Gary Panter work

OCCASIONAL COMIC STRIP
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		Panter on Leonard Lopate! Thursday, July 3, show starts at 1PM WNYC, 93.9FM, 820 AM Streaming and archived at WNYC.org

		Gary Panter's Pray For Smurph: now reissued! Overheat Communications in Tokyo originally issued Gary's LP in 1983. Now Overheat has just rereleased Pray For Smurph on CD with booklet and special collector's FREAK FLAG! The music is irreverent, psychedelic, swampy and a little country. Gary plays guitar and yelps and is accompanied by Ian McLagan, the Residents, Phil Culp, KK, Joe Berardi and many other fine musicians and audio technicians. Check here and here for more details. Available here at the Garystore next week.

		June 28, 2pm Amoeba Records, Berkeley, CA Gary and Devin Flynn performance

		Gary Panter: Pictures from the Psychedelic Swamp: 1972-2001 Clementine Gallery 623 West 27th St., New York City http://www.clementine-gallery.com April 4 to May 10, 2008 Opening Reception: April 4; 6 to 8 pm Come join us for the opening reception of Gary Panter’s latest exhibition: a (very) mini-retrospective of three decades worth of paintings, drawings and sculpture in a complex and funky installation. The book that inspired the show, Gary Panter, will be available for sale at the gallery. Co-curated by Dan Nadel. Also note Gary’s on-going exhibition at the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield, Ct., on view until August 31.

		Take a peek at Omega:The Unknown, Issue 7, the comic that Gary contributed to, written by our pal Jonathan Lethem, hitting the stands on April 2. Meet all the dudes responsible on Wednesday, April 2, 7pm at Rocketship.

		Gary Panter: The Book Published by PictureBox, and due out May 2008, this edition is split into two full-color volumes in a slipcase, totaling 686 pages. The first volume is a comprehensive monograph featuring over 1000 images of paintings, sculptures, posters, comics and drawings complemented by texts from Byron Coley, Richard Gehr, Doug Harvey, Karrie Jacobs, Mike Kelley, Richard Klein, Edwin Pouncey, and Robert Storr, as well as the longest interview to date with the artist. The second volume is a selection from Panter’s voluminous sketchbooks, where the artist’s ideas have long incubated and the site of some of his finest work. Very little of the work contained in these volumes has been published in any form. Check back often at the official book and book tour site right HERE. Edited by Dan Nadel and designed by Helene Silverman. Some dates: March 9 - August 31 2008 Gary Panter: Daydream Trap Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art Ridgefield, CT Opening and book signing, March 9, 3-5 pm Transportation available April 4 –May 10, 2008 Gary Panter Clementine Gallery 623 West 27th St. NYC Opening April 4, 6-8 pm May 13th, 2008 Gary Panter talk and slideshow (Introduction by Jonathan Lethem) The Strand 828 Broadway, NYC (check back to booksite for time) Out-of-town events May 24th, 2008, 1 pm: Gary Panter booksigning, talk, slideshow (Introduction by Chris Ware) Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E. Chicago Ave., Chicago May 26th, 2008: Gary Panter signing and film programming AND! Gary Panter and Devin Flynn: Live Performance Family 436 N. Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles May 27th, 2008: Gary Panter signing, talk and slideshow (Introduction by Matt Groening) Skylight Books 1818 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles July 9th, 2008: Gary Panter signing and Multiples Exhibition Kong Mexico City, Mexico

		300th Issue of Riddim, cover by Gary For many years Riddim, our friend Shizuo Ishii's reggae magazine from Tokyo, has been the only platform for monthly installments of Dal Tokyo, eventually to be all collected by Fantagraphics in book form for the first time. Check out Riddim here.

		The Before Columbus Foundation is pleased to announce that *Jimbo's Inferno* by Gary Panter has been selected as a winner of the twenty-eighth annual AMERICAN BOOK AWARDS for 2007. The American Book Awards were created to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America's diverse literary community. The purpose of the awards is to recognize literary excellence without limitations or restrictions.

		WESTERN IMAGES by Mel Panter Now obtain original oil paintings by Gary's father. Mel Panter is 80 years old, a quarter Choctaw Indian, a cowboy and hotrodder in youth; a building contractor and church elder in his maturity: He's the real thing. Whether he is painting realistic Western landscapes with Bison or Longhorn, or stylized Native American moonlit views, they all look like they were painted by a talented and visionary artist, because they were. Mel and his wife Merle live in North East Texas where Mel continues to paint these Cowboy and Indian scenarios and Merle keeps him out of trouble.

		Just over , Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas September 7 — October 7, new paintings by Gary, and also paintings by the great Vernon Fisher. See the Dallas Morning News article about the gallery and show.

