Farel Dalrymple | illustrations and comics

this is the wraparound risograph cover image to the new Study Group Comics publication, a print version of my own  It Will All Hurt webcomic!

the entire comic will be in full color on high quality bright newsprint in an oversized “Golden Age” format (48 pages at 7.37″ x 10.62″) comic book with two color risographed covers  - the same format as The Secret Voice v2 #1. This will be a singularly attractive print object.

It Will All Hurt #1 contains chapters 1 & 2 plus bonus IWAH pin ups and design work by myself.

I implore anyone who likes the webcomic and wants to own a hard copy to pre-order it from studygroup comics. That helps us get the printing costs taken care of and it helps you get the book in your hands before anyone else!

 IWAH #1 is available in both regular and a limited Special Edition of 50 signed and numbered with an original sketch by me and comes with an 11″x17″ signed risograph poster of the cover. 

All pre-orders will get some cool extra Study Group goodies too!

IWAH #1 will debut in late April at the Stumptown Comics Fest, but we’ll start sending out pre-orders as soon as they are ready.

i am working on a bunch of things right now, feeling sort of schizophrenic at the constant gear shifting but at least it seems like i am getting close to seeing a lot of these projects to completion. the past few days i have been vigorously working at putting together a sketchbook/artbook/personal comics anthology for chris pitzer at adhouse. here is a sort of recentish sketch.

Wizard world has come to portland and i am going to be there at the press gang table doing prophet and it will all hurt sketches saturday and sunday only. the show is today(friday) as well but i can’t make it for that. here is the info from the press gang tumblr.

“Press Gang will be representing in our home town of Portland today, but we will be on new territory as we join up with the first ever Wizard World Portland! This massive comic convention has tons of celebs, lots of other creators from the mainstream and beyond (including our friends Joe Keatine and Sloane Leong), and now it’s got us! The full Press Gang trio of Zack Soto, Jason Leivian, and François Vigneault will be there, along with special guests Julia Gfrörer, Farel Dalrymple, and Jason Fischer

Come see us at tables 2521,2523, 2525! We’ll be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday!”

i have still been working on the wrenchies almost everyday of course. here is a recent spread.

thanks for checking this out. talk to y’all soon.

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So the rainy months and my cat are driving me a little crazy. I have been rather isolated, living in a weird neighborhood of south west portland which i like for it’s lameness, listening to the same guided by voices albums over and over again. but i am back to working on the wrenchies everyday and it seems to be getting rolling, although not as fast as i would like of course. the real good news is i just got this in the mail:

i am super excited by this a new silkscreen print of my drawing with glow in the dark ink.

not the best picture of the glow but please trust me when i say it looks great in person. one of the coolest things i have seen a while actually. the website where you can purchase these from is not set up but will be soon. in the meantime please contact the print maker helen popinchalk with any purchasing inquiries. here are some recent process photos she sent me:

this is a super limited edition but i will have a few on hand at the show in philadelphia next weekend. and speaking of, i know i posted about this already but since it is gearing up i thought i would post this again.

locust moon fest December 16, 2012, 11am to 8pm at The Rotunda: 4014 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 the Rotunda

the event’s facebook page

i am bringing a bunch of original art from prophet #29, my recent avengers page, and other stuff. oh yeah, here is the original page i did for the last issue of New Avengers (#34, Brian Bendis’s 100th issue and final issue)

though i still haven’t seen the issue, the print version looks a little different. i made the colors on the original here more like doc strange’s old costume. the print version i colored his suit all red like i think this version is supposed to be. i imagine there is lettering on the print version too. so i will have this with me at the show if anyone wants to make me an offer in person. please no email inquiries about original art.

i will also have on hand these hand-colored letterpresss prints

and my pals at Locust Moon comics will be selling various prints of mine including the above poster and my cover for the anthology once upon a time machine.
which is currently available for purchase from your favorite retailer.

and if you can’t make it to the show but want to get someone a gift of original artwork please go see my friends at the beguiling for original comic book pages including prophet, pop gun war, omega the unknown, caper, and others.

if all that is too pricey for you please check out

studygroup comics. my web comic is still on hiatus but you can get the original watercolored pages for around $30 each

speaking of studygroup, mister zack soto, the sites grand master has a new book out

i loved the first secret voice and am looking forward to getting my grubby hands on this one.

and it seems like that prophet book i did a couple issues for is getting on a couple best of lists

Amazon annouces Their Best Graphic Novels of the Year

The Return of the Best Damn Comics of the Year — Boing Boing Edition

very cool. if you hear of any other ones send them my way.

there are so many excellent dudes going to be at the philadelphia show including meathaus prez chris mcd who should have copies of his Sasquatch’s Big Hairy Drawing Book  available for purchasing and drawing in. a while back i sent chris some of my drawings i did for it. He should also have copies of the go for the gold sketchbooks and issues of meathaus.

another good meathauser jeffro kilpatrick sent me this picture recently

an old page from pop gun war issue #1 he had hung up for his students to see. thanks jeff. jeff creates some excellent comics including one of my favorites, a little turlte named petey who i liked so much i put him on the locust moon fest poster. see if you can spot him.

inspired by the Willamette Week’s give guide book i fianlly got a membership at the independent publishing resource center. the iprc is one of the reasons i like this town of portland. honestly i would rather be living out in the woods but if you have to live in a city stuff like this makes it more bearable.

so much more to tell you. i have a stack of books i need to review but i am burnt on attaching links so i leave you with otherworld

i remember being fascinated with this as a child and sadly have been thinking about it for years. i recently found it on youtube. it even has a kid named “smith” in it. weird, as that was the name of my first comic.  i certainly didn’t remember that.

