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| Saturday, October 31st, 2009 | | 3:56 pm |
Hootagraaaaah! Below lurks the last of my posts honouring today's seasonal ghoulery. This is the final piece of the scratchboard triptych done for Nicole Steen's Monster Party group show of '08. The big mama. That reduced size doesn't really do it justice, but then I don't know if I really did my favorite monster of all time justice either. Thanks again to Ryan Klak for his superb-- and difficult-- stitch job (from four different elements), and doing the colour composite. This is the printed version he put together for me.  I should mention today also marks for me an anniversary of sorts, as Susan Ferguson and I began dating on this day six years ago (six!). Thanks to the fire in her apartment that drove her to my living room couch. You need some kind of hook. People always say dopey crap like, "Thanks to such a swell gal for sticking around this old hunk of in-bred toffy... unh, unh... pfuhhh..." But the fact is, the last few years have not always been happy ones, and I DO thank Susan for always showing up and making them a little easier. She's neat.  Okay, I'm off. Happy Halloween everyone. | | Friday, October 30th, 2009 | | 5:01 pm |
Thought on the eve of Hallowe'en I'd post some more creepers from the archives. This was originally drawn some time back to accompany my report on the great EC re-union of 2000 for Julian Lawrence's Drippytown Comics. The original went to Al Feldstein about three years ago. Recently I unearthed it (ho ho) and added some colour to help it "pop". I'm hoping to get a copy to the last remaining subject in the picture, Jack Davis, shortly.  This thing cropped up in my sketchbook recently. I don't know what it is, but it's coming for you! He loves perogies by the way...  | | Wednesday, October 28th, 2009 | | 1:29 am |
Okay, the second in my series of Hallowe'en scratchin's. This was also done for last year's group show-- and it sold! Unfortunately the scan I have cropped the picture quite badly. This was actually done as a throw away practice run, but I think it ended up being more successful than the big piece I had lined up as the show-stopper (that's to come).  | | Sunday, October 25th, 2009 | | 6:28 pm |
All Hallow's Eve is approaching, and so far it's turned into a real season of the witch for me. Still, I'm trying to get into the spirit of the thing as this is normally my favorite time of year-- so I'll be posting some spooky images over the next few days. This one was part of a rarely seen triptych of scratchboard pieces I kicked out for a group show last year. Noone gets it! He's supposed to be thinking about what he wants to carve on his jack o'lantern. Apologies to Geiger.  | | Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 | | 1:42 am |
Well, would you look at this? I'M part of an exhibit at the UBC Rare Books & Special Collections Library (where they have beakers and everything) starting this Friday! Pig Pen voice: "Kind of makes you want to treat me with a little more respect, doesn't it?"  Well, I checked out the exhibit today at the lovely opening provided by the organizers, and it was a treat to see the cawmix medium being treated with such empathy and respect (my little rags aside). The following are just some of the snaps I took of the event:  At the Irving K. Barber library. This was set up to give an overview of the six artists involved, but we were each given our own spotlighted section.  Look at Susan and Colin having such fun, reveling in the academic pre-eminence of all the glass and wood!  This exhibit was created by students taking their master's course in visual communications (I think that's right), and specific members of the class were assigned to each artist featured. These are some of the ladies who were assigned to review and display my comics! Ewww, they TOUCHED them! From left to right are Rebecca, Heather, and Michelle. Rebecca would rather be anywhere else right now, but she can't! Ha ha! I'm driving this train, dammit! The by-line they wrote for me ended in the sentence: "Lloyd's often-aggressive style reveals the deep implications of politics, religion and conventions, and challenges any attempt at sugarcoating life". Hey, they GET me!  This is Ralph Stenton-- who originally curated all the comics within for the UBC archives-- and Francesca Marini-- who then originated the idea for the exhibit. They are good people; fine limbed and clean. Thanks to both for making me legit! The show runs until the end of January, and an additional display is scheduled to start at the SUB building next week (see poster for details). If you're out at UBC, take a moment and check out the efforts of these fine folks. They really did take their time to explore the work. | | Friday, October 16th, 2009 | | 6:00 pm |
