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Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam by Simon Hanselmann (nominated for outstanding story and outstanding series) @girlmountain @fantagraphics
Simon Hanselmann’s Megg and Mogg is a low-key stoner comedy, frequently hilarious, often tragic and always poignantly insightful about the inertia and malaise of its self-destructive principals. When Megg and Mogg travel to Amsterdam (followed by the uptight and unwelcome Owl), their relationship starts to deteriorate in this New York Times bestselling collection of brilliant stories (originally serialized on Vice).
For fans of Boy’s Club, Ernie Pook’s Comeek, Blobby Boys, Octopus Pie, Girls, Broad City, Trailer Park Boys
Check out our interview with Simon Hanselmann
Congratulations to all of this year’s Ignatz Award Nominees! Check these titles out on comiXology:
- Disquiet by Noah van Sciver (nominee for outstanding artist) @fantagraphics @noahvansciver
- Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comic Anthology edited by Sfé R. Monster and Taneka Stotts (nominee for outstanding anthology or collection) @sfemonster
- The Complete Wimmen’s Comix edited by Trina Robbins (nominee for outstanding anthology or collection) @fantagraphics
- Soldier’s Heart by Carol Tyler (nominee for outstanding graphic novel) @fantagraphics
- Nod Away by Josh Cotter (nominee for outstanding graphic novel) @fantagraphics @jwcotter
- Trashed by Derf Backderf (nominee for outstanding graphic novel)
- Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam by Simon Hanselmann (nominee for outstanding story and nominee for outstanding series) @girlmountain @fantagraphics
- Shrine of the Monkey God (Kramers Ergot 9) by Kim Deitch (nominee for outstanding story and nominee for outstanding comic) @fantagraphics
- The Experts by Sophie Franz (nominee for outstanding minicomic) @bigplanetcomics @sophiefranz
The winners will be announced at SPX this year. Hope to see you there!
From Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam by Simon Hanselmann @girlmountain, from @fantagraphics
ComiXology Conversations
At SDCC this year, Tia & Matt interviewed New York Times bestselling cartoonist and comiXology favorite Simon Hanselmann @girlmountain (Megahex, Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam, both from @fantagraphics):
Matt: Tia welcome back.
Tia: Thank you.
Matt: We’re here, we made it again.
Tia: It’s another day.
Matt: It’s another day in the wilderness, the sweaty wilderness that is San Diego Comic Con, and we have a colossal guest with us today.
Tia: 10 feet tall.
Simon: well that’s flattering.
Matt: Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam is probably maybe more recently what people might know Simon’s work from, but Simon Hanselmann, welcome to the show.
(Source: SoundCloud / comiXology)
Check out today’s comiXology events at SDCC:
Saturday, 7/23/16
11:30-12:30pm – Stan Sakai signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
1:30-2:30pm – Simon Hanselmann signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:30-3:30pm – Tula Lotay signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
3:00pm-4:00pm – ComiXology Unlimited – Room: 29AB
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology co-founder & CEO)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
5:00pm-6:00pm – Comics 101: Making Sense of the World of Comics – Room: 28DE
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology co-founder & CEO), G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel), Calvin Reid (Publishers Weekly), Frank J. Barbiere (Avengers World, The Revisionist), Deb Aoki (Publishers Weekly, Manga Comics Manga)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
Tomorrow’s comiXology signings/card giveaways at SDCC:
Saturday, 7/23/16
11:30-12:30pm – Stan Sakai signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
1:30-2:30pm – Simon Hanselmann signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:30-3:30pm – Tula Lotay signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
Here’s a complete list of the panels, signings, events and happenings comiXology is participating in this year at Comic-Con International ’16:
Thursday, 7/21/16
11:30-12:30pm – Marguerite Bennett signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
12:00pm-1:00pm – The ComiXologist Traveling Podcast Party – Room: Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Public Library
Speakers: Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Young Avengers), and Hope Nicholson (Publisher Bedside Press)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
1:00-2:00pm – Tsutomu Nihei signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:30pm-3:30pm – ComiXology Ask Me Anything – Room: 8
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology co-founder and CEO), Chip Mosher (comiXology Senior Director Communications)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
4:00pm-5:00pm – Essential Deserted Island Comics – Room: 28DE
Speakers: Chris Roberson (co-creator iZombie, writer Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1953), Jamal Igle (Molly Danger, Supergirl), Frank J. Barbiere (Avengers World, The Revisionist), and Deb Aoki (Publishers Weekly, Manga Comics Manga)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
6:30pm-7:30pm – Comics PR & Marketing 101 – Room: 8
Speakers: David Hyde (Founder Superfan Promotions), Hunter Gorinson (Valiant Director of Marketing, Communications & Digital Media) and Hope Nicholson (Publisher Bedside Press)
Moderated by: Chip Mosher (comiXology Senior Director Communications)
8:00pm-11:00pm – ComiXology Co-Sponsors the Comic Book
Legal Defense Fund’s Comic-Con Welcome Party
Location: The Westgate Hotel, 1055 Second Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Friday, 7/22/16
10:30-11:30pm – Gene Yang signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
11:30-12:30pm – G. Willow Wilson signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
