hey anyone who may be accidentally or on purpose reading this,
my book signing on first thursday at floating world comicswent pretty swell.
i met some cool new people and saw a lot of good friends. working on my book non-stop leaves me little time for socializing so it was a delightful treat to see so many excellent folks. thanks everyone who showed up and thanks floating world comics for hosting it.
here is a pic from it.

thanks so much to the talented and cool for the photo as well as
these other great photos of the show
the show is up until the end of the month.
and i believe jason has few copies of both issues of the pop gun war preview to sell.
stop in and get a copy.
floating world comics, is located at 20 NW 5th Ave #101

i also have personal stash of issue 1 (the second edition) if anyone is interested. i made an option to buy issue one if you want to click on the paypal button thing. also i still have some issue twos to sell. so just scroll down if you want issue 2 or 1 or both. be sure to tell me in the paypal instructions if you want me to sketch in it.

issue

pgw.chainletter.2 $15.00 pgw.chainletter.1 $10.00 pgw.chainletter.1and2 $25.00

here is what the cover looks like.

i think the letterpress came out pretty cool. thanks to bruce at fortress letterpress for rocking that out.

here’s a little sketch of gwen i did for my pal and excellent artist matt dicke,
who was nice enough to scan it and send my way.

also, just a friendly reminder that new installments of the pop gun war chain letter preview are on-line at the excellent arthur magazine.

now here here is a relatively new page from wrenchies

thanks guys, talk to you soon.

hey gang, this is a heads up about my show at floating world comics 6 to 10 pm tomorrow or today depending on when you reading this.
either way it is on first thursday, June 3rd at
floating world comics, 20 NW 5th Ave #101, in beautiful downtown portland, oregon.
here is my poster for the show

go here for the press release on the floating world site.
also i thought it worthy of mentioning again that the pages from the pop gun war preview are on-line at the excellent arthur magazine.
thanks jason.
i hope all you portland people can make it but i can understand if you don’t want to brave the rain. i don’t get out much myself these days. but it would be great to see everyone. it is the official book release party for the limited edition chain letter preview part two. so if you didn’t get to pick one up yet now is your opportunity! i will mostly have pages from the new pop gun war on display and some for sale with some wrenchies pages and other things i have been working on if anyone is curious as to what i have been up to hidden away in st. johns.
there will also be a few copies of a special re-printing of the first pgw:chain letter preview part 1 i did last year.
please come to the show and i will draw in your book.
here is a page from the pop gun war chain letter preview

and here is a wrenchies page i did sort of recently

and here is an idea i had for a wrenchies poster or teeshirt:

that character’s name is mars and she is real good at throwing things.
i just sent out a bunch of copies of the pop gun war preview. so if you haven’t got yours yet and are starting to worry just give it a few more days. i am still taking orders for those. just click on the paypal button below if you want one.

make sure to tell me in the paypal instructions if you want me to sketch in it.
thanks. i hope to see you at the show!

hello out there,

i have a few more book orders to send out tomorrow so if you haven’t received your copy of the pop gun war: chain letter limited edition preview #2 book yet it should be getting to you shortly.
i still have a good chunk of them left so if anyone else wants to order a copy please just click on the paypal button below. thanks!

make sure to tell me in the paypal instructions if you want me to sketch in it otherwise i will just do an unobtrusive signature in the back.
here’s a little sketch i did someones’ book. i thought it was pretty cute so i scanned it and am displaying it for your potential amusement.

i am about to run to floating world comics in a few minutes.
there is a book release party there for my pal ryan alexander tanner tonight from 6-9. come on by if you are in the hood. here are the details:
WHO: William Ayers and Ryan Alexander-Tanner
WHAT: Book release and authors’ talk
WHEN: Sunday, May 23th, 6-9pm, authors’ talk 7-8pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave #101

i am having a first thursday show next month,june 3rd at floating world comics. i will be there from 6-9 signing copies of the pop gun war preview #2. and as a special thing for the show i am re-printing up a few copies of the first preview i did last year. i am only doing 50 copies of those and they will only be available at the show. so if you missed out on your chance to get the first one you have to come see me to get it now.
it is going to have the same cover image as the first printing but will be a letterpress instead of a silk screen. screen printing all those covers last time myself really beat me up. yeah, i am a wimp. but this way the people that bought the first edition will have a more collectible piece or something. i don’t know. that sounds good, right?
anyway, please come and i will draw in your book.
thanks to everyone who have bought the pop gun war previews. hopefully all the ones i have sent arrived safely to your mailboxes.

and finally, the above spider-man drawing is a panel from a 4-page spider-man and silver surfer story i just finished for strange tales. i am not sure when the story will be out but i will give you all a heads up when i find out. i am actually not sure if i am even supposed to be posting pages from that before it is printed but i figured i could get away with a panel or two. speaking of, all spider-man artwork copyright marvel comics enterprises and all the jazz.

