OOSA artists Andrew MacLean, Logan Faerber and Toby Cypress were part of “The End” group show at the Pony Club Gallery. The show should be up for the rest of the month. If you’re in Portland, OR, you should definitely go check it out in person. If not, you can see all of the pieces at the Pony Club Gallery website. Toby’s piece has already sold, but Andrew’s piece is for sale here.
I’m sure you all know about the Brand New Nostalgia art blog, right? Started by OOSA’a own Andrew MacLean and featuring OOSA artists Logan Faerber and Alexis Ziritt (along with a ton of other talented artists), BNN puts out amazing art every week online. Now, they are taking it to the next level and producing their first anthology: kaBOOMbox Vol. 1.
The book will be 200+ pages and feature new illustrations and comics from 18 international artists and will include work from the entire Out of Step Arts roster. That’s right! Toby Cypress, Ming Doyle, Paul Maybury and Greg Ruth have all been invited to contribute art to the book and have graciously accepted! So, besides the OOSA crew, you’ll also get artwork by:
To get this accomplished, the folks behind BNN have started a Kickstarter campaign to help raise the $9500 to print the book and they need you to back this project! There are some great incentives available to those who do. Check ‘em out and make a contribution! And if you are on the fence about it, just read this write-up about kaBOOMbox and BNN on ComicsAlliance.com. Or this one here by Robot6 on ComicBookResources.com. Or this Interview with Andrew MacLean on FreakinAwesomeNetwork.net.
This book is going to be a big deal and I’m so proud to have Out of Step Arts associated with it.
The OOSA artists have a lot going this month. Take a look!
September 7th
Alexis, Andrew, Logan, Greg, Toby and Paul (along with a bunch of other great indie artists) will all have work in this show and it’s all for sale. I’ll be there for the opening selling OOSA prints and maybe Anniversary Print Sets. If you’re in Richmond, VA, you should definitely come by and say hello.
About the exhibition:
In an environment that is permeated with ads and posters for cinematic adaptations of comics, an equal amount of representation for the comic’s originators are rarely seen. The aim of &@$#! is to introduce the craft of the comic creator through the display of original pencil & ink drawings and their “fine art” paintings & illustrations. Audience members ranging from fans of comics to visual & performing arts supporters will be amazed and delighted to erode preconceived notions of what it means to be a comic artist. Their content is not solely driven by spandex wearing heroes and heroines, but to tell a story like the storytellers before them that both delight and educate.
www.Gallery5arts.org
September 15th
Alexis, Andrew and Logan will participating in the “Battles Without Honor and Humanity” group show at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR.
About the exhibit:
This exhibition will be based loosely around yakuza/crime noir films by directors such as Akira Kurosawa, Takeshi “Beat” Kitano, Takeshi Miike, Kinji Fukasaku, Seijun Suzuki, Yukio Mishima, Sogo Ishii and Shinya Tsukamoto. As a genre, yakuza films are divided into two subsets: ninkyo-eiga or “chivarly films” featuring honorable outlaws caught between duty and compassion. Then there is jisturoku-eiga, the modern yakuza films which feature the stifling brutality of a life of crime. The artists and writers in this show will explore and pay homage to this powerful and unique genre.
www.floatingworldcomics.com
September 16-17
Ming Doyle will be attending the Small Press Expo sitting at E10 and selling her wares. I’ll be at the show as well, but I’ll be mobile. Checking out the sights, as it were, and promoting the OOSA artists.
www.SPXpo.com
September 22-23
Alexis Ziritt will be a guest of the Cincinnati Comic Expo. If you’re going and you’d like to pre-arrange a commission from him, you can do so here.
www.cincinnaticomicexpo.com
