Paul Hornschemeier from thisartist on Vimeo. Paul Hornschemeier shares his workspace, artwork, thoughts on publication, and winning smile (seriously, dude's a smilin' fool) in this video profile for thisartist.tv. For more video action from Paul, check out this video trailer for Life with Mr. Dangerous which he commissioned from director Bruce Parsons. It's beautifully produced and depicts a bit of "offscreen" backstory in live action. Nice. And Paul shows off someone else showing off his forthcoming postcard set from Chronicle, So-So Heroes, here. Busy guy, that Paul.
Things to See: More Twain peeks from Michael Kupperman
Michael Kupperman has taken to his blog to announce his next book Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010 and post a few illustrations from it, including the previously unseen one above. Are those donuts or bagels? I'm on tenterhooks.
Daily OCD: 5/3/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review (Audio): On the inaugural episode of Boing Boing's Gweek podcast, co-host Mark Frauenfelder talks about Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 1: Race to Death Valley by Floyd Gottfredson: "Gottfredson really turned Mickey into this adventuring character who has really fun experiences… It's got that great '30s look to the art… It is very dense, but well-done, with a good sense of composition, so it flows along. The characters really have great emotion. There's nothing stiff about it — it's really lively… it's just beautiful. …Carl Barks is always the first artist most comic…
Mark Bodé artwork stolen
Bleeding Cool reports that this piece by Mark Bodé, titled Tag Dis, was stolen from a San Francisco art gallery. If you come across it, please notify the proper authorities. (I just picked up an issue of his Miami Mice comic last weekend!)
Preview Jim Woodring’s Congress of the Animals at The Beat
Head on over to The Beat to check out the first 10 pages (including a title page) from Jim Woodring's new graphic novel Congress of the Animals.
Bookmark: Drew Friedman’s new blog
That's right, Drew Friedman started up a new blog! What better place to keep up with all his latest illos, artwork and updates? None, I tell you!
Beto Is Old School! Yeah!
In a brave new world where practically every cartoonist by now scans his or her original art and sends us discs or drops files on our server, Gilbert Hernandez remains staunchly stuck in the 20th century, whence he FedExes us fat packages of art every time we have a new book of his to release. And thus today we were blessed with a FedEx carton containing his 50 count 'em 50 pages for the next issue of Love and Rockets: New Stories, premiering in San Diego in July. Here's one of 'em. (Click for a bigger version.) You'll get to…
Swedish SPX, Here I Come!
I'm excited to head off tomorrow for my first trip to Scandinavia. I live in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, a Scandinavian hotbed where seemingly everyone on my block is named either Thor or Bjorn, and Norwegian and Swedish flags hang on every few houses. So I'm excited to be able to tell my neighbors I made a pilgrimage to the homeland. But I'm even more excited to attend my first-ever Swedish SPX, courtesy Johannes Klenell and the fine folks at GALAGO, and pal around for a few days in Stockholm with the great Dash Shaw. If you're gonna be there (and if you are, here's the…
Now in stock: Eye of the Majestic Creature by Leslie Stein
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Eye of the Majestic Creature by Leslie Stein 128-page black & white 7.5" x 11" softcover • $18.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-413-9 Previews & Ordering Info Eye of the Majestic Creature is a collection of semi-autobiographical and fantasy-based comics that combine dry humor, psychedelia, and emotion to show the viewpoint of one person’s world internally and externally. The story follows a young girl, Larrybear, and her talking acoustic guitar Marshmallow on their adventures through the countryside, Chicago, San Francisco and New York. While Larrybear struggles to connect with strangers, her friends, and her family…
The Complete Crumb Comics Vols. 13 & 15 – Previews
Video and photo looks at our most recently reprinted volumes of The Complete Crumb Comics, slightly belated, but as promised — if they're not displaying for you below, click the titles to view them on their respective product pages (where you’ll find more info about each book, natch): The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 13: The Season of the Snoid (New Softcover Printing)by Robert Crumb 128-page black & white/color 8.5" x 11" softcover • $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-56097-413-0 Order Now! The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 15: Mode O'Day and Her Pals (New Softcover Printing)by Robert Crumb 128-page black & white/color 8.5" x…
