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The landmark exhibition is now in print. Over two hundred pages including a 2 page spread for each helmet. For this unique project, each artist customized a 1:1 scale authentic prop replica of the actual Darth Vader helmet featured in the STAR WARS™ films.
Featuring all 100 artists:
Josh Agle (Shag) Troy Alders Kii Arens Attaboy Anthony Ausgang Axis
Aye Jay Gary Baseman Andrew Bell Tim Biskup Mark Bodnar BXH HIKARU
Andrew Brandou Buff Monster Mister Cartoon Chino Mr. Clement Robbie Conal CRASH Steven Daily Dalek Dehara DGPH Cam de Leon Devilrobots
Yoko d’Holbachie Bob Dob Tristan Eaton & Azk One – Thunderdog Studios
Marc Ecko Eelus Ron English FERG David Flores Brian Flynn – Hybrid Design
Paul Frank Gargamel Huck Gee Fawn Gehweiler Mike Giant Girls Drawin Girls
Dan Goodsell Gris Grimly Joe Hahn Haze XXL Jesse Hernandez Derek Hess
Itokin Park Jeremyville kaNO Mori Katsura- RealxHead Sun-MinKim & David Horvath Jim Koch Frank Kozik David S. Krys – DSK Designs Peter Kuper
Wade Lageose – Lageose Design Joe Ledbetter Simone Legno – Tokidoki Mad
Mad Barbarians Madtwiinz Marka27 Mars-1 Bill McMullen Melvins Mori Chack Brian Morris Nanospore Niagara Mitch O’Connell olive47 Martin Ontiveros Estevan Oriol Alex Pardee The Pizz Plasticgod PlaysKewl Dave Pressler Ragnar Jermaine Rogers Erick Scarecrow Secret Base J. Otto Seibold Sket-One
Shawn Smith Winston Smith Jeff Soto Damon Soule Bwana Spoons Jophen Stein Suckadelic T9G Gary Taxali Cameron Tiede Touma UrbanMedium Usugrow Michelle Valigura VanBeater Amanda Visell
Supplies will be limited so get your orders in soon. Will ship mid June
Feb 242010
The Cinematheque de Tanger
is proud to present
a Master Class with participating New York artist, Kostas Seremetis
presenting his film “Trilogy”.
March 7th 2010 19:30
“TRILOGY”
2009 / 126 mins / by Kostas Seremetis
A moving visual and aural collage consisting of the Star Wars Trilogy,
artist Kostas Seremetis edited this 126 minute film, taking the right
third of Star Wars, the middle third of Empire Strikes Back and the
left third of Return of the Jedi, synchronizing them to dissonant
effect. Every frame is a study in Abstract Expressionist Pop art as
this moving collage of the most iconic films of our time moves to the
sounds of the three films playing simultaneously. Characters move in
and out of portions of the screen, ships and battles appear and
disappear melding into one part of the screen from another part while
the third portion of the screen portrays a crucial moment of discovery
in a character’s development.
This invitation-only screening will be preceded by an introduction by
the artist and followed by a discussion of the film.
“Chick Lit” By Stacey Levin
Chick Lit
By Stacey Levin
As a new blogger to the site, I’d like to share my story of how I got hooked on reading comics. Lots of women read them, some are starting to write and draw them, but the ladies still aren’t fully represented in the genre. Hopefully I can be a tiny voice for the chicks. Yo, where my ladies at? Get your hands up!
Ok, so it’s not like I’d never read a comic book before in my life. It had just been a while. Fine, a really long while since I last read the odd issue of “Archie,” “Richie Rich,” “Star Wars” and “Wonder Woman.” Those were a few titles I frequented when I was a kid. But since then, not so much other than the occasional “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” book when I was at work.
So when I met Jason, fellow blogger, my boyfriend and writing partner, and he suggested I get back into reading them, I thought, why not? I mean, how much could I have possibly missed? Um, hello? Was I living under a rock? Apparently so. A really big honking rock the size of Rhode Island. Yeah, my bad. Somehow I missed an entire generation of amazing literature. I had a lot of work to do.
First he gave me some of his favorite titles to start with – “The Ultimates,” “Y- the Last Man,” “Spiderman,” “The Green Lantern,” and “The Umbrella Academy.” He was worried it might be too much for me to start. Pfft, whatev. I got this. They looked cool so let me at ‘em. Wait, how many freakin’ issues do I need to catch up on?? And with that one little question, thus began my journey into finding my inner comic geek.
So, how does a typical “chick” who admittedly reads US and People weekly get indoctrinated into the comic book world? By diving in head first, baby! I started reading… and reading… and reading. Before I realized it, I got so hooked on Y, I would lose sleep trying to finish issues before I went to bed. And as fast as I would complete an issue or a title, Jason would be right there to replace it with another one. It wasn’t long before I began recognizing the names of writers and artists. And as is typical for me, I started critiquing. I liked the “soapy” stories like “Y” (yeah, yeah, I know, typical chick), the humor of “Spiderman,” the kick ass girls like “Batwoman” (I know, shocking) and the violent crime mysteries like “Greek Street” (ha, gotcha there, didn’t I?) At that point, Jason told me I was ready. Ready for what? Did I pass some sort of test? Yes, fellow comic bookers, I was graduating and it was time to go to the next level – time for my very first trip to… wait for it… Meltdown Comics!
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