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R. Sikoryak featured in Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories

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Illustration Alum and Adjunct Faculty member R. Sikoryak has a comic called “Action Camus” (an adaptation of The Stranger) appearing in the new Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories Vol 2, edited by Ivan Brunetti.

Above is the cover design by Dan Clowes and below is the super-cool promo video for the book, which in stores now:

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Congrats, Bob!

Debra Ziss’s New Children’s book and other projects!

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Parsons Illustration alum Debra Ziss has a brand new children’s book coming out this summer!  Over at her blog, she’s sharing a sneak peek of sketches and pages, like the one above.  She’s also involved in a plethora of other projects like creating a t-shirt for the Gap and doing hand lettering like this:

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Keep up the good work, Debra!

Bonnie Gloris in Creative Quarterly and a Call for Entries!

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Parsons Illustration Alumni Bonnie Gloris recently won a Merit Award in the catergory of Fine Art in Issue 13 of Creative Quarterly for the piece above.  You can check out out more of Bonnie’s work here at her official website.

Congratulations, Bonnie!

And Creative Quarterly is currently making a call for entries for Issue 15!  Here are the details:

Who’s eligible to enter?

All art directors, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers and fine artists in all media. We’ll judge both professional and student work. Students must be either undergraduate, graduate students or recent graduates. Entrants must be in the US or Canada. We’ll begin our international show with our next issue.

Easy to enter.

If you enter online, you can pay online. Click to learn how to prepare your entries for online submission. Click here to enter online.

Want to mail your payment? Download the Call For Entries 15 PDF and send your payment along with a disc with your entries.

Same categories, just more winners.

Same categories: Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, Fine Art but we’ll have separate sections for professional and student work. One more way we’re going to share the inspiration.

Speaking of inspiration, winners will be asked to submit their own person, place or thing that inspires them which we’ll reproduce in the magazine as space allows—we’ll also select one of those inspirations for the cover.

The deadline is January 30th, 2009 so head over to the CQ site and get all the information.

Uglycon 3 at Giant Robot New York tomorrow!

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Giant Robot is proud to host the third annual Uglydoll convention at GRNY.

In 2001, Sun-Min Kim (Parsons Illustration Alum) turned a drawing on the bottom of letters from David Horvath (Parsons Illustration Alum) into a hand-sewn doll. It was Wage, the first Uglydoll ever. After David brought the piece to the newly opened Giant Robot store, it evolved into a toy with a rabid following – selling out at shops around the world, appearing in movies, creating spin-offs, spawning bootlegs, and inspiring a new wave of stuffed plushes.

This year’s art show offerings will include original paintings by Sun-Min, black-and-white drawings by David, and print-and-drawing sets from Uglycon Tokyo. Also available for purchase will be rare toys such as test samples from past lines, signed prototypes, and “test shots” of kaiju figures.

In the tradition of the first two Uglycons, there will be costume contest in which fans are asked to dress up as their favorite Uglydoll. Winners chosen by David and Sun-Min will receive a bounty of prizes.

And there will be even more, including a sneak peek at a never-before-seen Uglydoll for 2009.

The first two Uglycons caused an online buzz and attracted fans from around the country and overseas. We expect the New York occasion to be even bigger. To facilitate demand and eliminate uncomfortable lineups, raffle tickets for making purchases will be handed out beginning at 12:00 noon. Starting at 3:00, these tickets will be drawn to determine the order of sales.

The opening reception will begin tomorrow at 12:00 noon on Saturday, December 6.

December 6 – January 7, 2008
Reception: Saturday, December 6, 12:00 noon
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A
in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
(212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net

Parsons faculty and alums in McSweeney’s!

