Category >> Mark Kalesniko
Things to see: 5/3/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Things to see , Renee French , Mark Kalesniko , Marco Corona , Love and Rockets , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , Johnny Ryan , Jim Woodring , Jaime Hernandez , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Derek Van Gieson , Coming Attractions
3 May 2010 4:06 PM
Daily clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• From Jim Woodring , a glimpse at his next book following Weathercraft , Congress of the Animals
• The genius of Johnny Ryan brings you "Tron of Finland "
• What Things Do begins serialization of Kevin Huizenga 's Rumbling
• Gabrielle Bell continues and concludes reporting from her Stockholm trip
• Renee French does hilarious and alarming with equal aplomb
• Hans Rickheit presents Ectopiary page 22 and his description of this illustration is priceless
• Recent illustrations by Marco Corona : Sports ! Magic !
• Character sketches from Mail Order Bride by Mark Kalesniko
• I do believe the cabbit is a Josh Simmons creation on his & Wendy Chin's Quackers blog
• Here's a sneak peek at a future installment of Derek Van Gieson 's Mome serial "Devil Doll"
Daily clips & strips -- click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• It's a brand new installment installments of The All-New Cartoon Boy Adventure Hour by John Kerschbaum at ACT-I-VATE
• Swedish Slouchers is a new lithograph from John Hankiewicz
• Click to see the latest animated drawing by Lilli Carré in action
• "Lisa in a Pink Blouse " is a circa-1990s portrait by Mark Kalesniko
• Renee French gets buggy
• Eric Reynolds was searching YouTube for Butthole Surfers videos and came across this one which is full of Robert Williams artwork
Things to see: 4/19/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under toys , TMNT , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Roger Langridge , Renee French , Mark Kalesniko , Kevin Huizenga , Josh Simmons , jon vermilyea , Johnny Ryan , John Hankiewicz , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Frank Santoro , Debbie Drechsler , Dame Darcy , Archer Prewitt
19 Apr 2010 3:04 PM
Daily clips & strips — click for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• A new Vice comic by Johnny Ryan
• Steven Weissman 's new series of Stinckers is taking shape
• On his Clip Joint blog John Hankiewicz says "My lithograph No Argument is part of the 30th Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink Gallery in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The show, now open, runs until May 26th. More information here ."
• From Frank Santoro , what I can only assume are process pics of some color backgrounds using airbrush or spray paint... they're pretty, whatever they are
• Get yourself a Dame Darcy Witch Craft Kit for all your charm-casting needs
• Debbie Drechsler draws a fallen crow
• Gabrielle Bell re-runs her story "Roosevelt Island "
• It's Archer Prewitt 's packaging design for Presspop 's forthcoming Allen Ginsberg vinyl figurine
• I don't imagine Renee French intends to remind us to floss, but that's what I'm getting here
• This looks like it might be the cover to a new mini by Kevin Huizenga but maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part
• "Blond Girl in a Black Dress 2 " by Mark Kalesniko
• Josh Simmons & Wendy Chin have been keeping the cute coming on the Quackers blog
• I'm super excited for Roger Langridge 's new Thor series
• Ectiopiary page 20 and "an ancient illustration " by Hans Rickheit
• Jon Vermilyea posts a teaser from his upcoming TMNT zine
Things to see: 4/13/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Things to see , Steven Weissman , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Mark Kalesniko , Kevin Huizenga , Johnny Ryan , Gabrielle Bell , fan art , Ellen Forney , Debbie Drechsler
13 Apr 2010 4:43 PM
Daily clips & strips, catching up from MoCCA weekend (again, more catch-up tomorrow) — click through for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• Unless there's some kind of Glenn Ganges/Leon Beyond crossover in the works I kind of think Kevin Huizenga might have posted this drawing on the wrong blog by mistake
• Steven Weissman 's working on some more Stincker ideas
• See Ellen Forney 's latest artwork, a collaborative installation with Jake Fennell titled Love Note , at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival opening April 30; Ellen has more info and an interview at her blog
• Prison Pit fan art seems to be becoming a thing. Johnny Ryan posted another piece , this time by Cliff Chiang — it's a cross-company crossover!
