Featured Artists

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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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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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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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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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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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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Tim Pennington is an artist that "just wants to make cool paintings." And indeed he does. Take a look behind the curtain, as well as a bunch of his works.
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