Frederick Wiseman Movies

Sketchbook Miscellany: Orange, Captain, Primate

Roman Polanski: Deputized!

I've completed a comic about Roman Polanski's response to the murder of his wife Sharon Tate in 1969. It's a true story, excerpted and dramatized from his book Roman by Polanski.

Comic about going to the movies

Sidney Lumet

Roman Polanski x 4

Four cartoon versions of Roman Polanski for an upcoming strip:

A comic about Connie Hawkins

I just finished working on a comic for the next issue of Smoke Signal, and realized I never posted the comic from my last entry in that free all-comics newspaper. This is the story of Connie Hawkins, a basketball almost-was who I read about in Loose Balls, a great oral history of the short-lived American Basketball Association. There's also a chapter about him in The Undisputed Guide to Basketball History, the terrific book by the FreeDarko boys. If you have any interest in basketball, or any desire to understand what's exciting about basketball, those books are for you.

Brooklyn Movies poster

Commissioned by BAM.

For sale on-line here. 

Also available at BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY

The poster forms a rough outline of Brooklyn with depictions of The Education of Sonny Carson, Moonstruck, Once Upon a Time in America, She's Gotta Have It, Spike of Bensonhurst, Do the Right Thing, For Pete's Sake, Vigilante, Quiet City, The Landlord, The Sentinel, Goodfellas, A Vampire in Brooklyn, Frownland, Half Nelson, Saturday Night Fever, The Squid and the Whale, French Connection, Smoke, Dog Day Afternoon, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Little Fugitive, the Warriors, Two Lovers, and Last Exit to Brooklyn.

Sketchbook Miscellany: Brooklyn Philharmonic

Comics about Brooklyn Movies

The BAM blog asked me to contribute a blog post about movies that have some Brooklyn significance to accompany a poster I created for them illustrating the same theme. It features John Cassavetes, The Little Fugitive, Jean Renoir, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Michael Winner, Vigilante, Chewbacca, Sam Fuller, all kinds of stuff. Check it out in its entirety here.

One segment of it:

Can't Anybody Here Play this Game?

Thank-you drawing of Jimmy Breslin for my pal Steve.

The Argentinian

On Sunday, while I was working at Desert Island Comics:

Sketchbook Miscellany: Sweatshirt Dream

Sketchbook Miscellany: Iranian Bowl

Sketchbook Miscellany: Five People

Sketchbook Miscellany: Gang of Dogs

Roslyn, NY

Two from this series of "Faces in the Crowd" drawings are on the wall at Susan Inglett. This one's not on view. They're usually named after the town that the person pictured is from.

Opening this Thursday

I have a handful of pieces on the wall and on file at Susan Inglett Gallery for the show THISORGANIZED curated by Hope Gangloff. It opens this Thursday, September 8, 6-8pm. It will be up for a month.

From the Susan Inglett site:
In a recent interview Hope Gangloff was asked which artists she admired and why. Hope’s response “I prefer my peer artists. I like them as people, and I like the art they are doing. My favorites include Gavin Anderson, Brian Booth, Milton Carter, Alexander Degen, Benjamin Degen, Adriana Farmiga, Eric Fertman, Chie Fueki, Nathan Gelgud, Everest Hall, An Hoang, Blaze Lamper, Josh Marsh, Yuri Masnyj, Barry Ratoff, Jason Search, Breanne Trammell, Juan Valadez, Justin Valdes, Nichole van Beek, and Anton Vojacek, and I could honestly go on and on. I would love to curate a show someday”. THISORGANIZED is that show.

Susan Inglett Gallery
522 West 24 Street
New York NY 10011
Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 6
T 212 647 9111
F 212 647 9333
info@inglettgallery.com

Hope Gangloff
Hope at Susan Inglett

Giggles Flyer September 2011

Sketchbook Miscellany: Hair Salon Chair

Rock 'n' Roll Circus

Thank you note I sent my pal Danny for a CD and postcard he sent me.

B(A)NO[S] update

The B(A)NO[S] blog has been updated recently. B(A)NO[S] is a small group of artists who conceive of and complete an art project in the span of one evening. Often, someone cooks dinner, too.

Last week's project was propaganda art.

Previous projects include:

Working with leather

African masks

Silhouettes

Experimental print-making

Book Covers

Here's a nice pic of my books on the shelf in the store.

Fourth of July Weekend

TS 

MM 

Asia Argento

Commissioned portrait of the star of Boarding Gate from last Christmas.

Sketchbook Miscellany: Walking to Mike's

Walking from work in Fort Greene to Mike's place in Park Slope:

Ulrike Meinhof

(sold.)

