Archive for January, 2007

Gipi’s New Year wishes

Friday, January 12th, 2007

And since we’re on the topic, I really found this one page comic by Gipi funny and poignant. So much that I made a translation for you to read! Enjoy.

The New Year will very beautiful and luminous (of a diffused light), so nobody will be backlit.
“In fact I am the last one”
And we will discover [...]

Draw like Coltrane

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

I was listening to the video interview that Igort and Gipi have up here. I am afraid it’s all in Italian, but one thing I need to translate for you, very neat bit. Gipi toward the end says regarding drawing:” I want to draw like John Coltrane … this idea of abandon, of having absorbed [...]

Kozyndan’s Nirai Kanai

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Wish I was in L.A. for this exhibition at Six Space. I like the concept and inspiration for this show by Kozyndan. The first time I heard about the Ama divers of Japan was when I met Miyazaki San a few years back at Studio Ghibli. During the small chat the man himself showed us [...]

Meanwhile in Venice …

Wednesday, January 10th, 2007

Two brand new pages of the Venice Chronicles comics at the bottom here. To read from the beginning you can go to Chapter one here.

Posing monkey

Monday, January 8th, 2007

And here’s a strange photo of a posing stuffed monkey named, thanks to some of you, Mozzarella. Now doesn’t all that strike you as rather surreal?

In other news, I finally drew some pages of the Venice Chronicles tonight. It’s been really slow going on the comic lately, for a few weeks I was kind of [...]

Mozzarella it is!

Monday, January 8th, 2007

Here’s Mozzarella about to cook me some breakfast. He makes lousy scrambled eggs but at least he’s making himself useful.

The books!!

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Wow, this book came out so well, what a beauty. Ronnie, Tadahiro and I are so stoked. Our first hardcover book! Unfortunately we only got a couple of advance copies from the printer, but we should get the whole shipment back from overseas later this month. So for those of you who already ordered it [...]

Happy New Year card

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

Coolest happy new year card I received this year, from a couple of friends at Studio Ghibli. Neat uh? Year of the Boar, which is also my sign. So a special happy new year wish to all of us boars.

Monkey poll

Monday, January 1st, 2007

Start the new year making a difference, make your voice heard for something that matters: vote for your favorite monkey name.
Here’s the choices: Cinnamon, Chicco, Chirino, Poncho, Cucchu, Ooh-ooh Aah aah, Bunky-Boy, Monkey, Chippy, Choppy, Chinky, Chimpy, Wuba and Mozzarella (Mozza for friends).
Cast two votes in the comments section, your favorite and second favorite. [...]