Just had to post these Christmas cards I made for colleagues and family this week!
That polka dot tissue paper is driving me insane!!
Wow, I wish I had that chic little outfit today! Happy holidays!!
Here is an excerpt from my spankin’ new comic book, “The World of Gloria Badcock” from the fabulous Koyama Press. Within there are 2 short pieces, one 10-page story, and – my favourite – faux advertisement pages like this, just like the real old-fashioned comics of yore! I’ll be posting more in the next week or 2. I will not be selling the comic from my website nor will Koyama Press. At present it is available at The Beguiling in Toronto, Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles and Atomic Books in Baltimore. If you’re having trouble getting ahold of one, please ask your local alternative comic book store to order some!
Here is a cover for the latest issue of In Toronto magazine with an illustration by yours truly for a story on philanthropy in the gay community. (Full disclosure: my bf, Gordon Bowness is the editor.) The challenge was to convey a holiday feeling without getting too corny and give a sense of the different types of people involved without doing portraits of the specific individuals featured in the article.
This interior page continues the theme. Thanks, honey, for the nice work and exposure!
Well, the launch of my new comic was a smash, if I say so myself! Throngs of people came out on a hideously rainy night in Toronto to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s cabaret space last night to hear a reading and interview featuring me and the gorgeous and brilliant Sasha Van Bonbon, who was a most excellent host for the evening. We sold a ton of copies and there was considerable interest in some of the original art that was on view at the event – I sold a drawing! Thanks again to Chris and Peter at The Beguiling, Sasha, Bill Grigsby and Landon Whittaker from Reactor, and my gorgeous, patient, fancy boyfriend, Gordon Bowness. Extra special thanks, as always to my publisher Anne Koyama, lady, you are nutso! I LOVE YOU!!! By the way she and I will be at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival this weekend. Hope to see you there!
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church
275 North 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY
12-9 pm
Free and open to the public
AND
Union Pool
484 Union Avenue # A
Brooklyn, NY
1-8 pm
Free and open to the public
I’m super-excited to announce: this coming Tuesday the 29th of November, The Beguiling Book Store and Koyama Press present the launch of “The World of Gloria Badcock”, my first comic book in more than ten years! Here’s the back cover (I’ve shown the front twice already on this blog.)
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St. Toronto, 7:00 – 11:00. Hosted by Sasha Van Bonbon! Hope to see you there!!
Here is a recent cover illustration I did for CA magazine for a feature story on how different generational business styles can co-exist and interact in a workplace. Thanks to the art director, Bernadette Gillen, who’s a dear old friend, don’cha know!
This is me at Toronto’s LGBT Youth Help Line Art Auction fundraiser. My piece became part of an exciting bidding war that drove the final value up to 1 and 1/2 times the asking price! The whole evening ended up raising over $46,000 all together. What a great event!
Here’s a piece from the newest issue of Mother Jones about Highland Park, one of the richest (and most Republican) zip codes in the USA. Thanks, Carolyn Perot, for another fun assignment!
This Wednesday, November 2, The Beguiling and Steamwhistle Brewery team up to present “Toronto Draws Tintin”, an art show/fundraiser for The Comic Legends Legal Defense Fund. I chose to revisit Bianca Castafiore, the Milanese Nightingale for my submission. Here is a chance to own an original (fake) signed 8 1/2 x 11 “photo” of the legendary diva (and rare female character) in the role of Gounod’s “Queen of Sheba”! Visit the Beguiling to learn more about this terrific cause and please, come out Wednesday night for the party!
This year’s Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line Art Auction takes place this November 3rd at the Burroughes, 639 Queen Street West at 7:00 p.m.
My contribution is a full page illustration originally done for a German translation edition of Carl Van Vechten’s “Parties” published by Walde & Graf.
Next, on November 10 comes Buddies in Bad Times Theatre fundraiser “Art Attack”. This year I’ve chosen to donate an original piece from my 2009 book “Maurice Vellekoop’s Pin-ups”, titled “Losing Perspective”.
Please, if you live in Toronto, come out and support these wonderful causes!