Blog Archive
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Support American Political Cartooning
The Toonseum, Pittsburgh’s non-profit cartoon art museum has a new project that you folks might fancy.
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Sate your 'zine cravings in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh ‘Zine fair is coming up real soon. Are you stoked?
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let's take back the funny pages!
Pittsburgh cartoonists, there’s a lot of you out there, but there don’t seem to be many of you in Pittsburgh’s periodicals.
Why’s that? Is that because you don’t know which to submit to? Understandable! Fortunately for you, Nils Skeletonballs, was kind enough to put together a list of local periodicals that you should be submitting your comics to.
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72 Demons: Malphas
Hey all, I’m contributing to Tara Helfer’s 72 Demons Project. I thought I’d share my work in progress.
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Copacetic's 2nd Anniversary Celebration
When’s the last time you stopped by Pittsburgh’s Copacetic Comics? Has it been too long? Well, this weekend might be the weekend to change that. For two days you can celebrate by emptying your wallet and filling your backpacks and handbags with comics and artbooks galore at the 2nd Anniversary Celebreation of Copacetic’s location in Polish Hill. There’ll be sale prices on the raddest of the rad, so it’s certainly not something to miss out on.
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Comics in Pittsburgh
hey y’all. The next coming posts are going to be juicy so hold on to your butts.
The following is happening next monday at Lili Coffee Shop in Polish Hill in Pittsburgh. Do stop by. I’ll be geekin’ out about all kinds of comics related things. I’ll have some recap/photos to share.
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Gusto Caricature
My bud, Juan spins records in Pittsburgh. He’s a fly dude who goes by the stage name Gusto. He’s well worth your attention if you like to move your ass. I’ve posted him about in the past, but I thought I’d bring him up again.
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Tell Me Something I Don't Know: A Rad Podcast Where Artist's Talk Shop
How does an artist make a living? What compromises does an artist make? Is the idea of the “sell out” obsolete? How have the technologies of the past 20 years made it possible to be an artist? What does it mean for a city to have a good creative culture. What do you do when offered the opportunity to script an opera?
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Krazy Kat: A real beauty
I pride myself on not being too highfalutin. As such, I won’t try to talk about the role that George Herriman’s Krazy Kat plays in the 20th centuries art traditions. Nevertheless it’s important to note that with fans like Pablo Picasso, William Randolph Hearst and e.e. cummings lovers of Krazy Kat are in good company. Krazy has been floating around me for the past two years but only recently have I given Herriman’s work the time of day. I regret every second of those two years without Krazy.
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