ComixInflux.com Blog

Please check out this fundraising drive for Whores of Mensa issue 5 on Kickstarter.

As it says on the Kickstarter page: “Whores of Mensa has published great cartooning by women since 2004. For our blockbuster 5th issue, we’re collecting work by all of our cartooning pals. We want to make this one – The Party Issue – a gathering to remember.”

The video features Ellen Lindner, who has coordinated this issue of Whores of Mensa, as well as contributing a story of course. Ellen is a Comix Influx contributor, and happens to be married to me!

Confirmed partygoers include:

Howard John Arey
Francesca Cassavetti
Richard Cowdry
Jeremy Day
Peter Lally
Ellen Lindner
Cliodhna Lyons
Sarah McIntyre
Tanya Meditzky
Emily Ryan Lerner
Maartje Schalkx

as well as recently confirmed special guest, Patrice Aggs!

Any money raised through Kickstarter will go toward keeping the Whores of Mensa 5 in print. Contribute $10 and receive a personalized copy and a badge; contribute $25 and additionally get a limited Gocco print as well!

Please check out the project, and if you feel so moved donate some cash to help get the party started.

writes Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts) on 6th August 2010

The Guardian seems to be going comics crazy at the moment* . This weekend saw a new strip from Joe Sacco, a review of Daryl Cunningham’s Psychiatric Tales, and an article by Sam Leith about the death of Harvey Pekar and the state of comics in general.

Leith’s article was an interesting but slightly disjointed article, covering…

writes Stephen Betts (thisisstephenbetts) on 21st July 2010

I saw on Reprodukt’s blog that Uli Pröfroch’s excellent comics store, X Für U, is 25 years old

Uli has been a massive figure in my comics education. Along with Christiane Markowitz and Kai Wilksen, Uli’s frequent and long-time collaborator (and also Bart Beaty, who introduced me to them) he showed me the extensive and byzantine ropes of Angoulême – both the town and festival – and has introduced me to so many people, and comics

With a little help from Google Translate, here’s a translation of Reprodukt’s blogpost:

25…