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| 4/06/10 ALL-NEW CARTOON BOY ADVENTURE DEBUTS ON ACT-I-VATE |
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| Starting today, an all-new, full-color CARTOON BOY adventure will be running on the ACT-I-VATE comics website! Please do check it out. New strips are added every Tuesday. |
| 01/01/10 KERSCHBLOG: NOTES FROM LEFT FIELD |
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| John Kerschbaum has an illustrated blog! Please visit for all the latest news, sketches, comics, FAQs and what-not. |
| 7/27/09 TALKING COMICS WITH TIM: JOHN KERSCHBAUM |
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A short while ago Tim O'Shea was kind enough to send along some questions about comics and stuff. You can now read them and John Kerschbaum's pithy answers on the Robot 6 blog at Comic Book Resources. Check it out! | |
| 7/13/09 INK PANTHERS LIVE @ BERGEN STREET COMICS |
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Picking up where episode 7 left off, here's episode 7.5 with Mike (Gags) Dawson, Alex (Grumps) Robinson and John Kerschbaum recorded live during The Ink Panthers Comic Brunch at Bergen Street Comics. This time the conversation even includes comics! Listen to it here. | |
| 7/07/09 "SLINKIEST" PANTHER PODCAST APPEARANCE |
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John Kerschbaum made a guest appearance on The Ink Panthers Show. The podcast hosted by Mike (Gags) Dawson and Alex (Grumps) Robinson that all the kids today are so crazy about! Topics include drinking 'til you pass out and The Secret Origins of The Ink Panthers! What could be more exciting? Check it out here. | |
| 7/04/09 UPDATE! BECAUSE INQUIRING MINDS NEED TO KNOW FOR FREE! |
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Rob Clough's fascinating interview with John Kerschbaum that originally appeared in The Comics Journal #295 is now available for your reading pleasure, in it's entirety, at Rob's site, High-Low. |
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| 6/24/09 COMICS, CURMUDGEONS AND CRUMPETS, JULY 12TH |
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Join cartoonists Mike Dawson ("Ace-Face", "Freddie & Me"), Alex Robinson ("Too Cool to be Forgotten", "Box Offiice Poison") and John Kerschbaum ("Petey & Pussy", "The Wiggly Reader") for their informal conversation, reading of their work and, most importantly, champagne brunch! Family, Pet and Nerd friendly! Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:00pm - 3:00pm Bergen Street Comics 470 Bergen St. Brooklyn, NY 718-230-5600 Here is more info! |
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| 5/20/09 KERSCHBAUM TO ATTEND 2009 MoCCA ART FESTIVAL |
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The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is proud to announce that the 2009 MoCCA Festival will take place the weekend of June 6-7 at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street in New York City. The festival will be open to the public from 11:00am to 6:00pm both days. General admission is $10/day or $15/weekend but is only $10/weekend for MoCCA members. John Kerschbaum will be in attendance both days signing copies of his Eisner Award-nominated book Petey & Pussy, selling original art, handmade clocks, minis, assorted doo-dads, doing sketches and much, much more! For more information as well as advance ticket sales visit MoCCA's website. |
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| 4/7/09 PETEY & PUSSY NOMINATED FOR EISNER AWARD |
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Petey & Pussy has been nominated for Best Humor Publication. Named for acclaimed comics creator the Will Eisner, the awards are in their 21st year of highlighting the best publications and creators in comics and graphic novels, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges. Ballots with this year's nominees will be going out in mid-April to comics creators, editors, publishers, and retailers. The results in all categories will be announced in a gala awards ceremony on the evening of Friday, July 24 at Comic-Con International. The Eisner Awards are presented under the auspices of Comic-Con International, San Diego, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of and appreciation for comics and related popular art forms primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contributions of comics to art and culture. Information about the Eisner Awards can be found here. |
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| 3/9/09 JK GUEST ON INKSTUDS RADIO SHOW WITH ROBIN McCONNELL |
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| Inkstuds is Citr's answer to the wonderful world of comix. Hosted by Robin McConnell, Inkstuds explores the underbelly of the comic world, interviewing some of today's top creators. |
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| This week's guest was John Kerschbaum. If you missed the broadcast, you can listen to the entire interview or download it here. |
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| 3/1/09 JK FOCUS OF CR SUNDAY INTERVIEW AT THE COMICS REPORTER |
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Tom Spurgeon features John Kerschbaum in this week's installment of the CR Sunday Interview! Here's a taste of Tom's intro: I don't know what the hell to make of John Kerschbaum. The Brooklyn-based illustrator is as talented as any cartoonist working -- he's one of those guys that seems to be able to draw anything with authority and flair -- and I think I've enjoyed every single one of his comics I've read going back to 1990s Xeric-winning The Wiggly Reader. At the same time, he's not exactly a household name... Go to The Comics Reporter to read the entire interview. |