Hey, thanks to Ryan Klak's superlative stitch job, I can share this with y'all! This was done for the International Burlesque Festival back in May. I want to give BIG ups to the wonderful burlesque ladies of Vancouver, particularly of Sweet Soul Burlesque and Screamin' Chicken collectives-- for they have really made some great grass-roots strides in building venues and an audience for what they do. And they do it WELL, proving consistently that they're much more than just pretty faces and tuchases.  The lady pictured is no less than the phenomenal Lola Frost, a local gal who has been blowing me away on a regular basis over the last two years. I wish I could post the video footage of one of her last performances at the Biltmore-- a tour-de-force piece that was at once inspired, drop dead sexy, and deeply poignant. Not at all your standard booty-shaking fare. Sadly, my camera ran short on memory before I could capture the whole set (I had just come back from holidays). Lola has taken her inspiration from the flappers of the '20's (hence the my attempt at a period piece)-- but not by merely aping the affectations of the time. She genuinely captures the elegance, the style, and the sheer raw talent of that era's greatest performers. SEE her, before she is beyond our small world. Check out the schedule for Kitty Nights at the Biltmore, or see her this Sunday at: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=153167932225&ref=mfI will certainly be there. Thanks again to Mr. Klak for getting this internet ready for me. | | Sunday, October 11th, 2009 | | 5:32 pm |
Juliette Lewis is back in town tonight. Below is today's little pet project by way of a gift to her. First is the preliminary sketch followed by the finished poster:   Hey kids, can you spot the near fatal fuck-up on the final? Yup, it's that red high-light down her legs. It started out as a much more subtle effect just to help unify things, but it looked wonky and I had to keep working into it, over an over, until... mud. Oh, well. Hopefully the rest is strong enough to carry it. I should say I was working very instinctively on this piece, trying to capture the energy and spontaneity of her performances without much planning. It's interesting working at that size (about 2'x4'), without any kind of blow-up projector or photocopies to trace-off. I kinda just let the pencil take me where it would. Over-all I'm fairly happy with what was a very risky venture. It's all coloured with crayola markers, by the way. Wish me luck getting it to her. | | 2:08 am |
Well, it's out! This is the latest. Not that you give a care.  In case you can't read it (and I didn't draw this), the above image is copyright 2009 Bongo Entertainment Inc., and C. & TM 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. And yes, All rights are reserved. | | Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 | | 1:20 am |
Collaborations with my nephew, Dylan. You can guess which parts are his and which are mine:   I have to admit to embellishing the tree a little. He asked me to make it look like roots were being pulled out of the ground.  Looking at it now, this Tyrannosaurus really bites-- and I don't mean in the obvious sense. It's just embarrassing. In terms of a young boy's criteria for cool, all that really matters is how you bring the T-rex... and here I am completely stinking up the place. That's supposed to be a Triceratops in his mouth (hey shut up, he's five). | | Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009 | | 1:14 am |
Can you BELIEVE this here thing?! Rebecca Dart, by the grace of her hand, AND NO OTHER REASON drew this GORGEOUS cryptogram for me tonight:  How can you get one of these yourself, you ask? You can't. It's my thing only. I HAVE DIRT ON HER. And her hubby, too: Mr. Bougie drew this on the inside of the card DENOTING NO SPECIFIC OCCASION:  Goy! And if that's not enough, he not only burned some cds for me gratis, but actually drew ORIGINAL COVERS for them!  Wonk! These are good people! How can you have friends like these, you ask? You can't. It's my thing only. I'm off to the east coast later this week, and things can go wrong in planes and on oceans. If I should not make it back to the wonders of Olympic Village, I would just like to thank Robin and Rebecca for being my pals, now and always. | | Saturday, September 19th, 2009 | | 12:53 pm |
Jyar! It be "International Talk Like A Pirate Day", so I be mizzen the jizzenghast and poopin' the sloop by postin' this here... Oh, screw it. I drew this for a pirate art show two years back (see below).  Speaking of which, Nicole Steen, aka Black Ethyl Cash, hoists the mast of local talent again at tonight's Lowbrow on the High Seas Pirate Arrt Show (the 19th). Pat's Pub at 403 E. Hastings. Musical Mayhem! Door Prizes! Costume Contest! So trumpets the hand-bill! And Ms. Cash sitting by her lonesome if you don't check out the show! (I'm not in this one by the way...) | | Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 | | 3:32 am |
| | Monday, September 14th, 2009 | | 2:18 am |
