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Hot off the press:

Hotwire Comics # 3 Edited by Glenn Head. Fantagraphics, $22.99 paper (136p) ISBN 978-1-60699-288-3

Here's what Publishers Weekly has to say about the latest edition of Hotwire:

The third volume of this comics anthology is a whirl-a-gig of vivid color, giddy fun, black angst, and hauntingly disturbing images, including work by more than 20 artists, including David Sandlin, Tim Lane, and Onsmith. The volume brings together carefully crafted stories with eye-searing artwork, packed with scatological humor, violence, and disquieting sexual acts, including one by a pedophiliac clown. Editor Head's own “Candyland Clinic” is a standout, a pastel-colored critique of the culture of Prozac. R. Sikoryak contributes a memorable abridged Hamlet starring Dennis the Menace, while Mary Fleener reminisces about buying her first gun. Interspersed with the narrative comics are visual works, including a wild full-color, full-page spread by Steven Cerio, David Paleo's eerie “Feral Spheres” and Mark Dean Veca's “Popeyeconography,” which could forever change how readers look at Olive Oyl, Brutus, and the gang. Hotwire Comics 3 is not for the faint of heart, but those who love underground comics or want an introduction to that world as it stands today, will embrace the volume. (Feb.)

Also on offer:

FUNNY (Not Funny)
Recent Comic Art Exhibiting Signs of Black Humor
Curated by Ryan Standfest

January 22 – February 26, 2010
Work: Detroit Gallery (University of Michigan)
Detroit, Michigan

"A remarkable gathering of work, the FUNNY (Not Funny) exhibition seeks to elicit uncomfortable laughter in the realm of dark humor—a place where the serious and the taboo are fodder for comic provocation. Artists aim to overturn convention and challenge what is funny with what is not as a means of producing humor out of the unlikeliest of situations."

Coming in June:

David Sandlin at Bongoût in Berlin