“Now See This” – SFZF x CAM Comics Reading – Friday September 3rd, 2010
This just in….an event the Friday before Zine Fest (which I will be exhibiting at). I have loved the last two years of this event and will make sure I go to this one as well.
Time
September 3 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CAVisit the Cartoon Art Museum for our third annual evening of live readings by some of the best indy-comics creators out there, including SFZF 2010 Special Guest Jesse Reklaw (10,000 Things To Do), John Porcellino (King-Cat Comics), Ed Luce (Wuvable Oaf), Jamaica Dyer (Weird Fishes), Hob (The Witness), Noah Van Sciver (Blammo), Susie Cagle (Nine Gallons), and Jonas Madden-Connor (Ochre Ellipse)! Come enjoy a glass of wine and exp…erience comics in a whole new way!
Friday, September 3rd, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m – Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission St between 3rd and New Montgomery
$5 suggested donation (no one turned away for lack of funds)
All proceeds benefit SFZF and CAM!
The Haunted Mansion ride at Disneyland just turned 41 and to celebrate I thought I would post some fan art inspired by the attraction.
There is an event in Anaheim held by the 1313 clube that I wished I was going too next week called the Marvelous Mechanized Magic Kingdom. They will have on displays actual Animatronics from Disney themeparks as well as have speakers like actor Neil Patrick Harris, designer of the monorail Bob Gurr, the voice of Wendy and Alice Kathryn Beaumont, costume designer for Pirates and Small World Alice Davis, script and song writer Xavier Atencio (‘grim grinning ghosts’), animator/artist Floyd Norman, Garner Holt
who’s company does all of Disney’s ride animatronics now, ride concept artist Larry Nikolai, Chef Mayhem of DoomBuggies.com, and many more.
Find out more at: http://the1313club.com/Main_Page.html
OK, now onto the art….
First off a painting from 2003: (click for bigger image)
and some of the artwork I did for the fan podcast “Story of the Haunted Mansion” that was created by Patrick Hurd. The work below is only about half of what I contributed.
To watch the final video podcast and find out more about the project, visit http://atomicbearpress.com/2009/05/01/the-story-of-the-haunted-mansion/
(click for bigger image)
I will be drawing and meeting folks at the Schulz Museum for their Sketch-A-Thon to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Charles Schulz’s Peanuts comic strip.
I am honnored to be joining the likes of artist Debbie Huey, Lex Fajardo, Mike Gray, Paul Madonna, Lark Pien, Shaenon Garrity, Brian Nerelle, Michael Capozzola, and more!
So come by to buy a book, get a sketch, or just chat. I know it will be lots of fun!
Link: http://www.schulzmuseum.org/
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 ? 1–3pm
Second Saturday Cartoonists Celebrate
60 Years of Peanuts
Every second Saturday the Schulz Museum hosts a new Cartoonist-in-Residence! This month meet, watch, and talk to over ten different cartoonists, including All Over Coffee creator Paul Madonna; graphic novelists Alexis Fajardo and Brian Fies, whose graphic novel won the 2005 Eisner Award; Nickelodeon animator Mike Gray; and more! Cartoonists will speak with visitors, share their work, and draw something for the Schulz Museum’s collection celebrating the 60th anniversary of Peanuts.
I will be exhibiting at the San Francisco Zine Fest on September 4-5, 2010. Hosted in the County Fair Building on the edge of Golden Gate Park, come and see the latest in comics, art and zines. Admission is FREE and there is something for everyone!
When and where is the SF Zine Fest?
Saturday, September 4 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
Sunday, September 5 from 11:00am – 6:00pm
(Labor Day Weekend)SF County Fair Building
(formerly Hall of Flowers)
9th Ave. at Lincoln Way (in Golden Gate Park) map
We are very excited to be returning to our new home at the San Francisco County Fair Building! The SF County Fair Building is easily accessible by bicycle (lots of parking right out front) and also by public transit: The N train and the 6, 16BX, 43, 44, and 71 bus lines all drop you off within a couple blocks of the Fest! Parking can be more difficult, the adjacent lot is for loading and unloading ONLY. There are some paid parking lots in the nearby Inner Sunset district.
Find out more at: http://blog.sfzinefest.com/
Fan art I did for the ladies of the Moustalgia podcast. I had been given a promo ball point pen at Wondercon by hosts Dave and Jeff, but their co-hosts Becky and Kristin could not make it so I drew these fan-drawings for them with the pen I was given.
If you are a fan of Disney theme parks and Disney in general you should give it a listen. They have great discussions of different subjects as well as trip reports, interviews and other goodness.
Last week I had the treat to teach Lego Animation at the Schulz Museum as part of their summer program for kids. We had 7 groups of kids who all produced over 1 min of animation each.
I was impressed how the young students experimented to achieve different effects and work hard to do the best they could using the limitations of the Lego’s.
The videos of the final work will be on-line in the next week or two.
CONGRATULATIONS to all the students!
The guy in the example below was an art sample to show my students in my Heroes and Villains class I taught at Chabot College this summer. The drawing was brought into Photoshop and color has been added, but is not finished, so it’s a Work in Progress (WIP).
His design is made up of some elements that are borrowed from two well knows characters. Do you know who they are?
Be the first to comment correctly and I will send you a free sketch of a character of your choosing.
Click to see a bigger image on Flickr.
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