• In a similar-ish vein, Paul Hornschemeier uses the announcement of Strange Tales 2 from Marvel as an excuse to post these glum-looking hero-types
• Also from Paul, this Tina Fey/Liz Lemon illustration for the WSJ (plus the original blue-line/inks)
• Debbie Drechsler has been sketching all kinds of local fauna, including grebes , a turtle , a hummingbird , a woodpecker and an angry squirrel
• The conclusion of Gabrielle Bell 's "Manifestation" and, as a bonus, the cover of her fictional adaptation of The S.C.U.M. Manifesto from the story at The Hypothetical Library
• "Blond Girl in a Black Dress " by Mark Kalesniko
• This is a highlight of the last few days' artblogging from Renee French ; the Lego alleyway is another
Daily clips & strips -- hit the links for improved/additional viewing at the sources:
• What-Took-Them-So-Long Dept: This Jaime Hernandez illustration accompanies a short story by Junot Diaz in the March 22 New Yorker (via The Comics Reporter )
• Gabrielle Bell 's "Manifestation" gets even nuttier in part 3
• Another layout rough from Mark Kalesniko 's Mail Order Bride
Things to see: 3/29/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Things to see , Steven Weissman , Renee French , Original Art , Noah Van Sciver , Mark Kalesniko , Kevin Huizenga , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Derek Van Gieson , Dame Darcy
29 Mar 2010 1:44 PM
Daily clips & strips -- click for improved viewing at the sources:
• Dame Darcy is selling framed original spot illustrations from Frightful Fairytales in her Etsy shop for crazy cheap (if they're not already all sold). How can you resist Zombie Jesus?
• Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond keeps bubbling along with Kevin Huizenga 's latest
• Thank goodness Renee French is giving the teeth a rest — this guy's name is Rocky
• From Hans Rickheit , page 17 of Ectopiary and another unpublished Cochlea & Eustachia strip
• All those nutty Derek Van Gieson pages I've been posting here lately? They're part of his self-published Whiskey Is the Key Says Me , available at the MoCCA fest in a couple weeks
• What it says on the tin: Noah Van Sciver depicts scenes from a juggalo concert for the Denver Westword
• Steven Weissman 's peanut butter & jelly ice cream sandwiches and the illustrated tags thereof (I sure hope he's not kidding about that recipe book)
• The continuation of Gabrielle Bell 's new Lucky story "Manifestation"
• "Red Haired Girl in a Pattern Vest " by Mark Kalesniko
Things to see: 3/25/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tony Millionaire , Tim Hensley , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Robert Goodin , Popeye , Original Art , Mark Kalesniko , Maakies , Jim Flora , EC Segar , Drew Friedman
25 Mar 2010 3:51 PM
Daily clips & strips — click for improved viewing at the sources:
• Drew Friedman strikes straight to the heart of the zeitgeist in his new cover illo for The Nation
• Tim Hensley takes you through his process for creating the cover lettering for D&Q's new Tatsumi book
• This week's "I, Anonymous " spot by Steven Weissman
• This week's Maakies from Tony Millionaire
• We've featured this Robert Goodin piece before but it's up on the Covered blog today
• At Three Men in a Tub , Ted Dawson presents the original art for a 1933 Popeye vs. Bluto Thimble Theatre strip (published in Popeye Vol. 3: "Let's You and Him Fight!" ; via The Comics Reporter )
• Celebrities is a new fine art print available from Jim Flora Art
• More preliminary sketches from Mail Order Bride by Mark Kalesniko
Things to see: 3/22/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Sara Edward-Corbett , Richard Sala , Renee French , Paul Hornschemeier , Mark Kalesniko , Johnny Ryan , Jim Flora , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Derek Van Gieson
22 Mar 2010 6:26 PM
• Some lucky 5th-grader is getting this in the mail from Steven Weissman
• Richard Sala presents "Strange Question," a story dated 1985/2003, in two parts
• A nautical-themed Jim Flora piece from around 20 years ago
• OMG, Gabrielle Bell draws Stephen Colbert in her new Lucky strip
• Mark Kalesniko presents a roughed-out page from Mail Order Bride
• Woo woo! It's Paul Hornschemeier 's latest WSJ illustration
• More Renee French -drawn teeth . Gaaaah . Whew !
