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Darrin Bell Appears on the Conan O’Brien Show

Posted on March 20, 2011

For those of you who didn’t catch me on “Conan” last Friday, here’s the interview. I look a lot darker and taller on TV. It’s in black and white ’cause basic cable doesn’t have the budget for color.

To order:

Get the ARTIST’S EDITION, which comes stamped, numbered, and autographed, with an original sketch by Darrin Bell on the title page. Only 200 Artist’s Editions will be sold (only 150 left!), after which no books bought through the Candorville online store will contain a sketch by Darrin Bell:

AUTOGRAPHED – $30
(s&h included)














OR, if you’re allergic to autographs and just want the standard edition (or an e-book), order here:

PAPERBACK: $19.95
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

E-BOOK: $3.99
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

You can also complete your collection by getting the first THREE Candorville books!

IT’S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Posted on January 27, 2011

…And all I want for my birthday is for you and all your friends, enemies, and pets to buy the brand new 4th Candorville book, “The Starbucks at the End of the World!”

INSIDE: As the Bush years come to an absurd conclusion, Barack Obama’s historic election – not to mention Lemont’s journalism career – hinges on a secret mission to rescue a prisoner of war. Lemont survives Embedded Journalists Boot Camp, but can he survive the boat mission up Vietnam’s Nodung River with Anderson Cooper and a crew of misfit soldiers? And what horrifying secret awaits them at the river’s end?

At home, Susan dates the Boyfriend-from-Hell as Dick Fink tries to steal her job. C-Dog goes to unbelievable lengths to prove Lemont’s fiancee is cheating and that Lemont may not be Lionel’s father. And when comedian George Carlin dies, Lemont accompanies him on his final journey and accidentally discovers the meaning of life.

Candorville has been described as “This generation’s Doonesbury, only a lot more surreal and irreverent.” Contains a whopping 750 comics, and Darrin Bell’s 2008 election night blog post about watching the election of the first black president with his 90 year-old grandfather!

To order:

Get the ARTIST’S EDITION, which comes stamped, numbered, and autographed, with an original sketch by Darrin Bell on the title page. Only 200 Artist’s Editions will be sold (only 150 left!), after which no books bought through the Candorville online store will contain a sketch by Darrin Bell:

AUTOGRAPHED – $30
(s&h included)














OR, if you’re allergic to autographs and just want the standard edition (or an e-book), order here:

PAPERBACK: $19.95
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

E-BOOK: $5.95
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

You can also complete your collection by getting the first THREE Candorville books!

APPEARING AT WONDERCON this Saturday!

Posted on March 31, 2010

Darrin Bell to appear at Wondercon this Saturday
Darrin Bell to appear at Wondercon this Saturday
Keith Knight and I will be signing our new books at table AA28 in the “Artists Alley” section of Wondercon in SF this Saturday. We’ll also speak during the following panel discussion (description from the Wondercon site). If you’re going or you want to invite others, please RSVP at the Facebook event page:

COLORING OUTSIDE THE LINES: BLACK CARTOONISTS AS SOCIAL COMMENTATORS

Featuring artists from the upcoming San Francisco art exhibit by the same name, nationally syndicated cartoonists Darrin Bell (Candorville, Rudy Park), Keith Knight (award-winning K Chronicles, (th)ink, The Knight Life), and Kheven LaGrone (curator of Coloring Outside the Lines) discuss their art. Animated shorts by nationally syndicated cartoonist Jerry Craft (Mama’s Boyz) will also be screened. Moderated by Thomas Robert Simpson (founder and artistic director of the AfroSolo Arts Festival). Room 236/238

ATTN: DENVER readers! Keep Candorville in the Denver Post

Posted on February 26, 2010

The Denver Post will stop carrying Candorville as of March 1 unless readers write in and ask them to keep it. When the Rocky Mountain News went out of business, the Denver Post absorbed all the RMN’s comics, including Candorville. Now they’re dropping many of the former RMN comics, including Candorville, possibly to see which ones the readers miss. If you’re a Denver Post reader (and ONLY if you’re a Denver Post reader or Denver resident please) write to [email protected] and politely ask them to keep Candorville. Tell them why they should keep it, and most importantly, give them location information (as specific as you’re comfortable with) so they know you live in Denver. They’re looking for your feedback, people, so give it to them. This is your chance to be heard.

Drew Carey, Candorville, and Lance Armstrong?

Posted on February 21, 2010

I went to Icerocket.com to check for any mentions of Candorville on Twitter just now. Dozens of Twitterers had retweeted the same exact phrase: “RT @DrewFromTV: From today’s “Candorville” cartoon strip. And don’t forget: $1 to @livestrong for every follower. 🙂 http://yfrog.com/2esohj”

Apparently comedian/TV star/apparent comic strip aficionado Drew Carey is giving $1 to the cancer-fighting Lance Armstrong Foundation for every new Twitter follower he gets. Today he’s using a recent Candorville strip to add a little fun to it, and I can’t tell you how big a kick I get out of that.

Follow Drew on Twitter. It’ll cost you nothing but it’ll bring the cure for cancer $1 closer, or make a cancer victim $1 happier.

Darrin Bell/Stephan Pastis Panel Discussion Video

Posted on January 12, 2010

This is from a couple months ago. Afterward we had a book signing, where I autographed copies of the new Candorville book, and Stephan autographed his new Pearls Before Swine Treasury, “Pearls Sells Out”. Then some friends and I narrowly escaped a dive bar before going to Denny’s, where I ordered extra carbs with cheese and an aspartame on the rocks. Good times.

Candor and Pearls: An Evening of Social Satire from the Comics Pages from Walnut Creek Library Foundation on Vimeo.

Monterey Herald drops Candorville, WRITE IN NOW!

Posted on December 21, 2009

ATTN Monterey County-ites: The Monterey Herald will be dropping Candorville on January 4 to make room for a local cartoonist. From the looks of it, Candorville was targeted because it was a more recent addition. If you’d like to see Candorville stay in the paper, send an email right NOW to [email protected] and tell them so.

Space on the comics page is limited, and whenever a paper adds a strip, they have to lose an existing one. Too often, they choose to axe one of the newest additions because they think it hasn’t been there long enough for anyone to miss it. That’s why your local comics page seems to be filled with comics that are older and more boring than your parents. That’s why people under 40 are more likely to go online for their comics than they are to open a paper. And since the comics page is usually cited as the #1 reason people buy newspapers, that’s one of the reasons papers themselves are dying.

Candorville is dropped a lot less often than most new comics, but it still happens. Almost always, more than enough readers write in to convince editors they underestimated Candorville’s fan base, and they reinstate it. You can make that happen again. Remember the moral of “It’s a Wonderful Life”: Every time you save Candorville, a dead cartoonist gets his wings. Or something like that.

The more papers that run Candorville, the longer I can keep producing Candorville. It’s as simple as that. If you value it, write to the Monterey Herald today and tell them so. That’s the only way they’ll know what you want to see in your paper.

Thanks, and Happy Holidays!
-Darrin

Only 7 signed Candorville books left!

Posted on November 30, 2009

My first order of “Katrina’s Ghost” sold out quickly, and all I have left are seven signed copies. I drew either Lemont or C-Dog in each of them. If you want a guarantee you’ll get them in time for Christmas, order today, because at this rate they’ll be gone by Wednesday.

The new Candorville collection: “Katrina’s Ghost,” has more than twice as many comics (nearly 700) as the last book. To order:

PAPERBACK: $19.95
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

E-BOOK: $9.95
Support independent publishing: Buy this book on Lulu.

OR… Get your signed copy (with a sketch) here.

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