Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
PUT YOUR $ WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS
Here is a piece from last night.. Our client came in and wanted to set the record straight with the good and the bad..
Thursday, July 29, 2010
PORTRAIT OF THE CARTOONIST AS A WOMAN by Liza Donnelly REVISED
Liza Donnelly has posted a good chunk (32 pages) of her graphic novel autobiography over at the NARRATIVE Magazine site.CORRECTION: This is not a preview of her new GN, but rather it's a new "spin-off." (See below.)One hitch: NARRATIVE wants you to register at their site in order to see it.CORRECTION 2: Liza emailed me the following:"... [Y]ou don't have to register in order to see it. It was in
Video: MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT Intro
Here is the first 90 seconds of the very first episode of the TV show MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT. Based upon "stories, inspirational pieces, cartoons and things that go bump in the night by James Thurber," to quote the titles.You may already know the format:William Windom plays John Monroe, a cartoonist who commutes from his Connecticut house to New York City to work at The Manhattanite magazine.
LOVE HER MADLY
Here is a piece from a couple days ago on a loyal client who came thru for and upgrade..
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Clouds
Well I thought it was funny.in reference to: lose-weight.jpg (JPEG Image, 497×406 pixels) (view on Google Sidewiki)
WAR IS BORING by David Axe and Matt Bors
WAR IS BORING, a graphic novel collaboration between journalist David Axe and editorial cartoonist Matt Bors, arrives from the New American Library next week. The Huffington Post has a preview here."War correspondence -- that makes sense, people tell me. By why comics? they ask. "Because words seem to want to connect like plumbing: one piece at a time in a perfect line, no gap between them.
Video: Sundance's "Strokes of Genius" series: Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones
"This is an homage to two of my favorite artists. The great geniuses of MAD Magazine: Sergio Aragones and Al Jaffee. These two guys were thinkers, "imaginers," and writers and wonderful artists in the history of humor." - from Steve Brodner's introduction.Here are 4 short videos about two of the seminal "Usual Gang of Idiots" from MAD Magazine: Al Jaffee and Sergio Aragones.Steve Brodner
Ikki Minami Head East Gunz Outperfect Geng
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ITS ALL FOR THE FAM
Here is a piece on one of our clients who just made it in from Vegas on his way back to Canada..
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Konan: Member of the Akatsuki Women
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Akatsuki team best Picture
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Murder Suspect Wants Comics Strips Brought Back
Jeremy Valdes faces the death penalty in a double homicide. Even though he's busy with his trial, he did make the time to email the local paper, the Standard-Examiner, to ask that PEARLS BEFORE SWINE and GARFIELD be reinstated to the comics page."While I have you here, my friends and I would like to request that you bring back the comics, Pearls Before Swines and Garfield. Thank you."More
Video: Fake Stan Lee
Here is Fake Stan Lee at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. Just click and play. I could watch a TV series of Fake Stan Lee.Huge hat tip to Journalista!
The "Crippled KFC Chicken" Statue by Harry Bliss
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and the city of Louisville, KY have a problem and it's called Kentucky Fried Chicken. Louisville is the headquarters for Yum! Brands, which owns the KFC franchises.New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss designed the above 5 1/2 foot tall bloody chicken statue to show the inhumane treatment that chicken suppliers use. PETA petitioned to put the statue on
IT'S A WRAP
This past week we were out in S.D. at Comic Con for our Friend Danny Trejo and his new film Machete Co Starring Robert DeNiro. Thanks to Robert Rodriguez & everyone who was involved. Here is a lil video of the process...
Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha wallpaper
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Cool Naruto Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze wallpaper
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga Love Story
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John Callahan Dead at 59
John Callahan died due to complications with his paralysis on July 24, 2010 at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, OR. He was 59. Mr. Callahan had been in declining health for some time, according to Tom D'Antoni's article in the Oregon Music News.John Callahan had been paralyzed since the age of 21 due to a car accident. He turned to alcohol, and then, cartooning. His cartoons were
FAMILY TIES
Our good friend & client J59 came thru on Friday with his Son to get a Family Piece..Inspired by The Hawaiian culture.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Oh HELL. It's HOT.