		December 5th! Jimbo:The Doll (oops, we mean vinyl figure) Furiously being manufactured right now by the venerable Dark Horse. Pre-order if you want, or just start saving up. Cool packaging, book, and life-like penis included free. See Jimbo in 360 degree-arama. Read the description on the Things From Another World site.

		Vans X Simpsons Gary Panter Commemorating this summer’s release of The Simpsons Movie, Vans is collaborating with a who’s who of underground artists who are offering up their visions of the Simpsons and their Springfield neighbors in a very limited run as part of the Vault by Vans series. The collection includes Vans Classic Slip-On, Sk8-Hi, Chukka, Era and Sk8-Mid LX with just 100 shoes created for each of the 12 artists. In all, 14 different shoes for a total of 1,400 shoes in the series will be released Saturday, July 14. Each shoe is $100. More info at slamxhype
		At left see the Simpsons-flavored portraits of all the artists who designed these Simpsons Vans.

		You Can Own This Plate! If you buy it that is. It's the NEW DEAL! Now, pick your own plate. No more trusting us with such a delicate decision. For an unspecified limited time, we will show you plates, and you will buy them! See details and plate choices HERE.

		The Lizard Cult June 2 - August 10, 2007, Clementine Gallery 623 West 27th St., NYC In the 1970s, The Lizard Cult was a vaguely derogatory term applied to East Texas State University (as it was known then)'s Art Professor Lee Baxter Davis and many of his most talented students. Showing here, Lee Baxter Davis, C. Mark Burt, Georganne Deen, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Lawrence Lee, Greg Metz, Robyn O'Neil, Gary Panter, and Christian Schumann. Opening June 2, 6-8 pm Image at left by Lee Baxter Davis

		UnInked: Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Works by Five Cartoonists Currently at the Phoenix Art Museum, a Chris Ware-curated show of non-comic work by Kim Deitch, Jerry Moriarty, Gary Panter, Ron Regé, Jr. and Seth. The exhibit runs from April 21st through August 19th, 2007. Exhibition catalog at left will be available in mid-July.

		Just out now The July 07 issue of Juxtapoz has a 10-page article on Gary, with lots of cool pictures of paintings and of his studio.

		Gary Performs: Once in a lifetime opportunity A PictureBox night at Issue Project Room: 8 P.M., April 18 400 Carroll Street Between Bond and Nevins Rrooklyn, NY 11231 718-330-0313 Gary Panter/Devin Flynn musical performance Ambergris (Matthew Thurber, Hiroshi Kimura, Rebecca Bird) Amy Lockhart film screening For more information: Issue Project Room Silkscreened poster at left will be for sale.

		Reading Jimbo in your book club? A little confused? Maybe this can help. Joel Priddy, with the National Association of Comcs Art Educators (who knew?) has produced a study guide for Jimbo in Purgatory. Also read about Gary's reading habits here, on the Reader's Voice blog.

		*New Item* In a surprising twist, we are now selling The Asshole T-shirt online. Previously only available in Garyshops Worldwide, now there's no need to go to Naples or Philadelphia just for an Asshole shirt. Take a look at the moving little film that Ben, one of Gary's SVA students, made. Still at left.

		Although closed now, the Masters of American Comics show will live forever in our hearts. If you missed it or saw it, you can still own the eponomously named book, here. Read the Michael Kimmelman NYT review here (You may need to register at the NYT site) Read a New York Sun review here. Recent painting shows Sept 06, Billy Shire Fine Arts in Los Angeles Read the L.A. Weekly review here. October 06, at Philip Slein Gallery in St. Louis HEY, while we've got you here, check this out!

		OTHER BOOK NEWS . . . *News Flash!!* Stop, I mean start, the presses! Watch out for the huge, exhaustive, expensive, never-ending, tell-all, 2-volume, made in the USA (not really) Big Book of Gary (not real name). Coming out in March 2008, published by PictureBox. 1. *Satiro-Plastic, the first sketchbook published by Drawn&Quarterly is still available. 2. Jimbo in Purgatory, still available, on Amazon, Fantagraphics.com, and at your neighborhood bookstore. 3. 100.1: Drawings, the first 100 drawings of the custom drawing project in book form, available on this site, as is Cola Madnes*, drawn in 1983, finally published.

		Pee-Wee Returns! Running on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, starting July 10, the series will air Monday through Thursday at 11 p.m. EST, and all forty-five original episodes will be shown, including the rare Pee-wee's Playhouse Christmas Special.

		Check out Gary's poster for Dave Chappelle's Block Party poster contest. The site (though really cool) is a little messed up, so look at it close up here.

