Archive for May, 2007

six new pages

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

New Venice Chronicles from Italy’s Cinque Terre. Read it all here. The new pages are at the end of chapter 3 and beginning of 4. You can also look at the Chronicles as a Flickr Set, pretty neat.

and more pieces …

Wednesday, May 16th, 2007

You can see many of the donated pieces from the upcoming art auction at the Maverix’s blog. I beter bring my check book for this one, so many wonderful donations.

Peter de Seve joins in the Benefit Art Auction

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Look at this spectacular color study by Peter de Seve. This is the art piece he donated to our upcoming art auction! This Sunday may 20th at Maverix Studios in San Francisco, don’t miss it!!

more Chronicles

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Four new pages of Venice Chronicles comics! Read them here, you’ll find the latest pages on chapter 3.

Pieces are coming in …

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Some wonderful pieces of art are coming in for the SketchCrawl/Maverix Benefit Art Auction! I am so amazed at the artists community around us and the giving spirit it musters. Here’s a stunning original watercolor piece from Tadahiro Uesugi. I also just heard we’re gonna have a Peter de Seve drawing in the auction, pretty [...]

Wow, what a review.

Monday, May 7th, 2007

It’s kind of amusing and strange to be writing about this but I think it’s safe to say that Josh Cook at Bookslut.com pretty much hated our Three Trees make a forest book. He seems to miss narrative in our pieces and find them lacking depth. I am not so surprised at critique coming [...]

Kim Cogan’s new show

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

Kim has a solo artshow this saturday in the city. His new paintings, focusing on San Francisco’s Chinatown, are stunning and refreshing. I am already the proud owner of an amazing piece by Kim but I’ll certainly be there at White Walls Gallery, 835 Larkin.

Matsumoto Tayo

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

I have a feeling that one of the byproducts of the Tekkon Kinkreet film (hopefully to be released soon here as well) and the press attention it’s getting, will be that some of the amazing comics by Matsumoto Tayo will finally be given some attention and much needed translation here in the US! On Amazon [...]

The Art of Ratatouille

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Hey look at this book, it’s just about to be released. Among the tons of amazing drawings and paintings you might find one or two of my scribbles in it. And you know, if you order it with this nice book, you’ll get free shipping and a gift for a friend … or yourself.