Category Archives: cartoon art
Power of Imagery: Wish Paintings
Colleen’s Wish Painting Ever hear of a “vision board?” They’re where you cut out pictures of things you want from magazines and paste them on a piece of posterboard. The idea is you see it every day, and magically draw … Continue reading
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The Lineage of My Artwork
Show alert: the fall group exhibition at BWAC (aka: The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, “Where EVERYBODY Can Be a Contenda!”) opens on September 25. Over 300 artists are showing their stuff and the theme is LINEAGE. As in your own, … Continue reading
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When an Artist Curates a Show, Good Things Happen: “NeoIntegrity” at MoCCA
“Artists make great exhibition curators. They have expert eyes, a personal stake in the game and contacts with all kinds of other artists, including those who ride under the establishment radar. Museum surveys of contemporary art rarely produce surprises. Artist-organized … Continue reading
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Fly Your Freak Flag… for $25 per Frame
Happily shameless plug for an all-time favorite of mine, on it’s way to the big screen. Gilbert Shelton’s Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers movie is once away under production, this time in stop-motion 3D. Look for “Grass Roots” to come to … Continue reading
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Robert Williams Crashes the Whitney Biennial
A heathen on the hallowed grounds of real American Art? Robert Williams, former disciple of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, he of Rat Fink fame, is exhibiting in the Whitney Biennial. (thanks, Whitney!) A truly fine cartoon artist breaks the barrier … Continue reading
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Spinoff Blog: Fine Cartoon Art
Cartoons, comics and their ilk are fine art. There, I said it, and I’m starting a new blog dedicated to this subject. It starts off like this: When Picasso drew, that was considered art. “Igor Stravinsky” by Pablo Picasso When … Continue reading
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Adrian Tomine! Seth! Al Jaffee! and more, this weekend in New York.
Comic Geeks Unite…. at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s MoCCA Art Festival 2009. Celebrate the great American art form. Meet legends like Al (Mad magazine’s “Mr. Fold-In”) Jaffee and newer talent like Dr. Sketchy’s Molly Crabapple. GT Lab’s … Continue reading
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Three Reasons to Like John K
1. Ren 2. Stimpy 3. His blog (Okay, there are more reasons, but why clutter this posting?) John K, besides being a talented artist, is also a highly principled guy. He reveres good design and drawing, deplores much of the … Continue reading
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Remember the Del Rio?
Way back in 1997 I drew a cartoon based on observations I made while hanging out at the Del Rio restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It was a fun project, and people enjoyed it, mostly I assume because of their … Continue reading
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Humbug!
In 1956, Mad was the hottest thing since sunburn. It was selling out every issue, featured the best artistic talent in the industry and buoyed Bill Gaines’ EC comic book empire, unintentionally spawning several wannabe parodic rags in the process. … Continue reading
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