Category >> Jim Flora
Things to See: 9/26/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Things to see , Taking Punk to the Masses , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Stephen DeStefano , Ron Regé Jr , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Noah Van Sciver , Max , Lorenzo Mattotti , Lilli Carré , Kevin Huizenga , Johnny Ryan , Jim Woodring , Jim Flora , Jim Blanchard , Jason , Frank Santoro , fan art , Eleanor Davis , Anders Nilsen
27 Sep 2011 2:36 AM
• Lettering by Jason for Athos in America ; other recent Cats Without Dogs blog posts include Woody Allen movie reviews and an R.E.M. top 5
• From Kevin Huizenga , a couple of images from an upcoming anthology contribution (the originals of which are part of the Dylan Williams benefit auctions )
• Frank in the Museum of Sex , a recently-completed painting by Jim Woodring ; also, Frank and the Living Rock , a drawing; Icebreaker , a drawing; and Frank in an unusual place , a photo
• Aqualad action by Steven Weissman at Repaneled ; also his weekly "I, Anonymous " spot
• Unused (amazingly) poster design by Jim Blanchard for EMP's Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses exhibit
• Cartoon Utopia drawings by Ron Regé Jr. (still raising cash to aid in the completion of the book)
• Eleanor Davis robot portraits and trial sketches for the GR2 Robots art show ; also a band sketch and custom book cover
• Paul Hornschemeier continues posting Forlorn Funnies prep artwork and other drawings on his The Daily Forlorn blog
• Stephen DeStefano gets Trekky in this recent storyboard work
• Versions of Lorenzo Mattotti 's cover illustration for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in various states and media
• Caliban from Shakespeare's The Tempest and more by Max
• Prison Pit fan art by Jon Light
Plus:
• Updates on Frank Santoro 's Tumblr including new drawings
• New updates on the Jim Flora blog with vintage spot illustrations
• Glow-in-the-dark prints by Lilli Carré
• A Noah Van Sciver "Chicken Strips " story from 2007
• One of Renee French 's patented cute-n-creepy guys
• Steve Brodner redesigns the symbol of justice in light of the Troy Davis execution
• More travel sketches by Anders Nilsen
One of Jim Flora 's most iconic album cover designs, Inside Sauter-Finegan , is now available as a limited-edition fine art print from Jim Flora Art . Sez Flora doyen Irwin Chusid, "Eddie Sauter and Bill Finegan were famous for their orchestral mayhem. While Flora's mischievous cover figures didn't physically resemble Eddie or Bill, his caricatures reflected their inventive approach to redefining big band jazz in the 1950s." Dig it!
Things to See: 5/16/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Tom Kaczynski , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Sergio Ponchione , Robert Goodin , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Nate Neal , Matthias Lehmann , Mark Kalesniko , Maakies , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Johnny Ryan , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Eleanor Davis , Drew Friedman , Derek Van Gieson , Dame Darcy , Cathy Malkasian , Ben Catmull , Andrei Molotiu , Anders Nilsen
16 May 2011 11:55 PM
Two weeks to catch up on!
• Percy Gloom changed his Facebook profile picture to this portrait I hadn't seen before
• Andrei Molotiu posted a big batch of sketchbook drawings to his blog
• A new image from Ben Catmull 's current project
• Matthias Lehmann shares a few pieces from his current art show and some photos of the installation
• Dig Paul Hornschemeier 's new logo for the Comedy Bang! Bang! (formerly Comedy Death Ray ) podcast/comedy show
• A newly-drawn splash page (along with the original version from 15 years ago) by Tim Lane for the upcoming 3rd issue of Happy Hour in America , along with some musings on craft
• Sergio Ponchione 's Professor Hackensack returns to discuss matters scientifical in the new issue of Linus
• Kevin Huizenga 's jaw-dropping comic from Kramer's Ergot 7 is now up at the newly-revived What Things Do ; Kevin offers some notes and commentary on it at his New Construction blog; also, a possibly new Glenn Ganges glimpse
• A recent drawing by Renee French , who it should be noted seems to have moved her more extemporaneous sketches and photos over to her new Posterous blog
• A sneak peek of something by Josh Simmons
• Anders Nilsen is working on some collaborative paintings with Sonnenzimmer for an upcoming exhibit — more glimpses at Anders's blog , more info here
• Hey, I know those dogs! It's Robert Goodin 's Idget & Toaster fending quite well for themselves in the zombie apocalypse in a panel from Rob's story in the banned-in-Canada anthology Black Eye
• Tony Millionaire posts Drinky Crow's first published appearance , from 1993
• Unexplained illustration by Johnny Ryan
• Nate Neal draws Hans Rickheit 's Cochlea & Eustachia
• Eleanor Davis draws Aphasia from C.F.'s Powr Mastrs for the Picturebox fan forum — see the amazing hair salon mural she did with David Mack too
And more Things to See from the past week:
• At Jason 's Cats Without Dogs blog, sketches, illustrations, movie reviews and a great series of posts on his cartooning heroes, some of which may surprise you
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spots on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
• A new print by John Hankiewicz
• Artwork, dolls, prints, and hey, they're on sale in the latest Dame Darcy blog update
• Drew Friedman spotlights recent illustrations and pays tribute to some of his favorite fellow cartoonists at his blog
• Vintage Jim Flora artwork and illustrations at the Jim Flora blog
• Sketches by Mark Kalesniko for his new graphic novel Freeway at his blog
• A recent current-event sketch by Steve Brodner
• A Mome outtake page and lots more drawings by Derek Van Gieson at his These Days I Remain blog
• New sketch , new illustration by Tom Kaczynski
• New Trubble Club !
