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Sunday, July 12, 2009
5:54PM
At a nearby bus shelter, someone left a sticker on the bench that says, "JESUS: COMING SOON."
Below that, in marker: "I'd rather it was the bus."
This summer, I will be appearing at two events (but only one of them in person)
One:
As Shaenon has pointed out, "The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco (www.cartoonart.org) is organizing "Monsters of Webcomics," a showcase of cutting-edge webcomics work." Some original art will be on display there for this show from August 8 - December 6, 2009. My original art is small and looks exactly the same on paper as it does when it is posted online, so prepare to have a reaction that is blasé. But then look at the amazing line up of talent they have otherwise and prepare to be amazed!
Two:
Vancouver! Are you going to be in Vancouver on August 23rd? So am I! Robin Bougie posted this one. Pretty cool, I haven't seen the west coast in a while, but I miss the mountains.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
The Cartoon Art Museum of San Francisco (www.cartoonart.org) is organizing "Monsters of Webcomics," a showcase of cutting-edge webcomics work. The show's ten spotlight artists have already been selected. However, the museum also wants to include a virtual gallery of as many other webcomics as possible. If you're interested in having your art included in the virtual gallery, email curator Andrew Farago at gallery@cartoonart.org.
Feel free to spread this information around the webcomics community. The museum wants a wide range of comics included in the show.
Here's the press release:
Monsters of Webcomics
August 8 - December 6, 2009
The Internet has revolutionized all forms of communication, and comics are no exception. The Cartoon Art Museum explores the digital revolution in its latest exhibition, Monsters of Webcomics, a showcase of some of the best and boldest work published on the World Wide Web.
Cartoonists choose to work on the Web for many reasons. For some, it’s an opportunity to reach readers directly without going through editors, publishers, or syndicates. For others, it’s a chance to explore the artistic possibilities of the Web, whether that means working in a format that would be impossible in print, tackling subject matter most comic-book publishers won’t handle, or taking advantage of the rich palette available with digital coloring. Others simply want to share their comics with as many people as possible.
The comics by the ten artists featured in this exhibition run the gamut from four-panel comic strips to full-length graphic novels and include comedy, drama, history, science fiction, and sociopolitical commentary. As varied as this work is, however, it represents only a very small sample of the comics available on the Web. The Monsters of Webcomics exhibition also includes a virtual gallery that will highlight dozens of additional online comics.
(IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: If you are a webcartoonist and would like to participate in the virtual gallery component of this historic exhibition, please e-mail C.A.M. Curator Andrew Farago at gallery@cartoonart.org)
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Slow Wave
By Jesse Reklaw
http://www.slowwave.com
Hark! A Vagrant!
By Kate Beaton
http://www.harkavagrant.com
Girl Genius
By Phil and Kaja Foglio
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com
Cat and Girl
By Dorothy Gambrell
http://www.catandgirl.com
The Perry Bible Fellowship
By Nicholas Gurewitch
http://www.pbfcomics.com
Dicebox
By Jenn Manley Lee
http://www.dicebox.net
Family Man
By Dylan Meconis
http://www.lutherlevy.com
Achewood
By Chris Onstad
http://www.achewood.com
Templar, AZ
By Spike
http://www.templaraz.com
On Wednesday, July 15th, the very funny and perceptive Elliot Kalan will be presenting "The Devil and Daniel Webster" at the 92Y Tribeca. As Elliot puts it, this is "the best movie about a U.S. Senator battling Satan ever made". It's actually a terrific old flick, from 1941, based on the famous story, and starring the great character actor Edward Arnold as Daniel Webster, and the equally great character actor Walter Huston as The Devil. As a bonus you get the amazing Simone Simon as a temptress from Hades, a year before she famously appeared in in "Cat People". Courtroom drama, homespun backwoods humor, ghosts, demons, you get it all here. Works terrifically, even the hokiness is nicely presented. I love this flick, you might, too.
Elliot will be speaking about the film after it's over, I've heard him speak and he's a very funny and intelligent guy (who happens to write for The Daily Show, and does stand-up in the NYC area). Apparently the venue has a bar (that may or not be open. I've never been there, myself). I'm hoping to go but my schedule's a mess, so I dunno. But, please, check out a cool movie and listen to a funny guy talk old films afterward, on a larger than usual screen. Elliot previously showed The Thin Man, and if there's a good response to these screenings, there may be more scheduled in the future.
Here's the info:
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" hosted by Elliot Kalan
Wednesday, June 15th, 8pm
92Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street, Manhattan
Tix: $12
Buy 'em online at http://www.92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?productid=T-MM5FJ28
ALSO!
In funnybook event news: this Thursday, July 16th, at MOCCA, Picturebox's Dan Nadel will be in conversation with the great David Mazzucchelli, he of Daredevil, Batman, Rubber Blanket and Asterios Polyp cartoon fame.
Here's the PR they sent out so I don't have to type anymore:
Please join the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA for
David Mazzucchelli and Dan Nadel in Conversation
Thursday, July 16, 7 P.M.
at MoCCA, 594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince), suite 401, New
York, NY 10012
Here's a map for the venue for those with Manhattan-itus.
