Hey Comics Fans,

To celebrate The Surrogates movie wrapping principal photography, surviving San Diego, and all the cool new summer and fall releases, for the next ten days -- thru Friday September 12th -- Top Shelf is having a giant $3 graphic novel web sale. When you visit the site, you'll find over 125 graphic novels and comics on sale -- with 90 titles marked down to just $3 (!) and a slew of other key titles just slashed! All we ask is that you hit a $30 minimum on sale and/or non-sale items (before shipping).
It's a great opportunity to load up on all those graphic novels you've wanted to try, but just never got around to picking up.
Get 'em while supplies last!

To go directly to the list of items on sale, just click here:
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals

But here are a few sample sale items:
-- $3 Books: Comic Book Artist, I Am Going To Be Small,
             Lower Regions, Regards from Serbia, That Salty Air
-- $3 Books: Alec - After the Snooter, The Mirror of Love,
             The King, Fox Bunny Funny, plus 90 more!
-- Slashed Prices: From Hell Hardcover, Lost Girls, Blankets,
             Too Cool To Be Forgotten, Owly, Korgi, and more!
-- Slashed Prices: Super Spy, Essex County Trilogy,
             Incredible Change-Bots, The Surrogates, and more!
-- Freebies with every order: Yearbook Stories,
             The 2008 Top Shelf Sampler, and Owly & Friends!

**We now accept PayPal (as well as Visa, MasterCard, Amex, and Discover). All secure.**

Please note that this sale is GOOD for "direct market" retailers as well, and comic book shops will get their wholesale discount on top of these sale prices. Certain minimums apply, so retailers please email us for details.

http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals

Your friend thru comics,
 
Chris Staros
Top Shelf Productions
PO Box 1282
Marietta GA 30061-1282
USA

chris@topshelfcomix.com
http://www.topshelfcomix.com/specialdeals
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Bids will be accepted until Tuesday September 2 at 8 PM UK time.To go directly to the main page for the catalogue, click here:
http://www.compalcomics.com/catalogue/index.htm

There are 358 lots in our latest catalogue. The star of this auction is a Fine copy of The Dandy Book No 1, amongst the highest graded ever offered by us for sale. Continuing our Beano & Dandy war years collection we feature 1942 -1945 along with Dandy complete years of 1946 and 1947 at lots 79 and 80. Earlier decades are well represented in our bound volume collection where Sexton Blake and Union Jack titles have found recent heavy bidding. Film Fun, Radio Fun, Hotspur, Skipper and Wizard abound but the girls are not left out with The Schoolgirl and Schoolgirls' Own having several complete years on offer.

The Sixties are also stronger; TV 21, WHAM!, POW! (Spider-Matic Pistol at the ready), FANTASTIC, IT'S TERRIFIC are all here, some in complete runs, but Lady Penelope is set to overtake them all with a Rolls-Royce run on the outside. There may need to be an Olympian effort by The Broons, their 1960 Book in rare Very Fine Grade eagerly awaitin' the starter's gun. The Seventies look good with high grade No 1s of 2000AD, Misty and Spellbound, each with their free gifts intact. Original artwork from the same decade heralds a Christmas Faceache by Ken Reid, Clever Dick by Leo Baxendale and Frankie Stein by Robert Nixon - but watch out for the Toad-Creatures, they've invaded our back cover in Journey To The Stars by Ron Turner.

Our US section promotes a cents copy of Amazing Spider-Man #1, Avengers #1 and Silver Surfer's classic issue 4, CGC'd at 9.4. There's a House Of Secrets #92 CGC'd at 9.2 and Iron Fist #14 [nm] which join 70s and 80s runs of Avengers, Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men, Batman and Detective comics.

Compalcomics holds four auctions a year. Become a member of this list and you will receive a message shortly before auctions open and close. Results of most auctions are posted online two weeks after the closing date.

Important Note: If you have a question about any of the items in the catalogue, please send an email to Compalcomics director Malcolm Phillips at this address:
comicbook@compalcomics.com

Best wishes,
Graham Posner
Webmaster
http://www.compalcomics.com
gposner@citlink.net

Quentin Blake and Friends at Nunnington Hall
Britain's Leading IllUSTRATORS
1st July – 7th September 2008

Nunnington Hall an ancient manor house, situated in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales, is the setting for an exhibition of the work four of Britain's leading illustrators.

Michael Foreman, Peter Brookes and Emma Chichester Clark join their close friend Quentin Blake for an exhibition of 120 artworks demonstrating the narrative and fantastical fun of their artistic range.

Tuesday - Sunday, 1pm - 5.30 pm

 Bids will be accepted until Tuesday 3 June at 8 PM UK time.

To go directly to the main page for the catalogue, click here:

http://www.compalcomics.com/catalogue/index.htm

There are 311 lots in this catalogue. The Broons are the stars of this auction with their No. 1 Book from 1940 and the relatively high grade of Fine- will warrant serious consideration at lot 52. Several early 40s Xmas issues of Beano and Dandy are also offered and there are many complete years from the Sixties to the Eighties as well and these can be safely considered for the future as grades are high. From this same era are full runs of Lion, SMASH! and WHAM! along with every 1950s Girl comic, where lot 131 includes the free gift Girl Sun-Visor in yellow - this summer's must-have accessory. (Although I'll probably stick to a Bud-Visor).