TThis weeks entry in the Cartoonist forum contest. The theme was set by wiLbur, last weeks controversial winner. The theme was simply 'HOT'. Struggled with this for the whole week. Got this done moments before the contest deadline. Quite a few hellish cartoons this week.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Gara vs Naruro wallpaper 2010
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Sasuke Devil Wallpaper
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Naruto vs Sasuke wallpaper
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THEY CALL HIM MACHETE
Thanks to everyone who came out to support us over in S.D. at Comic Con promoting for the Machete Film starring our long time friend Danny Trejo. Here are a couple fliks of how it went down.
TRAILER OF THE WEEK
There is no official trailer for this film.. So here is one for you to dig for and add to the collection.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Video: Flash Rosenberg
My friend Flash Rosenberg draws as John Lithgow reads. This is all part of the Who Is Mark Twain? book.Who is Mark Twain? from Flash Rosenberg on Vimeo.
Olympic National Park
Olympic National ParkOlympic National Park is located in the U.S. state of Washington, in the Olympic Peninsula. The park can be divided into three basic regions: the Pacific coastline, the Olympic Mountains, and the temperate rainforest. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt originally created Mount Olympus National Monument in 1909 and after Congress voted to authorize a re-designation to National Park status, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the legislation in 1938. In 1976, Olympic National Park became an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 it was designated a World Heritage Site. In 1988, Congress designated 95 percent of the park as the Olympic Wilderness.
Source : Wikipedia.com
Arches National Park
Arches National ParkArches National Park is a U.S. National Park in eastern Utah. It is known for preserving over 2000 natural sandstone arches, including the world-famous Delicate Arch, in addition to a variety of unique geological resources and formations.
The park is located just outside of Moab, Utah, and is 119 square miles (310 km2) in size. Its highest elevation is 5,653 feet (1,723 m) at Elephant Butte, and its lowest elevation is 4,085 feet (1,245 m) at the visitor center. Since 1970, forty-three arches have toppled because of erosion. The park receives 10 inches (250 mm) of rain a year on average.
Administered by the National Park Service, the area was originally designated as a National Monument on April 12, 1929. It was redesignated as a National Park on November 12, 1971.
Source : Wikipedia.com
Video: Punch Cartoonist George Sprod
Australian TV has a great piece on George Sprod, who even if you don't know what on Earth a George Sprod is, then please oh please -- do take a look. His nephew, David Sprod, shows us many originals and talks about his uncle lying about his age to join the army, and his 3 1/2 years in a Japanese POW camp. George Sprod went to be a prolific cartoonist, best remembered for his PUNCH Magazine
Harvey Pekar 1939-2010
Above: the many heads of Harvey, commissioned by Smith Magazine in honor of the man's 70th birthday."I can't draw but I write great stories, chock full of redeeming social value. Like I do stuff about how I fought my way up from Cleveland's tough East side to become a world renowned jazz critic. Just ask Crumb & up & coming Bob Armstrong & they'll tell you how deep I am." - from a letter
CITY OF NIGHT
Here are a couple of sick fliks the Homie Willie T. took while we were painting the other day.. I was adding some final touches and the Homie Risk Rock was adding some more color to his wall.
Tomas Berdych
Tomas BerdychTomáš Berdych (Czech pronunciation: born September 17, 1985, in Valašské Meziříčí) is a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He was the runner up in the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, and a semifinalist at the 2010 French Open. He reached a career high of World No. 8 on 5 July 2010.
Source : Wikipedia.com
Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del PotroJuan Martín del Potro (Spanish pronunciation: born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine professional tennis player who is the current highest-ranked Argentine and the seventh-ranked player in the world. Del Potro achieved a top 10 ranking by the Association of Tennis Professionals for the first time on October 6, 2008. In January 2010, he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 4.