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| 1/16/09 BECAUSE INQUIRING MINDS NEED TO KNOW |
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The Comics Journal #295 In this issue: Brian K. Vaughan on Y: The Last Man, Lost, Ex Machina and more; Paul Karasik interviews Italian comics phenom Gipi; John Kerschbaum (Petey & Pussy) talks brutality. Also: Should superheroes come out of the closet? Plus: Reviews of Zot!, Kirby: King of Comics, Chester Gould's biography, Terry Moore's Echo, The Herbie Archives, and the Independents documentary. Get more information, check out TCJ's video & photo slideshow preview and order a copy here! You can read more including an excerpt from John Kerschbaum's interview at tcj.com When you're done reading, you can join the discussion about the issue at The Comic's Journal Message Board. |
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| 1/1/09 PETEY & PUSSY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST, FUNNIEST COMICS |
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A few exceptionally smart people think so! • Rob Clough: "... the funniest book of the year" "My Top 50 Comics of the Year" (#7) • Bob Fingerman: "...my favorite domestic GN of the year. Maybe of the decade, thus far." The Daily Cross Hatch: The Best Damned Comics of 2008 Chosen By The Artists • Joe Infurnari: "...the funniest comic I’ve read in a very long while." The Daily Cross Hatch: The Best Damned Comics of 2008 Chosen By The Artists (#5) And it received an "Honorable Mention" from Richard Gehr at the Village Voice! Find out more about Petey & Pussy here. |
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| 11/27/08 KERSCHBAUM DRAWINGS IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART |
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| 11/19/08 KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR CHILDREN, PETEY & PUSSY ARE ON THE LOOSE |
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Seriously, do you know where your children are? Because this book is NOT for them and it's everywhere. In fact, it's available at all fine book stores and better comic shops, Amazon.com or directly from the publisher. So if you're an adult (or are at least "adult-ish") and like brutally, wickedly funny comics, then you'll want to get your paws on a copy of Petey & Pussy before they all fall into the hands of some undeserving young innocents! Please! Do it today! Do it for the children! In,the meantime, you can find out all you want to know and more about John Kerschbaum's latest comic here. |
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| 11/18/08 RARE KERSCHBAUM PUBLIC APPEARANCE AT THE COMIC BOOK CLUB |
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Iron your capes, unplug the Bat Signal and set your decoder rings on awesome: the Comic Book Club is in session! The Comic Book Club is a weekly comic book talk show featuring the best comedians in New York talking shop with industry professionals from all corners of the comic book world. Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben. Plus every show we give away a $25 gift card to Midtown Comics! This week: The Daily Cross Hatch Presents: Comic Book Club! Cross Hatch Editor-in-Chief Brian Heater joins hosts, Alex, Pete and Justin, alongside Daily Cross Hatch favorites Tom Hart, Sarah Glidden, and John Kerschbaum. |
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| Comic Book Club meets every Tuesday night at 8:00pm at the Peoples Improv Theater 154 W 29th St New York, NY 10001. Tickets are just $5! If you missed the show, you can listen to the podcast, here! |
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| 11/8/08 BROWN: "PETEY & PUSSY WILL LEAVE AN INDELIBLE BURN ON YOUR BRAIN..." |
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In her stellar review of Petey & Pussy for Comics Waiting Room, Avril Brown writes that not only will this "grotesque and hilarious graphic novel" burn your brain but that "you can’t help but be grateful for the everlasting impression." Read the rest of her review here and learn why, perhaps even despite your better sense, you'll be "morbidly turning page after page." |
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| 11/7/08 P&P Q&A -- KERSCHBAUM INTERVIEWED AT COMIC BOOK RESOURCES |
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Interviewer Van Jensen probes the mind and psyche of cartoonist John Kerschbaum and gets to the bottom of such burning questions as, who would win in a drinking contest, Petey or Pussy? You really do need to know all of this. |
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| 11/1/08 NEWEST FP EMPLOYEE ALSO ITS BEST! "BOBO WHO?!" MOCKS COCKY JOJO |
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Fontanelle Press' newest employee, JoJo, was awarded the title of Employee of the Month for the month of October. JoJo, who was brought on as an intern last year (and actually won Employee of the Month for February in that capacity) was hired full-time after the passing of BoBo, a long-time Fontanelle Press accountant. BoBo, a perennial Employee of the Month and office favorite, had, in fact, continued to garner the coveted honor posthumously for nearly a year after his death. |