		This exhibition examines 15 key American artists who have helped define comics and brought it to the highest level of artistic expression. It features an extensive selection of approximately 900 original drawings, progressive proofs, vintage-printed Sunday pages, and comic books by Winsor McCay ("Little Nemo"), Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman ("Krazy Kat"), E.C. Segar, Frank King, Chester Gould ("Dick Tracy"), Milton Caniff, Charles Schulz, Will Eisner, Jack Kirby, Harvey Kurtzman, R. Crumb, Gary Panter, Chris Ware, and Art Spiegelman. Co-organized by MOCA and the Hammer Museum, the exhibition will be presented at both venues, with comic strips created during the first half of the century on view at the Hammer and comic books created from the 1950s to the present on view at MOCA. November 20, 2005 – March 12, 2006 MOCA, and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA April 27 – August 13, 2006 Milwaukee Art Museum September 15, 2006 – January 28, 2007 The Jewish Museum, NY Massive catalog available
		Jimbo's Inferno is out! The post, pre-cursor to Jimbo in Purgatory, from Fantagraphics. Besides the usual tried-and-true purveyors, we recommend the following excellent shops: In Manhattan, please visit Cosmic Comics, on 23rd St. When in the fine borough of Brooklyn, please stop by Rocketship Comics on Smith Street to pick up your signed copy (where the awesome Olive Panter can be seen 'manning' the register at their booksignings). Read a review in Playboy Magazine! (if you are over 18) Also see Ken Tucker's review in Entertaiment Weekly that says Gary is a better artist than Hieronymus Bosch or Salvador Dali. We're just reporting what he said!

		Cue Art Foundation In Commerce, Texas, in the early 1970s, Lee Baxter Davis was my drawing and intaglio teacher. He would lecture from table-top, the topic elusive; a hare in the big thicket, eluding the dogs and bullets of Lee's intergalactic, metaphysical, mystical, rational, post-rational, verbal ambuscade. Waving his arms frantically and exhorting us to see beyond the maya of what passes for life in the consumerist suburbs and like-thinking modes of tv watching American towns, Lee struck a Blakean figure. Cue Art Foundation 511 West 25th St. NYC 10001 Ground floor 212 206-3583 Feb 2 – Mar 11, 2006 Curated by Gary Panter

		Come to Coney Island! Presented by Creative Time, The Dreamland Artist's Club 2005 features a new crop of artist-made signs, including Gary. See it before Coney Island gets torn down! Look for the sign atop 1220 Surf Avenue, on the historic Herman Potter & Bro. Building.

		Lightshow Season was here... June 23 at the Hirschorn Museum in Washington DC. To accompany their show, Visual Music, Josh and Gary did a 4-hour lightshow.

		There's a really jumbo Jumbotron at the intersection of Omotesando and Meijidori near Harajuku, in Tokyo. If you're lucky, like Gary was, you can look up and see yourself. This was courtesy of the Bape Gallery where Gary recently had a painting show. Click on pic to see more.

		AIGA Event — Tuesday 22 March 2005 Tishman Auditorium, New School University 66 West 12th Street, Between Fifth and Sixth Avenues 6:30 to 7:00 p.m. Check-in & admission 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Presentation 8:30 to 9:00 p.m. Reception and signing In this lo-tech show-and-tell Gary Panter will explain how his “hobbies” and obsessions fuel the prolific output of comics, books, typography, illustration, painting, printmaking, model-building, lightshow performances and semi-useless products he is continually producing. Introduction by Karrie Jacobs.

		DUNN AND BROWN Contemporary 50 20 Tracy St, Dallas, TX 75205 Drawings, paintings on paper and canvas and silkscreen prints, showing funky , psychotically colored and obsessively patterned, freaky daydream landscapes. January 14 to February 26 2005. Opening reception January 14 6:00 to 8:00 The artists speaks in the gallery, January 15 at 2:00 see larger view

		BAPE GALLERY 5-5-8 2f, Minami Aoyama, Minato-ku,Tokyo November through February A show of new drawings, paintings on paper and on canvas at the very groovy BAPE empire gallery of chrome and glass. Also includes a prototype ape chair sculpture with long brown fake fur. And a very extensive collection of the printed work of GP, lent by Mr. Ishii, in a long glass case. When we were in Tokyo for the opening in December, there was an ad for the show running on the Jumbotron across from LaForet department store. The folks at BAPE are really cool and nice. Have lunch around the corner at the BAPE CAFE! Also go visit the new BAPE store in SOHO, NYC, to check out the cool products, including some of Gary's designs for them. see larger view

		*The First Hundred Drawings . . . the book!* Now available here only, the first 100 drawings from the Custom Drawing project at garypanter.com. In a handy bound form to carry with you everywhere. This signed book collects the first hundred drawings (and their inspirational words) commissioned in this ongoing project, excluding drawings where the simple rules of the project were changed by requesting work from a photo, or a realistic portrait, for example. Please note that we're a little behind in general these days, so please allow a few weeks for receipt of your book. see larger view

