Alice Brown in Dud Comics

I've drawn a 1-page strip starring The Magic Pen's Alice Brown, for a Dunedin-based anthology called Dud Comics. You can find out about Dud and see some of the contributions on the Dunedin Comic Collective Blog.

Other contributors to Dud include Tony Renouf, Tim Cornelius, Chris Knox, Fane Flaws and more!

New page: The Magic Pen

september events

August-September Events
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A. Storytime! show at the Cartoon Art Museum

B. India Celebration at the Asian Art Museum

C. Zinefest in Golden Gate Park - Sept 4th-5th!

D. Peanuts 60th Anniversary at the Schulz Museum - Sept 11th!

E. Korea Cultural Day at the Asian Art Museum

F. Mr. Elephanter , Comic-Con report + other goodies

A. Storytime! Graphic Novels for Kids of All Ages
Come see original pages and works showing the creative processes used by the individual artists. Visitors are invited to peek over the shoulders of the creators and follow along from the first sketchbook doodles all the way to the printed page.

Storytime! Graphic Novels for Kids of All Ages, features the work of ten influential cartoonists whose work has broken new ground in the literary world: Mo Willems, Irving Tripp and Virginia Hubbell, Larry Marder, Stan Sakai, Raina Telgemeier, Lark Pien, Dave Roman, Hope Larson, and Jeff Smith.

Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
Reception: Tuesday August 24th, 7pm-9pm, with guests Larry Marder + Lark Pien
Exhibit Dates: June 26 – November 14
www.cartoonart.org


B. Celebration of India at the Asian Art Museum
I’ve contributed illustrations to a basic Yoga Guide for the AAM! You can pick up a copy starting Saturday, but more importantly, go for a fun-filled day of traditional Indian dance performances, and get a full gallery yoga tour led by a real yogini. Special guest Sanjay Patel will present his new book, Ramayana: Divine Loophole. Kids can make art to take home.

preview yoga drawings here.

Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA
Event: Saturday August 28th , 12noon - 4pm
http://www.asianart.org/family.htm#community

C. Zinefest, September 4th-5th
Being a free admission event, this is a nice laid back way to spend a part of your San Francisco weekend. Stop into Golden Gate Park and check out the local DIY offerings. I’ll be sharing a table with Mark Miyake + Thien Pham, and will bring a preview copy of Mr. Elephanter, for those who’d like to see the book before it comes out.

Zinefest @ the County Fair Building
Adjacent the Botanical Gardens entrance, and near 9th and Lincoln streets
San Francisco, CA Show Dates: September 4th + 5th
http://blog.sfzinefest.com/


D. Peanuts 60th Anniversary
Charlie Brown and the gang are turning 60! If you grew up loving Snoopy and his human cohorts as I have, please come out and show your support. The weather is bound to be perfect for celebration. Guests catoonists include:

Brent Anderson Michael Capozzola Rhoda Draws Alexis Fajardo Brian Fies Shaenon Garrity

Mike Gray Debbie Huey Greg Knight Jonathan Lemon Paul Madonna

Brian Narelle Thien Pham Lark Pien Dan Piraro Frank Roberson Brian Kolm

At 3:30pm, Dan Piraro will give a presentation and speak about his work. Piraro recently won the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Charles M. Schulz Museum
2301 Hardies Lane
Santa Rosa, CA
Anniversary: September 11th ,10am – 5pm
http://www.schulzmuseum.org/


E. Korea Cultural Day at the Asian Art Museum
Celebrate the Korean harvest festival of Chuseok and welcome the fall season with the whole family. Taste traditional food, learn Korean dance moves, watch a demonstration on traditional Korean embroidery techniques. Join us for a fun art making activity, docent guided tours in Korea Gallery or family storytelling tours with folktales from Korea. Kids can lead their grown-ups through the gallery with the aid of a new interactive guide, drawn by yours truly.

Asian Art Museum
200 Larkin
San Francisco, CA Event: Sunday September 19th , 12noon – 4pm
http://www.asianart.org/family.htm#community


F. Mr. Elephanter and other goodies
Mr. Elephanter arrives in bookstores, September 28th! The early reviews for this fuzzy mustached caretaker have been great (Mr. E received a starred review in Kirkus, hooray!).
If you know a special teacher, babysitter, parent, sibling, or even just a wee tot who loves reading, please treat them to a copy of Mr. Elephanter. It's affordable ($15), and makes for a caring gift.

In preparation for the book's release, I’ve been slowly learning how to build a website, and have added on new, updated pages to browse. when you have a moment please visit www.larkpien.com and send your feedback (i need it). Goodies like wallpapers for your desktop coming soon.

Lastly, i'll leave you with a few Comic-Con related articles. Long Tail Kitty gets a write up on Wired's Geekdad here. And watch me get the sweatles in this clip taken on the convention floor here. Special thanks to Eva V for posting to the School Library Journal, and to Jonathan L for the review on LTK!

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New page: The Magic Pen

To my lasting shame, I wasn't able to post a new page last Friday, due to a major deadline (I'll tell you about that soon). Hopefully that will be the last day I miss (at least for a while)!

Anyway, to make up for it, today's new page introduces a brand new character. Enjoy!

Test Run for The Mercury

OK OK OK. There's a few things that you need to know about this cartoon.

1. It's a political cartoon about Australian Politics.
2. It's about a week and a half past its expiration date. It's no longer relevant. The election has already been held and crazily enough, we still don't have any idea who's gonna be our Prime Minister.
3. It was never actually published. It was a "dummy run" for the Mercury Newspaper here in Hobart. I'm applying to be a once-a-week cartoonist for them and they're putting me through the ringer to see if I can actually come up with a cartoon by the deadline.
   

I would try to explain what's going on with all of this, but I might bore you. All you really need to know is that the guy pictured is Tony Abbott, who was going on a useless no-sleep-till-election promotion. And workchoices? To be honest, I still don't understand that. Tony Abbott apparently did because he implemented it and then it was revoked as being cruel and unfair. So, at this point, Julia Gillard, the current Prime Minister, has been saying that Abbott would try to bring this back if he were elected.

Now, all that being said, I want to assure all of you that I'll still be making regular comics. I've got one that I'm inking at the moment. I just wanted to show you this because I thought it turned out nice and I wanted to show it off.

dechet carnet

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Round 11: Day twenty-nine

Round 11: Day Twenty-eight

Liquid City #2

Wrapping up production: arriving in late September 2010, this massive anthology of contemporary Southeast Asian comics includes Lat, Sonny Liew, Miel, Charlene Chua, Ivan Song, Nguyen Thanh Phong, Lim Cheng Tju and more! Looks like there will be a launch … Continue reading →