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WE’RE BACK to being a fully operational hive mind again. Funny how much of a difference a few creature comforts can make. Of course, because we are all snug as a bug in our beds, this must mean it is time to hit the road once again. Our last trip of the year comes later than usual and it promises to be a lightning attack on the city of brotherly love aka Philadelphia. We could say we’d rather be in Philadelphia, but that was meant as an insult and we are quite fond of Philly.
It was with great sadness that we bade goodbye to our beloved P.A.C.C., and so it is with great cheer that we welcome Locust Moon. Locust Moon is the new show organized by the proprietors of the legendary store and gallery and performance and even classroom space of the same name (which we now admit to never once yet visiting). They even appear to have included the organizers of the dearly departed P.A.C.C. in their plannings. The guest list also includes our favorites, Box Brown, Jim Rugg, Brandon Graham and Farel Dalrymple, not to mention Acres pals Brendan Leach, L. Nichols and our Koyama cousin (nephew?), Nate Bulmer.
We will be heading down with Sean Ford and meeting up with Eamon Espey, who will have both our first book of 2012, Only Skin, and our last book of 2012, Songs of the Abyss, ready and waiting for some superlative scribblings therein. We really are taking it back to the future since these were the guys who were with us for the last P.A.C.C. last year. Like that show, we will finally get to play with our Big Bro of the Funny Books, Chris Pitzer, who is bringing AdHouse back to Philly despite last year’s torrential tornado nearly drowning everyone and everything in the room (Sorry about that, Chris!). We cannot think of a better way to end this, the Year of the Greatest Comics Shows That Ever Were, than a run at entirely new show in a city that truly deserves a great one.
Meanwhile, it’s been a fairly quiet week or two for us (THANK YOU, JESUS.), but if you missed it, you should check out the site for the Horror Hangover Art Show, which was put together by Mr. Inkstuds, Robin McConnell. Paste magazine named our guy Joe Lambert‘s Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller to their top ten of the year. Rob Kirby had both our Wayward Girls and Only Skin on his best of the year. But perhaps most excitingly the lovely and talented Gabby Schulz, the artist formerly known as Ken Dahl, has finally gotten a new page up online. Don’t worry; he’s still working on Sick and that ish is ill. Before that, however, Gabby is popping up in the new issue of Arthur magazine. It’s been a long time since the last Arthur, so if you need to catch up, do that right away.
We’ll back next week with the lowdown on Locust Moon. After that, we’ll have one last post for the year with a sneak at what’s coming from us in 2013 – you know, if the world doesn’t end or something, which would be really annoying considering how killer next year is shaping up to be.
Your Pals,
Barry and Leon
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June 18, 2013 at 7:44 pm You're going to think we're making this up, but it's for real! French GQ (yes, GQ as in Gentlemen's Quarterly) lists our own Eamon Espey's Wormdye among the best comics of the season, as published by Rackham (also known as Secret Acres Europe). Of course, there's no truly accurate translation of Wormdye, but we've gone to great lengths to translate the review for you: "Before the spring, capricious, not giving way to a sluggish summer, GQ finished reviewing the best comics of the moment. Funny book that Carmine medieval succession of stories that are a heterogeneous all: we do not know if we are dealing with a scruffy graphic novel or a collection of short stories linked by a mysterious cosmic order. What is certain is qu'Espey contemplate so ruthless family, religion and men, to draw a chilling observation of humanity, this entity émotionnelllement devastated, but teeming with defects. Series of plates without text interspersed in the narrative as old prints to give this modern tale the power of myth." Well said, French GQ! And congratulations, Eamon, in your continuing quest for world domination!
Un printemps en BD (2/2)
Avant que le printemps, capricieux, ne cède la place à un été morose, GQ finit de passer en revue les meilleures BD du moment.
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June 18, 2013 at 7:36 pm Catching up on the Ink Panther Show! It's the return of Tony "the Desert Panther" Consiglio, and he's got some real news. After many years' toiling as a cartoonist, Tony's taking the show on the road as a vocalist. Following in the footsteps of Demi Lovato and Tiffany, and following up on gigs at PetSmart and Costco, Tony had his first solo show on his mall circuit tour of throbbing, musical metro Arizona. By his own account, Tony was nothing less than heroic. Performing on a stage literally several feet above the mall floor in a glass elevator, all was going perfectly when equipment failure had Tony and several fans trapped without air conditioning for at least a few minutes. The terrified audience watched helplessly as Tony's and his friends suffocated. All in attendance were moved to tears by the heartfelt message Tony wrote to his wife on the glass with his last breath: GO SHOPPING. Everything seemed lost until Tony took his shirt off, wrung it out and drank his own sweat to gather the strength to pry the doors apart. After rubbing his shoes on the unconscious children to revive them, he soothed their panic with song, launching into High Hopes. At long last, once the applause and tears had subsided, Tony freestyled his way through Pop Goes the Weasel in an encore that left everyone asking him, "Who are you?"
