SPX exclusives...

Daniel Clowes and I will  be in the DC area Friday-Saturday, look here for details.

Before I jump on a plane I wanted to post that we'll have a new Eightball print with us for sale at the signings for Atomic Books and SPX. It is of the above image. We just printed up 10 at a slightly smaller size (and price) than this one, but it's of the same high-quality. This edition of 10 prints was made exclusively for SPX and it will be the only chance to see it in person. First come first serve, $350.

And I'll have a new batch of Mister Jones pins (this time manila envelope colored) that we had made up for the signing for The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist by Niem Tran of Buttoneers to give away at the signings. While supplies last.

-Alvin Buenaventura

Chris Ware joins Daniel Clowes for a talk and signing this Friday at the OMCA

In a talk moderated by guest curator Susan Miller and Senior Curator of Art René de Guzman, Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware will be speaking at OMCA's James Moore Theater on Friday, July 27, 2012 from 7-8:30pm. Seating will be limited and is expected to fill up quickly. Come early to see the Modern Cartoonist: The Art of Daniel Clowes exhibiton at the OMCA which closes in just a few weeks on August 12.

Tickets for the panel discussion are included with Museum admission. Seating in OMCA's James Moore Theater is limited, and is available on a first-come, first served basis the day of the event. The Museum encourages you to come early to stand in line. Doors open at 6:30 pm. 

For more info, go here.

After the talk until about 10pm, Clowes and Ware will be signing their books in the OMCA bookstore along with Alvin Buenaventura signing The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist, a monograph that accompanies the exhibition that's currently up at the museum. FYI: We hear that due to the expected turnout the OMCA bookstore will be limiting autographs to books bought in the store that night . The good news is that the OMCA bookstore will also be giving away (yes, free) a special unique promo book that is a "reverse preview" of Ware's upcoming Building Stories, to each customer purchasing one of the cartoonist's books that night, while supplies last. (btw, the BS preview is incredible and will not be included actual book in this format.)

Lastly, I'll have a new, third batch of 100 Mister Jones pins in orange, made just for this event to give out to those who want them (again, while supplies last). Thanks to Niem 'Buttoneers' 
Tran for whipping these up.

Contest Closed: What the #$@& is it?!

...and here's the answer to last week's contest question:

Q: Can you identify the source of the front endpapers pattern in The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist?  (hint: the answer lies somewhere within the book)

A: The pattern is from a shirt that you can see hanging in the closet, in the background of a photo of Clowes's studio on p. 18 of the book.

Thanks to everyone who participated and congratulations to our winners. Prize envelopes will be sent out shortly:

1.   Mariel De La Garza from Los Angeles, CA

2.   Pat Jensen from Saint Cloud, MN 

3.   Andy Gabrysiak from Livonia, MI 

Brought to you by danielclowes.com - Please stay tuned for more chances to be involved with more useless crap.

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Contest:

Brad Mackay recently wrote a review on The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist and in the responses thread this question came up:  

"Can anyone tell me what that is on the front inside cover? That fingerprint-looking pattern thing. Is is it just some sort of pattern or the backing of some sort of art product or something like that?"

Instead of answering the question we've decided to turn it into another contest and ask everyone:


Can you identify the source of the front endpapers pattern in The Art of Daniel Clowes: Modern Cartoonist?  (hint: the answer lies somewhere within the book)

details & prize:


The first 3 entries to correctly answer this question (if there are 3) will receive an autographed OMCA Modern Cartoonist Exhibition brochure autographed by Daniel Clowes as well as 2 Mister Jones pins and maybe some other crap.  Please send entries along with your mailing address to info@danielclowes.com 


The contest winners and the answer will be announced here on danielclowes.com in about a week.


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