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I was beyond thrilled to learn that
Bluffton has been nominated for
THREE Eisner Awards. The Eisners are the "Oscars" of the comics industry and are named after the great Will Eisner, creator of
The Spirit and the artist most often credited with the creation of the modern graphic novel.
Bluffton is nominated in the categories of
Best New Graphic Album,
Best Writer/Artist, and
Best Publication for Teens.
Here is the press release.VOTING for the award winners will close on
Friday, June 13th at midnight PDT. Comics professionals, retailers, and...
LIBRARIANS are all eligible to cast a vote.
VOTE HERE.It is indeed an honor to be recognized in these categories and to stand beside such amazing fellow nominees. I'll be at the awards ceremony on
July 25th. It's my first time at
San Diego Comic Con.
On March 6, I had the immense pleasure of attending the opening night of Buster Keaton's Bluffton: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan, a new exhibit at the Muskegon Museum of Art.
The experience of seeing my paintings framed and hanging on a museum gallery's walls was amazing and more than a bit surreal. It took me a few minutes of standing in the gallery to really get my head around the whole thing.
The exhibit features paintings, sketches, and preliminary work as well as Bluffton memorabilia (including a porkpie hat made by Keaton's wife Eleanor and a bar stool from Pascoe's).
The museum is also featuring a range of
special events around the exhibit and encouraging local schools to bring their classes.
On opening night, I signed books and gave a talk about the making of the book. I met many people who either currently live in Bluffton or had relatives who lived there during the vaudeville era.
One gentleman gave me a photo of his father as a boy sitting outside of Pascoe's. Needless to say I was overwhelmed with the warm reception the book is receiving from the people of Bluffton.
The exhibit runs through May 25, 2014.
By: Matt Phelan,
on 3/5/2013
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(Full trailer coming closer to the July pub date.)
Here's to more laughter in 2013.
This is a tune called the Laughing Rag by Roy Smeck from the 1920s. Buster Keaton would have certainly known this one and probably could have played it better than I can. Anyway, here's a version recorded during the packing and moving from my old studio. I'm using my 1930 Reed/Regal ukulele purchased from Antebellum Instruments.
Happy New Year, everyone!
Today I completed painting my third graphic novel. The title of this story is
Bluffton although keen followers of my exploits might also know it as "
the one with Buster Keaton in it". If all goes well (and by that I mean the tremendous amount of work still needed to be done, mostly by the team at Candlewick),
Bluffton will be out in the fall of 2013.
So for now, a bit of rest and relaxation. Tomorrow, back to work.
It's Deadline Time here in the studio. I'm in the final stretch for my graphic novel and my days (and nights) are filled with paints and layouts and sharpened pencils. I'd call it Crunch Time, but that seems to apply to most of this past year... Anyway, the end is nigh and I am that usual mix of exhilaration and exhaustion.
I will however take a day off this Wednesday to attend the
Annual Silent Auction for independent bookstores at BEA. I promise to work extra hard on Thursday to make up for it. Here's my donation, one of the many preliminary drawings that I've made for my other current project,
Xander's Panda Party, a picture book by the great
Linda Sue Park.
And
here's a Flickr of all of the amazing donations.
And now, back to work.
Dead Lion for Breakfast was Ernie Kovacs' nickname for his early Philadelphia TV show Deadline for Dinner. If you don't know who Kovacs is, set aside a good portion of your day and head to google and youtube. A unique comic genius.
Sometimes I think the key to drawing is knowing when to stop.
One of the vaudeville cameos in my new graphic novel is the great tap dancer Bill Bojangles Robinson. Lots of great clips on you tube.
Here are some watercolor studies of young Buster Keaton and his dad for my next graphic novel. I'm using Cartiera Magnani hot press watercolor paper for this one. It is verrrry nice paper.
Can't WAIT!