Enrico's blog

I can’t wait for this book to be out. Miyazaki’s Shuppatsu ten is getting a US release by Viz in July. The book contains writings and essays about film-making and philosophy by MiyaSan. Read more about what the book contains in this wonderful post at GhibliWorld.com. And since we’re on the subject, I was overjoyed [...]

“Yuppi!” means “Yay!” in italian … strange word … but anyway the reason for my joy is that I just received in the mail Gipi’s latest book: “La mia vita disegnata male“!!! I read it last night from front to back and I was just blown away, what an amazing read! He weaves very personal [...]

Wow, Publishers Weekly sure disliked the Venice Chronicles. Ouch. Ah well, gotta roll with the punches … and take some in the face here and there … (Go here and scroll way down to read the review)

I’ve known of these books for a while now, Ronnie was singing their praises a while back and man was he right. After reading Gus I finally broke down and had to get to these other books by Christophe Blain. What amazingly compelling story he has created here! Stunning drawing and wonderful writing that make [...]

Here it is! The ALTERNATIVE PRESS EXPO is happening this weekend in San Francisco’s Concourse center. Venice Chronicles is officially debuting at this convention and I will be sharing the table with friends Ronnie del Carmen, Dice Tsutsumi and Scott Morse. Tons of great books like Paper Biscuit, Out of Picture and Tiger!Tiger!Tiger!. We even [...]

I think some comic book stores might have received copies of Venice Chronicles today. Did any of you by any chance see it on shelves? Any sightings? One sure thing is that, for those of you in Toronto, the excellent comic store “The Beguiling” has plenty of ‘em in stock today!

Just got this book up in Portland and wow, what an amazing read. Don’t miss this, you might have heard of or read Blain’s Isaac the Pirate, this book is another gem. He takes the genre and turns it upside down, pushes the stuff of westerns way in the background and focuses on clueless men [...]

I don’t know who this strange bearded man is, but strangely he’s holding the Venice Chronicles with one of the bookplates mounted! I think this one order is going to Venice if I am not mistaken … to Leornardo (Grazie Leo, it’s on its way). I’ve sent a lot of orders these last couple of [...]

It’s become tradition for us selfpublishing friends here at Pixar to take photos of the opening of the first box of books. Here’s some coverage of it all, even with a shot of the first customer: Nate Stanton! Yay, thanks Nate. In the second to last shot, you can see the Venice Chronicles in good [...]

2085 copies of the Venice Chronicles have just been delivered!! Yay! Wow, 58 boxes of books, my back is gonna be a little sore tonight. Anyway … they look great, at 144 pages it’s a nice and hefty book. Order yours today!! I will also start shipping the pre-orders as soon as I can! More [...]