blab

1 divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, peach, babble, sing, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet]

2 speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly [syn: chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble] [also: blabbing, blabbed]

English

Etymology

blabben, to talk foolishly, back-formation from blaberen.

Pronunciation

• /blæb/
• Rhymes with: -æb

Verb

1. To tell tales; to gossip without reserve or discretion.

Noun

blab

1. One who blabs; a babbler; a telltale; a gossip or gossiper.

Related terms

• blabber
• blabbermouth
• blabby
• blubber

BLAB! is a comics anthology edited by Monte Beauchamp. Though its primary focus is comics, it regularly features non-comics illustration and graphic design work as well as some prose articles. Early issues were published by Kitchen Sink Press. Since issue 9 it has been published annually by Fantagraphics Books in a 120-page, 10" x 10" square format in a mixture of full color and black-and-white.

In 2003 Chronicle Books published the book collection New & Used BLAB!. As the title suggests, one half of the book consists of selections from previous issues while the other half (bound dos-à-dos style) features new works by frequent contributors.

Several solo books by individual BLAB! contributors have been published with the subtitle "A BLAB! Storybook."

Partial list of contributors

• Doug Allen
• Gary Baseman
• Charles Burns
• Daniel Clowes
• Sue Coe
• Joe Coleman
• Al Columbia
• Howard Cruse
• Kim Deitch
• Daniel Divox
• Mary Fleener
• Drew Friedman
• Camille Rose Garcia
• Justin Green
• Bill Griffith
• Tom Huck
• Kaz
• J.D. King
• Peter Kuper
• Terry LaBan
• Gary Leib
• Jay Lynch
• Mark Mothersbaugh
• Gary Panter
• Archer Prewitt
• Spain Rodriguez
• Mark Ryden
• Richard Sala
• Gilbert Shelton
• Frank Stack
• Chris Ware
• Robert Williams
• Skip Williamson

External links

• BlabWorld.com
• Fantagraphics Books page on Blab!
• The BLAB! Show, a gallery show by Blab! contributors

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