So, all you all want is tits, huh? Okay, from tonights Dr. Sketchy session at The Wallflower:  Sorry, I don't remember the model's name off-hand. It was something made up. But she was real cute! | | Friday, September 11th, 2009 | | 7:20 pm |
| | Monday, September 7th, 2009 | | 2:50 am |
In an earlier post I commented on how Moebius' work in Lieutenant Blueberry was a big influence on the approach I was taking with pen and ink landscapes. Below are two examples that I think illustrate just how deftly he's able to push back or bring forward elements in his always flawless compositions. Sadly, these are not great scans:   (images are copyright Charlier and Giraud '09!). The following is an attempt from a few years back to very consciously ape the Blueberry "look" in my drawing of a logging camp situated in the town of Naramata @ the '50's (hey, it was just an exercise!).  For anyone interested in looking further into Moebius' famous Western, I would highly recommend hunting down the collection Mojo Press out of Austin, Texas released a decade ago (from which I copped these scans). It reprints no less than five books from the saga, in BLACK AND WHITE-- an economic decision on their part that really allows the reader greater understanding of his mastery of the weapons at hand. In this case, ink and brush. It's actually frustrating flipping through it now; I've always said that comics are not about getting every image perfect (which I have to say to excuse my own shortcomings)-- they're about the art working well enough to tell the story as effectively as possible. But every image IS perfect in Blueberry. There's not a line that shouldn't be there, and every line adds up to (as Jack Jackson put it), "a stunning evocation of the western landscape". His work never as lush again. The man can't produce a bad drawing, but I find his sterile sci-fi pen work almost painful by comparison. So what books take up permanent residence by your desk? | | Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 | | 2:01 pm |
Notes from a concert: We went and saw the first live show I'd seen in a long time last week at the Malkin bowl in Stanley Park. It was a lady triptych of Juliette Lewis and Cat Power opening for the Pretenders. The Pretenders were for Susan, Shoo-liette was for me. I occupied my time between sets shmearing the following:    Things I learned: 1. Despite my qualms with the narcissism of the young hipster scene, they have nothing on the self-obsession and lack of awareness evinced by middle-aged white people with money in Vancouver. I still want to slug the dumpy broad who insisted on dancing directly on our blanket with her filthy sneakers when there was tons of room elsewhere. 2. Watching four people on stage play instruments under coloured lights just doesn't do it for me anymore (with the expection of Julliette, who works harder than anyone I've ever seen). I really need to see someone wrestle a three-hundred pound woman from the audience or bring out a monkey on rollerskates or something. | | Saturday, August 29th, 2009 | | 3:35 am |
Reject 4:  Oh the humanity! Oh the shitty drawing! Ink and prismacolour again. And an older entry. I left this one out because I think the drawing is fairly sloppy and formless, particularly on the blimp itself-- where I screwed up on the ribbing. However, I really do think the heavy ink and prismacolour on textured paper captures the look of the old grainy b&w photographs quite champion. So, I offer this more as a technical exercise for you shop folk. Some day I'll get this stuff to scan properly. | | Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 | | 2:36 am |
Sketchbook reject 3: I found this little curio riffling through a book from a few summers previous. Susan and I jammed on it one afternoon at a bar when we were, evidently, in a slightly odd mood. Incidentally, Susan had a great debut for Antic Comics #3 on Sunday. Who says cute comics drawn by cute girls don't sell? Well, nobody.  | | Saturday, August 22nd, 2009 | | 5:28 pm |
ALSO available this Sunday: the re-release of Superstar, my little epic from 2000.  Being the adventures of a rock 'n' roll star on a desert island. Just watch as the tension mounts!   Sorry, you'll have to drop some bread to see how it ends! Heritage Hall! Sunday! | | Friday, August 21st, 2009 | | 9:24 pm |
So, thanks to Ultra X-Press's talented, efficient ying covering for Van-Print's inconceivably useless, boneheaded yang, I will have both books ready for Comix & Stories (that's the new print of issue 4, and the sketchbook). But most importantly, Sunday will see the debut of my sweetie's latest:  It's 24 all new pages by Ms. Susan ferguson, and it has a dragon in it! That's cute, right? So all you creepy little Harry Potter wonks should at least drop some money for it. Anyways, my thanks again to Vincent and the gang at Ultra X-Press for their sterling service. (604) 872-8943-- The Duncan Building, #403-119 Pender Street West. |
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