Pet Portrait

Commission a pet portrait now and pick it up
at the next Greenpoint Backyard Bazaar.

I'm running a serious discount on this so get in touch directly for prices.

gelgud[at]gmail[dot]com

In God We Trust

Saturday

June 25

70 Greenpoint Ave

Brooklyn, NY 11222

12 to 6

Great vendors, free beer, and cheap eats via Grill Bike.

Travel Sketches: North Carolina trip in late May

Bird feeder

Corn on outdoor table

Summer 2011: The Beach Issue

The first of 3 issues of my Summer 2011 booklets is available. Check it out at etsy.

Claude Chabrol

I gave this to my friend Robert for his birthday and he took this picture of it.

5 Days, 5 Posts. Day Five: Harpo!

Counting down to the Backyard Bazaar at In God We Trust tomorrow, I've been posting something every day this week. At the Bazaar, there will be free beer, affordable food, and great vendors. I'll be doing live portraits and selling doodles and a couple of prints. Get something for your dad, like an on-the-spot custom made card.

Here's today's drawing, which you can see in person tomorrow:

Yesterday's installment of 5 Days, 5 Posts here (walking to the beach).
Wednesday's installment of 5 Days, 5 Posts here (kitchen tile).
Tuesday's installment here (Richard Pryor).
Monday's installment here (Star Wars).

Backyard Bazaar
Saturday, May 21
12pm-8pm

In God We Trust (near the Greenpoint G stop)
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY 11222

5 Days, 5 Posts. Day Four: Walking to the Beach

Counting down to the Backyard Bazaar at In God We Trust this Saturday, I've been posting something every day this week. At the Bazaar, there will be free beer, affordable food, and great vendors. I'll be doing live portraits and selling doodles and a couple of prints. Get something for your dad, like a drawing of your mom.

Here's today's drawing, which will be part of a zine that might be ready by Saturday:

Yesterday's installment of 5 Days, 5 Posts here (kitchen tile).
Tuesday's installment here (Richard Pryor).
Monday's installment here (Star Wars).

Backyard Bazaar
Saturday, May 21
12pm-8pm

In God We Trust (near the Greenpoint G stop)
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY 11222

5 Days, 5 Posts. Day Three: Floral textile

Counting down to the Backyard Bazaar at In God We Trust this Saturday, here's another drawing that you can see/buy/haggle over at the event itself in 3 days. There will be free beer, affordable food, and great vendors. I'll be doing live portraits and selling doodles and a couple of prints. Get something for your dad, like a portrait of his favorite golfer. There might even be a beach-themed zine available.

Yesterday's installment of 5 Days, 5 Posts here (Richard Pryor).
Monday's installment here (Star Wars).


Backyard Bazaar
Saturday, May 21
12pm-8pm

In God We Trust
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY 11222

5 Days, 5 Posts. Day Two: Richard Pryor

Counting down to the Backyard Bazaar at In God We Trust this Saturday, here's another drawing that you can see/buy/haggle over at the event itself in 4 days. There will be free beer, affordable food, and great vendors. I'll be doing live portraits and selling doodles and a couple of prints. There might even be a zine available.

Day Two: Richard Pryor

You can commission a drawing like this on the spot on Saturday. Bring a photo for reference, or have it on your phone, or have me look something up on my laptop, or email me.

Yesterday's installment of 5 Days, 5 Posts here.

Backyard Bazaar
Saturday, May 21
12pm-8pm

In God We Trust
70 Greenpoint Ave
Brooklyn NY 11222

5 Days, 5 Posts. Day One: Yoda

For the next 5 days, starting today, I'll post a drawing a day so we can all get excited about this year's first In God We Trust Summer Backyard Bazaar in Greenpoint. There will be free beer, cheap food, and a select group of great vendors. I'll be there selling doodles, artwork, prints, and a special Godard-themed tote bag. I'll also be taking commissions, and doing live drawings on the spot for you to take home or send your dad for Father's Day. (Get him a little portrait of his favorite baseball player or political commentator.)

In God We Trust
(close to the Greenpoint stop on the G)
70 Greenpoint Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday, May 21st
Noon-8pm

Today's post: Star Wars with ballpoint pen.

Fred Hampton

Sketchbook Miscellany: Backs of Heads

Sketchbook Miscellany: Ushers

Connie Hawkins in Smoke Signal at Desert Island

The new Smoke Signal is available at Desert Island. I have a one-pager in there about Connie Hawkins, the basketball great who caught a raw deal.

Get a copy at Desert Island.

If you're not nearby, you can order one.

It looks like this: