Tatiana Gill’s Blog of Wax

On my way home from work, I bumped into the incredible Ellen Forney, one of my fave artists evar and hands down my favorite local artist (I even helped build her website some back in the day).

She has been comissioned to do the Capitol Hill light rail station murals!! OMG OMG. How cool is that? I’ve never been prouder to be a denzien of my city.

And I’m truly amazed at how in the span of time I’ve known her, she’s gone from fringe art, indie art, the cartoonist making a living on comic strips and spot illustrations, into being an undisputed and cherished local hero and creator of public works. But Capitol Hill knew that all along.

With Amsterdam Bikes

Abstract bunnymasks

And art addressing the Eastern Garbage Patch!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kozyndan

From Damon’s Blog:

I’m going to be exhibiting at the MoCCA Art Festival this weekend for the 6th year in a row. I’ve been at MoCCA every year since it’s inception and it remains my favorite show to this day.

I’ll be selling copies of my latest book, PICTURES OF YOU, which was written by myself and drawn by series co-creator Tatiana Gill. PICTURES OF YOU is the second book in a three book series that we’ve been calling the “Cure Trilogy” I’ll also have copies of some of my other recent books like A STRANGE DAY, THE WHITE ELEPHANT, and TEMPORARY.

The show runs Saturday, June 7 - Sunday, June 8 from 11am-6pm each day. I will be setup at table A45 in the “big room” alongside my good friend Pete Stathis who will be selling copies of his EVENFALL series, which he has recently been streaming online at his website.

Here’s a couple illos I’ve been doing for friends:

GIRL POWER!

Zine cover illo
Concept by Faith Jerkwater

Iron Monkeys Logo

Collective concept by the Iron Monkeys featuring Tony Bone

The amazing work of Moira Hahn

“If you asked Rob Liefeld to draw a diagram of the uterus he’d put on a pair of gauntlets and punch the shit out of your chalkboard.”

Oh I am so so very excited! He is only one of my favorite comic book authors.

Andy Wicks is a forty-something father of two who’s tried everything to quit smoking — from going cold turkey, to the latest patches and nicotine chewing gums — so he figures he’ll give this hypnosis thing a try. What’s the worst that could happen? Unfortunately, Andy gets dealt a fate worse than death — high school! Transported back to 1985, Andy returns to his formative years as a gangly, awkward teenager. Is he doomed to relive the mistakes of his past, or has he been given a second chance to get things right? One thing’s for sure … this time he’s going to ask out that girl from math class… Presented as a gorgeously formatted hardcover graphic novel. — 128-page, hardcover graphic novel, 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″

SHIPPING JULY 2008!

Olá Fanzinistas!

Hello Fanzine Editors!

Estamos a preparar a 9ª edição da Feira Internacional do Fanzine, e outras publicações alternativas, que terá lugar na Casa Municipal da Juventude – Ponto de Encontro, em Almada, Portugal, entre 7 a 15 de Novembro de 2008.

We’re preparing the 9th edition of our International Fanzine Fair and other alternative publications, that will take place at Casa Municipal da Juventude (Youth Center) – Ponto de Encontro, in Almada, Portugal, between November 7^th and November 15^th.

Gostaríamos de poder contar com as vossas publicações na grande exposição de fanzines e publicações alternativas vindas de todo o mundo.

We’d like to have your publications expose on our fair that will count with alternative publications from all around the world.

Enviem-nos os vossos fanzines juntamente com a ficha de inscrição em anexo por via postal, até ao dia 3 de Outubro.

Send us your fanzines along with the registration file attached to our postal address. The deadline to send it is October 3^rd.

Contamos também com a vossa participação na divulgação deste evento.

We count on you to spread the word about this event!

9ª Feira Internacional do Fanzine

9th International Fanzine Fair

Casa Municipal da Juventude - Ponto de Encontro

Rua Trindade Coelho, 3, 2800 Almada - Portugal

e-mal Fanzine: fanzine2008@gmail.com

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/fanzine2008

I’ve heard a lot of talk about the popular educational comics Eisner did for the military, and his beleif that I laud, which is that people learn easier, more quickly and more completely with comics.

 From 1942-45 Will Eisner served three years as a Warrant Officer in the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.. There, during World War II, he created motivational posters and pioneered the use of cartoons for instructional purposes with the publication Army Motors. His innovative approach, combining hard information within cartoon plots proved so effective that he privately contracted with the U.S. Army in 1951 to produce P*S, The Preventive Maintenance Monthly and continued to produce the magazine for many years afterward. He formed American Visuals Corporation in 1948 to supply similar educational comics to clients ranging from the U.S. Government’s Job Corps to General Motors. He also formed a separate company which produced a wide array of cartoon-based educational materials for schools across America. 
                                                            -DenisKitchen.com

At last these comics have been scanned and we can see them online! Thanks boingboing for the link.

I’ve been following Kate Slater’s flickr stream for some time, she is so amazing.