Things to See: 5/2/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Things to see , Steven Weissman , Sergio Ponchione , Renee French , Mark Kalesniko , Lilli Carré , Kevin Huizenga , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Derek Van Gieson , Dash Shaw
2 May 2011 11:16 PM
• Old strips, illustrations, sketches and movie reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• A nice set of sketches from John Hankiewicz
• Lilli Carré shares a recent illustration for the New York Times and some alternate sketches
• Sergio Ponchione illustrates John Cooper Clarke's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" for Retrophobic
• From Kevin Huizenga , something Ganges -esque and a labor of Hercules
• Pages, sketches and updates from Derek Van Gieson at his These Days I Remain blog
And more Things to See from the past week:
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spot and church sketching on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
• Vintage Jim Flora artwork and illustrations (and cake) at the Jim Flora blog
• Sketches by Mark Kalesniko for his new graphic novel Freeway at his blog
• "Flapface " by Renee French
• Daily storyboards & production art from Dash Shaw at The Ruined Cast blog go on a short hiatus
• Old sketchbook drawings of medical oddites by Hans Rickheit
• New Trubble Club !
This previously unpublished Jim Flora drawing from the 1970s has just been released as a limited-edition print from Jim Flora Art — see it in all its delightful detail and place your order here .
Things to See: 4/25/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Renee French , Mark Kalesniko , Lilli Carré , Laura Park , Jim Flora , Jason , Hans Rickheit , Eleanor Davis , Dash Shaw , Dame Darcy
25 Apr 2011 10:00 PM
• I didn't know Tony Millionaire has been doing portraits for The Chiseler , like this one of 1930s character actor Allen Jenkins
• "Dead Mickey" and "Walking the Dog," plus reviews of Michael Caine movies by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• Lilli Carré covers the Chicago Reader , plus a new animated drawing
• Laura Park has been busy drawing spot illos for an 826 Chicago project (like Joey & Johnny Ramone buying $20 worth of Brussels sprouts, above) and rescuing cats with fellow cartoonist Julia Wertz — it's all documented on her Flickr page
• Renee French does it again
And more Things to See from the past week:
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spots on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
• Artwork, dolls 'n' more in the latest blog update from Dame Darcy
• Vintage Jim Flora artwork and illustrations at the Jim Flora blog
• Sketches by Mark Kalesniko for his new graphic novel Freeway and more artwork at his blog
• Daily storyboards & production art from Dash Shaw at The Ruined Cast blog
• An old sketchbook drawing by Hans Rickheit
• Tony Millionaire presents photos of the clay model for the Uncle Gabby figurine (dude, 60% off! )
• Eleanor Davis posts process images for that amazing New York Times illo
Things to See: 4/20/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Sergio Ponchione , Robert Goodin , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Noah Van Sciver , Nate Neal , Lewis Trondheim , Laura Park , Kurt Wolfgang , Kevin Huizenga , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Jason , Eleanor Davis , Drew Weing , Dash Shaw , Dame Darcy , Carol Tyler
20 Apr 2011 12:39 AM
It's been a while, so let's catch up:
• New diary strips & sketches by Lewis Trondheim
• Artwork from Kurt Wolfgang 's work in progress Pinokio plus some Mome meta-commentary and other sketches and characters at New Bodega
• Laura Park designed this placemat for fellow Chicago Mome -ster Jeremy Tinder 's impending nuptials, and also this cool t-shirt design for The Mountain Goats & Jon Vanderslice
• At her Screened-in Porch blog, Carol Tyler presents “Will Work for Food” from The Job Thing — page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5
• "Crabby ," a 3-pager by Tony Millionaire , plus "George R. Binks " and Billy Hazelnuts in color
• New artwork, dolls and other news in Dame Darcy 's latest blog update
And more Things to See from the past 2 weeks:
• Illustrations, sketches, old strips and film reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spot on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
• A new lithograph by John Hankiewicz
• Kevin Huizenga posted things on his blogs Fight or Run and The Balloonist
• Drew Weing posts the title lettering for the Serbian edition of Set to Sea and photos of Eleanor Davis painting a mural on his blog
• Vintage Jim Flora artwork and illustrations at the Jim Flora blog
• Sketches by Mark Kalesniko for his new graphic novel Freeway and more artwork at his blog
• "The Strangest Story You Ever Heard in Your Life" wraps up at Splog! , the Sergio Ponchione Lost Objects Gallery blog, plus illustrations at Mondobliquo
• Strips, illustrations and updates from Noah Van Sciver
• Recent illo jobs by Ray Fenwick on his Flickr page , including one for an article by Suze Orman in Oprah's mag — that's high profile!
