Starting next week, on Chicago’s PBS WISE TV (WYCC) the Cartoonist will air. You will have three chances to catch it.

March 8 at 2:00 PM, March 9 at 4:00 AM and March 15 at 4:00AM

Set your dvr’s!

You can see the full lineup of the station here.

They’re here! We just got our copies of RASL no.6, and they look great. You can pick yours up at your local comic shop tomorrow Jan. 20th, or from our online store by clicking here!

KCSM-TV in San Mateo, California, will air the CARTOONIST: JEFF SMITH, BONE AND THE CHANGING FACE OF COMICS
at  9:30 pm and then again on Thursday, January 21st at 2:30 am

RASL and the documentary The Cartoonist appeared on a few year end lists around the internet. Here is a fun link I liked… RASL: The Drift made the Top 5 Continuing Books of the Year over at Stumptown Trade Review. I did a podcast interview with these guys earlier in the year when I was at the Stumptown Comics Fest, and enjoyed it very much. Thanks, Brian & Thor!  Good time to mention that the new issue, RASL #6 will be in stores on Jan. 20! There is a preview of RASL #6 here.

Also, The Cartoonist documentary made the Booklist Editor’s Choice Best of 2009. Three and a half out of four stars. Not bad, Ken! (Ken Mills is the director) Congratulations!

Just got back from the Retailer Summit in Baltimore on Tuesday where I met and talked with over three hundred comic shop owners and managers from all over North America. Got a lot of great feedback on RASL, which was nice. Above is the art for the cover of #7, which will be in the Diamond catalog for items shipping in Feb. Starting with #7 next year RASL will begin shipping bimonthly. The second collection, RASL 2: The Fire of St. George should drop in April. Amazing color from Steve, huh? Wild!

One surprise for me at the summit was learning that so many comic shops were doing well with the BONE color editions from Scholastic. For some reason, I thought those were mostly being sold into bookstores, schools and libraries, but I heard differently this week! So thank you, retailers, for continuing to support for BONE.

Another happy event last weekend was Terry Moore’s win at the Harveys. ECHO won for best new series! Much deserved! Terry has worked hard to bring that story to life, and we’re all crazy proud of him!

Hi everybody! Tom again. I wanted to let you all know that I’m taking the Cartoon Books booth full of goodies to the  Mid Ohio Con. The Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus will host the event, and you can find me in our booth at space 207. (See map below)

We’re planning some sweet conventions deals so stop by! 

I will have some signed books, that will include the new cover of the BONE: One Volume Edition, as seen here as well as some other signed Bone & RASL stuff.  

Please come out and say hi if you can!