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The new McSweeney’s (#28) showcases work of two recent Illustration alum, Liz Lee (see above) and Phillip Fivel Nessen (see below), and Illustration Part-time faculty member Jordin Isip, who each illustrated a modern fable for the publication.  Here’s a description of the edition: 

McSweeney’s #28
This time around, Mcsweeney’s presents us with “eight individual books, fully illustrated, which resurrect and reinvent the art of the fable — simple, suprising, and morally direct.  More or less.”  Each of these books is a snappy little hardcover, the cover illustration of each of which join together (and are held together in this cleverly designed package) to form two large painted images by Danica Novgorodoff.   The books are:  Poor Little Egg-Boy Hatched in a Shul by Nathan Englander, illustrated by Jordin Isip; The Book and the Girl by Brian Evenson, illustrated by Philip Fivel Nessen; The Guy Who Kept Meeting Himself by Ryan Boudinot, illustrated by Genevieve Sims; LaKeisha and the Dirty Girl by Tayari Jones, illustrated by Morgan Elliot; The Thousands by Daniel Alarcón, illustrated by Jordan Awan; Two Free Men by Sheila Heti, illustrated by Liz Lee; Virgil Walker by Arthur Bradford, illustrated by Jon Adams; and The Box by Sarah Manguso, illustrated by Louie Cordero.

Grab your copy here!

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Congratulations to Liz, Phillip, and Jordin!

From the Inbox: Jannie Ho’s “The Haunted Ghoul Bus”

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 Parsons illustration alumnus Jannie Ho (’99) wrote us, saying:

just wanted to drop a line about my latest picture book, The Haunted Ghoul Bus, written by Lisa Trumbauer, illustrated by me. 

Born in Hong Kong and raised in Philadelphia, Jannie worked as a graphic designer at Nickelodeon, Scholastic and an associate art director at TIME magazine for Kids before deciding that illustration was her true calling.  Also known as Chicken Girl, Jannie now creates digital illustrations for children’s books, magazines, and a variety of other clients.  Much of her work and style has been inspired by Japanese and retro art. BesidesThe Haunted Ghoul Bus, Jannie has also worked on The Mixed-Up Alphabet (Scholastic, 2007), written by Steve Metzger, and The Penguins’ Perfect Picnic (Innovative Kids, 2007), written by Trish Rabe.

Grab your copy of The Haunted Ghoul Bus here–just in time for Halloween!

Keep up the amazing work, Jannie!  

And Illustration Alums?  Don’t stop emailing us your updates!

Pat Cummings and the Dillons featured in The Original Art Show

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Art from Illustration Part-time Faculty Pat Cummings’ book Harvey Moon Museum Boy, will be featured in The Original Art show that goes up this month at the Society of Illustrators alongside a host of other wonderful artists including Parsons alums David Ezra Stein and Julian Hector.  Here’s a preview:

Make sure to check out Pat’s amazing work as well as all the other fine artists included in the show like Leo and Diane Dillon (Parsons Illustration Alums), who are receiving a Lifetime Achievement award for their outstanding art over the years.

The Original Art Show
October 16 through November 26, 2008
Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
New York, NY

[top images by Pat Cummings; bottom image from Northern Lullabye by Leo and Diane Dillon]

David Ezra Stein Book Release Party

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Join Parsons Illustration alum David Ezra Stein at the release party for his new book, THE NICE BOOK.

“We’ll write a nice story together, and a mean story; You can nominate someone you think is nice to win a free book; and we’ll find out, HOW NICE ARE YOU? Drawing, reading, & signing will also take place.”
—David Stein

WHERE: Books of Wonder, 18 West 18th Street, NYC
WHEN: Wednesday, October 15th at 5:00

Last Days: George Bates in “Surf Art Nouveau

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Illustration Alum and Faculty member George Bates has a piece featured in “Surf Art Nouveau,” an exhibition at Montanaro Gallery in Newport, RI.  Works from more than twenty-five different artists are in the show which focuses on

new works in the classic ‘art nouveau’ style…be incorporating the subject matter of SURFING…

If you’re in the Newport-area, make sure to stop by and see George’s work before it comes down!

Surf Art Nouveau
On view until October 5th
Montanaro Gallery
18 Franklin Street
Newport, RI

Last Days: AJ Fosik in Paris!

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Parsons Alum AJ Fosik has had his first solo show in Europe up for most of September at Gallery L.J. Beaubourg.  It closes on September 29th, but if you’re in Paris, stop by and see the wonderful collection of “wooden bears. big jaws, and freaky creatures.”  Kanye West even posted images from the show his blog. Way to go, AJ!

Stiff Meat
a solo show by AJ Fosik
On view through September 29th, 2008
Gallery L.J. Beaubourg
23 rue de Renard, 75004 Paris
m Hotel de Ville
01 44 59 27 27