• Drawings & photos by Renee French
• Recent illustrations and sketches , with commentary, by Steve Brodner
• Daily storyboards & production art from Dash Shaw at The Ruined Cast blog
• A coloring test for a work in progress by Robert Goodin
• Recent sketches by Tom Kaczynski at his Transatlantis blog
• Nate Neal 's monthly men's mag strip
The 1968 Jim Flora painting Bell Island at Night has been turned into the latest limited edition art print to be offered by Jim Flora Art. It's a beaut — see all the specs and place your order here .
Things to See: 4/4/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , Ted Jouflas , T Edward Bak , Steven Weissman , Sergio Ponchione , Sammy Harkham , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Mome , Mark Kalesniko , Marco Corona , Mack White , Lilli Carré , Lewis Trondheim , Leslie Stein , Laura Park , Kurt Wolfgang , Killoffer , Josh Simmons , Jim Flora , Jason , Frank Santoro , Drew Weing , Derek Van Gieson , Dash Shaw , Carol Tyler , animation
4 Apr 2011 8:51 PM
• Check out Mack White 's illustrations for Michael del Ray's book Long Term Parking
• Monster Brains presents "Momster" by Ted Jouflas from Weirdo #26 (1989)
• "Ghost Dream ," a sketchbook comic by Drew Weing
• From Lilli Carré , a short animated film , a poster for an event she'll be at, and a teaser of her work in the new Smoke Signal
• Leslie Stein gives this peek at artwork from the 6th issue of Eye of the Majestic Creature
• Panels for the next installment of "Nothing Eve" for Mome by Kurt Wolfgang at New Bodega
• Also working away on a new Mome story: Laura Park
• And yet more Mome previewing: new pages from "Wild Man" by T. Edward Bak
• Messages from Killoffer at Lewis Trondheim 's Les petits riens blog
• Shirley from the TV show Community by Josh Simmons
• Renee French custom-painted this Dylan Sprouse vinyl figure ; plus the usual drawings etc. at her blog ; plus we like this photo on Sprouse's website for obvious reasons
• Sammy Harkham on Flickr
• A panel by Carol Tyler ; also check out a photo of her drawing desk
And more Things to See from the past week:
• Illustrations, sketches and film reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spot and sketching on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
• Drawings & diagrams from Frank Santoro
• Puppets in progress by Marco Corona
• Another possible puppet or other figurine in progress in some mysterious photos from Paul Hornschemeier
• Vintage Jim Flora artwork and illustrations at the Jim Flora blog
• Sketches by Mark Kalesniko for his new graphic novel Freeway at his blog
• "The Strangest Story You Ever Heard in Your Life" continues at Splog! , the Sergio Ponchione Lost Objects Gallery blog, plus an illustration at Mondobliquo
• Daily storyboards & production art from Dash Shaw at The Ruined Cast blog
• Watercolor panel process by Derek Van Gieson
• Daily sketches by Tom Kaczynski at his Transatlantis blog
Things to See: 3/28/11 Roundup
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , T Edward Bak , Steven Weissman , Sergio Ponchione , Richard Sala , Renee French , Mark Kalesniko , Marco Corona , Laura Park , Johnny Ryan , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Jason , Frank Santoro , Dash Shaw , Andrice Arp , Anders Nilsen
28 Mar 2011 4:27 PM
• An outtake from Werewolves of Montpellier , plus other illustrations and strips and more film reviews at Jason 's Cats Without Dogs blog
• From Richard Sala , a classic strip (part 1 , part 2 ) and a vintage illustration
• When Laura Park met Julia Wertz and drew some comics with her: portrait , part 1 , part 2 ; also, a new sketch & new prints by Laura
• Sketches for book cover illustrations by Anders Nilsen
• One of our favorite Portlanders makes a guest appearance (of sorts) in the latest batch of Trubble Club strips (contributed to by some of our favorite Chicagoans)
• Johnny Ryan posted this on Flickr last week with no explanation — presumably a poster for a screening somewhere?
And more Things to See from the past week:
• Steven Weissman 's latest "I, Anonymous" spot and some re-kajiggered Post-Its on his Chewing Gum in Church blog
• A new print by John Hankiewicz
• Andrice Arp posts a preview of her story in the new Pood and a bunch of stuffed stuff
• Artwork and sketches from Frank Santoro
• Recent sketches by Marco Corona
• Vintage Jim Flora artwork and illustrations at the Jim Flora blog
• Sketches by Mark Kalesniko for his new graphic novel Freeway at his blog
• Comic pages from Noah Van Sciver
• Drawings & sketches by Renee French
• "The Strangest Story You Ever Heard in Your Life" continues at Splog! , the Sergio Ponchione Lost Objects Gallery blog
• Daily storyboards & concept drawings from Dash Shaw at The Ruined Cast blog
• More new sketches by Tom Kaczynski at his Transatlantis blog (and news that some of his concert sketches are on exhibit)