Art
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Digital Folk Art
“Like quilting, archiving employs the obsessive stitching together of many small pieces into a larger vision, a personal attempt at ordering a chaotic world.” This essay provides some edgy perspective on archiving, folk art and collectors as artists. Also, how…
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Another Beautiful Book from McSweeney’s
Our friends over at McSweeney’s have sent us a picture of the cover art for the soon-to-be-released A Moment in the Sun, by John Sayles:
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A Lot of Art, Little Management
The San Francisco Civic Art Collection, a 90 million dollar stockpile of paintings, statues and other pieces, is in disarray due to poor management. Much of the art that is supposed to decorate San Francisco’s public spaces—emblematic of the city’s…
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The Rumpus Interview with Jim Woodring
Cartoonist Jim Woodring is the creator of the surreal landscape starring characters Frank, Manhog and Pupshaw. Judging from Jim’s prolific blog, he shouldn’t have time for anything other than drawing.
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The Monthly Rumpus Gets Sketchy
Doodler extraordinaire Adrian Cotter did a couple of quick sketches on his phone of performers at last night’s Rumpus:
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Animals in Midlife Crises
ANIMALS IN MIDLIFE CRISES: Butterfly Another fantastic Rumpus Comic from Lincoln Michel and John Dermot Woods.
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THE LONELY VOICE #10: Two Boys Fighting, Omaha Nebraska
Two boys are fighting. Neither is especially interested in beating the other up but once these things start, sometimes you’ve got no choice but to go ahead with it.
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Up Since June 8th, 2009
In case you ever doubted The Monthly Rumpus’s staying power, check out this picture of one of our first ever event posters:
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Horn! Reviews
HORN! REVIEWS: The Correspondence Artist Another fantastic Rumpus Comic book review by Kevin Thomas.