Frank (by Jim Woodring)

It never came out very regularly Martin, which might have been why.

Pupshaw and Pushpaw!

we have jim-o to thank for amazing album covers like that. my (fairly square) dad owns that record but i've never got around to asking him if it "reminds him of the 60's".

also my best friend when i was in my early teens made his own mini-comics. he sent one to jim (as he was a huge fan) and jim sent back a very nice hand-written letter with a bunch of drawings on it. the letter was very encouraging and my friend kept it on his wall for ages as inspiration to become an underground cartoonist. sadly he now likes to listen to r. kelly and crash his BMW.

Reveal your innermost soul and maybe get some free JIM swag!

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_B7voD6O9Ea8/SVkcx96J2XI/AAAAAAAAAsk/27zEpbT2Vcg/s1600-h/frank+pinball+glass+final+copy+small.jpg

THE TENSION BUILDS
And so does the craftsman. Will this FRANK pinball game be a reality? Only you can say for sure.

WHO DO I GIVE MONEY FOR THIS

Ah damn, image not linking, erm...it's at that blog posted above.

wow, seconded.

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this guy is so awesome: he fully collaborated with me a conspiracy to get my boyfriend a birthday present.

for my graduation, my bf commissioned a drawing of pushpaw walking along thinking about pupshaw (we are both big fans of woodring's work, but the P&P characters/stories are our favourites). we had talked about how a companion piece - pupshaw strolling along thinking about pushpaw - would be awesome. bf finally got round to emailing woodring who agreed to do it, but i intercepted and asked him to my bf that he no longer could. he come up with a fairly elaborate story (something about now being contracted to a gallery). so when the piece turned up, my bf was blown away. also, he'd made the drawing on the back of another discarded pencil sketch, which was even cooler.

I'd like to get into this guy, but his art reminds me a bit too much of a bad trip I had when I was eighteen.

All-time favorite comix artist and a personal hero (though I've never met him). Seems to have more-or-less given up on the narrative stuff, which is a shame, but I happy with what he's given me. Heard this past spring that he runs a regular Tuesday-night drawing workshop in the University District (Seattle), open to the general public. Always meant to drop by, but never got around to it. ;;

my picture: 'slight chance of rain'
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2151/2317618504_b89a34a7a6.jpg

my boyfriend's picture: 'relative humidity'
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/3081017409_53e6be7d68_m.jpg

bahaha Woodring is an instant signal for just1ne and Oilyrags to show up. (Where is he???)

Frank pinball is my new desktop image.

Damn right, Abbs!

> > Heard this past spring that he runs a regular Tuesday-night drawing workshop in the University District (Seattle), open to the general public.

"Friends of the Nib" is Wednesday eventings at Cafe Racer. at the I know a dude who's a reg. participant. If I was closer I'd be all over dat shit.

Oh man, for real!

There's some 53-page interview pdf w/Woodring from the Fantagraphics website that I downloaded and need to get around to reading someday. Maybe when I go back to work & have access to their free printer.

Wednesdays then! Really, really, really want to drop in on Friends of Nib. Worried that I'd be intruding (which is silly).

Wow, did I fuck up editing that post.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/424297459_4f1e8a80fc.jpg?v=0

Outfuckingstanding

i really want to get the giant pupshaw and pushpaw vinyls that are coming out, but they're like $700 for the pair. and yeah, that wedding cake is incredible.

Oh man can I have wedding pt. 2 so I can have that freaking cake?

I wld eat all this pupshaw fondant

Wedding pt. 3: Buddy Bradley discovers he's impregnated Lisa Leavenworth and they decide to get married.

I mean, that will be the cake. I'd go to Buddy and Lisa's wedding, tho, even if I did have to run into all of his and Butch's crepey pals.

i've already decided that is going to be exactly what our wedding cake will look like - even if there's only 4 ppl present.

more woodring stuff from pressure printing to add to our collection (arriving tomorrow):

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bNZA34S3xC8/Sh2p6WLRk_I/AAAAAAAAAeE/-CXD12YJtDo/s1600-h/DSC_3886.png

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_bNZA34S3xC8/Sh2p6wAftPI/AAAAAAAAAeM/7Fr7M4CGqjo/s1600-h/DSC_3891.png

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_bNZA34S3xC8/Sh2p7OOzBcI/AAAAAAAAAeU/wqb_OO8Icyo/s1600-h/DSC_3888.png

is it just me or did those images not post

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hmmm

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I feel very strongly that Woodring will someday be held in very high esteem as an artist. Probably not within his lifetime, sadly.

He seems to be exceptionally appreciated by those who are aware of him, which is not an insignificant number of people.

