Category >> Jim Flora
Things to see: 7/30/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tom Kaczynski , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Sergio Ponchione , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Mark Kalesniko , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , Johnny Ryan , john kerschbaum , Joe Kimball , Jim Flora , Jason , Jaime Hernandez , Ivan Brunetti , Hans Rickheit , Gipi , Frank Santoro , Drew Weing , Dennis the Menace , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Charles M Schulz , Anders Nilsen
30 Jul 2010 4:00 PM
Buckle in for two weeks worth of clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Jaime Hernandez , 1977 (from friend/fan Bernie Ramirez on the Love and Rockets Facebook page )
• Anders Nilsen 's Dennis Hopper for Cinefamily is magnificent
• How about a little Dennis the Menace /Lost mash-up at Big Shiny Robot ?
• Moscow-born San Francisco-residing cartoonist Roman Muradov sends us some pages done in homage/tribute to Jason — they're good, and got a thumbs-up from Jason
• Again with the Comics presents a Scooby-Doo story drawn by... Ivan Brunetti ?? (via Steven Thompson )
• Jason 's sketch of Jean-Pierre Melville , plus more recent blog entries about Lino Ventura , Alain Delon , and summer reading
• Rosebud Archives presents a super-rare promotional flyer for Charles M. Schulz 's Young Pillars
• It's the two latest weekly installments of "Cartoon Boy" from John Kerschbaum
• Gipi describes his new video "Antony" as "a classic film thriller"
• For The Bold Italic , Jon Adams profiles 3 real-life Bay Area Comic Book Guys (via Robot 6 ); also, two installments of Truth Serum
• From Kevin Huizenga , a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond
• From Dash Shaw : a new silkscreen print ; sketchbook pages ; Ruined Cast sketches ; The Lion King
• From Steven Weissman : "I, Anonymous" for last week and this week ; Lumpy Noodle
• Frank Santoro gives another sneak peek at his Strange Tales Silver Surfer
• Drew Weing presents Set to Sea pages 112 , 113 , 114 & 115 . Also, could someone snag me a set of these buttons ?
• Tim Lane 's Belligerent Piano episodes 21 and 22
• A 1950 profile of Jim Flora
• Johnny Ryan has a bunch of new prints for sale . We saw Matt Groening admiring the one above at Comic-Con, our own Kristy Valenti very happily bought the cat one, and the "Nachos" one is just 100% pure genius
• Debbie Drechsler 's latest round of nature sketches features squirrels , birds , bugs & spiders
• From Mark Kalesniko , two sets of quick sketches
• Sergio Ponchione posts some pages of his artwork from Cattivi Soggetti , an anthology of noir stories written by Danielle Brolli
• Paul Hornschemeier 's latest t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop
• Noah Van Sciver posts an excerpt from Blammo #5
• From Josh Simmons & co: King Quackers , Skeezy Quacker , Quacker dreams , Quokkers , cupcake crimes
• Renee French has too many updates to link all of them individually; just go to her blog and work your way down. This , this , and this are highlights for me
• Steve Brodner 's latest segment from PBS's Need to Know , "Obama Where Art Thou?" and his tribute to the late John Callahan
• I think the painting from Josh Simmons's House snuck into Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary
• Tom Kaczynski 's sketches from the La Mano 2nd Annual Report and another show
• Something new & untitled from Joe Kimball
A previously unpublished 1970 Jim Flora painting, G3 in Tampico , is now available as a limited-edition print from Jim Flora Fine Art . Read the restoration notes here .