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| At an impromptu lunchbreak press conference, JoJo told a kitchen full of co-workers, "This is a new era for Fontanelle Press! The JoJo era!" When asked about his predecessor's impressive track record, JoJo hesitated for a moment and then, showing an utter lack of repsect for his beloved predecessor, responded, "BoBo who?!" before laughing heartily and throwing copious amounts of his poo at anyone that hadn't already left in disgust. A co-worker who requested anonimity since she sits at the desk next directly facing JoJo and must share a printer with him said, "I don't know what his game is, but he's not going to make many friends around here bad-mouthing BoBo, no less flinging his excrement around while people are trying to eat." She added tearfully before running off to the bathroom, "I worked with BoBo. This JoJo is no BoBo." |
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| 10/10/08 CLOUGH: PETEY & PUSSY ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST |
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In his Sequart column, Hi-Low, estimable comics critic, funkmeister and all-round nice guy Rob Clough writes in his review of Petey & Pussy, "All told, this book is one of the best of the year to date and certainly the best humor-related publication..." You can read Rob's entire review here. |
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| 10/4-10/5/08 KERSCHBAUM RETURNS TO SPX AFTER 3 YEAR ABSENCE |
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| John Kerschbaum made a triumphant return to the Small Press Exhibition in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend to hawk his new Fantagraphics published comic, Petey & Pussy. It was great show, sales were brisk and fun was had by one and all. Best of all, nobody lost an eye! | ||
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| 3/1/08 KERSCHBAUM GOES MAD |
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| 12/6/02 NICKELODEON MAGAZINE AND THE COMICS JOURNAL SPECIAL PATRIOTISM ISSUE What do these two outstanding publications have in common? Why, they both feature comics by John Kerschbaum! The December/January 2003 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine (on sale at newsstands now) features a full-color, one-page comic about the coming of the next ice age. Why not grab a copy, curl up in front of a warm fire and chill out? Then, it's your duty as a proud American to buy a copy or two of The Comics Journal Super-Special Winter Edition. Due out January 2003, it's 156 pages of great comic-y stuff and boasts a comics section that's a veritable 21-pun salute to Patriotism. You can find out more about it at the TCJ website and/or view a small preview of John Kerschbaum's two-page contribution here. And if that's not enough, you can always get lost in the "art"-ful, two-page puzzle illustration in the February 2003 issue of Nickelodeon Magazine. Plus, rumor has it, Kerschbaum might be illustrating a five-page Batman story for the upcoming second volume of DC Comic's Harvey and Eisner Award-winning anthology, Bizarro Comics. Details to follow! |
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| 2/22/02 FONTANELLE PRESS NAMES FRANCES EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH! Between sips from a bottle wrapped in a brown paper bag, a still-emotional spokeperson for Fontanelle Press confirmed yesterday at an impromptu news conference outside a Queens bodega that Frances had indeed been selected as Fontanelle Press's Employee of the Month for February 2002! When reached for comment, Frances responded "Fontanelle what?" |
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| 1/16/02 MOCCA ART FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED FOR NYC -- KERSCHBAUM TO ATTEND! A puffy, bleary-eyed Fontanelle Press spokesperson officially announced earlier today that cartoonist John Kerschbaum would indeed be attending the inaugural MOCCA Art Festival in New York City on Sunday, June 23, 2002. The event, to be held at the venerable Puck Building on Lafayette Street, boasts an unprecedented NYC gathering of alternative cartoonists and publishers showcasing the avant-garde in comics and cartoon art. All entry proceeds benefit The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art. Among those also scheduled to attend are Tony Consiglio, Mike Dawson, Bill Plympton, Ted Rall, Alex Robinson, Top Shelf Productions, Nick Bertozzi, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel , Peter Kuper, Steve Lafler, Jeff Mason, Josh Neufield, Jennifer Sorenson and many, many more. For a full list of attendees and more information on The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art and the Art Festival, please visit the MOCCA website. |
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| 1/15/02 FONTANELLE PRESS ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF STATE-OF-THE-ART WEB SITE! Immediately after announcing the launch of it's brand-new, state-of-the-art web site, Fontanelle Press officially retracted that statement and issued a new one announcing the launch of it's brand-new web site. The fact that the phrase "state-of-the-art" had been deleted from the second announcement did not escape the attention of an already skeptical press attending the news conference. A Fontanelle Press spokesperson who spoke only on the grounds of anonymity apologized profusely for the erroneous description of his company's brand-new web site and made assurances that the brand-new web site, while not exactly state-of-the-art, was none-the-less "a web site." Without being questioned further by reporters, the anonymous spokesperson repeatedly denied making the somewhat over-reaching claim himself and promised that any Fontanelle Press employee found responsible for "perpetuating that so-called rumor" would be "Sorry. And I mean really, really sorry. No, really." After a brief, awkward silence, the spokesman then ran from the podium in tears. |
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