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Comics artists are appearing in gallery shows left and right. In San Francisco, Lark Pien has art in a show called ‘Tiny’ at the Studio Gallery from November 30th to December 24th.

John Porcellino is this month’s small press spotlight artist at the Cartoon Art Museum. (Check out John’s new website!)

Down in Los Angeles, the UCLA’s Hammer Museum (in collaboration with LA’s MOCA) has what appears to be a massive show of classic comics art, highlighting 15 master artists from across the 20th century.

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The Comics Journal Message Board:
Leigh Rigozzi says Australian comics are cool. Lots of pictures. Tim Danko, Mandy Ord, Kirrily Schell, Amber Carvan, many more.
http://www.tcj.com/messboard/ubb/Forum2/HTML/004637.html

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Through Richard Visick, I was introduced to the poster art of Leia Bell. Leia lives in Salt Lake City, where she designs posters for the shows at Kilby Court, her husband’s all-ages music venue. Leia’s posters are quieter and more personal than what is usually seen in the fabulously over-the-top world of rock poster graphics. Her subjects come from everyday life, such as her son gazing at some cicadas in the image shown here. Though she may not realize it, she is an alternative comics artist who works exclusively in the medium of screen printing.
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Seattle cartoonist Richard Visick originally hails from Utah. For the past few years he has made mini-comics in which the mundane lives of young ‘hipsters’ are celebrated with warmth and offbeat humor. Being something of a Renaissance Man, Richard is also knowledgeable in the fields of library science, health care, and music. He is in the band Touchdown Eagle, and he makes posters for shows. He has collected a smattering of his rock flyer work in the zine “No One Gives a Fuck About Your Shitty Band”, issues 1 and 2, which he will sell you by mail if you contact him.

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AStrangeDay
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Seattle artist Tatiana Gill has received much acclaim for her work with writer Damon Hurd on the graphic novella “A Strange Day”, the story of a Cure fan in middle-America who runs into a kindred spirit when he shows up too early at a record store on the day the band’s new album is to be released. This book was recently released in French!

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Portland cartoonist Shawn Granton often draws women with stripey socks (and possibly scarves) wearing red Chuck Taylors. Who knows why, but who can argue with the results? Many of Shawn’s mini comics can be obtained from microsm publishing.
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Alice
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Seattle artist Henry Chamberlain is in the middle of an autobiographical graphic novel about his arrival in New York City as a young man.

Says Henry: “I’m continuing my work on Alice in New York and having a great time as the work continues to develop. The process is organic, spirited, and exciting as I dig deeper and ultimately go back from beginning to end and back reworking and refining. The trade paperback will be something else.”

Not only is he is releasing chapters from the book in mini-comic form, he also has a store on his website which features one of the greatest comics-related t-shirts I’ve ever seen (the image is displayed here). It would make a nice stocking-stuffer for the clerk in your life…

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Dogsbody review of Alice in New York.

Email Henry for info on ordering his comics.