Having started playing tennis at the age of seven, del Potro won his first senior match in 2004 at the age of 15. In 2008, he became the first player in ATP history to win his first four career titles in as many tournaments. He also completed the second longest winning streak in 2008, and the second longest by a teenager in the Open Era, behind Rafael Nadal—with his winning sequence spanning 23 matches over five tournaments. Del Potro captured his maiden Grand Slam title at the 2009 US Open defeating Roger Federer in the final, and Nadal in the semifinal, becoming the first man ever to beat both Federer and Nadal in the same Grand Slam. He became the second Argentine and the fifth youngest man to win the US Open title in the Open Era.Later that year he qualified for the 2009 Barclays ATP World Tour Finals where he was the runner-up.
Source : Wikipedia.com
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Addo Elephant National
Addo Elephant NationalAddo Elephant National Park is an elephant park situated close to Port Elizabeth in South Africa and is recognized as one of the country's twenty national parks.
HistoryThe original section of the park was founded in 1931, in part due to the efforts of Sydney Skaife, in order to provide a sanctuary for the eleven remaining elephants in the area. The park has proved to be very successful and currently houses more than 450 elephants and a large number of other mammals.
Expansion
The original park has subsequently been expanded to include the Woody Cape Nature Reserve that extends from the Sundays River mouth towards Alexandria and a marine reserve, which includes St. Croix Island and Bird Island, an important breeding habitat for gannets and penguins, not to mention a large variety of other marine life. Bird Island is home to the world's largest breeding colony of gannets - about 120,000 birds - and also hosts the second largest breeding colony of African penguins, the largest breeding colony being St Croix island. This forms part of the plan to expand the 1,640 km² Addo National Elephant Park into a 3,600 km² Greater Addo Elephant National Park.
The expansion has meant not only that the park contains five of South Africa's seven major vegetation zones (biomes) but also that it is probably the only park in the world to house the so-called "Big 7" (elephant, rhinoceros, lion, buffalo, leopard, whale and great white shark) in their natural habitat.
Source : Wikipedia.com
Video: VOYAGE TO THE END OF THE UNIVERSE
I have no idea what this 1963 Czech movie IKARIE XB1 is all about, but I found it mesmerizing in its shadowy visuals and the sense of dread as the above 2 astronauts explore a derelict ship in space.Stylistically more advanced than many other futuristic movies of its day, IKARIE XB1 is credited with being Czechoslovakia's first sci fi movie. If I was doing a sci fi graphic novel, I would want it
Steve Breen: Drawing with BP Oil
Editorial cartoonist Steve Breen decided that using regular old ink to depict the anger he felt about BP oil spill wasn't effective enough.Now, most people who are not happy with the way things are will sit back in their chair and complain. Not Steve. He went in to action. He spent his own time and money to address his dissatisfaction.Here's a bit from the AP article:"'I wanted to channel that
Gerald Scarfe Draws His Second Album Cover
Or do you say "CD cover" or "iTunes JPG?"Gerald Scarfe drew the iconic cover to Pink Floyd's THE WALL. Now he's doing his second album cover.Anyway, poet Philip Larkin is to have a record out on the 26th of this month, commemorating the 25 years since his death. Titled LARKIN'S JAZZ, this new collection (to quote Bruce Lindsay's essay at AllAboutJazz)" ... contains 81 of the tunes that he loved
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
The Garden as of Mid-July 2010
A few photos of the vegetable and flower gardens ....These are the 3 main raised beds of vegetables.Strawberries in front and runner beans in back. That's a tomato plant, lower right.Broccoli, peppers and yellow squash, and, in the back there, cucumbers.2 kinds of peas and cauliflower. On the far side (out of view): brussel sprouts.Foreground: tomatoes (with marigolds). Behind that, a second box
MI CULTURA
Here is a follow up session on a regular client who is going with the "Dia De Los Muertos" theme for her sleeve...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Video: "Breath of a Nation" TAD Dorgan
"The Breath of a Nation" is based on drawings by "TAD" Dorgan. This 1919 silent short was directed by Gregory La Cava.From the description by itllfly and the National Film Preservation Foundation:Production Company: International Films Service Co. (Educational Films Corp., distributor). Producer/Director: Gregory La Cava. Writer: Unknown; based on newspaper cartoon characters created by Thomas
Video: Pat Oliphant
Some great advice here from the one and only Mr. Oliphant. ("You gotta be mad. You gotta be pissed off. You gotta bring toursef to a boil [to draw a good editorial cartoon].") And some valuable close ups of him drawing.Via New Mexico's PBS station KNME.
