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vectorbelly:
Twitter: The Comic is a collection of comics based on the greatest tweets of our generation. The source material is used verbatim, typos and all. Despite the seemingly random nature of the tweets, the comic has reoccurring characters and story arcs that aren’t fully understood unless experienced through a single reading. With explicit permission from the writers of each comic, Twitter: The Comic could be a pretty rad book.
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atomicbooks:
A nice elderly woman decided now was the time to trade in her Tijuana Bibles collection. (at Atomic Books)
Argh, I want these so badly!
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I’m directing my thesis this semester in a direction inspired by Keith Haring. My plan is to come up with a bunch of designs and ultimately print those on to products I’d eventually sell. The only problem I’m having is coming up with a theme or focus for the designs. I’m finding it difficult to not just be a knock off of Keith Haring, but the simplicity and almost universal accessibility of his designs is extremely tempting. His work was heavily influenced by studying semiotics and art of early peoples. I should have this figured out by now but I’m still searching out ideas for an idea to inspire my work, the things I create, so that I can take influence from Keith Haring rather than just trying to copy him. The whole mess has gotten me back into actually reading about Art.
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pictureboxinc:
Gary man opening Friday night, NYC.
aw man, I wish I had the money to go see this. On the other hand, every time I go to Manhattan I feel like somebody is trying to split my head in two. C’est la vie.
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fantagraphics:
Nijigahara Holograph
by Inio Asano; translated by Matt Thorn
February 2014
$26.99 Hardcover • 200 pages
Black-and-white • 7” x 9.25”
ISBN: 978-1-60699-583-9
Fantagraphics continues its line of acclaimed literary manga with new classic Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano. As society slowly spirals into darkness an unexplained explosion in the butterfly population is just the first of many curiosities in the town where rumors of a creature in a tunnel under the school spread like wildfire. A curse haunts the town as the story follows the scapegoat, Arié, who is plunged into the tunnel’s horrors and offered up to the creature. Many other characters harbor secrets, grudges, suicidal thoughts, and the physical scars of battles lost. How are they all linked and can the citizens of the town live with what they’ve done as the years creep by? Asano’s mysticism and slow terror take over the town in the span of a decade as told in two timelines.
Nijigahara Holograph is scheduled for release in February 2014 and Asano joins Shimura Takako (Wandering Son) and Moto Hagio (The Heart of Thomas, A Drunken Dream and Other Stories) in the Fantagraphics line of premium manga by the world’s greatest cartoonists. Translated by Matt Thorn, this 200 page book of beautiful black and white comics will be printed in gorgeous hardcover edition and presented in original “right to left” manga style for an authentic reading experience.Inio Asano’s previous translated works include Solanin and What a Wonderful World and he continues to create new work in Japan as one of the young voices of his generation.
Oh God yes, it’s probably been like 3 years now since I last read something by Inio Asano.
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wow okay that one got morbid. The word was “enough.” This one actually only took me about 15 minutes, so that’s good.
I think that’s all I’m gonna do for now. I’ll probably pick it up again tomorrow. I’m thinking I’ll do a bunch of these, pick my favorites, refine them, and maybe make a zine out of them.
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newyorker:
Maria Lokke looks into “A Secret History of Women and Tattoo”: “Though tattoos are an increasingly common, and visible, element of personal style these days, it’s some of the more hidden and historic examples—from Victorian women to circus attractions—that are the most surprising.”
Click-through for a slideshow: http://nyr.kr/Y9ZuB2
to any of my friends interested in Victorian ladies and/or tatoos
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Okay just barely made the cut here, can’t say this one came out so great. The word was Perseus. I had about 10 minutes left and I still hadn’t figured out compositions much less design so, yeah on to the next one.
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