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as the poster says, i will be in philadelphia for this show.
i stole this description from one of my favorite people, chris mcd and the meathaus blog ,
“Locust Moon is a comics shop in West Philadelphia with big ideas. When the super fun lo-fi Philly Alt Comic Con run by Pat Aulisio for three years ended last year, Locust Moon filled the void by planning a free one day comics festival at the same location, the Rotunda, this December 16th, a Sunday, from 11 to 8pm.”
it looks like it will be sort of a meathaus reunion. i am hoping i can convince a few of the meat gang left in new york city to come down for it too.
i would love to see you all there.

here is a link to the event’s facebook page

thanks everyone too for all the good words about my art on the prophet book. i have only done two issues, really brandon graham, simon roy, and giannis milonogiannis are the real artists on that book, but the response to my effort on it has been really good. i feel good about having worked on that. and i do plan on doing a wrap up near the end of the run.

i also want to give props to Fil Barlow on the cover, Letters by Ed Brisson and joseph Bergin III on colors. a special super big thanks to joseph bergin III. he did an amazing job on it. i stole this next part from brandon’s blog because he said it so well,

“joseph Bergin pulled some impressive shit and come up with an idea to show everything inside the psychic mind dampening field in black and white.

Here’s the transition page as Prophet falls out of color.

I can’t stress enough what a joy it is to work with all the dudes on Prophet.

Also in #29 Andy Ristaino (of lead designer on adventure time and Babysitter & other comics fame ) did an amazing back up this issue.

 ”

and many thanks go to jason Levian of floating world and everyone who showed up to the prophet show for helping make it such an amazing time. i am a little late in getting this post together as always. i finally re-blogged some of the pics andrew and joseph took of the event. please check out their respective tumblrs for more pictures. here are a few.

that is joseph on the left and me on the right. both of us making scary faces. i can’t even remember if that weird smile was intentional but it looks painful.

i sold a couple things at the show too which was very cool. thank you so much. it means a lot to me that someone would want to purchase my art, especially since i put so much time dang time into them. the rest of the pages from prophet #29 will be sent to my comic art dealer the excellent comic store in canada, the beguiling.
they already have pages from issue #24 posted.

ok, now fairly recently i took down my etsy store. i think that it is a great site and works for a lot of people and i did sell some stuff on there but i just decided that it wasn’t right for me and the type of work that i do.   i  need to rethink the way i sell my art.  most likely i’m just going to set up a page on my site with my books. in the meantime here are some ways you can get art i have made:

the beguiling.—original comic book pages including prophet, pop gun war, omega the unknown, caper, and others.

studygroup comics—my web comic is currently on hiatus but you can get original watercolored pages for around $30 each

attractmode–future of play print for $25

Locust Moon comics—my friends there will be selling various prints of mine including the above poster and my cover for the anthology once upon a time machine.
which is currently available for purchase from your favorite retailer.

floating word comics—they have all sorts of my books for sale and posters of the prophet show.

i also made a facebook page that will feature new art as it comes available

and of course there is always amazon. i really don’t like the way they undercut book stores but dang they are convenient and have pretty much everything.

and there is also a new silkscreen print of my drawing with glow in the dark ink in the works by helen popinchalk.
this is the image.
i have been posting some of her process photos on my tumblr

i’ll let y’all know when this is ready for purchase.

ok enough of this capitalist stuff.  i want to show you a spread of the wrenchies i did recently.

i feel pretty good about this one. which i can’t say for all the pages i have been doing on it. some pages come easier than others. i’m just not clicking away as fast i wish i was but i am trying to find the fun in what i do again. please don’t give up on me finishing this book. i need some positive energy sent my way to get it done. brandon just showed this on twitter but i thought it would be a good finish to this blog post. Masters of comic art Moebius interview. it is only like five minutes long but packed with some good stuff.

and one last thing my good pal jason sacher sent me this drawing of hollis a while back and i have been meaning to post it.

he has a great tumblr called the cowboy campfire. i love his art and his writing and comics and look at this drawing pretty much everyday for inspiration. he totally captured the feel for that kid. thanks jay.

and thanks for reading thus far.

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OCT. 4 – PROPHET BOOK RELEASE AND ART EXHIBIT WITH FAREL DALRYMPLE

WHO: Farel Dalrymple & Joseph Bergin III
WHAT: Prophet #29 release party and art exhibit
WHEN: Thursday, October 4th, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.
Art on display until Oct. 31st

Prophet #29 in stores wednesday the 26th of sept.

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