THE MAYER OF SKID ROW
The homie Saber did a piece on Pepper who has been living on Skid Row for 30yrs...Reppin' the Arts District.Only the strong Survive!!
Apollo 11 Anniversary
The moon landing, 41 years ago today, was a big deal. It was a big deal the way the invention of fire was. It was maybe as big a deal as space is. I mean, to quote Douglas Adams,"Space ... is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly hugely mindboggingly big it is ...."I'm saying that Apollo 11 was an unfathomably big deal. It was bigger, and vastly more important, than any media hype
Is Sarah Palin Up There With Barney Google and Homer Simpson?
Sarah Palin has claims a "Shakespearean right" to make up her own words. She cites that The Bard created words all the time and when she is accused of making a "gaffe" (to quote this article by Ted Webb) she says she MEANT to say that.For instance, she recently created the word "refudiate" instead of repudiate.Does this put her in the same league as famous cartoon characters who also created
Monday, July 19, 2010
MEMOIRS OF GEISHA
Here is a piece on loyal client who wanted to continue his sleeves with the Japanese theme.
Cartoon Class: George Booth, Puberty & the "Exquisite Corpse"
One of my summer traditions is teaching an intense week of cartoon classes at the Long Island Museum. I also get to hang out with some wonderful cartoonists and friends.CARTOON CLASSWe always have a grand time in cartoon class. This year, we averaged about 7.5 complete drawings per hour. The kids, all between 10 and 14, were drawing machines.I stand at the front of the class, and we all draw
Sunday, July 18, 2010
SOUL SUNDAY
Here is a little something that is different from what you are use to seeing on Soul Sunday but don't get it twisted Led Zeppelin has Soul.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Doraemon cartoon 2010
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Red Sky at Night
The orange sky that appeared at sunset last night, July 16, 2010, in Strafford County, NH.“Red sky at night,sailor’s delight. Red sky in morning,sailor take warning.”It was just a plain, hot, overcast day yesterday, and the same for today. Not much reason I can fathom for the sudden orange hue and biscuity clouds. If anyone sees a sailor, please inquire if he or she had a delightful
Video: Kim Deitch and THE SEARCH FOR SMILIN' ED
From an April 24, 2010 appearance at the Johns Hopkins Barnes & Noble bookstore. We see Kim Deitch talk about the genesis for THE SEARCH FOR SMILIN' ED, his latest graphic novel. This video was directed, edited and shot by John Kinhart.
Video: Art Spiegelman and Dan Zanes
Via WNYC radio: here are 2 short videos where Mr. Spiegelman and Mr. Zanes answer questions about (1) the last great book they read, (2) what's the one thing you're a fan of that people may not expect, and (3) "if you only had one day left, how would you spend it in New York?" Musician Dan Zanes worked with Mr. Spiegelman on the "Hapless Hooligan" collaboration with Pilobolus.
Video: Dan Clowes at The Strand
It's very kind of The Strand to post this, but something went wrong a bit, shrinking the picture down. Still, if you are a Dan Clowes fan, then this is of particular interest. The video is in 7 parts.
Surprise
YYeah, you know what this is. It's my entry in this week contest. Thought I'd do this one in colour. Some brilliant entries so far.
Friday, July 16, 2010
Mike Lynch Cartoon in July 16, 2010 Wall Street Journal
I have a cartoon in today's Wall Street Journal.This really happened to me.A long-winded gag line. Maybe the longest published gag line I've ever done.Note: The woman's dress looks like the original TREK tunic.Our man is sensitive; hence, the raised pinky on the hand on the wheel.A big hat tip to Pletch and Gregory Kogan for letting me know that I had a cartoon in today's WSJ!
A NEW SET OF WINGS
Here are a couple pieces from last night.. One was a remix to a cover up that she got at another shop and wanted to breath some Life into it.. The other was a first tattoo on one of her friends. That was inspired by her mother.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
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