This drawing (& three others of mine) will be shown at the
Work Detroit Gallery in the Funny (not funny) exhibit curated by
Ryan Standfest, opening Friday January 22nd. I'm excited to have my work included alongside such a great selection of artists. If you are in the Detroit area, please go, look, laugh, cry, etc.
Here's the official press release:
FUNNY (not funny)
Recent Comic Art Exhibiting Signs of Black Humor
Curated by Ryan Standfest
January 22 – February 26, 2010
Reception: Friday, January 22nd, 6 – 9pm
The University of Michigan Work : Detroit Gallery
3663 Woodward / Suite 150
Detroit, MI 48230
Participating Artists:
Ivan Brunetti
Chris Cilla
Sue Coe
Lisa Hanawalt
Glenn Head
Tim Hensley
Ian Huebert
Ben Katchor
Michael Kupperman
Mats!?
Daniel Maw
Taylor McKimens
Travis Millard
Tom Neely
Mark Newgarden
David Paleo
Jonathon Rosen
David Sandlin
Rob Sato
Jon Vermilyea
The "FUNNY (not funny)" exhibition seeks to elicit uncomfortable laughter in the realm of black humor-- a place where the serious and the taboo are fodder for comic provocation. Artists in numerous media have long sought to overturn convention and challenge what is funny with what is not as a means of producing humor out of the unlikeliest of situations. Work by the twenty artists that will be on view in “FUNNY (not funny)”, demonstrates that cartooning is keeping the tradition of black humor alive and flourishing. The very form of the comics page itself is as relevant a vehicle as ever, freed from so many of the commercial restrictions placed on other art forms, to effectively deliver potent images and narratives that carry with them a very immediate and accurate measure of the absurdity of our age. A catalog of the exhibition is forthcoming.
Hello, comics art enthusiasts! I will have some original art at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts during April & May, as part of the 6th Annual Stumptown Comics Fest Art Show. My original black & white (& zipatone) pages for "Sweet Cheap", as seen in Typhon Vol.1 will be on display, alongside art by Tom Lechner, James Michael Williams, Farel Dalrymple, and many others. The opening night reception is Thursday April 1st from 6pm to 9; be sure and get there in time to see Mayor Sam Adams proclaim April to be Portland's Official Comic Book Month! The full press release can be seen at the Sequential Art Gallery's website.
I will also have some drawings in the new Pony Club show, also opening First Thursday night, April 1st. This show should be chock full of great Portland comics artists, and should be up for the Stumptown Comics Fest closing party. If you are in Portland, please come down and take a look!
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