• A quarterly alternative comics anthology with a funny-sounding four-letter name? Gee, I wonder where they got that idea ? Kidding aside, Robot 6 and The Beat report on pood , a newsprint broadsheet-format comic which debuts at MoCCA this year and features Sara Edward-Corbett (above), Hans Rickheit and many others
• Speaking of Hans Rickheit , here's his Ectopiary page 16 and an album cover commission
• "Pequeño Unicornio Tamale, Detective Privado Sobrenatural " by Derek Van Gieson
• "Meteorite swarm " (above) and "moulded gravity " from Tom Kaczynski
• Two more possibly-related pieces of evidence for the greatness of Johnny Ryan
Things to see: 3/15/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under Usagi Yojimbo , Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , Stan Sakai , Sergio Ponchione , Renee French , Mark Kalesniko , Kevin Huizenga , Jordan Crane , Johnny Ryan , Hans Rickheit , Gabrielle Bell , Frank Santoro , Derek Van Gieson
15 Mar 2010 3:54 PM
• It's a new New Character Parade strip from Johnny Ryan
• Kevin Huizenga gives us perhaps the kookiest installment of Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond yet
• Frank Santoro 's views of Pittsburgh, PA
• David Paleo presents his portrait of Rickie Lee Jones from the book Talk to Her
• Gabrielle Bell gets a haircut in her new Lucky strip
• A recent book cover illustration by Sergio Ponchione
• A peek , an escape from Renee French
• Usagi Yojimbo art by Stan Sakai for the Comix Experience 21st Anniversary CLBDF Benefit auction
• So, one of those Apple Council creeps got to Kevin Huizenga too, huh ?
• Mark Kalesniko captures a woman on her cell phone
• Sayeth Hans Rickheit : "I like Page 15 [of Ectopiary ] simply because it contains a stuffy old lady denigrating beatniks and artists; that is always a winning ingredient of any succsessful book, in my opinion."
• Fresh off the drawing board, new pages from Derek Van Gieson
• The "structure" drawings from Tom Kaczynski keep on a-coming: "fossilized bloom ," "batholitic vessel ," and "decay as propellant " (above)
• A new chunk of Jordan Crane at What Things Do
• The last word today goes to Jeremy Eaton , with this illustration for a (now out-of-date) Seattle Weekly article about that whole Amazon/Diamond foofarah. 'Nuff said!
Things to see: 3/12/10
Written by Mike Baehr | Filed under video , Tom Kaczynski , Things to see , Steven Weissman , Paul Hornschemeier , Mark Kalesniko , Lilli Carré , Jordan Crane , Johnny Ryan , fashion , Derek Van Gieson , Daniel Clowes , Dame Darcy , Charles M Schulz
12 Mar 2010 2:03 PM
Well lookee here:
Memoirs of a Scanner (Pillows Edition) from Damon Stea on Vimeo .
• Watch carefully or you'll miss a certain cameo appearance in this clever video that Kim came across on The Daily Dish a few days ago
• A Johnny Ryan drawing for a good cause
• And the logo for that school ? It's by Jordan Crane (the above two items via Steven Weissman on Twitter )
• Three Men in a Tub 's Ted Dawson posts this 1976 self-portrait by Charles M. Schulz . Dig those pants! (Via The Comics Reporter )
• Hand-embellished purses (and bunny ears) made by Dame Darcy , very reasonably priced
• A flurry of activity from Lilli Carré : a print for Artifice Magazine , a silkscreened accordion book she's selling at the Chicago Zine Fest this weekend, and two watercolor drawings
• New sketches from Mark Kalesniko
• Paul Hornschemeier 's latest illustration for the WSJ ; also, last chance to order that commission you've been wanting
• Another in a series from Tom Kaczynski
• A cut Mome one-pager from Derek Van Gieson