Did you know that HOTWIRE 2 contributor Tobias Tak was once one of the highest regarded tap dancers in Europe? From his TapDance.com bio: "Dutch-born, London-based TOBIAS TAK is one of the most gifted tap soloists, following extensive training with some of the greatest names in 20th-century American jazz tap history (Pepsi Bethel etc). He has worked with Wayne Sleep, Gregory Hines, The Nicholas Brothers, Paco Pena, Jools Holland, Humphrey Lyttleton, JazzXchange, Zoots & Spangles, Bullies Ballerinas, Bryan Ferry, Angela Rippon etc etc." He's also a wholly unique and talented cartoonist. Here's a page from his HOTWIRE 2 story:
MOME Interview 6: Tim Hensley
The latest artist to speak out in our ongoing series of Mome interview web reprints is Tim Hensley, in a discussion with Gary Groth conducted in September 2006 and originally printed in Mome Vol. 6; read it in its entirety right here. Previously: Paul Hornschemeier, Gabrielle Bell, Kurt Wolfgang, Jonathan Bennett and Andrice Arp. Next up: Anders Nilsen.
Ellen Forney, transit artist
Seattle residents can look forward to some public art by Ellen Forney. Sez Ellen: I'll be doing the public art for the Sound Transit tunnel from the west entrance by SCCC under Broadway, to the station. Yay! I'm not sure what art I'm going to do yet (Big Fuckin' Hands or naked ladies might not pass through the committee processes) but I'll come up with something with my signature feel-good flair. (Here is a "sample of my public work," courtesy of Photoshop.) (Via Slog.)
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Mome artist Robert Goodin talks about the cartooning life to Illustration.org.
Flickr Pools and Pals
There's now a Flickr pool of art that was submitted to the Open Call page for BEASTS! Book Two (due out later this year). So far about 75 people have added their piece to the page. Above is Daniel Goffin's creature. While you're at Flickr… I also just posted sneak peek scans of the printed Dash Shaw book covers (white and black on Kraft always looks good). On my page here. Then check out how awesome Steven Weissman's work looks when done with Zip-a-tone!
Bonus Members (and Public) Preview: Most Outrageous
This week we have a bonus preview for our registered users: a downloadable 19-page excerpt containing the entire first two chapters of Most Outrageous: The Trials and Trespasses of Dwaine Tinsley and Chester the Molester by Bob Levin. Sign up and/or sign in to view. As an extra free bonus for everyone, we've put the book's Introduction, written by Levin, on our website for the genral public. Enjoy!
Members Preview: Amor Y Cohetes
This week's free preview is a downloadable 25-page excerpt from Amor Y Cohetes, the concluding volume of the Love and Rockets Library. These previews are exclusive to registered Fantagraphics.com users, so sign up and/or sign in to view. We also have an extra bonus preview to unveil today… stay tuned! (As a reminder, 20/20 Club members receive these previews two weeks before we post them on the website, just one of many great reasons to join up…)
Most Outrageous – Exclusive Preview
{product_snapshot:id=1469,true,false,true,left}THE TRIALS AND TRESPASSES OF DWAINE TINSLEY AND CHESTER THE MOLESTER In May 1989, Dwaine Tinsley stood at the summit of an unlikely career. The product of a broken, trailer-trash marriage, he was a high school dropout who had decided to become a professional cartoonist while serving a six-year sentence in a Maryland prison for burglary. As cartoon editor for Larry Flynt’s notorious Hustler magazine, he had assembled a staff of pen-and-Wite-Out-wielding Lenny Bruces whose unprecedentedly offensive socio-sexual cartoons had spearheaded that publication’s fight against the forces of censorship and repression that sought to overthrow the political and cultural gains…
Amor Y Cohetes – Exclusive Preview
The Seventh and Final Volume of the Love and Rockets Library {product_snapshot:id=1458,true,false,true,left}To a very great extent, Love and Rockets is synonymous with Hoppers’ Maggie & Hopey and Palomar’s Luba & Carmen & Heraclio & Tonantzin… but there was always more to L&R than that. Amor Y Cohetes finally collects together in one convenient package all the non-Maggie and non-Palomar stories by all three Hernandez Brothers from that classic first, 50-issue Love and Rockets series — a dizzying array of styles and approaches that re-confirms these groundbreaking cartoonists’ place in the history of comics. The book leads off with Gilbert’s original…
Todd DePastino hits the road for Willie & Joe
Todd DePastino hits the road in April and May to promote his TWO new books about the legendary cartoonist Bill Mauldin. DePastino is the author of the just-released A LIFE UP FRONT, the definitive biography of Mauldin published by W.W. Norton. He is also the general editor of the cartoon collection WILLIE & JOE: THE WWII YEARS, coming next month from Fantagraphics (check out our Flicker slideshow here). He will talk about both books in New Mexico, Chicago, Boston and Pittsburgh in the coming weeks. WHEN: Thursday, April 3, 7:00 PMWHERE: Santa Fe Public Library145 Washington StreetSanta Fe, NM WHEN: Friday, April 4 at 7 PMWHERE: Page…