Things to see: 7/13/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , The Comics Journal , Steven Weissman , Stephen DeStefano , Sophie Crumb , Sergio Ponchione , Robert Goodin , Richard Sala , Renee French , Popeye , Peanuts , Paul Hornschemeier , Noah Van Sciver , Mome , merch , Mark Kalesniko , Lorenzo Mattotti , Laura Park , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Jim Flora , Jim Blanchard , Hans Rickheit , Frank Santoro , fashion , Drew Weing , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Charles M Schulz , Bob Fingerman
13 Jul 2010 3:51 PM
Periodic (and tardy... so busy) clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Lorenzo Mattotti World Cup illustrations posted at the Forbidden Planet International Blog
• Bob Fingerman posts a couple of concept illustrations for his in-progress prose novel The Hell of It
• Dash Shaw posts some storyboards for his in-progress animated film The Ruined Cast
• Last week's "I, Anonymous " spot by Steven Weissman ; also, if you want to see the scanned version of the current Barack Hussein Obama strip, it's here ; also, the greatest Little League team photo ever
• From Frank Santoro : a subway sketch , a color-matching analysis swatch thingy , and a funny collage
• Noah Van Sciver recounts helping John Porcellino move, and at Covered , takes on an Al Feldstein EC classic
• From Kevin Huizenga : psychedelic explorations with Photoshop filters and aspects of McSkulls at Fight or Run ; a helpful diagram at New Construction ; and Glenn Ganges roughs at his flagship The Balloonist
"When you Orcs are through fighting, you can clean up this tell, it is a pig sty and a disgrace. Do you hear me? Just look at this mess– skulls and guts everywhere. Do you act like this at home?"
• The latest prose burst from Gary Panter
• Drew Weing 's Set to Sea pages 108 & 109
• Richard Sala presents 3 original pages from Mad Night (and they're for sale )
• A mystery: is this lettering the work of Jim Flora ?
• Jim Blanchard paints Diana Rigg as Emma Peel
• Debbie Drechsler sketches birds and mammals
• A Kevin Nowlan spot illo for The Comics Journal , 1981 (anyone who can identify the issue number, please leave a comment)
• Mark Kalesniko 's second take on the Girl in Orange Stripes
• Sergio Ponchione posts part of the "bonus track" strip he did for the book La Legge del Cane by Jake La Furia & Guè Pequeno
• It's Paul Hornschemeier 's majestic weekly t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop
• Feel better soon, Laura Park
• From Josh Simmons & co., Quacker Supreme & Tiniest Quacker
• From Renee French : fly , hair rock , doodle , dude , rock
• Sophie Crumb posts a mess of new drawings and teases her upcoming book
• Stephen DeStefano talks about his Popeye art & design work (such as the DVD illustrations above) with Jason Anders of Fulle Circle
• Page 32 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary ; also, a "forgotten Cochlea & Eustachia drawing " that makes a dandy desktop wallpaper
• Robert Goodin presents an excerpt from "The Spiritual Crisis of Carl Jung," his story in Mome Vol. 19 (out tomorrow!)
• Tom Kaczynski 's sketch and report from the Twin Cities Zinefest
• At the Rosebud Archives blog , another vintage Peanuts ad sheet
Things to see: 7/8/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tim Lane , Things to see , T Edward Bak , Steve Brodner , Rosebud Archives , Robert Goodin , Renee French , Peanuts , Noah Van Sciver , Mark Kalesniko , Marco Corona , Lilli Carré , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , Johnny Ryan , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Hans Rickheit , Gary Panter , Frank Santoro , Eleanor Davis , Drew Weing , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dash Shaw , Charles M Schulz , Anders Nilsen
7 Jul 2010 10:06 PM
Periodic clips & strips (normal posting schedule returns next week, probably) — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• On the Rosebud Archives blog , a rare Peanuts promotional flyer (Rosebud Archives at Fantagraphics )
• A video from Dash Shaw ... some kind of teaser or something? Even if it's just a joke, it's pretty funny
• T. Edward Bak , Lilli Carré and John Hankiewicz (top to bottom) all have pieces in Pony Club Gallery's current print show The Great Outdoors (available for purchase here )
• This is one part of a three-piece screenprint by Eleanor Davis for a print show at GRNY
• A painting (background?) and collage by Frank Santoro
• From Kevin Huizenga : Burier vs. Exer at Fight or Run
"The doleful sirens are beginning to wail over on the ziggarat. Feeding time."
