Goodbye to '08, Hello to '09
Strike that; reverse it. First, in with the new - this weekend (February 6-8) is this year's New York Comic-Con, the first comics-related thing I'll be involved with in what feels like a very long time. I'll be sharing table space with GB Tran and Fred Chao, outstanding cartoonists and fine gentlemen, the both of 'em. I'll have copies of The Aviary, a minicomic (featuring one of the very very few - two, to be exact - comics stories I've managed to draw since completing The Aviary almost two years ago now), and a fancypants print for sale. The print is largeish (13x18 or so), and looks like this:
Next, out with the old - a few highlights of my 2008, in no particular order: Got married, became an Eisner Award nominee, went to Greece, became an Eisner Award loser, went to Japan. Lowlight (is that a word?) of the year is that I drew virtually no new comics at all. Spent the year as a consumer far more than a producer of any sort of "art". Saw, heard, and read quite a few things I enjoyed, so for no particular reason, here are some lists of favorite/best entertainments/distractions of 2008 (The Proverbial Top-Whatevers):
Comics: Skyscrapers of the Midwest, by Josh Cotter; Freddie and Me, by Mike Dawson; Pocket Full of Rain, by Jason; Acme Novelty Library #19, by Chris Ware; The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard, by Eddie Campbell; Ganges #2, by Kevin Huizenga
Movies: The Dark Knight, Synecdoche, NY, Let the Right One In, WALL-E, The Wrestler, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Visitor, Snow Angels, Cloverfield
Music: The Night Marchers - See You in Magic, The Hold Steady - Stay Positive, The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia and Adorata, Metallica - Death Magnetic, Girl Talk - Feed the Animals, Greg Dulli - Live at Triple Door, Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
Laffs: No funnier show of any kind than the Never Not Funny podcast. And I offer the highest possible recommendation for the album Impersonal, by Mr. Paul F. Tompkins.
That's all for now. If you're coming to NY Comic-con, come on by and say hello...
Next, out with the old - a few highlights of my 2008, in no particular order: Got married, became an Eisner Award nominee, went to Greece, became an Eisner Award loser, went to Japan. Lowlight (is that a word?) of the year is that I drew virtually no new comics at all. Spent the year as a consumer far more than a producer of any sort of "art". Saw, heard, and read quite a few things I enjoyed, so for no particular reason, here are some lists of favorite/best entertainments/distractions of 2008 (The Proverbial Top-Whatevers):
Comics: Skyscrapers of the Midwest, by Josh Cotter; Freddie and Me, by Mike Dawson; Pocket Full of Rain, by Jason; Acme Novelty Library #19, by Chris Ware; The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard, by Eddie Campbell; Ganges #2, by Kevin Huizenga
Movies: The Dark Knight, Synecdoche, NY, Let the Right One In, WALL-E, The Wrestler, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Visitor, Snow Angels, Cloverfield
Music: The Night Marchers - See You in Magic, The Hold Steady - Stay Positive, The Gutter Twins - Saturnalia and Adorata, Metallica - Death Magnetic, Girl Talk - Feed the Animals, Greg Dulli - Live at Triple Door, Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak
Laffs: No funnier show of any kind than the Never Not Funny podcast. And I offer the highest possible recommendation for the album Impersonal, by Mr. Paul F. Tompkins.
That's all for now. If you're coming to NY Comic-con, come on by and say hello...
posted by jamie at 12:17 AM
1 Comments:
Well, getting married and being nominated for an Eisner (not to mention Greece) are nothing to sneeze at. Here's hoping you find the time to get cracking on some more comic goodness so I can read it.
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