My friend, graphic novelist Chris Schweizer, has a new SKETCHBOOK available for online ordering. He has all the details here. It's a gorgeous paperback. Take a look:
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Chris Schweizer: SKETCHBOOK For Sale
My friend, graphic novelist Chris Schweizer, has a new SKETCHBOOK available for online ordering. He has all the details here. It's a gorgeous paperback. Take a look:
Strandbooks Video: Chester Brown
May 12, 2011: Chester Brown talks about his graphic novel PAYING FOR IT with Tracy Quan and Benjamen Walker at New York City's The Strand book store.
Pascal Girard Diary: Day 1: MoCCA
Here's a link to Pascal Girard's new cartoon diary. This caught my attention. Not only because I like Girard's style -- but, by a coincidence, I'm in the middle of reading his new graphic novel memoir REUNION.
Hat tip to Comics Reporter!
Ward Sutton's Cartoon Mash Up VILLAGE VOICE Cover
There's a lot to frikkin' love about Ward Sutton's Village Voice cover this week. It's a mash up ode to cartoons, fusing old and new comics icons. Bravo, Ward!
And this gives me an excuse to run Ward's grand Shatner cover from 2009:
A tip of the hat to my pal Sean Kelly for this! Thanks, Sean!
When Will THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC Come to the States?
Slowly, THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADELE BLANC-SEC, is making its way.
April 22nd is the recently announced UK theatrical release date.
This 2009 film by Luc Besson based upon a graphic novel by Jacques Tardi has yet to have its wide release in the States.
Below is the new trailer which looks all "Indiana Jones as a French chick" to me -- and that's a good thing!
April 22nd is the recently announced UK theatrical release date.
This 2009 film by Luc Besson based upon a graphic novel by Jacques Tardi has yet to have its wide release in the States.
Below is the new trailer which looks all "Indiana Jones as a French chick" to me -- and that's a good thing!
Review: LAT KAMPUNG BOY: THE MUSICAL
Above: photos from the musical. Photographer uncredited.
Kuala Lampur: The musical based on the graphic novel KAMPUNG BOY has a review by Bissme S. at the Malaysian Sun2Surf site.
"Entertaining it may be but certainly not memorable.
" ... I was hoping to get into the psyche of this talented cartoonist – like what makes him tick, the secret of his success, etc. I wanted to know something new about Lat but that did not happen."
The entire article is here.
LAT KAMPUNG BOY: THE MUSICAL runs till April 6 at Istana Budaya.
Hugo Pratt Exhibit
Oscar Grillo shares photos from the Hugo Pratt exhibit at the Pinacothèque de Paris: part one and part two. Some spectacular images that makes me wish I could fly there right now and see it myself. Thanks very much for these, Oscar!
Related: Art Daily's description of this exhibit, which has over 300 works by Mr. Pratt. The gallery show runs through August 21, 2011.
That New PEANUTS Special
Have they gone TOO FAR with this new PEANUTS special?!?!
No, just kidding.
The above image is a 1963 parody of Mr. Schulz's runaway best seller by the great Hank Ketcham, from the 17th Annual National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards newsletter.
Seriously ... there is a new PEANUTS special. But it won't be on TV. Not yet.
From what I have heard, this special is reverently done in the Lee-Melendez style and it's good. I haven't seen it. It comes out, direct to DVD, on March 29, 2011.
Titled HAPPINESS IS A WARM BLANKET, CHARLIE BROWN here is director Andy Beall talking about it and showing some pencils tests via Animation Brew:
The special is longer than the classic ones, 46 minutes, and the DVD has many special features:
- Deconstructing Schulz: From Comic Strips to Screenplay - How the Peanuts comic strip was made into a special
- Happiness is...Finding the Right Voice - Meet the stellar new voice cast (Peanuts Specials, for those who may not know, have always employed children actors for the voices)
- 24 Frames Per Second - Drawing and Animating a Peanuts Special
- Deleted Scene with an Introduction by Director Andy Beall
Related: the new PEANUTS graphic novel HAPPINESS IS A WARM PUPPY, CHARLIE BROWN from Boom! Studios ships in April. The book is written by original creator Charles M. Schulz, adapted by Craig Schulz & Stephan Pastis, with art credited to Bob Scott, Vicki Scott and Ron Zorman.
Pop Culture Zoo has a preview.
Sacco and Tomine's Drawing Process
Via SeeMagazine, graphic novelists Joe Sacco and Adrian Tomine talk about their process:
Joe Sacco:
Mr. Sacco completes about 2 pages of art a week.
Adrian Tomine was “constantly fighting against an undercurrent of stiffness” that can be a product of relying too much on photo reference. His new book, SCENES FROM AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE, drawn in a looser style, was originally not intended to see publication.
The article begs the question (but doesn't answer it) of why Mr. Tomine was drawing comics not intended for publication.
Kenton Smith writes this informative short piece at SeeMagazine.
Joe Sacco:
“Drawing is generally like digging a ditch. I basically know how far I’ll get each day.”
Mr. Sacco completes about 2 pages of art a week.
Adrian Tomine was “constantly fighting against an undercurrent of stiffness” that can be a product of relying too much on photo reference. His new book, SCENES FROM AN IMPENDING MARRIAGE, drawn in a looser style, was originally not intended to see publication.
"It was a welcome reminder that drawing comics could actually be fun. Not just an arduous slog towards a very distant goal.”
