Ben Jones, Benjamin Marra, Dan Zettwoch, Esther Pearl Watson, Frédéric Fleury, Hellen Jo, Jordan Crane, Josh Simmons, Le Merde, Lisa Hanawalt, Mark Todd, Martin Ontiveros, Matt Furie, Matthew Thurber, Nick Gazin, Ray Sohn, Ron Rege, Jr., Imiri Sakabashira, Sammy Harkham, Shintaro Kago, Skinner, Ted May, Tony Millionaire, Vanessa Davis
Manga artist Shigeru Mizuki is gearing up to rerelease what looks to be the ultimate illustrated guide to monster anatomy (at least we think it’s a rerelease–we don’t speak Japanese). It’s called Yōkai Daizukai and features some of the most imaginative ink autopsies of imaginary creatures we’ve ever seen (OK, pretty much the only ones we’ve ever seen). Pink Tentacle has a nice gallery of selections from the book with descriptions.
This time it’s from the New York Daily News…
nydailynews.com
OK guys. You’ve got almost exactly a day left before we end our wildly successful “Your Wild Things” contest, so you better get cracking if you hope to make tomorrow’s deadline of noon EST and win one of the glorious prize packages. So far we have an astounding 124 entries, and it doesn’t look like there’s an end in sight. We’ve already started to narrow down our favorites, and we will announce the winners no later than 2 PM EST tomorrow. If you have no idea what we’re talking about, click here to get the lowdown and check out all of the fabulous entries. See you tomorrow!
Vanessa Davis is a cartoonist living in Santa Rosa. Her first book, Spaniel Rage, is available from Buenaventura press. Vanessa Davis produces a monthly comics column for Tablet magazine. She is currently hard at work on a book from Drawn and Quarterly. …Read more.
Matt Furie lives and draws in San Francisco, CA. In 1997 he was awarded the distinguished “Award of Merit for 2-D Art” from Worthing to Kilbourne High School in Worthington, Ohio. …Read more
Can you believe it? Is VBS going to air Art Talks with the entire cast and crew? Looks like it. Today’s episode features WTWTA costume designer Casey Storm. And, boy, does he have a nice hat.
http://www1.odn.ne.jp/~adc52520/
Shintaro Kago (駕籠 真太郎; Kago Shintarō), born 1969 in Tokyo, Japan, is a Japanese guro manga artist. He debuted in 1988 on the magazine COMIC BOX Shintaro Kago’s style has been called “fashionable paranoia”. He has been published in several adult manga magazines, gaining him considerable popularity. …Read more.
