August 2009

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No Such Things As Too Much Spandex

August 24, 2009 in Art - Recent Work | 8 comments

Avoid the Roid! (The Blistering Lava-Roid) cut and torn paper art by Patrick Gannon, photosize: 7 7/8 x 11 7/8″ (and more than 1/2″ thick)
medium: cut and torn paper on wood

I usually don’t think to snap photos of anything I make, so I’m awful glad that Kevin Conn made a special request to see more of Lava-Roid.

When I can, I like to continue the art around the edges of the “canvas” (y’know, the chunk o’ wood). I was having so much fun drawing the flame, it goes all the way around onto the back where it morphs into the kind of design you’d see on a 80′s Firebird Trans Am. I wanted to keep it sticking straight up, but there’s no way it would have survived more than 5 minutes in my studio. Read the rest of this entry »

Avoid the Roid! (The Blistering Lava-Roid)

August 21, 2009 in Art - Recent Work, ` | 9 comments

Avoid the Roid! (The Blistering Lava-Roid) cut and torn paper art by Patrick Gannon
size: 7 7/8 x 11 7/8″ (and more than 1/2″ thick)
medium: cut and torn paper on wood
click here or the image for more girth!

Today I have discovered that I am not a comedy writer. For hours I’ve been trying to come up with a bad… nay, a mind numbingly awful and cringe-worthy pun. The kind of joke that is mythical in its horrendousness; horrifying in its banality. That leaves a flaming path of devastation and wailing in its wake. A joke about superheroes. It goes like this:

superhero1: Metahuman?
superhero2: … (insert punchline here).

See? It’s got the potential to be truly, memorably bad. And, in some dark, perverse corner of my brain I love a good bad pun. But nothing I can come up with elicits more than a quiet groan. Maybe you can do better.

Happily, Kevin Conn doesn’t have this problem. Aside from rocking the world as Unemployed Skeletor he has created The Smoldering, Torrid Lava-Roid.

LAVA-ROID Phillip Manchester was just a normal cop until his big twin brother was murdered in cold blood …

Really, what more do you need to know than that? Kevin asked me to do a pinup for the preview comic coming out soon. I threw caution to the wind and jumped at the chance. You can check out the molten metahuman, the sweltering superman on Myspace or Facebook. And take a gander at the costume below. Read the rest of this entry »

Feeling Social

August 17, 2009 in News, W.I.P.s | 4 comments

Giant Facebook button cut paper art by Patrick GannonSo, I finally caved. Oh, I’ve been on Facebook for ages now keeping tabs on my friends back in the US and around the world. But I’ve finally gone and made a fan page. It’s just one more way for folks to stay abreast of what I’m doing. Although if you judge from my recent blogging, that might not seem like alot (apologies all round!).

If you’re active on Facebook, or just a little curious, click the little “f” icon over there to the right and bask in the glory of the social internet.

Which brings me to my next thought! I’m re-jiggering my blog navigation a little! I hope to add a few more icons to that lonely blue “f” over the next week or three. And since all of the social website buttons around the web are so slick and shiny, I’ve decided to make my own. Out of paper. Yeah, I’m the only guy in the world with a facebook button on his desk. And since I’m such a nice guy, I thought I would offer those buttons to you. You can grab the different sizes posted below.

Please don’t link directly to these buttons. To save them for your own use, right click on the item, then choose Save Picture/Image As… or just drag to your desktop if you’re using a mac.
facebook button 60px    facebook button 48px    facebook button24px    facebook button 16px

And just so you don’t think I’m a total slacker McFly, here’s a WIP of a little something I’m doing for a friend. Enjoy!

Lava Roid sketch for cut paper art by Patrick Gannon

Guest Shot – Fumiha Tanaka

August 4, 2009 in Guest Shots | Add your comment

Fumiha Tanaka Guest ShotSo, I’m a dunderhead. Don’t believe me? Here’s the proof: This past Saturday, Cocotte Cafe over in Iidabashi opened up with a small sample of my work for the month of August. I even managed to knock out a couple new pieces, all of which were a little experimental for me. Seeing as I only got 1 and 1/2 hours of sleep the night before, it shouldn’t be a surprise that nothing got scanned in. And silly me, the one thing I forgot to bring with me (there’s always ONE thing) was a camera. So, I have no new work to show you good folks for a little bit. Dunderheaded, right?

On the other hand, this gives me a great opportunity to introduce my friend Fumiha Tanaka. Fumiha was an undergrad at SCAD at the same time I was flailing through the MFA program there. We had a couple classes together (I particularly remember our children’s book lectures), and I was always impressed with her work. At the time, she was doing this very funky mixed-media thing where she was painting with tissue paper.

Even though we’ve moved in opposite directions, me to her Japan and her to my NY/NJ area (Brooklyn, actually), we’ve managed to keep in touch. It’s been a thrill watching her work evolve and grow over the past couple years. She now dabbles masterfully in woodcuts, painting, ceramics, silkscreens, and who knows what else. All of these are done beautifully with a sense of whimsy and charm and intelligence. I can’t wait to see what she does next.

Fumiha recently put on a show, along with Aya Kakeda (who is no slouch either) at Metropolis Gallery in Pennsylvania. Check out their show here.