39K
Jason Shiga, the
happiest cartoonist in the world.
Jason is indeed a kick to be around, and one of the most innovative
small pressers out there. His newest work is FLEEP. |
92K
Raina Lee and John
Pham
Raina debuted 1-UP, her fiendish zine about video game culture,
while John charmed this jerk with his EpoxyPress line of comics
and toys. |
50K
The talented Martin
Cendreda has my gratitude for following the sorry exploits
of Niemworks so diligently. He makes mini-comics, and flash cartoons
too, click on his name and "new toons" to see. I enjoyed his contributions
to 1-UP megazine. |
102K
Raina and Cristina. 2 REALLY cute girls. even better looking in
person! |
74K
"i'm a lucky, lucky man," apparently |
110K
dave choe,
mylan, and "the guy who goes to all dave choe's shows"
It made me blush to overhear one of the gawkers behind us whispering,
"Shit, that's the Niemworks guy with two fans" |
85K
Ryohei Tanaka makes Special Blend, his addictive mini-comics
zine thing that look like 3 or 4 different people put it together.
Features some weird cut-out silhouettes. |
68K
Tomer Hanuka, visiting
from the East Coast. He and brother Assaf are responsible for
Bipolar. His illustration work is not shabby either. |
53K
You bet your ass that's Jordan Crane,
the man whose Last Lonely Saturday makes all the fine, smart
women cry. Cristina managed to snag the last NON #5 of that
Saturday. |
54K
Ron Regé Jr
is an incomparable cartoonist with great taste. He turned me on to
Greg Cook's "Hear-Say" at last year's APE |
50K
The first thing I read when I got home was Renée
French's new book, The Soap Lady. I had been ready
to go to sleep, but it kept me awake and turning the pages. |
44K
Adrian Tomine tries to tell me, "Wait, I didn't make
the awesomeDrawn & Quarterly
sign, Seth did!" But it's too late, the photo is taken and
that's it. |
59K
John Pham's handmade toy of his "Jack" character, made outta epoxy
resin. I pretended to not care, but deep inside, I was ready to kick
his ass |
46K
Scott is a swanky writer
guy, and fellow friend
of Shiga |
93K
A cartoon show at the Gallery Balazo that evening had some
sweaty and smelly rooms, but it was almost worth it to see this big
Ron Rege wall drawing |
74K
Jordan Crane also had this big poster at the gallery. It must be the
one he made for a big comics festival in Portugal last year |
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