The other night I went to a reading of a new play by my old friend John Walch over at New Dramatists. I pay better attention when I’m doodling, so here’s three pages of sketching I did of John, the actors and some guy in the audience. The play’s called What God Hath Wrought: A Transatlantic Farce and it is absolutely wonderful. John’s so good …
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If you want to spend 35 minutes listening to me talk about drawing, my life, colorblindness, theater, Balthrop Alabama and other things, this is the video for you. It’s the companion piece to the video I posted yesterday and the real payoff comes at about the thirty minute mark, when a stranger in the front row—who slept through most of the discussion—wakes up and asks me about a dream he apparently was having about me.
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This is a video about me, made by the folks at The Roger Smith Hotel in Manhattan during my recent show of drawings of People Looking At Art. It includes footage of me at work at joespub (where I’m the Archival Artist), drawing a Benji Hughes show (and some incidental music by Benji as well).
It’s strange to see a day or two of footage edited down to three minutes— and some of the things I say here are a little out of context, but It looks great and I’m grateful to everyone involved …
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krysta rodriguez on Flickr.
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1962 Hawkman comic predicts direct deposit, debit cards
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Imperfect Pitch on Flickr.
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The other day I got to meet the legendary illustrator/artist Bob Grossman. He liked my stuff and we had a great visit. He recommended that I draw more in pencil (ha!) and copy other artists (sure thing!). So, here’s me and my wife as Popeye and Olive—for Bob Grossman…
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Xavier, performing with Nova Social, last nigh at joespub
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Ten years of sketchbooks …from four years ago!
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Star Power.
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Somewhat Super Sammy.
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An “outtake” from my New Yorker Culture Blog sketchbook report (it didn’t really work with the flow of the slideshow). Neil Patrick Harris and choreographer Spencer Liff working on stage during tech rehearsal….
Hedwig and The Angry Inch: Rehearsal on Flickr.
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Thou Shall Not Despair (during certain hours). Happy Earth Day!
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Waves on Flickr.
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Charles on Flickr.
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Uptown A Train on Flickr.