Just discovered Edward Gorey is up at the Orlando Museum of Art (not too far from Gainesville) until Oct 31. Leela is down there now (for a bellydance conference.) Elegant Enigmas: The Art of Edward Gorey – Exhibitions – OMA – Orlando Museum of Art.
Monthly Archives: August 2010
What would be in your comix curriculm?
Seriously, we’d like to know: what would be in your comix curricula? I’ve been traveling New York City and emailing around asking for ideas, now I’d like to ask you. Your emphatic, impassioned pleas: more story, more genre, more levator scapulae, more spotting blacks, more traditional color, please, make the … Continue reading
Comix “remakes” – Tom Hart on Julie Doucet
I did this particular page mostly because of the 2nd panel. Julie Doucet blew me away for a number of reasons, most was her sense of anarchy. That second panel was such a new idea: “This panel lasts for 10-15 minutes”! Even though it was Julie’s fantasy work that surprised … Continue reading
Vanessa Davis sketches for the blog and flier
The fantastic amazing Vanessa Davis has agreed to do some of our marketing materials, including the website images and the in-process brochure. I asked for a cool lady going to art school for our central image. Here are Vanessa’s first sketches and some of our back and forth about it. … Continue reading
Prison Pit
Johnny Ryan’s work is always working on a few different levels. There’s the provocateur, the self-taught craftsman and the rare creator who has this amazing ability to access a rich subconscious storehouse of imagery that I am jealous of. In the cultural comics landscape, he now occupies the same position … Continue reading
Siegel and Shuster’s Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, from the Creators of Superman
Interesting essay on the origins Jewish humor which earns points for ballsiness. My co-worker, after only a quick glance at the contents questioned whether it was an anti -Semitic book because it reprints so much anti Semitic artifacts from the early 20th century, The book is from Feral house, so … Continue reading
Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s Black Blizzard
Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s Black Blizzard. Tatsumi drew this in 20 days when he was 21 years old. It’s a gripping, fast moving, plot, with drawings full of angular lines, fast-laid zip-a-tone and quick expressive figures.