here’s a not-so-great scan of a conan sketch i did for a pal of mine.

the conan pin up that i posted on here a few months back is going to be in a conan comic sonn along with a bunch of other pin ups by rad dudes. i will let you all i know once i find out when that is dropping.
and here’s an old silly sketchbook drawing i don’t believe i have posted before.

talk to y’all soon.

hey everybody, mocca and stumptown both were relatively swell. thanks to everyone involved in the show who brought the excellence and thanks to those who showed up and especially thanks to all of you who bought stuff. i appreciate you all. thanks so much.
I sold a bunch of the new pop gun war: chain letter preview book and i received some good feedback on the way it came out. i think the book looks quite nice. it has a letterpress cover printed by local portland company, fortress letterpress.
it is a little hard to see in these pictures…

but the cover has a nice indention from the letter press, it is especially sharp with the sinclair drawing on the back. the book is limited to 250 copies, it’s 56 mostly black and white pages (8 are in color), and i’m selling the sucker for $15 plus shipping.

click on this paypal thing and it adds the shipping costs.
if you let me know in the paypal instructions i can do a little sketch and sign the inside.
or you can always email me if you want to send a check or money order type thing the old fashioned way.
a special thanks goes out to jason at floating world comics for holding my hand through this whole thing.
i’m sorry to everyone who i told i was going to the parties, events, and social engagements of the stumptown weekend. i just couldn’t hang. i hope no one is mad about it. i was so burnt and ready to be home by the end of the stumptown show i got a dang speeding ticket. my first one since being pulled over while driving scott mill’s jeep on the way to the first tcaf in 2003. i feel a little beat up from the adventure but i am trying to get the eye of the tiger.
so if you haven’t gone by grass hut to see the balls out art including the little painting i did, there is a closing party for the balls out show this friday the 30th from 5-8.
Grass Hut
811 EAST BURNSIDE #113
PORTLAND OR 97214
i will be there most likely along with some of the other artists. but if you can’t make it to the closing show, here’s my little painting:

if you want to buy it go here
hey, i just noticed that there was another painting in the show with “hollis” in title.
go here to see all the other cool paintings in the show.
the balls out closing party is also a closing party of sorts for the space itself as bwana spoons is moving the gallery to downtown, 5th and couch inside floating world comics. It will be smaller and a little more curated. should be awesome.
I heard a rumor that i might be having a show at floating world this summer. i’ll try to post about that when i find out more.
also this saturday is free comic book day.
i will be lurking around cosmic monkey for that and will have copies of the new pgw preview book on hand, not for free (sorry) but i will be sketching and signing and will give out a copy of my first comic, smith’s adventures, if anyone asks.
The opening of the new comic store, locust moon in Philadelphia was a lot of fun. thanks to chris and josh and all the other rad dudes i got to hang out with in beautiful university city.
they just put up the store logo and banner while i was there and i think it looks pretty cool. as mentioned in previous post i designed the store logos.
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here’s me very seriously signing a book at the opening party.

-picture courtesy of the smashing Jason Rodriguez
i was camped out next to the snack table all night stuffing my face and drinking the glenlivet.
my pal mu wen pan made these absolutely amazing oragami locusts for the store. these are some pictures he took of the lucusts after he made them.
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and here are some pictures of them hanging inside the store.
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go check out the locust moon facebook page to find more about the place and see more pics and stuff.
thanks.
and i do believe i still have two wrenchies pages up at the stumptown art show in the performing art center.
and i still got those four smallish pieces up at the pony club gallery at least until the end of the month.
and if you haven’t made it over to the sequential art gallery this month hurry up and check my pal seamus heffernan’s art show.
he is a really good cartoonist. check out his website and this cool poster he made:

that’s it for now. thanks for reading this far.
s.w.a.k.

Hey friends and people of the world,
I wanted to let you all know that I will be sitting at the Meathaus table for most of the mocca comics fest in new york city this weekend. Here’s the
fine poster by the stellar dash shaw

and On Saturday (April 10th) I will be at the mocca sketch table from from 2-3:30pm.
And I have artwork in a show running this month and in conjunction with moccca called NeoIntegrity: Comics Edition
After the show i am stopping in Philadelphia for the opening of my pals new store. it is called locust moon, a video rental and comic book store in University City. i will be signing books there on Wednesday, April 14, 4-7 p.m. 4040 Locust St. philadelphia, PA. i did a couple of logos for the store. here is one of them,

