2006
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Happy New Year from your friends in the Gutter

December/28, 2006
We are celebrating one year of geeking it up in the gutter with you, and looking forward to many more. Join in the fun in 2007: it is going to be a very messy year.

New Issue Up

November/22, 2006
After delays caused by the familiar accidents in the daily life of a guttergeek, the new issue is at last up, just in time for your holiday shopping. This issue we are graced by some new faces: Geoff Klock, author of the terrific How to Read Superhero Comics, and Why and blogmaster at http://geoffklock.blogspot.com; and by Taylor Nems and Eva Yonas, a couple of plucky and talented cub reporters ready to take the world by storm. And our familiar band of guttergeeks are in the trenches, including Hillary Chute (THE VOICE, BELIEVER) and Alex Boney (BACK ISSUE). Look for their work wherever you can find it because they know whereof they speak.

As always, we welcome your comments, your suggestions, and your sassitude.

Fantagraphics

September/21, 2006
Eric Reynolds at Fantagraphics mentioned guttergeek in his flog: "Here's a new comics review site that I wasn't familiar with until yesterday. Looks pretty good." Thanks, Eric! My son thinks you look like a movie star (he saw you at the Con), so the feeling is mutual.
Link: http://www.fantagraphics.com/blog/archive/2006_09_01_fantagraphics_archive.html#115800296574294023

Quill Awards

September/16, 2006
Cast your vote for this year's nominees for Best Graphic Novel for the Quill Awards (a kind of "people's choice" for bookish types). Two of our favorites are among the nominees: FUN HOME and MOM'S CANCER (not to mention NARUTO, Vol. 7, which, like, totally blew away Vol. 6).

Voting ends September 30th.
Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13737551/

Guttergeeks to Watch Out For

September/15, 2006
Alison Bechdel posted a very appreciative review of Michael Moon's review of Fun Home at her website (and I suppose this constitutes a review of her review of our review...?). She is awesome, and what a treat for us mere mortals to get feedback on the reviews, however indirectly.

Now that we have our own blog here at guttergeek, feel free to comment on any and all.

Link: http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/analyze-this

So why does a discontinuous review need a disjointed blog?

September/15, 2006
As our community of readers and authors has grown, we were looking for a way of sharing the news, insights, rants and raves that keep us going from issue to issue. And then we heard about this new-fangled fad called "blogging." Since it rhymes with "flogging" (the favorite hobby we share with our dead horse), we thought we should get on board.

Touch base here for news and random tidbits between issues, and as a sounding board to share your own rants and raves about guttergeek and the world of graphic literature.

JG