We have lotsa vinyl figures, multiple copies of his books and a deep abiding love for him in our house.
Anybody read that Comics Journal interview with him where he talks about intensely hallucinating most of the characters in his comics as a child?

woa that wedding cake!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0oSaUQn5E

I used to work as a designer at Dark Horse Comics and developed a stationery set with this guy. He was very easy going and pleasant to work with.

I own that stationery!

Yay! I'm glad somebody bought it!

omg stationery?!?!? where can i get some????

yeah, he's a great guy: as i stated above, he was totally willing to be part of a rather elaborate plan to trick my husband over a birthday present.

The things I would be willing to do for this shirt would shock and disgust you.

$14.99 +s/h for starters.

What about Weathercraft, the new Frank book? Surprised that I haven't seen any ILX discussion about it yet. Although I suddenly realize that I have yet to read that or the new Clowes yet.

I did not know there was a new Frank book! Speaking of Frank books, why is The Frank Book out of print? At least the library has a copy I can check out.

when i was like 16 or so i sent jim woodring a letter (lol old people and their pre-email lives) asking for advice on how to become a cartoonist. (back when i thought this was a.) a possibility and b.) a good idea.) he sent me a "how to" list on the back of one of his original 8X10 layout pages for a frank story. thankfully this list has proven useful regardless of whatever i've been doing with my life. stuff like "be prepared to live as cheaply as possible."

in short jim woodring is precisely the sort of artistic hero you want to have when yr a teenager, i.e. pragmatic but encouraging and an all around decent human being.

we are going to meet him at a signing soon! we sent him a photo of our pushpaw/pupshaw wedding cake and he thought it was awesome!

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1912/0525002149.jpg

jim's advice.

the new frank book is incredible... because i couldn't wait to read it, i bought the Norwegian edition back when it came out in february, but the one fantagraphics published is much nicer from a book-design perspective. it's more about manhog than frank, although that's not necessarily a bad thing. it's a pretty bizarre reading experience to follow woodring's wordless narrative this long instead of the shorter stories that he used to do. he did a story a couple years ago called "the lute string" that, in retrospect, almost feels like a warmup to this one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIhpw4u54Gc&feature=player_embedded

thanks for posting pic strongo, that's so sweet

reposting from the april WDYLL thread:

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weathercraft is unsurprisingly great; woordring is a special god

jim woodring (hi-5 oilyrags)

― just1n3, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:57 PM (Yesterday)

I want to join in this hi-5

― CaptainLorax

I couldn't make it to Woodring's lecture 'explaining' Weathercraft/book launch/signing in Seattle this last Saturday; did anyone go? I'm really curious what he had to say.

that list is awesome Strongo, reminds me of this letter someone received from John K. http://www.lettersofnote.com/2010/01/your-pal-john-k.html

For thems of you in NYC, Jim will be signing Weathercraft at Desert Island in Williamsburg on Saturday the 19th. It's my friend Gabe's comix store, very cool shop.

I wanna add to the Jim Woodring = Prince Among Men testimonials above. I moved to Seattle in 1990 as a nobody 20 year old cartoonist, and a week or two after arriving somehow I found out about this party at Gary Groth's house in the way northern suburbs. I was still staying at my aunt and uncle's on the Olympic peninsula in Chimacum. I ferried and drove to the party and was all starstruck by everybody. Jim and I had corresponded a tiny bit about some minicomics I'd sent him but he was totally awesome to my insignificant and mawkish self at that party and talked to me tons. I stayed there way too late and was bummed about the drive and ferry home, so Jim invited me to crash in the spare room at his & Mary's (& young Max's) house. Next morning he took me out to breakfast in Edmonds where the ferry is & we talked about Beefheart and metaphysics and shit. This is by far one of my most cherished memories of being in comics. Have never had as extensive an interaction with him since but it doesn't matter. Jim rules.

Jesus that's like if 9-year-old-me got to hang out with Kirby Puckett or something. Totally cool.

That is a classic story, Jon!

And he gives such good interviews that I consider them part of his body of creative work. Esp that long Comics Journal one you mentioned, that thing is better than most novels.

just now ordered Weathercraft and am so anxious. over and out.

I was wrong, there actually THREE Jim appearances in NYC this weekend, starting tonight. The gallery thing is the original Weathercraft artwork on display--

THURSDAY
Jim Woodring @ Forbidden Planet
6pm
More info: http://www.fpnyc.com/store/content/268/New-York-Store/#currentevents

FRIDAY
Jim Woodring opening reception @ Scott Eder Gallery
6pm
18 bridge st 2-i
brooklyn NY 11201
More info: http://www.scottedergallery.com/

SATURDAY
Jim Woodring @ Desert Island
7pm
More info: http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com/