And just a couple weekends after all that I will be at our local portland comics show stumptown.
Here is the poster for that show by the smashing theo ellsworth

i will be debuting a new limited edition comic at the show.
Jason at floating world comicsis helping me put together another pop gun war comic book for stumptown. limited to only 200 copies, it is 56 pages with a nice letterpress cover. It features the second part of pop gun war: chain letter (30 pages). the rest is some sketchbook stuff and a few Smith comics and a couple of other things. I will show some pictures when I get back from NYc.
here are some sketches that will be in the book

and all during this month i have art in 3 different shows around town
unfortunately i missed the openings to two and i also missed posting about them on here but if you are in neighborhood please stop by and look at the art.
i have four small pieces up at the pony club gallery

i have a small piece in the balls out show at grass hut
Grass Hut
811 EAST BURNSIDE #113
PORTLAND OR 97214

and i am also in the stumptown art show at the performing art center
here is the poster for that thing.

and just a couple of other random things for your consideration.
i have a mix tape up on
robin mcconnell’s inkstuds radio show and podcast

and a grand interview with austin wilson up here on his excellent blog.

thanks everybody. ttfn.

Hey gang,
this duck character makes a brief appearance in the wrenchies. i thought he was funny and worth sharing.
here are a couple of newsworthy announcements. in march i will be part of a panel at the public library association preconference. i am not entirely sure what that entails but i will post more closer to it.
In april i be in new york city for the mocca festival. i will most likely be standing behind the meathaus table doing some drawings for whomever and possibly be selling another limited edition zine type thing. i will post more about it when the date draws nearer. also that month i will be at portlands local show, stumtptown comics fest.
i was recently sent this link from newsarama
omega the unknown was chosen as one of the American Library Association’s Top Ten graphic novels for teens.
yay. i love the library. i visit my library in st. johns about two or three times a week.

tomorrow is new comics day and we got a good one coming out.
house of mystery #22
pal, esao andrews painted this excellent cover. i drew 6 of the interior pages. check it out at your local comics shop.
here is the info:
Written by Matthew Sturges; Art by Luca Rossi and Farel Dalrymple; Cover by Esao Andrews
Vertigo 32pg. Color $2.99 US Mature Readers
On Sale February 3, 2010
it was my first real experience working with vertigo. it was a fun project and everyone was super cool. i hope to do more stuff for them some day.
speaking of everyone being super cool, i just finished a ten page story for
papercutter, tugboat press’ excellent anthology. i am not sure exactly when that is coming out yet. i’ll pass along the details and maybe some preview art when i know for sure.
now here is some dorky sketchbook stuff.
view from a local coffee shop.

i used to really like that abbott and costello version of jack and the beanstalk

this one was inspired by the original prisoner which i was recently re-watching. that box set was one of the nicest gifts i have ever received.

a bunch of new stuff going on this month.
the new meathaus sketchbook is out now, featuring art by:
Andy Ristaino, Arik Roper, Benjamin Marra, Bob Flynn, Dash Shaw, Dave Kiersh, Esao Andrews, Farel Dalrymple, Jason Sacher, Josh Latta, HARVEYJAMES™, Inés Estrada, Jesse Moynihan, Katie Rice, Kevin Fagan, Michaela Zacchilli, Mu Pan, Nathan Fox, Nicholas Gazin, Nick Bertozzi, Peter Chung, Rebecca Sugar, Ron Wimberly, Sam Kim, Thomas Herpich, Victor Cayro, Vincent Giard, Vincent Stall, Zachary Baldus, Tomer Hanuka, James Jean, Brandon Graham, Robertryan Cory, Al Columbia, and Chris McD.

one of the contributors to the book,
did a nice interview for the vide magazine. read the interview here.
i also did an original comic for the occasion on vice’s website. check it out here.
thanks nick.
some of the same characters from that strip are in the new
MySpace Dark Horse Presents Volume 4 TPB that is just out this month.

if you’re in the portland, oregon area stop by floating world comics. this month to see the show:
December Rain – FAKE ROCK BAND POSTER EXHIBIT
a group show where over a dozen artists have designed flyers, posters and album covers for bands that don’t actually exist.
The show is co-curated by T. Edward Bak (Service Industry, Mome, D&Q Showcase).
WHERE: Floating World Comics
20 NW 5th Ave #101
Portland, OR 97209
(503)241-0227
here is a small version of my piece:

and here are a few other things i did sort of recently
a pin up for conan. i will post later when i find out which issue it will be running in.

when i was teaching at PNCA i did this portrait of one of my favorite movie directors

i did this as a t-shirt design for a hip hop crew in minneapolis called doom tree.
i am not sure when the street date is but once that tee becomes available i’ll let you all know. thanks.

Hello guys,
Jason over at floating world comics. let me know sort of recently that the next installment of pop gun war: chain letter is up on Arthur magazine’s site. Check it out and enjoy. In between working on wrenchies pages I will be coloring some of the pop gun war pages and putting up the next chapter real soon. the plan is to do another limited edition of part two. keep your eyes peeled for news about that.
this is another fun sandman commission I did recently for my pal rob. Thanks rob.

these ladies are called Zelda and Chantal, and they like spiders, like David Sedaris apparently does.
And here’s another one I did for a smashing chap named David (not Sedaris) in his sketchbook. Thanks David.