• Another short story from Gary Panter
• Drew Weing 's Set to Sea , pages 106 & 107
• A whole bunch of watercolor portrait sketches by Marco Corona
• This week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane introduces a new character
• Mid-1950s magazine and record cover details by Jim Flora
• New Johnny Ryan art for sale on Comic Art Collective's recent additions page
• New bird sketches by Debbie Drechsler here , here and here
• "Girl in Orange Stripes " by Mark Kalesniko
• From Noah Van Sciver , a "homeless comic " and some old Blammo pages
• From Josh Simmons & Co., numerous Quackers and Randy Gander updates
• From Renee French : bird , dog , iPhone sketch (?) , worm , woolyman , bird
• From Steve Brodner , birthday greetings to Calvin Coolidge & George W. Bush , plus Yankee Stadium sketches
• A few more things to consider from Anders Nilsen
• Page 31 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary ; also, this is NSFW
• Robert Goodin draws the Fantastic Four — more please!
• A bunch of new drawings by Derek Van Gieson
• This week's Truth Serum by Jon Adams
Things to see: 7/2/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Noah Van Sciver , Nate Neal , Marco Corona , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , john kerschbaum , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Gipi , Gary Panter , Frank Santoro , Drew Weing , Debbie Drechsler , Dame Darcy
2 Jul 2010 2:28 PM
Periodic clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Set to Sea pages 104 and 105 from Drew Weing
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• Lots of Kevin Huizenga updates: a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond strip, Fight or Run 's Chopper at rest; and minicomic sketchbooks at New Construction (not to mention a peek at his new D&Q book)
• A heartbreaking "I, Anonymous " from Steven Weissman
• Sketches of sculptures by Aristide Maillol by John Hankiewicz
• A scene with power lines by Frank Santoro
• New crafts (including this vampire wedding cake topper) and photos from Portugal in Dame Darcy 's latest blog update
"THEN, OUTA NOWHERE… Grunt. Shriek. Bash. Crash. Ook. Ook!"
• A new short short story from Gary Panter
• A luscious new story page and this week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane
• A 1967 Mexican cityscape by Jim Flora
• Debbie Drechsler sketches squirrels
• It's Paul Hornschemeier 's new weekly t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop — I can just hear the funky theme song
• Noah Van Sciver is waiting on tenterhooks to hear if the story this page is from has been accepted for Mome (sorry Noah, I got no scoop)
• Quackers silliness here and here and Randy Gander raunchiness here and here from Josh Simmons & cohort
• From Renee French : photo , platform , tire swing , hair rock
• Steve Brodner 's tribute to Sen. Robert Byrd
• Something new from a work in progress, an article for Il Post , and a video about the Mafia by Gipi
• Nate Neal , payin' the bills
• Two illustrations by Marco Corona for Internazionale
• Two new installments of Truth Serum by Jon Adams
Things to see: 6/21/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Stephen DeStefano , Robert Crumb , Richard Sala , Renee French , Popeye , Peter Bagge , Paul Hornschemeier , Mort Walker , Michael Kupperman , Mark Kalesniko , Marco Corona , Kevin Huizenga , JR Williams , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , Johnny Ryan , john kerschbaum , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Hans Rickheit , Gene Deitch , Frank Santoro , fashion , Daniel Clowes , Anders Nilsen
21 Jun 2010 9:59 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Gonked, Glooked & Slurped! share a recently-acquired original Eightball page by Daniel Clowes
• Michael Kupperman hijacks Beetle Bailey — according to this recent TCJ article I think Mort Walker would approve
• The Paris Review presents a gallery of Robert Crumb self-portraits through the years (via The Comics Reporter )
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• J.R. Williams has zillions of great prints for sale at his new J.R.'s Prints of Darkness site
• Robot 6 reports: Jon Adams does a Chick-style strip to promote a video game; also from Jon, a new Truth Serum strip
• From Kevin Huizenga : a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond strip; new Fight or Run action; new New Construction business
• From Steven Weissman : this week's "I, Anonymous " and three more Post-Its
• Three ironically-labeled "copies from famous artists " from the sketchbook of John Hankiewicz
• Aha! All those teasers from Frank Santoro have been leading up to this, "page 1 of a comic for Internazionale , an Italian independent weekly newsmagazine. Coming soon!"
