Archive for October, 2005
Pictures from Gijon
Artist Steve Lieber, of Mercury Studios, posts pictures from his trip to the Gijon Comics Art Festival in Spain. Other Anglophone guests attending were Jim Starlin, Igor Kordey, and Mike Oeming.
Some funny comments by Steve regarding the pictures, by the way. “It was a clothing store. The sign was a fucking lie,” and “Wipe your ass, with Manga!” (no, the latter isn’t a knock at manga…it’s what it says, literally)
Happy Halloween!
As a treat, here’s an awesome set of photoshopped pictures from Worth1000.com’s latest Halloween contest:
“This contest askes a simple question: If the renaissance took place in more recent times, and the models were famous movie monsters/aliens, what would the artwork have looked like? The rules of this match are thus: You are to submit an entry in which you depict a hollywood movie monster/alien as the subject of a work of fine art.”
I love the portrait of Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” with E.T.’s head, not to mention Swamp Thing by Monet.
Monday Morning “Guess the Artist”
Special All-week Birthday Bash with Batman Pinups edition!
Welcome to a slightly retooled version of the game we play every Monday morning, wherein you the blog reader have to guess the artist from a sample of their early work. This week, however, I’m shaking things up a bit for my birthday (Thursday). So I’m going to put up artwork every single day in the form of pinups. And since Batman is one of my favorite characters, that’s the theme.
As always, use the comments section to share your guess. All answers will be posted by the end of the week.
Oh, and just a note: unlike the regular edition of this game, these aren’t necessarily “early” works by the artists. In fact, most were done when the respective artists were in the prime of their popularity and style.
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(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005, 10/24/2005)
2005 S.N.A.P.! connies
We’re back byotches. S.N.A.P.! was a swinging success! No official head count for the show but reports from one of the organizers said that sales were pretty good all around. Lots of traffic in a tiny but cozy space. It’s a shame they didn’t light the disco ball. My camera’s batteries died when we got to the show so no pics from me. Though the event did sport a documentary guy as well as someone from Wizard floating around (?) I’m sure something will surface here shortly. Thanks to Sean McGurr for getting us there. Since Mr. Goins couldn’t make it I’m get things rollin’ on this. Let ‘er roll fellas….
Can’t kick a Dead Hooker for tryin’ Award- Goes to the Subway close by the convention center. Jesus! It was ran like a bad sketch comedy in there. ‘Do you have Pepperjack Cheese?’ ‘No’. ‘Alright do you have veggie paddies?’ ‘No’. Then there was confusion as to who’s sandwich was who’s with three people behind the counter. WTF???
What’s the Frequency Kenneth Award- Goes to Phoebe Gloeckner and her Von Trappe family err.. students. Great cartoonist/author graced S.N.A.P.! Their bus broke down thereby making them late and broke. Later in the day I purchase a copy of Gloeckner’s Diary.
Balls of Steel Award- Here’s to you Rich Watson, oh internet journalista. Riding the bus for 15 hours from NYC to come out to the show for a day: that takes balls. Thanks for coming out man.
Color me Shojo Award- Joanna Estep. One of a few Americans who do manga for Tokyopop. It almost makes one want to forgoe their style and draw big eyed girly boys . She get’s a real advance and gets to work with a real publisher (w/an actual budget for promotion). Not the fake advance where you have to turn in all the art then get paid. Maybe you score a royalty check. Keep it up Joanna. Tokyopop, Scholastic, and Pantheon- it’s where its at yo!
Dave Sim is a paranoid Poohead Award- Phoebe Gloeckner- ‘Who is Dave Sim?’ So a woman who is idolized by feminist zinesters doesn’t know or care who Dave Sim is. She’s been doing comics since the late 70′s folks. Proof positive that the feminists don’t really care or know who this Dave Sim person is. Or maybe Gloeckner is more Artforum than Comics Journal. Who’s to say.
Dewey Decimal Award- University of Michigan Library are now the proud owners of both my work and Panel. Awesome that the University library turned out to pad their collection with work from the creators at the show.
