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The Less Said the Better: October 2014
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The Less Said the Better. Blurring the Boundaries between Text and Graphic, Word and Picture, Art and Culture. Friday, October 24, 2014. Or Something Else: Towards a History of the Printed Picture Story. In a previous post, I speculated on the reasons why David Kunzle so emphatically foregrounded the term “comic strip” in the titles of all his major writings on pre-twentieth century printed picture stories. [1]. Aka The Early Comic Strip. Rather than revising that earlier post, I would like to elaborate ...
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The Less Said the Better: The Wiz at CMU: Ease On Down the Road!
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The Less Said the Better. Blurring the Boundaries between Text and Graphic, Word and Picture, Art and Culture. Saturday, January 17, 2015. The Wiz at CMU: Ease On Down the Road! Update: Week Two: Saturday, January 24, 2015. More colored pencil sketches of the cast in rehearsal for The Wiz at Carnegie-Mellon University School of Drama. A daylong rehearsal was followed by two performances of Dance Light, in which several cast members also participated. How do they do it? Week One: Saturday, January 17, 2015.
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Don Simpson Freelance: Riverdale Roughs: The Kids Are Back in Town!
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Monday, September 22, 2014. Riverdale Roughs: The Kids Are Back in Town! Here's the final inked version:. Further developments of the roughs for War of the Independents. 4, bottom half of page 2. See previous post. The pencil rough with Archie/MLJ figures added, including Sabrina, Cosmo, Josie, The Shield, The Fox, The Web, et al. The Archie/MLJ group further refined, with a mainstreet background. A refinement of the entire composition on tissue. Next: On to the inking! Donald E. Simpson. Rumpelstiltskin...
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The Less Said the Better: September 2014
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The Less Said the Better. Blurring the Boundaries between Text and Graphic, Word and Picture, Art and Culture. Tuesday, September 9, 2014. Rebirth@Half-Life: Megaton Man's 30th Anniversary Gallery Exhibition! Here's the official press release:. The Frank L. Melega Art Museum announces a new exhibition of artworks by Donald Simpson titled Megaton Man: Rebirth@Half-Life. An opening reception will be held Saturday, October 11, from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. Free to the public and free parking. Brownsville, PA 15417.
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The Less Said the Better: Illustration and Art History: Beyond the Snob Barrier
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The Less Said the Better. Blurring the Boundaries between Text and Graphic, Word and Picture, Art and Culture. Thursday, July 2, 2015. Illustration and Art History: Beyond the Snob Barrier. A couple of commercial artist acquaintances asked me last night why illustration wasn't covered in their art history class at The Art Institute of Philadelphia. I have touched on this subject before ( here. But let me see if I can't formulate a more succinct statement. Respectively), all historical art of the past onc...
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The Less Said the Better: Return to Funnytown: Recalling In Pictopia for a Reprint That Never Happened
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The Less Said the Better. Blurring the Boundaries between Text and Graphic, Word and Picture, Art and Culture. Sunday, October 19, 2014. Return to Funnytown: Recalling In Pictopia. For a Reprint That Never Happened. UPDATE November 10, 2014. Here is the inked final for a new piece of art based on the 1986 story by Alan Moore, commissioned by a Brazilian collector and scholar. UPDATE November 6, 2014. Donald E. Simpson, PhD. Most of the principal participants in the creation and publishing of. Began to di...
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Ms. Megaton Man™: Clarissa Leaps Into the Void!
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Ms Megaton Man™. The Caped Career of Clarissa James by Don Simpson. Monday, May 25, 2015. Clarissa Leaps Into the Void! Just colored another pose, this one inked last fall (2014):. Link: Clarissa antagonizes Megaton Man and the Knight Watchmen! Donald E. Simpson. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). About the Creator of Ms. Megaton Man. Donald E. Simpson. Don Simpson is the cartoonist-creator of the comic books Megaton Man. 8482;, Border Worlds. 8482;, and Bizarre Heroes. View my complete profile. Recentl...
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Megaton Man™: The Clarissa Project: The Secret Development of Ms. Megaton Man!
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Don Simpson's Man of Molecules! Thursday, July 9, 2015. The Clarissa Project: The Secret Development of Ms. Megaton Man! Starting out as Stella's Ann Arbor roommate sidekick in Megaton Man. 4 (June 1985), Clarissa James has evolved into one of the most prominent characters in the Megaton Man. A sophomore infatuated with Yarn Man in Return of Megaton Man. 1 (July 1988) and subsequently present at the birth of Megaton Man and Stella's son Simon in Return of Megaton Man. 2, Kitchen Sink Press, February 1985...
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Megaton Man™: War on Anti-Terror: The MQHQ Springs Into Action!
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Don Simpson's Man of Molecules! Friday, July 24, 2015. War on Anti-Terror: The MQHQ Springs Into Action! Megaton Man and the Reconstituted Quartet check out the new security measures in the MQ HQ (Megatropolis Quartet Headquarters) in my Post 9/11 storyline I've been working on for what seems like forever. This scene, newly colored in Summer 2015, is from the second of three complete issues I have in the can. Read previous posts on this blog about the new storyline (print publishing plans TBD). When I me...
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Don Simpson Freelance: August 2013
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Thursday, August 1, 2013. The Federated Eagle: A Misguided Superhero Mascot Pitch. Donald E. Simpson. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Donald E. Simpson. Don Simpson is the cartoonist-creator of the comic books Megaton Man. 8482;, Border Worlds. 8482;, and Bizarre Heroes. 8482; Don also illustrated Al Franken's 2003 bestseller Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right. Original and commissioned artwork by Don Simpson is available for purchase. Inquiries are welcome. The "Ti...