12:30-1:30pm – Matt Fraction signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:00-3:00pm – Hope Larson signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:30pm-3:30pm – How to Start a Comic Book Company – Room: 8
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology CEO and co-founder), Ross Richie (Founder & CEO BOOM! Studios), Dinesh Shamdasani (Valiant Entertainment CEO & Chief Creative Officer), Mike Marts (Editor-in-Chief AfterShock Comics), Alvin Liu (Publisher Kodansha Advanced Media), Jimmy Palmiotti (Co-founder Paperfilms), Joe Glass (Principal Queer Comix) and Hope Nicholson (Publisher Bedside Press)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
4:00-5:00pm – Shawn Martinbrough signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
6:00pm-7:00pm – Comic Book Secret Origins: How the Industry’s Best & Brightest Began – Room: 9
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology CEO and co-founder), Denis Kitchen (Cartoonist/Publisher/Agent, The Best of Comix Book), Derf Backderf (Cartoonist, Trashed, My Friend Dahmer), and Ed Luce (Cartoonist, Wuvable Oaf)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
8:00pm-10:30pm – ComiXology co-sponsors the Will Eisner
Comic Industry Awards
Location: Indigo Ballroom at the Hilton
Bayfront, 1 Park, San Diego, CA 92101
Saturday, 7/23/16
11:30-12:30pm – Stan Sakai signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
1:30-2:30pm – Simon Hanselmann signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:30-3:30pm – Tula Lotay signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
3:00pm-4:00pm – ComiXology Unlimited – Room: 29AB
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology co-founder & CEO)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
5:00pm-6:00pm – Comics 101: Making Sense of the World of Comics – Room: 28DE
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology co-founder & CEO), G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel), Calvin Reid (Publishers Weekly), Frank J. Barbiere (Avengers World, The Revisionist), Deb Aoki (Publishers Weekly, Manga Comics Manga)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
Sunday, 7/24/16
11:00am-12:00pm – Guide to Illustrating Comics – Room: 24ABC
Speakers: Derf Backderf (Trashed, My Friend Dahmer), Megan Levens (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 10), Denis Kitchen (Cartoonist/Publisher/Agent, The Best of Comix Book), Cara McGee (Over the Garden Wall), Shannon Wheeler (The New Yorker, Too Much Coffee Man).
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
12:30-1:30pm – Katie Cook signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
2:00pm-3:00pm – ComiXology Ask Me Anything Special Sunday Edition! – Room: 29AB
Speakers: David Steinberger (comiXology CEO and co-founder), Chip Mosher (comiXology Senior Director Communications)
Moderated by: Tia Vasiliou and Matt Kolowski (The comiXologist Podcast Crew)
3:30-4:30pm – Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie signing Comic Book All Stars SDCC Exclusive Trading Card giveaway at comiXology booth #2547
Scene Report: @lineworknw Linework NW
Visiting with our friends Alternative Comics, Floating World Comics (Sun Bakery #2 coming soon) and Fantagraphics @fantagraphics (that’s Megg and Mogg creator Simon Hanselmann @girlmountain seated on the right), plus a great Q&A with Boy’s Club creator Matt Furie, and a glimpse at some of the books we picked up at the show! What a fun show and we can’t wait to see work from some of the creators we talked to there to start showing up in our store!
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Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam @fantagraphics
by Simon Hanselmann @girlmountain
I still remember the first time someone showed me Simon Hanselmann’s work—his characters were already so distinct and hilarious, it was as if I was tuning into a sitcom that had been running for years, even though he had apparently just started posting his work online. He’s one of the most prolific indie cartoonists out there, but his work remains consistently weird and funny. Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam is a follow-up to Hanselmann’s first big collection, Megahex, and follows the same group of slacker roommates—Megg (a witch), Mogg (a cat) and Owl—as they hang out, party, and prank each other.
The book’s titular story is one of Hanselmann’s strongest pieces so far. Megg and Mogg attempt a “couple’s vacation” to Amsterdam, with their roommate, Owl, eventually joining them. Here, Hanselmann really shows off his storytelling skills and comedic timing while their dream vacation becomes a trippy nightmare. Hanselmann’s artwork is also incredibly appealing, with clear, cartoony lines and flat watercolors. It almost looks like a children’s comic, though the subject matter is definitely not for kids.
One of my favorite recurring storylines in this book involves the character Werewolf Jones—the biggest screwup in the series—and his attempt to start a business making felt hats, forcing his two young sons to help. In his mind, these hats are his key to money and success, and he’ll do anything to make them the next big thing—even if it involves making his kids to pose as garbage at an airport (don’t ask). Though Werewolf Jones is a terrible parent and an overall failure, I can’t help wondering what will happen to him next, alongside the rest of Hanselmann’s crew of weirdos.
Stephanie Mannheim is a Digital Editor at comiXology. She lives in Ridgewood, Queens and has no idea how to make felt hats.
Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam by Simon Haselmann @girlmountain, new today from @fantagraphics (full review coming tomorrow)
The final cover for Simon Hanselmann’s new book Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam has us super stoked for the Spring release (coincidentally just a few days before 4/20). Available for pre-order now!
