Posts Tagged ‘artist’
An Interview with Dasic Fernandez
September 3rd, 2014 by chocko
I was wandering the Bushwick Collective in Brooklyn recently with Ariela of the blog Vegan In The Big Apple and Joey Teacups. While checking out some of the street art in the neighborhood and taking photos, we came across the Chilean born artist, Danic Fernandez who just finished an amazing mural that will hopefully be […]
Tags: artist, bushwick collective, dasic fernandez, graffiti, interview, street art
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Smoke Signal #16 Release Party at The Newsstand
July 2nd, 2013 by chocko
Marcellus Hall, James Romberger and Josh Bayer at The Newsstand The fine folks at Smoke Signal, a free quarterly comics anthology, recently celebrated it’s 16th issue last Friday at an awesome event at The Newsstand. The Newsstand is a diy subterranean pop-up shop located at the Metropolitan Avenue station in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The place got […]
Tags: 16, artist, brooklyn, comic, comic books, desert island, james romberger, james ulmer, josh bayer, new york city, nyc, smoke signal, the newsstand
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The Sketchbook Project 2013
March 1st, 2013 by chocko
Chocko has done it again…managed to last minute doodle his way into The Sketchbook Project, a global art project that involves creating art in sketchbooks and having your work exhibited across thousands of miles to different cities in North America and eventually finding its permanent home to be displayed at the Brooklyn Art Library. Here […]
Tags: 2013, art, artist, draw, sketch, the sketchbook project
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An Interview with Ray Sumser
July 21st, 2012 by chocko
Ryan Sumser and Characternity (photos by chocko) I was doing my San Diego Comic Con shuffle and was walking across the pedestrian bridge connecting PETCO Park and the Convention Center when I randomly stumbled upon an artist at work. The piece he was working on blew me away…it was huge, ambitious and featured nearly 3000 […]
Tags: art, artist, cartoonist, cartoons, Characternity, interview, ray sumser
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The Kenny Scharf Mural in NYC
December 6th, 2010 by chocko
Kenny Scharf’s latest project is complete and located on the graffiti wall at East Houston Street and the Bowery. The mural features a cast of bright and colorful psychedelic cartoon faces. He claims that nothing was sketched out before hand…just starting with the big red nose and then freestyling and going with the flow. Scharf […]
Tags: artist, bowery, graffiti, graffiti wall, new york city, pop art
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King Con at Brooklyn’s Lyceum
November 22nd, 2010 by chocko
Earlier this month, Brooklyn Lyceum’s second annual King Con brought together comic and animation artists, writers and publishers for a fun weekend of exhibitions, panels, signings and workshops. The exhibition floor was filled with super friendly artists selling their latest books, original art, prints and comics. Legendary X-Men writer, Chris Claremont was in the building! […]
Tags: animation, artist, brooklyn, comic books, convention, underground comics
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Sophie Crumb at DCKT
November 6th, 2010 by chocko
Getting to Sophie Crumb’s opening reception last night was an ordeal to say the least….traffic was a mess in and around the GWB and the tunnels and it took me 2 hours to get to the Bowery from my place in Jersey. Enough of my whining, I made it and it was well worth the […]
Tags: artist, comic books, r. crumb, robert crumb, sophie crumb, underground art
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