarking on a signing tour, in support of the publication of his latest graphic novel, Mister Wonder, which is set to be released through Pantheon on April 12th (preorder from Amazon!). To see a preview of the book, head over to Publisher’s Weekly. Signing dates & locations: [...]
Renowned cartoonist Daniel Clowes has created three new illustrations, to be featured on tee-shirts from the Stüssy clothing brand. You buy the shirts here for $28 each. The Stüssy website also features a short interview with Clowes, which can be found here. I have to admit that I’ve never bought any clothes from Stüssy before, [...]
Tom Spurgeon at The Comics Reporter has an early look at Drawn & Quarterly’s new cover for the latest edition of Death Ray by Daniel Clowes. Pretty breath-taking, isn’t it? The book is out in the fall from D&Q.
Found via the always awesome FLOG: Daniel Clowes has produced a gorgeous new piece of artwork for the cover of the Japanese edition of his fantastic book, Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron. You can order a copy of the book from Presspop, for 1,760 yen.