• Speaking of Internazionale , Marco Corona has an illustration in this week's issue
• Richard Sala presents the original art for the cover of Evil Eye #10 and a 1987 rarity called "Haircut "
• From Tim Lane , this week's Belligerent Piano and this illustration for the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
• On the Jim Flora Art Blog: Electromechanical Design sales brochure ; a children's book illustration detail ; half of a 1950s business card illustration (above); and a link to the 1959 UPA animated adaptation of Flora's The Fabulous Firework Family produced by Gene Deitch
• Johnny Ryan 's Lovecraftian creatures, coming soon to a Stinckers machine near you
• "Girl in Black Dress and Scarf " by Mark Kalesniko
• It's Paul Hornschemeier 's new weekly t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop and it incorporates the logo from his 2007 art show at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
• From Josh Simmons , various Quackers blog shenanigans and Randy Gander tomfoolery with Wendy Chin (including her version of Josh's "Jesus Christ" from his Mome story of the same name)
• So much great new stuff from Renee French — just go to her main blog page , there's too much to link individually
• Buy a drawing of two Popeyes punching by Stephen DeStefano to benefit Gulf Coast cleanup
• Speaking of the Gulf, this is just one of a trio of videos by Steve Brodner on the topic, including his latest segment on Need to Know on PBS
• Two of Anders Nilsen 's entries in Post-It V
• Page 29 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary
Things to see: 6/11/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Roger Langridge , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Noah Van Sciver , life imitates comics , Laura Park , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , Johnny Ryan , John Hankiewicz , Jim Flora , Gary Panter , Gabrielle Bell , Frank Santoro , fashion , Ernie Bushmiller , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Chris Ware , Andrice Arp , Abstract Comics
11 Jun 2010 3:04 PM
No-longer-daily clips & strips (we'll probably be posting these twice a week for the foreseeable future) — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
•
Presspop 's limited-edition poster featuring the artwork from the slipcase of their Japanese edition of
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by
Chris Ware — it's an all-new strip!
• Gary Panter has reconfigured and updated his website ; details via his blog
• Life Imitates Comics Dept: Andrei Molotiu discovers "The first abstract comics candy bar " (it does look remarkably like one of his own strips)
• From Steven Weissman , two new Post-It Show previews, this week's "I, Anonymous " and a fantastic Covered entry (above)
• Also on Covered , Jon Adams 's delightfully cheeky homage to Chris Ware ; elsewhere, the new episode of Jon's Truth Serum
• Speaking of the Post-It Show, here's one by Andrice Arp along with more info about the exhibit
• Sketchbook silhouettes by John Hankiewicz
• Frank Santoro 's Italian job
• It's this week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane
• Jim Flora illustrated Ohio for Fortune Magazine , 1947
• Damselflies & mushrooms from Debbie Drechsler
• Gabrielle Bell posts the second half of her France travel diary as well as Laura Park 's hilarious response thereto
• Paul Hornschemeier posts his newest Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop design and stumbles across his entry in a Nancy theme sketchbook which we've possibly featured on Flog before but it's worth another look
• Noah Van Sciver posts another excerpt from his work-in-progress The Hypo
• Josh Simmons introduces a new character at Quackers
• From Renee French , a head , a tube (photo), a bunny
• Steve Brodner plugs the documentary film Gasland
• Roger Langridge draws Barney Google
• More Tales of Abstraction House from Derek Van Gieson
• Johnny Ryan cat portrait
Things to see: 6/8/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Usagi Yojimbo , Tony Millionaire , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Stan Sakai , Sergio Ponchione , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Paul Hornschemeier , Michael Kupperman , Mark Kalesniko , Lilli Carré , Laura Park , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , john kerschbaum , Jim Woodring , Jim Flora , Hans Rickheit , Gilbert Hernandez , fashion , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler , Dame Darcy , Bob Fingerman , Anders Nilsen
8 Jun 2010 4:12 PM