T.I.P.S! 166 The Great Glass Elevator, feat. Tony Consiglio » The Ink Panthers Show!
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The Desert Panther, Tony Consiglio makes a triumphant return to The Lair to tell us all about an incident involving an elevator at the mall.
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June 13, 2013 at 2:57 pm While Mike "Gags" Dawson continues his ongoing assault on his family's collective joy with another new diet, only eating gift cake out of diapers, Alex "the Reliable Panther" has been on a crusade of a different kind, freeing dogs from cars everywhere, and attending a wedding with his wife in the small town of Iowa. Alex learns the city council has banned dancing and rock music. He is challenged to a game of chicken involving tractors, and despite having never driven one before, he wins. Alex and his wife want to do away with the no dancing law. Alex goes before the city council and reads several Bible verses to cite scriptural support for the worth of dancing to rejoice, exercise, or celebrate. Although Rev. Moore is moved and tries to get them to abolish the law, the council votes against him. Moore's wife, Vi, is supportive of the movement, and explains to Moore he cannot be everyone's father, and that he is hardly being a father to Ariel. She also says that dancing and music are not the problem. Moore soon has a change of heart after seeing some of the townsfolk burning books that they think are dangerous to the youth. On Sunday, Rev. Moore asks his congregation to pray for the high school students putting on the prom, which is set up at a grain mill outside of the town limits. Moore and Vi are seen outside, dancing for the first time in years. It just goes to show you, there's somebody for everybody, huh?
T.I.P.S! 165 Trekkers and BlooSies » The Ink Panthers Show!
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Items covered: Alex has launched a new daily podcast called Star Wars Minute; Mike is on a new novelty diet and is going to great lengths not to offend anyone with it; both Panthers believe in not abusing animals; and a lengthy spoiler-filled discussion of this Summer’s sci-fi hit Star Trek Into Dar...
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June 10, 2013 at 3:03 pm It's the return of Scuttlebutt, which is our blog, and we are blogging about our return to CAKE, which is the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. It really should be Komics, especially now that the Iron Curtain is back in fashion. You can read all about our new comic debut for the show, Sequential Vacation 2. Sequential Vacation 1 has been in the Secret Acres Emporium and on Secret Acres tables at shows all over the North American continent for a while now, so you may be familiar with it. You can go ahead and order both from us, goodness guaranteed. Sar Shahar, the travel agent behind Sequential Vacation is on our CAKE ticket, making the trip from Lalaland. He will be joined by the artist formerly known as Ken Dahl, currently known as Gabby Schulz, marking Gabby's big return to our show scene and the first time he's been behind a table since last year's CAKE. We've even got some (kind of) news about his new book, SICK. The rest of the gang, including Edie Fake, CAKE maker that he is, has been up to all sorts of stuff - and you can get new new stuff from Edie and Theo in the Emporium, mini-comics style. That'll all be at CAKE, too. Either get yourself to to Chicago this weekend or get shopping. We gotta go pack now.
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IT’S VEHICULAR WARFARE out there. Secret Acres is making a lightning attack on Chicago, particularly on the Chicago Alternative (K)omics Expo – and we’re gonna eat it, too! Yes, this will be the longest road trip of all time, but what would all you brohemians do without your comics? Flying in from t...
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May 31, 2013 at 4:18 pm You want more Edie Fake? Everyone wants more Edie Fake! He's back on Pitchfork's life stylee site, being interviewed by Matt Putrino of Nothing Major. Everybody pretty much knows everything about Edie because he Edie is everywhere. However, there is a bit on here about what a lousy researcher Edie is - and his sleeping habits. Or lack thereof. This Edie never sleeps. You know what they don't talk about? CAKE! Meaning the Chicago Alternative (K)omics Expo, which is weird, because Edie's a founder and they talk about Chicago a lot (though we're not entirely sure about the connection they make between Chicago and Gaylord Phoenix, but okay). We'll have more on our CAKE plans and debut in a bit. Anyhow, enjoy this one and the pretty pictures, but get yourself to Chicago for CAKE and see Edie in person. He's worth the trip.
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The Chicago artist talks queer history research snacking and living like a nomad in grease-powered buses.
