In the Studio - of Awesome!

This week we got a really great new book called In the Studio: Visits with Contemporary Cartoonists by St. Louis's own Todd Hignite. It has chapters of extensive interviews with some of the greatest comics artists of today, tons of art, and smells pretty good. No, seriously. It does.

The featured artists are R Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Gary Panter, Charles Burns, Jaime Hernandez, Daniel Clowes, Seth, Chris Ware, and Ivan Brunetti. I know, that's a lot to take in. But these are the people responsible for such works as Ghost World, Black Hole, Love and freakin' Rockets... the list goes on. And on.

If you're a fan of any of those artists, Comics Art magazine, or just awesome art in general, this is a great read. And hey, pick it up now and bring it back on October 14th to have it signed by Gary Panter. That's right, the guy behind Jimbo's Inferno and Jimbo In Purgatory is going to be right here in Star Clipper signing your books, shaking your hands, taking to you about art... it's going to be super awesome!

So there you go. A new book to read, and an exciting in-store signing to look forward to. You're welcome.

-Elizabeth