But does it play Pong? Award- Matt Feasall. Who sported and old old school mac at his table. Featured a b/w 4×6 screen with the computer inside it. I’m no techie but it was pretty damn cool.
Any other nods fellas???
See you at SNAP!
We’re off to SNAP!
In the meantime, Mr. Sulu is gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
< Lola cover by former artist- R’John Bernales.
Here’s an article about the next Oni book I’ll be working on. One of two upcoming projects with J. Torres. Can’t really figure out what happened with the last artist. Kinda awkward situation for me but a good script none the less. Formerly slated for an August release (It was in June’s Diamond), Lola now will come out next year.
Come meet your favorite PANEL creators at SNAP!
Green Brain Comics in Dearborn, Michigan is organizing a new (hopefully) annual mini-comics and small press comics convention this weekend. SNAP! The Comic Arts Festival will be held Saturday, October 29th, 2005 at the Al Matta Hall in Dearborn, MI. Hours are 11-6.
Here’s a short article from the Detroit News covering the show. Cartoon by the always funny Sean Bieri:
Ferret Press and PANEL members (from this very blog!) attending the show are Dara Naraghi, Andy Bennett, Tom Williams, Sean McGurr, Steve Black, and Tony Goins. We’ll be joined by about 35 other self-publishers and mini-comics creators. Here’s the proposed Panel/Workshop schedule for the show:
- 12-1pm Special presentation by Phoebe Gloeckner on teaching sequential storytelling.
- 1:30-2:30pm How to silk-screen mini-comic covers using Print Gocco with Sean Bieri.
- 3-4pm How to make a mini-comic with Matt Feazell.
- 4:30-5:30 pm Cartoon Carousel with Bob Corby, Kel Crum and friends.
Here’s the new cover to Telgemeier’s GN adaptation of the Babysitter’s Club. Slated for next spring. Belated congrats to Raina and Dave(Roman’s) engagement. Her dude proposed to her in a comic. (Who does that?…oh yaaah)
Monday Morning “Guess the Artist”
We may be back to a difficult one this week. The artist festured below isn’t a “hot name” superstar right now, but he is definitelly known and worked on some very high profile projects.
As always, use the comments section to share your guess.
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(previous weeks: 9/12/2005, 9/19/2005, 9/26/2005, 10/3/2005, 10/10/2005, 10/17/2005)
One Off Clothing!
Here’s the site I was talking about at the meeting. Sounds like a better deal than Cafe Press. It’s an outfit that will do low runs of t-shirts in silkscreen. No set up fee. If I’m reading this right you can get a shirt done with your design for $12! You pick the (1)color ink, style and shirt from their selection. There are discounts in bulk as well. Sounds like a great deal for the small press person dipping their toe in merch.
+see Elizabeth, I do look at the links you send me. Hah!
Dubya campaign against jesus
It’s an old link, but still funny. What if W was running against Jesus himself? See the campaign ad, courtesy of Mad Magzine.
“Jesus – Wrong for America.”
Watchmen
The glut of 20th anniversary Watchmen articles reaches the mainstream with a five page article (including Alan Moore interview) in the latest Entertainment Weekly (which I believe is part of the Time-Warner corporate empire which owns DC Comics). Of note is the quote “Watchmen is the greatest piece of popular fiction ever produced” by Lost co-creator Damon Lindelof.
By the way, where’s our Lost weekly update? I watched it in a haze late Wednesday night and only remember fleeting details.
Holy crap, it’s Gib Bickel
(with apologies to all our non-Columbus resident readers)
Physics and Comics
It’s a very short article light on details, but worth a quick look. James Kakalios, a physics professor at the University of Minnesota, teaches a seminar called “Everything I Know About Science I Learned from Reading Comic Books.”Quote from Kakalios :
“It’s a very sneaky class,” Kakalios said. “It’s getting you to eat your spinach by hiding it in a lovely superhero sundae”