Here are some random comic strips & humor photos we came across recently that we know everyone in the “Graphic Design” field can relate to. I mean, if you don’t get the “Pantone Color Chart” joke then you need to go back to Art School, ha ha!

Just a quick post to share this LINK to a very cool website called DAN TALKS ABOUT COMICS. In his most recent post he talks about Chris Ware’s new Graphic Novel published by Pantheon Books titled, “Building Stories”. This Book Review is very well-written and gives an interesting take on the high-concept of Chris Ware’s “Book in a Box”. He also recognizes Ware’s writing ability in a unique way. Please be sure to check it out & also remember to share it with all your friends, thanks.

Tokyo Toy Guy Japanese Batman Toys and Memorabilia Movie

Check out this AWESOME Movie Poster & Teaser Trailer Video ( down below ) for TOKYO TOY GUY, The BATMAN Toys and Memorabilia Collector Movie!! Yes, this is a film our Good friend Yuji Ueda has been working on for over 5 years. He traveled to 6 different Countries around the World to focus his video camera on some of the most major Batman Toy Collections in the world!! Now, not to brag or anything, but Chip Kidd makes an appearance in this film. Yuji traveled to the United States and made a special visit to Chip Kidd’s New York City Apartment. While there, he filmed a few super-rare Batman Toys that will appear in the film!

Seriously, this Documentary Movie will completely torture every serious Vintage Toy Collector out there because it has some of the most amazing, and super-rare, museum-quality stuff that you will probably ONLY ever EVER see in this film!

It’s still in post-production right now but please be sure to look for it to appear around November 2012. Also, please stay tuned to the CHIPKIDD.COM website because as soon as we have more information we will pass it along. Yes, we’re seriously excited about seeing this movie!!!

Check this out! Here’s the front page of the Dagens Nyheter Newspaper Culture section as it appeared on September 22nd. The cover story is about Alfred A. Knopf Book Designer, Chip Kidd, with the headline, "In The Mind of a Cover Boy". In the interview ( by Pontus Dahlman, not available online ) Chip Kidd states, concerning e-books, "And when it comes to the experience of reading, there will always be a market for paper books. I myself am a print person. A printing ink person." This is really great foreign publicity ( and we love that ) but the really fun part is that they used Book Cover photos from our GALLERY PAGE to illustrate the story… Awesome!

After you spend a few hours at CHIPKIDD.COM enjoying all the fun information & beautiful graphics you need to head over to the KUOW.ORG Website to listen to a very in-depth Podcast and entertaining interview with the ultra-talented Graphic Novelist, Charles Burns. This is Seattle’s NPR Radio ( 94.9 fm ) page and their Reporter, Steve Scher, shares a really great talk with Mr. Burns.

The main focus of their talk is Charles Burns’ brand-new Graphic Novel titled, THE HIVE. This is the follow-up to Pantheon Books’ recent success, the X’ED OUT book. Actually, THE HIVE is the 2nd book in what will eventually be a “trilogy”. Now, we were not able to embed their podcast here but you can easily click this LINK and visit their website. Once there, you’ll want to click on the podcast button & listen. It’s located right under the Title of the Post & it’s a “blue arrow”. Please keep in mind that once you start it their 1st story covers a little bit of Politics, but that doesn’t last too long & then they really get into their talk with Burns. It’s really worth hearing & it’s also a REALLY GREAT INTERVIEW!

This is just a quick post to share some very cool “Book Promo Material” for Chris Ware’s new Graphic Novel, BUILDING STORIES, that I came across on the Internet last night. The 1st pic is a sexy Bookstore Promo Poster that was created by Pantheon Books. Then, down below, here is a fun INFO Graphic that shows the contents of “The Book in a Box”! Bloggers, please feel free to share these on your personal website/blog, thanks!

Over at the Smithsonian DESIGN DECODED Website Jimmy Stamp just wrote a very excellent Book Review for Chris Ware’s BUILDING STORIES Graphic Novel that was just released by Pantheon Books. The book is getting great reviews everywhere and we’re proud of the fact that Ware’s book just got noticed by The Smithsonian. Stamp’s article is clever, well-written, and quite worth reading. To check it out just CLICK HERE! ( Thanks Jimmy! )

Here’s an event you will not want to miss! Charles Burns & Chris Ware will be giving a Book Tour Lecture at the TOWN HALL SEATTLE in Washington on Monday, October 22nd, 2012 from 7:30 to 9:00 pm. The focus will be on their two latest Graphic Novels published by Pantheon Books, Burns’ THE HIVE and Ware’s BUILDING STORIES. As a side-story it’s important to note that Chip Kidd was scheduled for this event but because of some recent events will be unable to appear.

Tickets are $5 at www.townhallseattle.org or 888/377-4510 and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Admission may be used toward the purchase of any book by Ware or Burns. Town Hall members receive priority seating. Great Hall; enter on Eighth Avenue.

Over at the MACLEAN’S OF CANADA Newspaper Website they recently did a wonderful in-depth interview with Chris Ware about his new Graphic Novel, BUILDING STORIES. Published by Pantheon, this book is quickly becoming a fan favorite! Reporter Stephen Carlick conducted the interview and it’s really well done. They talk about the difference between comics and drawing, how having a child changes everything and why books are definitely not dead. You can read this interview by clicking right HERE!

This week in The New York Times Book Review, Douglas Wolk reviews Chris Ware's "Building Stories” published by Pantheon. I mean, the book made the cover, WOW! The graphic novel, which follows the residents of one building in Chicago, comes in the form of 14 different elements in a large box: a hard-bound volume or two, pamphlets and leaflets, a huge tabloid and more.

Then, Reporter John Williams at The New York Times BOOKS PODCAST interviews Chris Ware and there is a lot of interesting twists and turns. We can’t embed it here but if you visit this LINK then you can listen to the podcast. Please do, it’s really great!