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February 9, 2010

I DRAW YOUR SHIT #4: GORILLA JOE!

ROUND FOUR!  Let's get ready to rummmmble!!!

Time to break out your artsty-fartsy instruments, it's time for another I DRAW YOUR SHIT!, the series of posts where we take turns drawing tributes/homages/sexual re-imaginings of a character from another EAZB crew member's work! In previous rounds we've done:

  • Ting & Terng: conjoined twin bullies from Hellen Jo's Jin & Jam #1
  • Max Guy: well-meaning goofus superhero from Lamar Abrams' Remake
  • Washington Smalls: fanny-packing murderer from Michael DeForge's Cave Adventure

Per tradition, the creator from the the round before picks the next target, and Michael picked GORILLA JOE from Mickey Zacchilli's BULLSHIT FRANK & GORILLA JOE comics! 

Gorilla Joe is a mancreature who balances existential terror, simian punk rock ethos and a strange friendship with a guru bird creature (I LOVE HIM MOST OF ALL). Check out some excellent excerpts the four issues (so far!) of gag comedy gold on Mickey's site here, then go buy an issue or two (or four!)

Here are some visual references for your homages to Gorilla Joe (click for big versions)

           

If you still don't get what to do: the original idea was posted in this post. This is open to anyone who wants to participate, and the deadline to post your cover of GORILLA JOE is next Tuesday, 2/16/2010. Post a link to your drawing in the comments & we'll add it to the post!

#1 by Michael DeForge [link]

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February 4, 2010

Special Comix 3

I went to Beijing recently and brought back the awesome Chinese underground/indie comics anthology Special Comix 3, which Ryan urged me to share on the EAZ blog. The content of the book is substantially more varied than the samples I'm about to show--especially considering it's over 600 pages--but there's a limit to anybody's patience and I want to show off some of the coolest stuff I found in it, and my own tastes run towards more polished styles, so! (Sorry about the crappy iPhone pictures--I leveled them best I could, but they're still not as sharp as I'd like.)

And you can follow their blog here: http://scomix.blogbus.com/

                                       

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Posted by Angie Wang 

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February 1, 2010

Watercolor animal-heads for sale by Inés Estrada


Really cute & available via our buddy Inés Estrada's LJ, for $38 each

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February 1, 2010

VIOLENCE BECOMES TRANQUILITY

One of the first manga ever published in English, from the March 1980 issue of Heavy Metal:

Head over to Same Hat to check out all 10 pages by Shinobu Kaze.

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January 28, 2010

Upcoming art shows: LISA HANAWALT

Okay, so there are basically rad gallery shows by Electric Ant contributors & friends happening in all corners of the country. Just learned about an exciting art show happening in Los Angeles featuring new works from Lisa "Sugarwalls" Hanawalt, our homegirl and contributor to the PLANET X RISES comics jam in issue 2.

Lisa creates creepy and humane illustrations/comics about car crashes, maladies, the human penis, and fancy dress animals. Her stuff has been lauded by folks like Johnny Ryan, Scott McCloud, and Charles Burns, and this will be a good chance to snag original art and hang out with cool folks. (Hellen & Calvin, I saw you guys are going?)

The opening is Feb. 5, 8-10PM at Secret Headquarters in LA at 3817 W. Sunset Blvd.
         
From the Facebook invite:
Lisa will unleash a tornado of recent drawings and paintings this February, featuring animals, fine carpets and crashed cars. Lisa is the author of the comic book "I Want You" and Ignatz-Award winning mini "Stay Away From Other People." Her comics and illustrations have been published in Vice Magazine, McSweeney's, The Believer, LA Weekly and Arthur. She currently lives in Brooklyn.

Join Lisa Hanawalt on Friday for some drinks and defensive driving tips!

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January 27, 2010

LOSE #2 by MICHAEL DEFORGE...

...is going to be THE book of TCAF 2010, and one of the hottest releases of this year. I recently read a huge chunk of the main storyline in this issue (thanks Michael!), and it is gross and wonderful.  Really creepy, beautiful character designs, and major gross-out dripping flesh nasty bits. I'm beyond stoked for this thing to debut, at Toronto Comic Arts Festival in May 2010. Here is the cover, from DeForge's journal:

[click for larger version]

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January 27, 2010

Upcoming art shows: JON VERMILYEA

Electric Ant #2 contributor Jon Vermilyea has a solo print show happening in Brooklyn this month, in conjunction with the clothing company MISHKA. The show opening is this Thursday, and features limited edition prints of his monster designs originally made for their AMULET OF THE BLOODY GOBLIN line. 

         

If you're in New York, go check it out! Details from the MISHKA site:

Vermilyea, best known for his works in VICE, Fantagraphics, Animal Collective and various other bands and publications will be showcasing a collection of his most recent works created for the Мишка line, Amulet of the Bloody Goblin. The print show is a selection of Vermilyea’s favorite graphics that he created from the line. Each print is hand printed on Rives BFK paper in a small edition of 10.

Goblin will be on display at 350 Broadway from January 28 till March 11. A special Goblin t-shirt collection along with Vermilyea’s various works will be available for sale during that time.

Thursday 1/29/10, 7-10 PM at Mishka

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January 27, 2010

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Zine-o-phobia
A blog created to hail the art of zines and zine-making.

zineophobia.tumblr.com

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January 26, 2010

Upcoming art shows: JUSTINE LAI

Electric Ant Zine #1 and #2 contributor, Justine Lai will have paintings in two upcoming gallery shows- one on the East coast and one on the West coast!  If you are in the area, take this chance to see her work in person!
       

NSFW (Not Safe For Work)
Gawker Artists
210 Elizabeth Street, 4th Floor, New York NY
January-March 2010

Gawker Artists presents NSFW (Not Safe For Work), a group show of works by Gawker Artists. Featuring sexually suggestive works typically considered off limits for the workplace, NSFW showcases Gawker Artists' playful irreverence and ongoing exploration of the boundaries and roles of corporate art programs.

Chain Reaction 11
San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery
401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco CA
February 12-May 16, 2010
Opening Reception: Feb 12, 5:30-9pm

Works by thirty artists will be exhibited at our three locations: the Main Gallery in the Veterans Building, our window installations site at 155 Grove Street and our exhibition space at San Francisco’s City Hall. Chain Reaction 11 takes the pulse of the current Bay Area art scene and allows us to get inside the artists’ minds to see what they find most compelling.

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January 26, 2010

RESET by Evan Hayden

I'm going ahead this week and posting art and releases by Electric Ant Zine contributors from around the web. Here is the latest illustrated-photography piece by Evan Hayden. As posted on his art site:

Here is my latest illustrated-photography piece, entitled RESET.  It’s more personal in theme than my usual work.  I’m hoping this year to change a lot of things about my life for the better, and sort of hit the “reset button”. The model is yours-truly, and I am accompanied by a toy space gun and about 30-40 different flowers that I shot pictures of around California, Michigan, and Ohio.

   

Leave a comment & then go check out the rest of Evan's impressive Illustrated-photography work!

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