The article begs the question (but doesn't answer it) of why Mr. Tomine was drawing comics not intended for publication.
Kenton Smith writes this informative short piece at SeeMagazine.
Video: INKLINGS by Jeff Koterba
Award winning editorial cartoonist Jeff Koterba’s memoir INKLINGS is now out in paperback and Houghton Mifflin has a wonderful video about it.
SISTER MARY DRACULA by Gerry Mooney
My friend Gerry Mooney has finished his SISTER MARY DRACULA graphic novel. He sent me a copy, which I read and liked very much. I'm posting some information and links below that Gerry sent. Please consider looking at SISTER MARY DRACULA.
Take it away, Gerry:
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press release
For immediate release
Sister Mary Dracula Halloween Treat, No Trick!
For the month of October, you can read "Sister Mary Dracula", the graphic novel by Gerry Mooney, online at www.sistermarydracula.com.
The 103-page story, in the works for 4-1/2 years and completed this summer, tells the tale of Terry Malloy, a ten-year-old at St. Egregius the Stricter Catholic School, who is convinced that his teacher is a vampire. Even his best friends think he's crazy.
Sister Mary Dracula began as a Flash animation created in 2000. It gained a following online and was selected to be shown at the San Diego Comic Con's Independent Film Festival in 2004. The animation can still be seen on the Sister Mary Dracula website.
Gerry Mooney has been drawing funny for most of his life, doing humorous illustration in the New York market for 20 years for such clients as Forbes, Parents Magazine, American Express, The Daily News, Newsweek, Mad and lots more, including a dozen covers for The New Republic.
His humorous feature "Mooney's Modules" (www.mooneysmodules.com) appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine for three years and spawned the now-legendary Gravity Poster (www.thegravityposter.com) which has sold over 4,000 copies and has been cited in Scientific American.
Lately Gerry has moved into animation and is developing independent projects as well as being involved currently in two online animation jams, one of which is Bill Plympton's "Guard Dog" animation jam, a project that includes 70 animators from all over the world, each one animating a single shot from the five minute short.
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A real paper edition of the graphic novel will be available later this month.
Related: I reviewed the first chapter of SMD when it was released as a comic book in 2007.
Preview: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Secby Jacques Tardi is being released in an English language translation by Fantagraphics this December. Publishers Weekly has a grand preview here.
The French graphic album is also a movie, released in April, 2010. There are no US premier dates as yet.
Yves Saint Laurent ... Cartoonist?
Yes, Yves Saint Laurent. THAT Yves Saint Laurent!
Fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent dreamed up a character called "Nasty Lulu" in 1956, and there was a book published in 1960. He
"created a character who swills scotch, poisons her classmates and sets houses on fire.In TheStar.com, Chantal Braganza writes about it in ‘Nasty Lulu' Yves Saint Laurent's little-known creation."Her name is Lulu.
"Did I mention she's still in grade school?"
The book, a rare collectible among Saint Laurent fans, has been reprinted. La Vilaine Lulu is available in the EU and Canada.
Interview with Cartoonist Posy Simmonds
The Islington Tribune posts an interview with Posy Simmonds. She talks about her graphic novel, TAMARA DREWE, and her reaction to the new DREWE feature film.
"'It is weird,” says the Bloomsbury-based artist. 'I used real life and turned it into 2-D drawings. Stephen Frears has taken 2-D drawings and made them into 3-D people. The metamorphosis is odd to watch, but he is very, very faithful to the book.'"
Dan Carrier writes the article and also reviews the new movie.
Above image from the Teaser-Trailer site.
Posy Simmonds' "Pole Dancing Research"
Via today's Independent:
"... Posy Simmonds, revealed she'd been researching her next graphic novel by attending pole-dancing classes. 'It's terrifying,' she told me. 'Terrible, truly ghastly. People look like complete arses doing it.'"
Photo of Posy Simmonds by Christian Sinibaldi for a Guardian 2008 Posy Simmonds interview.
NY Times: The Last Days and Legacy of Harvey Pekar
The New York Times profiles Joyce Brabner, the widow of comics writer Harvey Pekar, as well as some of the conflicts between her and the artists involved in his work -- particularly Tara Seibel.
So much of this was news to me and I was uncomfortable reading about it. This is all so much dirty laundry. I wish all of these people well and I can only imagine what Ms. Brabner is going through what with Harvey gone and the race by others to cobble his legacy into a legend.
Robert Berry on his ULYSSES "SEEN" Graphic Novel
Robert Berry will appear onstage at the Irish Arts Center in NYC on October 7th to talk about his adapation of James Joyce's ULYSSES, titled ULYSSES "SEEN."
From the press release:
On the eve of New York Comic Con, experience Ulysses “Seen”, Robert Berry’s graphic novel adaptation of the 1922 edition of James Joyce’s epic masterpiece, through commentary by the artist in conversation with Mike Barsanti, editor, and moderated by Karen Green, curator of the Columbia University Library collection of graphic novels.
Learn how you, too, can be part of the creative process, with a special preview of pages from the newest chapter, and a forum for readers to suggest settings, props and character types for the remaining chapters of the comic.
Video: Dan Clowes Talks About WILSON
From a May 5, 2010 appearance at The Strand in NYC. Earlier, when I posted this, the videos were incomplete. That has been corrected. It's all here and it's in 5 parts.
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