Berlin’s Mono.Klutur magazine is a common pickup of mine when visiting the great city (Do You Read Me?). An interview magazine with major twists, Mono-Kultur focuses on a topic set of person for each issue allowing for a deep and expansive view into the subject/matter. Issue #30 is a helluva an issue which features one of my favorite illustrators and comic artists, Chris Ware. Tucked away inside the pages (many of them full blown four-page foldouts!) readers will find both final work by the artist as well as some very famous sketches that lead to the cover work of his Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth graphic novel (every household needs a copy – essential).

Mono.Kultur is stocked at very select stores throughout the globe. We recommend a subscription.

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This is the iconic image of Calvin & Hobbes that may of us remember from the early 90’s. Bill Watterson, the creator and artist behind what two of the most well recognized characters in modern day comic strips, painted this watercolor for the cover of the Calvin & Hobbes 1989/1990 calendar. The very rare artwork will hit the auction block on February 23 during Heritage Auction’s Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature event, at the Fletcher-Sinclair Mansion (Ukrainian Institute of America) on Fifth Avenue. The artwork is expected to exceed $50,000, as reported by Artdaily. This is comic art at its best.

Focusing on Reinhardt’s work in the 1940s, this is a collection of his comic commentary on the New York art world. Shown in a single table size print, it includes work that’s appeared in places such as Art News, PM and Transformations. You’ve still got a few days to catch this if you’re in London (it’s in the ICA until November 20), then it’s off to Amsterdam, where it opens on November 21st at the Kunstverein.