Mazzucchelli and Nadel will discuss Mazzucchelli's work, and the
exhibition, Sounds and Pauses. Mazzucchelli will sign copies of
Asterios Polyp and other books after the conversation.
About David Mazzucchelli:
David Mazzucchelli has been making comics his whole life. Known
chiefly for his collaborations—with Frank Miller on seminal Batman
and Daredevil stories, and with Paul Karasik on an adaptation of Paul
Auster's novel, City of Glass—he began publishing his own stories in
1991 in his anthology magazine, Rubber Blanket. Since then his short
comics have been published in books and magazines around the world.
Asterios Polyp is his first graphic novel.
And, currently on view at MoCCA :
Sounds and Pauses: The Comics of David Mazzucchelli
Okay, got that? Lots of David's art on the walls, and good comic book talk. And you can get your copy of Asterios Polyp signed and annoy David by asking him when he's going back to draw Batman. Tell him I sent you! Ha ha! Again, I want to go, but my schedule won't allow, most likely. But both of these events are up my alley, maybe up yours as well. Huh. Sorry for the "up yours" thing, didn't mean it to sound that way.
Current mood: Apprehensive Current music: WFMU
Friday, July 10, 2009
I call to your attention the webcomic Gods Playing Poker, which has a syndication feed at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/syndicated.gif) gppcomic.
I especially call to your attention the entry for today, July 10, 2009. Simple, simple win.
Hey, folks, still in Beasts of Burden promo mode. This time around we have an online preview of the series.
Dark Horse has posted the first Beasts of Burden short story on their site for anyone and everyone to read (and hopefully enjoy). The 8-pg story, Stray, was done in 2003, art by Jill Thompson, story by me. It originally appeared in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, but some folks may have seen it when DHC printed it up as a mini Halloween giveaway comic.
This story was done as a one-shot, when we had no idea we'd continue it, forget one day having a dedicated series. It introduces most of the main characters, and pretty much introduces the concept: animals dealing with the supernatural in a small town. Jill won an Eisner for her painted work on Stray, which has only gotten better and better with each installment (imho). If all goes well, Dark Horse will be putting more of the short stories from the DHC anthologies up on their site in the coming weeks. It's a great way to get to know what the series is like, without spending a dime or searching the bookstore or comic shop. We're doing what we can to get the word out while retailers are considering their orders, so, thanks for bearing with me while I shill for the series.
It was either this or the story of how my car broke down today while I was on the way to my MRI appointment. Yeah, maybe that was funny, but I gotta go with the comics, sorry (my phone was dead and I was stuck in the middle of the street when my car's shut off triggered after I drove over a vicious pothole. Oh, the hilarity! MRI re-scheduled, day partly shot.).
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the first Beasts story. If you do, please tell a friend or two to give it the once over. It's free. And please consider pre-ordering the first issue of the series, coming out September 16th.
Appreciate it.
Current mood: No Current music: No
Anne why are you writing books about how alcoholic losers ruin people's lives? Don't you see that romanticizing douchey behavior is the proper literary convention in this family! Honestly.
Dear Mr. Burns-White,
It has been a long time since you enacted a distribution of biscuits (tasty, tasty variety); however, I would posit the time has come again.
Sincerely,
Mr. Riley.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Tried to sell my Xbox on Ebay last week. As expected, the dumb redneck fucker from Oklahoma who "bought" it can't be bothered to pay.
Hopefully he has heard something about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and would like to know more.
Iiiiiit's Crime-Fightin' Time!
Or Meme Time. Both involve reckless shooting and the tears of grieving mothers.
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• Post ten of any pictures currently on your hard drive that you think are self-expressive.
• NO CAPTIONS!!! It must be like we're speaking with images and we have to interpret your visual language just like we have to interpret your words.
• They must ALREADY be on your hard drive - no googling or flickr! They have to have been saved to your folders sometime in the past. They must be something you've saved there because it resonated with you for some reason.
• You do NOT have to answer any questions about any of your pictures if you don't want to. You can make them as mysterious as you like. Or you can explain them away as much as you like.
( Behind the laughter broods a sad clown. )
These might be images that lay naked my thoughts, beliefs and dreams. Or they may just be a bunch of random crap I found in our 4chan folder. You'll never know.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) veshy, I'll email you tonight. :D
So Gamespot did a preview for Persona PSP's english release, and they included a video! It's the movie that plays at the hospital, and it shows off the voice acting for Nanjou, Mark and Yukino.
Convention sketch:
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
This might be the only drawing I ever did of the entire Narbonic cast.
Well, in three weeks I've got to move from Toronto to Halifax, and I need to get a moving company! I hope I haven't left this too late.
I thought about driving, but was looking up uhaul reviews this morning and I had completely forgotten they were absolutely terrifying and it is something like renting a flaming death conduit, which I am keen to avoid. Has anyone had a very good experience with a moving company in Canada? Do tell!
I will probably do something special to cover the move, like commissions, which I never do. Sound good?
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