Dash Shaw

LIGHT INDUSTRY EVENT Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 7:30pmDash Shaw...

Tue, 14 May 2013 21:32:30 -0400

Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 7:30pm
Dash Shaw + Bobby’s Girl
155 Freeman Street, Brooklyn

With books like Bottomless Belly Button, BodyWorld, and his latest, New School, the young cartoonist Dash Shaw is responsible for some of the most adventurous and idiosyncratic comics being made today. His dynamic serial forms feature elaborately layered panels and off-kilter figuration, betraying a remarkable confluence of styles and strategies, at times recalling everything from Sigmar Polke to manga. Recently, in anticipation of a feature-length project, he has also begun to produce a similarly variegated body of animation, which includes music video, the melancholy droid-drama The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century, A.D., and a biography that covers a chapter in the life of Dada doyenne Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. He’s also crafted cinematic permutations of his own comics, as well as adaptations of game shows and reality tv that marry their source materials’ original audio tracks with a series of static illustrations to uncanny effect—Wheel of Fortune never seemed so heartbreaking, or so strange. Tonight, he’ll present a selection of his experiments with moving images at Light Industry. Rounding out the lineup is a film chosen by Shaw that he finds resonant with the concerns of his particular hand-drawn animation techniques: Bobby’s Girl, an 80s anime rarity about a teenage biker, his pen pal, and his death drive.

Followed by a conversation with Shaw.

Tickets - $7, available at door.

Please note: seating is limited. First-come, first-served. Box office opens at 7pm.

(( I’m screening some of my animations along with the 1985 limited animation anime “Bobby’s Girl” !!! It’s gonna be amazing!!! ))

TCAF

Fri, 10 May 2013 20:24:32 -0400

I’m at TCAF this weekend. At the Fantagraphics table signing:

Saturday 9am to 12pm

Sunday 1 to 2:30pm and 4 to 5pm

Also I have a Spotlight Panel where I’m showing animations and comics. 2:45 to 3:45pm on Sunday at the Reference Library.

Process pics on a two page spread of New School. A bar scene....

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:27:27 -0400

Process pics on a two page spread of New School. A bar scene. I shuffled things around and eventually tilted the angle to make the space feel more dynamic and crowded. The first four photos are 18 X 24” sheets of paper, then the last (final) ink pages in the book are two 8.5 X 11” sheets — but the color layer is still done 18 X 24”. I draw things in stages, try to get fresh eyes on it somehow, sometimes one stage drawn a year after the stage before.

fantagraphics: 3 New Stories by Dash...

Wed, 08 May 2013 18:42:38 -0400

fantagraphics:

3 New Stories
by Dash Shaw

http://www.fantagraphics.com/3newstories

32-page full-color comic book • $3.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-721-5

Order Now! - Also available digitally via comiXology

This one-shot comic book features three all-new, full-color short stories that explore varied dystopian societies. From a Sherlock Holmes-style investigator who must complete his high school degree to filmed “voluntary” nudity to prison camps full of jaded children, Shaw pens each story with his signature style and unique spin, all in 32 pages.

“A former student of the genius artist-seer-cartoonist Gary Panter, Dash, it’s fair to say, is something of a genius as well.” — Chris Ware

“Dash Shaw is an utterly brilliant young cartoonist who has, in a few short years, advanced from the academic experiments of his earlier work… into a formalist genius whose skills encompass both a natural gift for color and a feel for subtle, indirect characterization.” – Bill Howard, Only the Cinema

“Kaleidoscopic… Shaw has a deft touch… Like the very best illustrated fiction, Shaw’s work moves between pathos and humor, between the fantastic and the familiar.” – The Christian Science Monitor

I watched this newyorker.com interview on mute and realized the whole video is actually about my...

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:43:33 -0400

I watched this newyorker.com interview on mute and realized the whole video is actually about my cat.

Portland Mercury: New School Review

Mon, 06 May 2013 09:39:16 -0400

Portland Mercury: New School Review

Hanging at the Fantagraphics Bookstore, Seattle. New School...

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:04:39 -0400

Hanging at the Fantagraphics Bookstore, Seattle. New School originals. I’m showing cartoons and comics there tomorrow.

fantagraphics: Dash Shaw and more upcoming events at...

Thu, 02 May 2013 13:12:45 -0400

fantagraphics:

Dash Shaw and more upcoming events at Fantagraphics Bookstore. Details here.

I’m at the Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday.

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:14:18 -0400

Next Thursday at Floating World in Portland. It’ll be a...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:33:34 -0400

Next Thursday at Floating World in Portland. It’ll be a slightly different presentation than the one I do at Stumptown — (I tried to make it worthwhile if anyone goes to both.)

From Pittsburgh’s “Drawing Power” last...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 18:06:31 -0400

From Pittsburgh’s “Drawing Power” last Saturday.

fantagraphics: Dash Shaw at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Free...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:39:00 -0400

fantagraphics:

Dash Shaw at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Free Comic Book Day! http://www.fantagraphics.com/news/shaw-fcbd

My cartoon/comic presentation is being refined as I go… All the fat will be cut by May 4th!

fantagraphics: drawingpower: Thanks to all who participated in...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:10:30 -0400

fantagraphics:

drawingpower:

Thanks to all who participated in Drawing Power! We hope to get our hands on some more photos of the event to post here. For now, feast your eyes on the very first on-sale copies of Dash Shaw’s latest epic creation, New School (along with his two companion pieces, New Jobs and 3 New Stories). Those fortunate attendees who got their hands on them are probably reading it right now…

Your first glimpse…

atomicbooks: Ginger ale! #dashshaw Thanks people who came to...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:17:00 -0400

atomicbooks:

Ginger ale! #dashshaw

Thanks people who came to this and also the Pittsburgh show, where we actually had New Schools available. Thanks Atomic Books for this cup of Ginger Ale.

Pencils for pg. 1 of Blind Date 3. 18 X 24”

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:43:41 -0400

Pencils for pg. 1 of Blind Date 3. 18 X 24”

A sketch for a New School page, 18 X 24”, marker and...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:10:34 -0400

A sketch for a New School page, 18 X 24”, marker and pencil. Shit paper.

This Saturday at Copacetic. After Drawing Power.

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:06:55 -0400

This Saturday at Copacetic. After Drawing Power.

Thanks everybody who came to the Boston event, and also people...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:02:00 -0400

Thanks everybody who came to the Boston event, and also people who talked to me at MoCCA. I’m at Atomic Books this Thursday, showing cartoons and comics.

Unattainable hot dog, from Unclothed Man, 2009.

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:22:45 -0400

Unattainable hot dog, from Unclothed Man, 2009.

Dig Boston interviewed me about different things

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:12:31 -0400

Dig Boston interviewed me about different things:

Because of the event I’m doing in Boston at Hub Comics on Saturday.