It was fun seeing all the other Calvin sketches in the sketchbook. I especially enjoyed the two by . That guy is one of my favorites.
This weekend I will be in a group show in LA at exhibit a gallery.
If you are in the Los Angeles area this weekend please go check out the show.
The gallery is at
1086 SOUTH FAIRFAX AVE.
LOS ANGELES CA. 90019
And I think you are supposed to rsvp at the website or something but the opening is on Saturday, August 29th at 7pm
Here is the invitation:

Sadly I won’t be able to attend. But please let me know how it went if you go. I sent them three pieces, a triptych that I did for the gaming company, white wolf.
Here is a small version of one of them.

I am pretty excited to be part of the show. The gallery is co-owned by dogtown skateboard legend Tony Alva.
The theme of the show, “bipolar” has something to do with doing work people might not recognize as your own. I thought the sort of heavy metal vibe i tried to get in the white wolf pieces that bill.

I am still available for commissions please email me at fareldalrymple@yahoo.com for rates.
Thanks.
-farel

Hey everybody, i just did this weird little acrylic painting on the back of my new sketchbook.
I like it.
San diego comic con is coming up soon and the excellent comic shop in Canada, the beguiling
will be there selling some of my original comic art. I just sent them some of my newer stuff including the magic spell story and pages from my Meathaus s.o.s. photogoloctica story.
I’d like to go to san diego but can’t really swing a plane ticket.
Does anyone know of anyone driving down from Portland that has an extra seat in their car? I could pitch in for gas of course.
Looking around the internets a couple of days ago I saw this post on tom neely’s blog. Apparently my book, pop gun war made wizard magazines “Top 25 Indie Books of All Time” list a few months back. It’s Wizard Magazine #211 Platinum Edition.

The article is “TITANIC TOMES: The 25 Indie Gems Even the Most Ghoulish Marvel Zombie or Dedicated DC Devotee Must Read Before They Die!”
Here’s the list in alphabetical order:
1. Acme Novelty Library by Chris Ware
2. American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
3. Black Hole by Charles Burns
4. Blankets by Craig Thompson
5. The Blot by Tom Neely
6. Bone by Jeff Smith
7. Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw
8. Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson
9. Curses by Kevin Huizenga
10. Eightball by Dan Clowes
11. Epileptic by David B.
12. The Essex County Trilogy by Jeff Lemire
13. Frank by Jim Woodring
14. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
15. Grickle by Graham Annable
16. It’s a Good Life if You Don’t Weaken by Seth
17. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Velasquez
18. Love and Rockets by The Hernandez Bros.
19. Maus by Art Spiegelman
20. Optic Nerve by Adrian Tomine
21. Palestine by Joe Sacco
22. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
23. Pop Gun War by Farel Dalrymple
24. Pistolwhip by Jason Hall and Matt Kindt
25. The Sketchbook Diaries by James Kochalka
I just did a drawing in brett warnock’s (mr. Top shelf) twin peak’s theme sketchbook.

I also recently did a commission for john q adams’ silverfish collection

I am still available for commissions please email me at fareldalrymple@yahoo.com for rates. okay, now i’ll get back to coloring the wrenchies.
ttfn.

Hey, I finally put my Kitty Pryde piece together from the scans and here it is. I messed with the background in Photoshop. So it didn’t look exactly like this, the background color was sort off-white or something originally. Thanks to whoever out there bought the original art.

I meant to post this a while ago, so if you didn’t see it yet, Douglas Wolk did a terrific article for pw on the stumptown comics fest And there is also some Photomania by Laura Hudson.

I also completely spaced and forgot to put up this. Shaun Manning over at Comic Book Resources did a really swell piece on my DHP story, Magic Spell. Thanks Shaun.
And that Magic Spell story is coming out in print In Dark Horse Presents 4, this December.
Here is the cover by the talented Kristian Donaldson.

I’m a fan of Kristian’s work. It’s badass to see him draw Emily.

New pages are being posted for one of my favorite webcomics, Adventures Of The Floating Elephant by Tim Hamilton over at ACT-I-VATE . Go read them all.

Here is a drawing I did recently.

This was for BARK as part of a fund raising art show to benefit MT. Hood in, "My Hood is Your Hood," on October 3rd, at the downtown Stumptown Coffee here in Portland.

Two more BARK drawings:

this is a commission I did recently. Thanks John.

here is an image I was requested to do originally for a local zine but it didn’t make it in. I guess it sucks. Ah well, I kind of liked it.

and here is a drawing I did for my friends’s sketchbook.