		Jimbo in Purgatory (see larger view) From PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY Panter has been a leading figure in underground comics for more than 25 years, and he's had a profound influence on everyone from Chris Ware to Matt Groening. He's generally credited with giving a graphic identity to the L.A. punk scene, and he was the lead designer for the vibrant world of the television show Pee Wee's Playhouse. Like R. Crumb, Panter stands as a beacon of artistic and literary genius in the medium. This oversized work is an amalgamation of Dante's Purgatorio, Boccaccio's Decameron, Panter's own fictional universe and various pop culture icons. Jimbo, a cross between Candide and Virgil, makes his way through a vast science fiction–like infotainment-testing center constructed as Mount Purgatory. Here Jimbo encounters Frank Zappa, John and Yoko, robots and dragons, among others, and each character is a stand-in for a personage in Dante's Divine Comedy. They each quote a fragment of text (cited at the bottom of each page) that furthers the plot. It's a complicated, often hilarious method of dialogue, combining poetic allusiveness with surreal game playing. The artwork is some of Panter's best: tight, almost 19th-century–style renderings in a page layout that combines illuminated manuscripts with turn-of-the-century comic strips, each page serving as both a single complete composition and a storytelling device. This is an unprecedented approach to page design, and it makes for a fluid, immersing read. Easily the best graphic novel released this year, Jimbo in Purgatory should be read and savored for a long time. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

		Joshua White, of the legendary Fillmore East's Joshua Lightshow, and Gary Panter presented a supersized lightshow, with live and taped music on July 15-18, 2004, at Anthology Film Archives, New York City. Two shows Thursday featured a taped music program by Fay Ryu. Three shows Friday featured live music by Yo La Tengo. Saturday we had live music at 2 shows by Devin Flynn and Adam Autry of Plate Techtonics and Ara Peterson, formerly of Force Field; and 1 show with music by Alan Licht. Sunday's show featured Jay Cotton of The Song Gods, and Edwin (Savage Pencil) Pouncy of Attack Wave Pest Repeller, with surprise guest Jonathan Rosen on the saw. Watch for updates on forthcoming performances.

		see some before and after pictures of the preparations for the lightshow and the performance. Many more pictures to come.

		Drawing under the Influence April 2–June 12 Lee Baxter Davis & his protégés, curated by Greg Metz. Featuring work by the esteemed East Texas State painting professor and some of his students through the decades, including Gary, Georganne Deen, Ric Heitzman, Christian Schumann, Trenton doyle Hancock and others. At The Dallas Center for Comtemporary Art. See more of Davis' work.

		Take a gander at the article about Gary in the February issue of Spin.

see larger image		See Gary's cover for the January issue of the LA Weekly.

		SCORCHED ART: THE INCENDIARY AESTHETIC OF FLAME RITE ZIPPOS, Edited by Tom Hazelmyer, a Feral House book The lines between art and commerce blur, get crossed and fully rewired in this art opus documenting the history of FlameRite. The book includes exclusive, never-before-seen art from 20 artists in the FlameRite lineup, including Peter Agee, Glenn Barr, Tim Biskup, Charles Burns, Saiman Chow, Dan Clowes, Coop, R. Crumb, Evan Dorkin, Shepard Fairey, Los Bros Hernandez, Derek Hess, Kaz, Dan Kelly, Frank Kozik, W. Kelly Lucas, Chris Mars, Tony Millionaire, Niagara, Gary Panter, Pizz, Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, Savage Pencil, Shag, R.K. Sloane, Spumco, Von Dutch, Shannon Wheeler, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams and Basil Wolverton.

		Read an interview with Gary and see lots of art, including his collaborations with Christian Schumann, in the current issue of Juxtapoz. Visit the great group show at the new space of Big Cat Gallery with work by many artists including Gary. 28 East 2nd St., between 2nd Ave. and Bowery.

		Check out the article about Gary in Issue24 of Mass Appeal magazine written by Brendan Frederick.

		Gary Panter at VisCom Symposium Wednesday November 19th, 12:15 pm in Shemin Auditorium on the first floor of Shaffer Art Building on the quad at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. Symposium is free and open to the public. Call 3154434071 for directions. See Gary's drawing on the cover of the October 2 issue of the Stranger from Seattle. the Stranger

		Strapazin magazine Tribute to Gary Panter International artists pay written and visual tribute to Gary. Strapazin magazine

		September 11-October 18, 2003 Collaboration drawings with Christian Schumann see more images at: Sandra Gering Gallery 534 West 22nd Street, ground floor (Between 10th and 11th) New York, NY 10011 phone: 646 336 7183

		September 12-October 10, 2003 Drawing show Big Cat Gallery 154 Orchard Street New York, NY 10002 phone: 212 982 6210

		September 27, 2003 St. Louis Comic Art Show City Museum 701 North 15th St. St. Louis, MO, 63103
		©2003 Gary Panter

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