Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Jen Stark's Paper Art



Yeah! Jen Stark, who does some amazing Paper Art, is getting recognized. Ever since I first saw her work - I think on Wired - I've enjoyed her work and kept up with her. It's fun to see what Jen's up to. I like paper craft as an art-form, and she does some beautiful work. I love the new work too!



Jen now has a fun shop to buy some of her art too.
Keep up the awesome work Jen!

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Monday, November 24, 2008

finding Inner Sanctum



I recently wanted to explore graphic novels - to see if I might find any illustrators and writers who I might connect with. (I had just finished reading The Picture Bible, illustrated by André Le Blanc, and surprisingly enjoyed it!) ... So I went to the library to explore other graphic novels and see if I might find anything interesting. ...

I happened to pick up Flight, v2 - which is a compilation of various short-stories in graphic form, from different illustrators/writers. I was amazed when the first story I read was Inner Sanctum by Michel Gagné!! Wow!! I was amazed. The whole short story is available online. You should check it out. It's amazing!

I also really enjoyed:
• "Destiny Express" by Jen Wang
• "The Orange Grove" by Kazu Kibuishi (who also organizes the Flight books)
• "The Ride" by Rodolphe Guenoden
• "Ghost Trolley" by Rad Sechrist
• "Impossible" by Herval
• "A Test for Centri" by Amy Kim Ganter.

Now I'm onto Flight, v3. So far, so good!!

Thanks Kazu and Michel!
I'm really getting into graphic novels because of Inner Sanctum and the Flight books!

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