Category >> Josh Simmons
Things to see: 8/2/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tony Millionaire , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steve Brodner , Renee French , Miss Lasko-Gross , Mark Kalesniko , Maakies , Josh Simmons , John Hankiewicz , Jim Woodring , Hans Rickheit , Gipi , Gil Kane , Gahan Wilson , Gabrielle Bell , Esther Pearl Watson , Bob Fingerman , Anders Nilsen
2 Aug 2010 2:06 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Yoinked from Facebook, Miss Lasko-Gross 's self-portrait for the Graphic Details art show at the Cartoon Art Museum
• Another Facebook find: Charles Schneider posted this new album cover illustration by Gahan Wilson
• Facebook strikes again: a rejected cover sketch for Gil Kane 's Savage! , from the Gil Kane Unchained page (see the final cover and read a review of the book at Guns in the Gutters )
• A Jim Woodring sketch on his own letterhead from 1993 along with a 1992 interview at TCJ.com 's Guttergeek
• Bob Fingerman draws "Girl and Critters "
• Trace monotype prints by John Hankiewicz from his own figure drawings
• This week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane , which he posted early "out of excitement"
• Mark Kalesniko 's "Tina in a Polka-Dot Dress "
• Dang, Josh Simmons , that's a fat Quacker ; also, a collaboration with Wendy Chin descriptively titled "Wang "
• From Renee French , "balls ," "Doc " and, um something shadowy
• Steve Brodner 's Senate Frieze for the New Yorker
• Car engines by Gabrielle Bell , Esther Pearl Watson & others for an invitational art show curated by Anders Nilsen at Chicago's Lula's Cafe (via The Monologuist )
• Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary page 35
• Tony Millionaire 's most recent Maakies strip
• Gipi asks the age-old question: "Shit or chocolate? "
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
Things to see: 7/19/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tom Kaczynski , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , rock , Robert Goodin , Renee French , Noah Van Sciver , Laura Park , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Jon Adams , john kerschbaum , John Hankiewicz , Joe Kimball , Jim Woodring , Hans Rickheit , Gary Panter , Drew Weing , Derek Van Gieson , Debbie Drechsler
18 Jul 2010 11:31 PM
Periodic clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Robert Goodin presents an outtake page from his story "The Spiritual Crisis of Carl Jung" in Mome Vol. 19
• Gary Panter announces a new Jimbo minicomic
• Jim Woodring presents two Frank favorites, Frank in Frizland and Manhog's Holiday , now in full painted color
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• From Kevin Huizenga , a new Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond , new Fight or Run action, and more process at New Construction
• From Steven Weissman , this week's "I, Anonymous " and from his sketchbook chopper trike & portait of D. Clowes etc.
• From John Hankiewicz , four versions of two figures
• Drew Weing 's Set to Sea pages 110 & 111
• The latest installment of Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane
• Debbie Drechsler draws hawks and other birds at the cemetery ("Cemetery Hawks" — there's your new band name)
• Noah Van Sciver has a plan
• Laura Park & friends "enjoy" summer together
• Josh Simmons gets Woodring-esque with the Haunted Quacker ; plus shark attack Quacker (with Wendy Chin), Ecstatic Quacker , Big Time Quacker
• From Renee French : big worm , running man , fly baby , bulb neck , little kid , cutaway hair rock
• Steve Brodner remembers Gerald Ford
• Page 33 of Hans Rickheit 's Ectopiary ; also, he reveals his drawing process
• Tom Kaczynski draws the Lightning Bolt show
• This week's Truth Serum by Jon Adams
• Joe Kimball posts a couple more concert posters
• Things to Hear Dept: Stream 5 new songs by Derek Van Gieson 's band Ebersole Versus Carberry on their MySpace page
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
Follow The White Rhinoceros for all things pertaining to the eponymous Mome serial (beginning in Vol. 19 ) from Josh Simmons and his collaborators.
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: 6/25/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tony Millionaire , Tim Lane , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Steve Brodner , Richard Sala , Renee French , Ray Fenwick , Paul Hornschemeier , Noah Van Sciver , Maakies , Laura Park , Josh Simmons , john kerschbaum , John Hankiewicz , Gahan Wilson , fashion , Drew Friedman , Derek Van Gieson , Anders Nilsen
25 Jun 2010 2:34 PM
Periodic clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• The New Yorker 's current Caption Contest cartoon is by Gahan Wilson
• Drew Friedman 's Spitzer-take for The New York Observer
• It's your all-new weekly installment of "Cartoon Boy " from John Kerschbaum
• This week's clammy Maakies from Tony Millionaire
• The Daily Cross Hatch presents a guest strip from Noah Van Sciver
• This week's "I, Anonymous " and some fighter jets by Steven Weissman
• A page from a comic-in-progress by John Hankiewicz
• Richard Sala presents the original art for the endpapers of his first book Hypnotic Tales — a larger version is linked here
• It's this week's Belligerent Piano by Tim Lane
• It's Paul Hornschemeier 's new weekly t-shirt design for his Forlorn Funnies Shirt Shop and it features the logo for his upcoming series from Fantagraphics
• Quackers and Randy Gander funny business from Josh Simmons & co.
• This guy , plus a trap and a kung fu fly (?) from Renee French
• Renee also makes her first guest appearance at the always-great Trubble Club (where Laura Park & Lilli Carré are also known to hang out)
• Video : "How to Draw Judge Martin Feldman" by Steve Brodner
• Anders Nilsen presents photos of his thesis installation from 1996
• Two new batches of drawings from Derek Van Gieson
• A pair of recent illustrations for the Globe & Mail by Ray Fenwick
• Laura Park 's recipe for kimchi cream cheese
Mome Vol. 19: Summer 2010 - Previews, Pre-Order
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tim Lane , T Edward Bak , Robert Goodin , previews , Olivier Schrauwen , new releases , Mome , Josh Simmons , Gilbert Hernandez , DJ Bryant , Conor OKeefe
24 Jun 2010 2:06 PM
Mome Vol. 19 - Summer 2010 by various artists; edited by Eric Reynolds
128-page color/b&w 7" x 9" softcover • $14.99 ISBN: 978-1-60699-349-1
Ships in: June/July 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now
The acclaimed anthology of contemporary comics steams toward its landmark 20th issue. This issue leads off with the cover story, the first part of the satiric psychedelic epic "The White Rhinoceros," drawn by Josh Simmons and written by The Partridge in the Pear Tree. It is our privilege to welcome the great Gilbert Hernandez to the pages of Mome with a brand-new story starring his beloved character Roy! Also debuting this issue, exciting newcomer D.J. Bryant, with what may be the most hard-boiled story to appear in Mome yet. And making return appearances: Olivier Schrauwen, Tim Lane, Conor O'Keefe, and Robert Goodin with new stories, and T. Edward Bak with the continuation of his epic "Wild Man" serial.
Download an EXCLUSIVE 9-page PDF excerpt (1.6 MB) with a page from every artist in the issue, plus the Table of Contents.
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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