Sexton Blake leads our bound volume collection along with a strong run of Union Jack also showcasing his detective stories. Highlighted other titles are The Thriller, Schoolgirls' Own, Champion, Triumph, Ranger, Radio and Film Fun. There's also a key Gem Library half-year volume from 1939 containing the rare Biggles South Sea Adventure story in 10 complete episodes. It's at lot 22.

Our artwork sales multiply and along with headliners Desperate Dan and Oor Wullie ('A ken whit we'll dae, Bob, we'll evacuate oorsels') there are The Daleks, Lord Snooty, Tommy Cooper, Dan Dare, The Galloping Glory Boys, Rupert, Frankie Stein, Clever Dick, The Spider and Don Lawrence's rare front cover board for The Trigan Empire.

Our US section reflects the recent blockbuster Iron Man movie with Tales Of Suspense 39 and, of course, issue 1. Spider-Man features a Very Fine #3 and CGCs of 28 and 129. There are high grade Golden Age Detective, Flash, Sensation and Superboy titles and we also concentrate on the 70s with The Avengers, Captain America, X-Men and Green Lantern.

Compalcomics holds four auctions a year. Results of most auctions are posted online two weeks after the closing date.

Important Note: If you have a question about any of the items in the catalogue, please send an email to Compalcomics director Malcolm Phillips at this address:

comicbook@compalcomics.com

Best wishes,

Graham Posner

Webmaster

http://www.compalcomics.com

gposner@citlink.net

Dear Friends,

We would like to inform you that the Prize Winners and Honourable Mentions of this edition of World Press Cartoon are available at our website:
www.worldpresscartoon.com .

You can also download all the information at the following link:

http://download.yousendit.com/14BAA4FE533A2C14

 Thank you for your attention,

Best regards,

 Ana Ferreira

WPCartoon Secretariat
ana@worldpresscartoon.com

London Exhibition: Shooting the Witness: The cartoons of Naji Al-Ali

6 March – 12 April 2008

Shooting the Witness is an exhibition by the Palestinian cartoonist Naji Al-Ali, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of his assassination in London.

Naji Al-Ali was one of the most prominent cartoonists in the Arab world. Sarcastic, poignant and perhaps too bold, El Ali's cartoons were drawn from his experience as a Palestinian refugee since childhood and clearly reflected his political stance. Naji Al-Ali had no political affiliations and the absence of slogans and dogma in his work brought both success and criticism. His bold and illustrative cartoons, widely published over the past 20-30 years, reveal the tragic state of the Middle East. The artist combined art and political satire like none other; his work sadly still rings true today.

His cartoons portrayed the bitter struggle and plight of the Palestinian people against Israeli oppression. He also campaigned against the absence of democracy, widespread corruption, and gross inequality in the Arab world. He was said to have antagonized virtually everyone in the Middle East. During his lifetime, he was said to have drawn around 40,000 drawings, on average two cartoons a day. He worked for various publications in the Arab world. Naji Al-Ali draws a critique of all sides in the conflict, and the world's complicity in the prolonged occupation of the Palestinians.

For the first time in London, sixty of Naji Al-Ali’s original artwork will be exhibited in Political Cartoon Gallery located in central London, the world’s only centre dedicated to Political Cartoons and Caricature. The gallery is organising the exhibition in cooperation with the SOAS Palestine Society, the Nakba60 group, Cartoon County and the family of Naji Al-Ali.  

The Political Cartoon Gallery, 32 Store Street, London WC1E 7BS, is open Monday to Friday 9.30am – 5.30pm and on Saturdays between 11.30am – 5.30pm. Phone Dr Tim Benson on 020 7580 1114 for further details or images email him at info@politicalcartoon.co.uk

On the 20th of January 2008 the ONLINE-Voting for the Audience Award started. Please take the chance to vote for your eight personal favourites.

30 nominees out of all voted cartoons will take part in the final-round of the public-voting. These cartoons will be displayed for the second voting between 7th and 30th of April 2008 (every online registered visitor is able to vote for another three favourites).

The best 10 entries, out of 30 nominations, will also take part in the final round of the Austrian Cartoon Award (Wildcard). If one entry should already be selected the following best entry will be forwarded to take part in the final round.

The entry with the highest score will be awarded with the “Audience Prize” and win a prize-money of Euro 1.500,-. In our voting gallery you have two options:

1.) Direct voting
By pressing the button "voting" you choose your personal favorite. This selection is without recall. You can supply eight voting choices at most.

2.) Voting via a personal showcase
If you want to choose your favorites in multiple stages, you can do so by placing them into your personal showcase via the button "preselect". Your "preselection" will be stored and displayed at your subsequent login. You can always add or remove pictures from your showcase at all times.

Once your "preselection" is completed, choose your eight favorites from your showcase and in this way release them for voting.

For the second round your voting status will be reset to zero and you’ll be able to choose again your three favorites from the remaining 30 pictures.
 
All participants who voted for the winning exhibit will take part in a raffle. The winner will be invited to Graz to the award winning gala ceremony including flight and a three day stay in a 5 star hotel for 2 people. We wish you good luck!
 
 
organization office
 
For further information please contact the organization office.
 
Austrian Cartoon Award 2008
c/o Werbeagentur Morré
Schmiedlstrasse 1
A-8042 Graz
 
mail office@cartoonaward.com
 tel. +43 (0)664 325 10 78
 fax +43 (0)316 38 16 15-4