{mosimage}Max Andersson was born 1962 in Karesuando, Sweden. He studied graphic design in Stockholm (1982-84), then film production at New York University. After directing and producing a number of short films, for which he was awarded prizes at the Berlin, Melbourne and Los Angeles Film Festivals, he turned to the comics medium in the late ’80s. His work has been translated to eight languages, and his drawings as well as paintings, objects and installations have been exhibited in Sweden, Germany, the U.S.A., France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece and Slovenia. Max Andersson currently lives and works in…
Look, maw, we’re on the teevee
Just had to grab some Simpsons screencaps featuring Fantagraphics product placement:
Bardín the Unstoppable Awards Machine
Via The Beat: Spanish artist Max has been awarded the first-ever Premio Nacional del Cómic 2007 (National Comics Award) by the Spanish Ministry of Culture for his book Bardín the Superrealist. This is the second major European comics award received by Bardín, and this one comes with a nice fat €15,000 prize. According to the Spanish Reuters article (as translated by Babelfish), "'the jury considers' Bardín the Superrealist 'a graphically overwhelming work, with an original script and filled with literary, philosophical and cinematographic references,' the ministry in an official notice said." Congratulations, Max!
Clowes talks ‘Simpsons’
To the Leader-Post of Canada.
Welcome to Nerd World
Matt Selman blogs over at TIME about writing this weekend's Simpsons episode featuring Clowes, Spiegelman, Moore, Meltdown, Tintin, etc.
Opening Friday: UNSEEN PEANUTS in Seattle!
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Proudly Presents "UNSEEN PEANUTS," an Exhibition of Rarely Seen Works by Charles M. Schulz Opening November 23.
"It's no stretch at all to say that Charles Schulz was the most popular and successful American artist who ever lived." — Charles McGrath, New York Times
Perhaps no American artist is more closely associated with the holidays than "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, in association with the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, celebrates the holiday season with "Unseen Peanuts," a display of little known works by this incomparable master of the comic strip medium. The exhibition opens on Friday, November 23 and continues through December 31, 2007.
Peter Bagge on cable tonight
Artland:USA, a Dish satellite network series showcasing artwork throughout the nation, will recognize Seattle's artsy side in tonight's episode. It includes an interview with Seattle cartoonist Peter Bagge along with trips to the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, the Olympic Sculpture Park, the Seattle Public Library, and my personal favorite art museum in Seattle, the Frye.
New Release: Meat Cake #16
Meat Cake #16by Dame Darcy Meat Cake profiles the romantic Rudolph Valentino, the secret language of flowers, love spells, and spells for mermaid hair. Plus: don't miss the true tale of the magical ball and a kitten left by the faeries in a box of nails, depictions of 16th century folk ballads about the uselessness of everything, as only Dame Darcy can depict. And… sex magic! 32-page black & white comic $3.95Order Now!
Larry Reid’s Fanta (Eros) Racer?
L to R: Alan Moore, Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes.
A rough re-cap of tonight's Simpsons episode.