Clips & strips from the last few days — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Michael Kupperman 's cover art for the book Why Not a Spider Monkey Jesus? by A.G. Pasquella
• Gilbert Hernandez fanzine art from 1981 as unearthed by Frank Santoro at Comics Comics
• ComicsAlliance presents selections from the 1991 Amazing Heroes Swimsuit Special
• From Jim Woodring , Frank, Fran and the skullfruit
• Leon explores the mystery of Poffo's Hat in this Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond by Kevin Huizenga
• Another 1975 flashback from Bob Fingerman
• This week's "I, Anonymous " and one two three four Post-It Show previews from Steven Weissman
• New artwork for sale, Portugal tour diary and more in Dame Darcy 's latest blog update
• On the Jim Flora Art Blog, a circa 1940 woodcut depicting fishing in New Orleans (guess those days are over, thanks BP) and a commemoration of Pete Jolly's birthday
• Recent nature sketches by Debbie Drechsler : Narrowleaf onion , ground squirrels , a blue-bellied lizard , and Ithuriel's spear
• Four new screenprints by Lilli Carré — these and other products of her residency at Spudnik Press will be on display this Thursday, June 10, 2010, 6-7:30pm: more info here
• Several recent sketches by Mark Kalesniko
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• I believe this is last week's Maakies by Tony Millionaire
• Sergio Ponchione contributed this illustrated recipe to an anarchist cookbook, it seems (and also drew Linda Lovelace)
• Speaking of illustrated recipes, here's one from Laura Park
• It's Paul Hornschemeier 's new weekly t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop — another classic
• From Josh Simmons & co., the latest Quackers & Randy Gander hijinks
• From Renee French , this thing , this guy , this thing , this photo , this thing , and this guy
• Steve Brodner takes on the Gulf oil disaster in this segment from PBS's Need to Know , with commentary and two more disaster -related sketches on his blog
• Anders Nilsen posts photos of his recent "button installation " for Ogilvy & Mather's lobby, along with time-lapse video of its creation
• Page 27 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary
• Derek Van Gieson presents "The Cycle of Love "
• From Ray Fenwick , a comics illustration for an article in the Globe and Mail
Things to see: 6/1/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Mark Kalesniko , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , john kerschbaum , Jim Woodring , Jim Flora , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Drew Friedman , Andrice Arp
1 Jun 2010 4:49 PM
Daily clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• Drew Friedman presents a history of his work about, with and for Howard Stern, including never-before-seen sketches
• Jim Woodring gets dark, literally and figuratively
• Another Post-It preview from Steven Weissman
• Meanwhile... it's this week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane
• The Jim Flora Art Blog commemorates Benny Goodman's 101st birthday
• Gabrielle Bell commences a new travelogue diary comic
• "Wanda in Blue " by Mark Kalesniko
• Another mysterious 4 panels from Kevin Huizenga
• Josh Simmons & friends launch The Randy Gander , the adults-only counterpart to Quackers
• Page 26 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary
• Andrice Arp made the cuddliest trophy ever
Things to see: 5/25/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Things to see , Steve Brodner , Renee French , Johnny Ryan , john kerschbaum , Jim Woodring , Jim Flora , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Derek Van Gieson , Bob Fingerman
25 May 2010 4:45 PM
Daily clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• From Jim Woodring , a bounty of new Frank sketches (including one with his new female counterpart Fran) here , here and here
• Johnny Ryan 's "unnamables " — UPDATE: Details on the piece (it's for a Lovecraft-themed art show) at Johnny's blog
• Bob Fingerman presents comics he did when he was 10 years old, starring Gerald Ford
• Jim Flora 's endpapers for his 1959 children's book Charlie Yup and His Snip-Snap Boys
• Gabrielle Bell 's new Lucky strip kind of reminds me of an episode of The IT Crowd I just watched
• The filename identifies this Renee French piece as "prune slug "
• Steve Brodner takes on the triple threat of Rand Paul, Helen Ukpabio and Lost
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• Page 25 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary
• From Derek Van Gieson , more "Abstraction House ," another "Devil Doll " teaser, and a preview of an upcoming strip debuting right here on the Fantagraphics website soon