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Louise Brooks Society Blog on LULU Book One

Buy LULU Book 1 here! (not in stores)Thomas Gladysz, probably the foremost expert on Louise Brooks (best known of course as the star of the most famous adaptation of LULU, Pabst's PANDORA'S BOX), has...

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Original Art for Sale: LULU Print 2.05 Pencil Original!

The original art for LULU Print Series 2: no. 5 is now available for you to purchase at Ebay. Click here to bid or buy now!Other pages also available here.___________________John Linton Roberson is an...

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New LULU Interview with DECONSTRUCTING COMICS

Buy LULU Book 1 here! (not in stores)I had the pleasure of speaking to Tim Young at Deconstructing Comics once again, this time in-depth about LULU Book 1. Click here and have a listen to the...

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Shut Up And Draw Something: It's 1995, and Your Excuses Make Dave Sim Sad

A Moment of Cerebus published a very useful speech Dave Sim (who, as I think I've mentioned before, was a very important influence on my work in many ways) gave in Savannah in 1995.These were some of...

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LULU Reviewed by MOMUS REPORT

Buy LULU Book 1 here! (not in stores)This is a very internally-looking book, with numerous mental asides in between dialogue, demonstrating Roberson's understanding of how the play can be translated by...

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European Rendezvous - Chris & Cosey CTI LIVE 1983 (Complete)

The early industrial Doublevision "video album" by Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (late of Throbbing Gristle).___________________John Linton Roberson is an acclaimed cartoonist, illustrator and...

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"Poor Little Rich Girl" starring Edie Sedgwick (Warhol, 1965)

Following up on VINYL, here's the first film the doomed Edie Sedgwick actually starred in. Did you know she was a cousin to Kyra Sedgwick, by the way?And I think this is an appropriate epilogue, given...

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LULU Book 2: Chapter 4, p. 62 Pencils (Updated with Inks)

  More of the next part of LULU, with pencils here for p. 62. More as it develops. Click image to enlarge. Update: Here are the pre-greyed, pre-lettered inks. (the blank middle is where the titles will...

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Another Goddamn Cat Post? Yes.

Some new pictures of Artemis, who's been ill but getting better, and Charlie, who's getting bigger. He'll be 8 months old in December, despite appearances.(Photos taken by Christine...

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LULU Book 2: Chapter 4, p. 63 Pencils

More of the next part of LULU, with pencils here for p. 63. Inks posted when they're done; keep checking back.Click image to enlarge.And of course, you can get your copy--print and digital--of LULU...

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Jed Perl is Attacking Art Spiegelman for the Wrong Reasons

Jed Perl has a piece at the New Republic about Art Spiegelman's CO-MIX retrospective, charmingly entitled "Art Spiegelman Is Comics' Most Pretentious Faux-Artist." Whoa, no trolling for pageviews...

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LULU Book 2: Chapter 4, p. 64 Pencils

More of the next part of LULU, with pencils here for p. 64. Inks posted when they're done; keep checking back. As you saw before, Schwarz indeed has taken on a hipster look. To fit with his new station...

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LULU Book 2: Chapter 4, p. 65 Pencils (Updated with Inks)

More of the next part of LULU, with pencils here for p. 65. Lulu shows Schwarz what she's been reading. Click image to enlarge.Update: pre-lettered, pre-greyed inks. This may be the most complicated...

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Peter O'Toole Dies. Here is His Greatest Performance: THE RULING CLASS (1972)

Another of my favorites passes away--my favorite actor, period: Peter O'Toole, at 81, so I guess it had to happen eventually, but still sad. In my opinion the greatest actor of the last 50 years.Here...

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Christmas Fast Approaches: Give The Gift of LULU (and more)

Hey, you know what would make a really original and appreciated gift? I have a suggestion!  Do your friends have great taste? They do? Then why not give my new and somewhatacclaimed graphic novel, LULU...

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What I Think of Shia LaBeouf Being a Complete Twat and Dan Clowes Being...

...Pretty much that it illustrates very quickly the difference in mentality  between a celeb and an artist. Besides just the overt controversy, which is enough by itself, there's the way LaBeouf (god,...

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The Long Dark Night of the Pie

          "I was a beloved governor. Despite being a bit of a loud annoying prick. Chocolate pie, you're my one friend that won't testify now. For now, I eat you, as I would all of them if it were...

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