Laura Hudson over at Comics Alliance has been generous enough to give MUSH! the deluxe treatment! In her preview (available here), you’ll find 27 pages from the book–that’s many more pages than are available anywhere else! You can only see them there! WHY AREN’T YOU AS EXCITED AS ME!!
Thanks so much, Laura, and thank you Comics Alliance!
On last night’s Colbert Report, Stephen had a brief segment about MUSH! Sled Dogs with Issues! This is one of the coolest things EVER! He actually pronounced my name correctly, too!
Here’s a link to the full episode. Mush is featured at around 20:00. Enjoy!
http://www.colbertnation.com/full-episodes/tue-december-6-2011-the-black-keys
Thanks, Stephen!
You are invited to Cousin Corinne’s LIVE COMIX BLOCK signing with presentations by Glenn Eichler, Joe Infurnari, Nick Abadzis, & Dean Haspiel
Thursday, December 8th @7:00pm [sharp]
BookCourt – 163 Court Street (b/w Pacific & Dean), Brooklyn, NY. http://bookcourt.org/
Curated & MC’d by Dean Haspiel http://deanhaspiel.com/
Glenn Eichler and Joe Infurnari’s MUSH! SLED DOGS WITH ISSUES. Venus wants Buddy to quit asking her to “make puppies.” Buddy wants Winston’s help wooing Venus. Winston wants Guy’s respect. Guy wants Dolly’s job. Dolly wants to know the meaning of it all. Nobody knows what Fiddler really wants, not even Fiddler. But mostly . . . these sled dogs just want to run. Sounds simple? It should be, but even dogs have their office politics. Office politics with sharp, sharp teeth. From Colbert Report writer Glenn Eichler and dogchanneling artist Joe “Fur” Infurnari comes a postmodern tale of heroism on the tundra, epic romance, and yellow snow. (Hint: don’t eat it.) Mush! is Arrested Development meets Call of the Wild—two great tastes that taste pretty funny together.
Glenn Eichler has written for numerous TV series, in addition to developing and executive producing the MTV animated hit Daria. His previous graphic novel was Stuffed! with artist, Nick Bertozzi
Joe Infurnari grew up with his nose cold, wet, and buried in comics. His work has been recognized with multiple Eisner nominations, numerous publications, and membership in the prestigious web comics collective, ACT-I-VATE. He is a cat person.
http://joeinfurnari.com/
Nick Abadzis’ award winning, LAIKA with Alternative Endings.
Laika was the abandoned puppy destined to become Earth’s first space traveler. This is her journey. Nick Abadzis masterfully blends fiction and fact in the intertwined stories of three compelling lives. Along with Laika, there is Korolev, once a political prisoner, now a driven engineer at the top of the Soviet space program, and Yelena, the lab technician responsible for Laika’s health and life. This intense triangle is rendered with the pitch-perfect emotionality of classics like Because of Winn Dixie, Shiloh, and Old Yeller. Abadzis gives life to a pivotal moment in modern history, casting light on the hidden moments of deep humanity behind history. Laika’s story will speak straight to your heart.
http://www.nickabadzis.com/
BookCourt is proud to celebrate TRIP CITY, the Brooklyn-filtered literary arts salon: http://welcometotripcity.com/
Nick Abadzis will be reading “Perfect Imperfect”
Dean Haspiel will be reading his new BILLY DOGMA story, “The Last Romantic Antihero.”
And, Joe Infurnari will bookend the night with ULTRA Lad! in “Memoirs of the Kid Immortal!”
Be there or be square.
In his online series, PG Reviews, Paul Gravett looks ahead to some notable December releases including MUSH! Sled Dogs with Issues! He gives a lowdown on what the publisher, First Second, had to say about the book and then shifts to what he says about the book. Here’s a quote,
Lovely design devices for the chapter titles and the skilled layouts that go full bleed and manga-esque in high-drama scenes show a creative team that knows how comics can really work. This is an utterly beguiling and touching dog story and not in the least bit ‘shaggy’! It will whoosh you away and make you want [to] shout out loud, ‘YAPABRA! BLEE DRAY CALLA SCOW!’
I’d say that’s pretty good! Thanks for the review, Paul! The full review is available here.
In his column, Graphic Scenes, David Berry takes a look at Graphic Novels that didn’t come under the purview of the newspaper’s book department. This month, he takes a look at MUSH! Sled Dogs with Issues by Glenn Eichler and myself. Here’s a little of what he had to say,
Mush! benefits greatly from Joe Infurnari’s wildly expressive characterizations. There is a pure, unbridled joy perfectly evident in the way these dogs tear through the wilderness, but more impressive is the personality that shines through when these dogs are in repose. There are some classic cartooning tropes at play here — the rotund, well-meaning-but-dim galoot, the dark, angular schemer — with just enough of a rough edge to make them jump off the page whether or not they’re talking.
The full review is available here. MUSH! Sled Dogs with Issues will be available December 6th.
Thanks, David! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Hey, Photo-Phans! I just updated the Photo Feed with a whole new batch of images!
As I was saying last week, my nocturnal noodling has generated some interesting ideas. Last week I highlighted the REED-iculous RICHARDS series of drawings. This time out there are some more of those but there are also a few different threads that have come to light. My super cute cat drawings have yielded an offshoot I call the “Acid Cats“. In honor of the Occupy movement, I’ve done a series of doodles about what might be the grand dragon of our current economic crisis: Reagan Gnomics! There’s also the usual images of cats and subway graffiti and a little something I call, Ridicu-Dick. Let’s hope THAT doesn’t inspire too much more!
