The galleries and contributions from photographers, painters, and other artists whose works we dig!
Emi Lenox's EMITOWN (www.emitown.com) is a sketch diary in which she drew pages daily, taken from her life for the whole world to see. A printed version of EmiTown--a huge 400 pager from Image Comics--hits stores in November. Emi was gracious enough to talk with us about it.
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Tags: Artist, comics, Emi Lenox, EmiTown, web comics
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Cartoonist Julia Wertz’s 'Fart Party vol. 1', which had been out of print for more than a year, is once again available. It’s a good excuse to catch up with one of our favorite creators, about things from comics to stand-up to dilapidation.
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Tags: comics, Fart Party, Julia Wertz, web comics
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Dale Stewart was a founding member of the seminal Fresno hardcore punk band Capitol Punishment, which started up in 1981, played through many changes and lineups, and finally called it quits in 1995. We talk to Dale about 1980s hardcore punk, the changing music scene, and the music and new projects.
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What you eat watches you . . . (Photo: Miss Reuben, by Matt Graves)
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Ethnically Chinese (born in Hong Kong) but culturally mostly Western (Canadian/American), Jason Li's take on being an outsider in a place (the province of Catalunya) where the citizens (the Catalans) seem rather clannish is very funny and charming.
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Tags: Artist, barcelona, comics, graphic novel, Jason Li, spain, work experiences
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Bobgar Ornelas not only draws the 'Apocalypse…Meh' comic, he kicks it old school, producing the mini-comic "b-one." While we wait for 'Apocalypse…Meh' to come back from temporary hiatus, we caught up with the man behind those decapitated heads and goat-hoofed secretaries.
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Tags: Bobgar Ornelas, comics
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Eugene Ahn, a.k.a. Adam WarRock, describes himself (or at least his lyric-spittin', mad-rhyming alter ego) as a "geek emcee." It may be accurate, but it by no means encompasses the many aspects of the 29-year-old Metro Washington, D.C. resident.
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Tags: Adam WarRock, Artist, Euegene Ahn, FakeAPStylebook, music, musician, War Rocket Ajax
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The title pretty much says it all, no? A giant shuttlecock! Learn slightly more after the jump. Pic by Mr. Charles Hodgkins.
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Ok I'll admit that even I sometimes grow weary of the angst and philosophizing that is often associated with being an artist. All of that introspection can get exhausting after a while. And the wine hangovers from all of the gallery exhibitions? Those are the worst.
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Tags: art, artists, Essay, Flaming Lips, Painting, Pretentious Artists
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Many talented artists spend their careers struggling with overpriced gallery space, shortage of funds, and lack of recognition. Enter the Working Artists Ventura, or WAV -- a work/live space for artists who need affordable housing and studio space to display their work.
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Tags: art, artists, WAV, Working Artists Ventura
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