Some Fun Home news

May 10th, 2006

An interview at AfterEllen.com.

A rave at Buzz, Balls & Hype

Unstrung

May 5th, 2006

The UPS guy delivered a copy of my new book, “Fun Home” yesterday. In all my years of publishing books, I’ve never had a hardcover one. It’s pretty beautiful. The book designer and the cover designer did a very elegant job. I opened it with some trepidation, because whenever I look at a new book all I can see are the mistakes. And I did find one straight off, but it was a pretty minor continuity detail.

I’m deeply pleased, but not elated, for some reason. I feel a bit like Mr. Earbrass, the protagonist of my favorite Edward Gorey book, The Unstrung Harp. When he spots a copy of his latest novel in the window of a bookseller’s, Mr. E. is overcome by “a state of extreme and pointless embarrassment.”

Episode 487

May 4th, 2006

A most grateful tip o’ the nib to Nichael Cramer, who kindly posted the enlarged artwork in a pan-browser friendly version before we fixed the problem. Read the rest of this entry »