Little Bird House: June 2010

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June-July Events
xoxo from littlebird

Hello, Little Birds!

Are you getting out and worshipping the sun? Or staying indoors with eyes glued on the World Cup!?! I can barely get any work done - the games have been so exciting!

There are a few cool things coming up that I have been lazy to announce. really i shouldn't be, but... it's summer! anyway excuses aside, they are fun things to see; i hope you can make some time for them.

A. Storytime!, at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco
B. Comic-Con, San Diego
C. Mischief at Studio Gallery, San Francisco
D. Up Coming Shows and Events

A. Storytime! Graphic Novels for Kids of All Ages
Over the past decade, graphic novels have exploded in popularity with children and teenagers. The Cartoon Art Museum’s latest exhibition, Storytime! Graphic Novels for Kids of All Ages, features the work of ten influential cartoonists whose work broke new ground in bookstores and libraries, with special emphasis on 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.

Highlights of Storytime! include:

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process of acclaimed children’s book creator Mo Willems as he shares production art from his book Elephants Cannot Dance!
Classic tales from Little Lulu, drawn by Irving Tripp and written by Virginia Hubbell, including never-before-seen thumbnail sketches and typewritten scripts
Larry Marder's Beanworld, a compelling fantasy with profound insights into themes of ecology, culture, and art; a most peculiar comic book experience
Stan Sakai's Eisner-winning samurai epic Usagi Yojimbo
Smile (A Dental Drama), the new autobiographical graphic novel set in San Francisco, by Raina Telgemeier, artist of the Baby-sitters Club graphic novels
Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Lark Pien's children's books Mr. Elephanter and Long Tail Kitty
A sneak peek at Dave Roman's upcoming comedic sci-fi graphic novel Astronaut Academy
Eisner-winning creator Hope Larson's newest graphic novel, Mercury, an engaging combination of history, romance and magical realism
Jeff Smith’s epic cartoon/fantasy BONE, which redefined the world of graphic novels. Smith’s contribution to Storytime! appears in the latest BONE graphic novel, Tall Tales, published by Scholastic

Cartoon Art Museum
655 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA
exhibiting June 26 – November 14, 2010
415-CAR-TOON - www.cartoonart.org
Hours: Tues. - Sun. 11:00 - 5:00, Closed Monday

morning warm up sketches

B. Comic Con
Summer brings a mad heap of work to my desk, a good chunk of it usually owed to Comic Con. Along with comics and Long Tail Kitty plethora, I will be hosting a new entourage at booth P1:

Cyclopean Kids – striped jersey’d giants who love sports, cake and giraffes
Planetaries – little guys who like to investigate weird stuff, but are otherwise bored with life and each other
Mr. Elephanter – a mustached man who takes care of baby elephants at an orphanage

I will also have 4x4 critter paintings. I have enjoyed painting these small oil portraits (for seven (7!) years now, but will be ending the series soon in order to pursue a new direction in art. If you are a collector of these paintings, definitely stop by to see this series as it rounds to a close.

Comic Con
111 West Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 94608
Preview Night, Wednesday July 21st
Convention Days, Thursday July 22nd – Sunday July 25th
Table P1 in Small Press
www.comic-con.org

night shift assignments

C. Mischief
It’s rare to see work by Thien Pham and I in the same gallery, but now you’ve got your chance! Thien will have lots of gun (bang! bang!) art on display, and I’ll have my Planetaries. If I can convince him we might even submit a joint piece to the show.

This is a large group show consisting of 2-D and 3-D work, all sympathetically priced at $400 and below.

Mischief at Studio Gallery
Characters, Critters and Cartoons
July 21st - August 15th, 2010
Reception Sunday, July 25th, 2-6 pm
1815 Polk Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
www.studiogallerysf.com

actual size
(see my flickr page for more of these guys)

D. Upcoming Events and Projects
I’ll be taking a break in August but will be back again in September for the SF Zine Fest (September 4th + 5th), for Korean Culture Day (September 19th) at the Asian Art Museum SF, and for the release of my new children’s book Mr. Elephanter (September 28th). Will keep you posted!

Until then,

Three cheers for summer!

xo

lark