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
Hellen Jo (one of today’s featured artists) is a great artist who lives in San Francisco and draw comics (and stuff) that primarily revolve around two themes: girls and fighting. We can’t really think of a better combination as a source of artists inspiration. Hellen also does the comic series Jin & Jam and made some video game one time. Anyway, we sent her some questions via carrier pigeon and she emailed her answers back, saying, “Why did you send the questions strapped to a bird?”
Hellen Jo writes and draws the comic Jin & Jam, and she was recently nominated for an Ignatz Award in the category of “Promising New Talent.” …Read more
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Frédéric Fleury lives and works in Dunkerque, France. Along with Emmanuelle Pidoux he runs a publishing house called editions of 57, and he is one of the founding members of the famous Frédéric magazine drawing collective. …Read more
Ron Regé, Jr.’s most recent book Against Pain (Drawn & Quarterly) collects short works from 1986-2006. Another collection titled Scituate Heart will be available soon. His current project, The Cartoon Utopia, can be followed at the above URL. …Read more
Talk about a wild rumpus. Since announcing our little “draw your own Wild Things” contest last week, 56 people have submitted their artwork. You can see the entries here (scroll down to the bottom of the page). While not all are on par with something you’d see at the Louvre, many talented people have submitted top-notch imagery of furry beasts and/or a boy in a wolf costume. If you’re still on the fence about entering, we will be accepting entries until 12 PM EST on October 16 (which just happens to be the movie’s release date). So get a move on if you want a shot of winning one of our glorious prize packages. Click here to be whisked away to the entry page.
Q&A with Spike Jonze, Catherine Keener, and Max Records about making WTWTA…
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Le Merde is Portland based artist Mike Kelly. His work ranges from paintings and sculpture to hand cast figures and vinyl toys. He draws inspiration from all walks of pop-culture, including heavy metal music, Japanese horror and wrestling manga, and 1970-80s cartoon characters. He is the first one to say “Let’s Get Turdical.” He is also part of the art collective Grass Hut. …Read more
