Picturebox News

Switzerland here we come! We are pleased to announce PictureBox’s participation in this year’s Fumetto Festival in Lucerne, Switzerland. We were given our own exhibition space. So, Lauren Weinstein, Frank Santoro, CF, Yuichi Yokoyama and little old me will all be in attendance! March 28-April 5, 2009. Why we even dug up Ogden Whitney to display his work next to Frank, Lauren and CF. Friends Mat Brinkman and Mark Newgarden are also exhibiting. Here comes the fun!

Here’s a wonderful audio visual feature on For the Love of Vinyl at the CBC. Thanks for Greig Dymond.

Newsflash: Cold Heat is back, and it’s gonna kill you. A combined 48 page Cold Heat issue 5/6 is on sale now now now! Just 100 of these were made, and Frank Santoro and Ben Jones have once again proved their awesome powers. Go now and buy it while you still can.

Also making a return this week is the awesome Tales from Greenfuzz. This 3rd issue, running to 20 pages of food-oriented action/adventure, is the latest masterpiece from Will Sweeney!

We’re pleased to announce the release of Michel Gondry’s first audio book: You’ll Like This Film Because You’re In It: The Be Kind Rewind Protocol. It’s released in conjunction with our pals at WonderSound Records. For more information, go here.

Some good project news this week from Gondry, Santoro and CF:

First, we’re proud to announce the re-launch of ColdHeatComics.com where you can now read the first 4 issues for free. We’ll have more CH news soon!

Also, Michel Gondry has launched a wonderful commercial for his book You'll Like This Film Because You're In It.

Finally, CF has given a fine audio interview to Inkstuds. Go have a listen.

February 28th Cheryl Dunn will open a solo exhibition, Spit & Peanut Shells - American Pictures, at Country Club, Cincinnati. Cheryl’s shows are a rare treat, so go see it!
Country Club
424 Findlay Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45214

Now in stock: two killer publications: Amazing comic called Wild Animals by Anya Davidson, of Chicago, and a big, 180 page Nazi Knife 5 (French, duh!) with work by CF, Brinkman, Hegray, Goldberg and other meisters.

Check out the latest post on our Overspray Blog: An incredible film, never before shown, of Charlie White III painting.

Opening tomorrow at DEITCH PROJECTS, NYC: BEN JONES: THE NEW DARK AGE
FEB 5TH – FEB 28TH 2009
OPENING THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 5 6-9PM
76 GRAND STREET

We’ve extended the sale just one more week! It will now go until February 8!

PictureBox is pleased to announce a show curated by Dan Nadel (me) at M+B Gallery in Los Angeles. Mat Brinkman and Melissa Brown will exhibit new works on paper.

Melissa Brown & Mat Brinkman
31 Jan - 7 Mar 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 31 from 7-9 PM

M+B
612 North Almont Drive
Los Angeles, California 90069
T 310 550 0050
F 310 550 0605
E info @ mbfala.comv
More information on the show is here: http://www.mbfala.com/exhibitions/48/

The YES WE CAN Sale! In the spirit of hope (and commerce) PictureBox is holding a massive, two-week sale on nearly everything on our web site! It’s a cold world out there, but what better way to pass the time than curling up with a visual book! Each book is a stimulus package for the soul! Plus every purchase from now (January 16) until February 8 will include a FREE copy of Paper Rad’s DVD Problem Solvers.
So, here we go:

* Been curious about Overspray: Riding High with the Kings of California Airbrush Art? This masterpiece has been lauded by everyone from Women’s Wear Daily to the New York Times to Eye Magazine, and it can be yours for just $20!

* Ever wondered about who made the best record covers of the 1970s? In awe of Houses of the Holy, Dark Side of the Moon and Electric Warrior? No need to be frightened, for all will be revealed by buying For the Love of Vinyl: The Album Art of Hipgnosis. It, too, can be yours for $20!

* Beguiled by mythical trappings and enamored of contemporary art and writing by my generation’s best imaginations? Then dig into Trinie Dalton’s MYTHTYM for just $15! It’s like going to a museum, reading the best book ever written, and watching a movie all at the same time!

* Curious about the book about which the New York Times exclaimed: “Few cartoonists of the moment are weirder or more original than Yuichi Yokoyama - his work obsessively diagrams architecture and design … Travel is remarkably entertaining.” Travel can now be yours for just $9.95!

* Want to dip into a graphic novel on nearly ever top ten of ‘08 list? Interested in Dune? Philip K. Dick? What about masterful drawing? Well, my friend, check out C.F.’s Powr Mastrs 2, now just $10!

* And then there’s Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby! The Village Voice crows: “By depicting human behavior at its worst, Nemoto recalibrates the limits of what we can bear to consider on a page of comics.” Damn straight. Yours for $8.95!

* Many consider Lauren Weinstein’s The Goddess of War a shortform masterpiece of graphic storytelling. I sure do! Richard Gehr calls it a “A blend of Marvel’s Thor comic, a Wagnerian space opera, and Anthony Mann’s Westerns” Sounds right to me! Yours for just $7.95!

* And, good heavens, where else can you find Michel Gondry’s visionary memoir/manifesto/guru-text You’ll Like This Film Because You’re In It? The man is a genius, and the book is a helluva a lot of fun to read. Inspirational and educational too! Now just $6.95!

* Wait a minute, what about The Ganzfeld 7? Co-edited and designed by Paper Rad’s Ben Jones, this final issue actually elicited an email from one notoriously cranky woman stating “It’s the best thing ever! And I’m not even stoned!” Yours for just $25.00!

* I know you’ve been wanting to buy Gary Panter, which remains PictureBox’s finest hour, but needed to first purchase a pedestal to hold its 10 pound weight. Now you can, since it’s just $30!!!!!

* All of these books, not to mention our older, equally remarkable books, like Frank Santoro’s Storeyville (just $8.95), Brian Chippendale’s Maggots (just $8.00), Cheryl Dunn’s Some Kinda Vocation (just $8.00) and Paper Rad’s Cartoon Workshop/Pig Tales (just $6.95) are all on sale. Not to mention prints, posters and much much more. Get down with it!

* And remember, PictureBox wants you to have these books because we have your best interests at heart!

This sale will self-destruct on February 8.

In an excellent review of Monster Men, Richard Gehr notes that “By depicting human behavior at its worst, Nemoto recalibrates the limits of what we can bear to consider on a page of comics.” Check out the full review.

January 22nd, at 7 pm Michel Gondry will read from his book, You'll Like This Film Because You're In It at 192 Books in NYC. 192 10th Ave. at 21st St.

Our pal Norman has penned a fine piece about the making of Overspray for the distinguished Eye magazine of London. Go check it out and make some comments!

Happy new year! We are pleased to announce that we’re selling a single comics story by C.F. Go here and check out the wonderment.