tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.comments2023-03-26T03:24:58.173-04:00This Are Jesse LonerganJesse Lonerganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09657483077681936391noreply@blogger.comBlogger302125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-66117200550938234312018-10-06T18:45:50.721-04:002018-10-06T18:45:50.721-04:00Hiya, you don’t seem to have any comments yet? So ...Hiya, you don’t seem to have any comments yet? So here is one for you, well it’s more of a little story...I’ve sort of rediscovered Jonathan very recently. I loved the early Modern Lovers but sort of lost track of him when he was singing about inserts, ice cream men etc. Then I stumbled on his song Velvet Underground when searching for the band. One song led to another and one year on I find it difficult to listen to anything else but Jonathan. One by one I am buying up his albums on vinyl. So I appreciate your sentiment and love your comic. I found it as I was looking for a picture of JC for a playlist I made on Apple Music of the songs called Jonathan Richman! Guess what there are 4, which is 4 more than I expected. Hope you don’t mind. Check out the Playlist it’s called “ Songs Called Jonathan Richman”. Unfortunately none are a good as the ones by the great man himself, but then what is? So now I am hoping to see Jonathan when he’s on tour in the UK or if by chance he plays a gig in San Francisco in December. I might even bump into him at a vegan cafe? DavidAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823916233048110745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-75885383730473197112018-08-03T16:42:39.128-04:002018-08-03T16:42:39.128-04:00I'm curious, where did you get this image of R...I'm curious, where did you get this image of Rasputin?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335095885435155273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-33436232265672267812018-08-03T16:41:49.935-04:002018-08-03T16:41:49.935-04:00I'm curious, where did you get this image of R...I'm curious, where did you get this image of Rasputin?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09335095885435155273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-80698431674249217422018-01-08T20:05:59.034-05:002018-01-08T20:05:59.034-05:00Awesome!Awesome!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-35295181818625124512016-12-02T06:27:20.996-05:002016-12-02T06:27:20.996-05:00THANK YOU JESSE!THANK YOU JESSE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-24493870509426399852016-10-25T01:01:30.823-04:002016-10-25T01:01:30.823-04:00! ! !! ! !VsTheBadGuyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007320409656729262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-564997208765048762016-10-25T01:00:21.808-04:002016-10-25T01:00:21.808-04:00Looking forward to seeing more of THIS!Looking forward to seeing more of THIS!VsTheBadGuyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007320409656729262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-59074590359162970202016-10-25T00:59:41.783-04:002016-10-25T00:59:41.783-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.VsTheBadGuyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16007320409656729262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-89837969489618209102016-08-31T23:55:54.715-04:002016-08-31T23:55:54.715-04:00Love the singular image stuff. Love the singular image stuff. Tony McMillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137953510053335606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-34922448989221266162016-05-11T17:37:05.648-04:002016-05-11T17:37:05.648-04:00Yeah, I was probably being paranoid.How is your Mo...Yeah, I was probably being paranoid.How is your Mom? She was always wicked nice and told us stories about Saudi Arabia. I just got the all star book and the flower and fade book in the mail, so I'm looking forward to checking them out! I'll get back to you with my review!Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079937596609115016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-58500152392775172362016-05-09T13:04:03.842-04:002016-05-09T13:04:03.842-04:00Kyle! I wouldn't say the character is based o...Kyle! I wouldn't say the character is based on you, but I definitely took the name. And yeah, I still have the scar although it's pretty faded these days. You wouldn't notice it unless you knew to look for it. I don't think my mom blamed you. It was just one of those things.Jesse Lonerganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657483077681936391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-68586880408438091242016-05-08T11:22:58.151-04:002016-05-08T11:22:58.151-04:00Is this character based on me? Do you still have t...Is this character based on me? Do you still have the scar from the baseball bat. Just watching the kids hitting tennis balls in the yard with metal bats and thought of you and googled you. I think your mom thought I did it on purpose. Well, I'm going to read some more of your stuff now! KyleKylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17079937596609115016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-31858762896636156512016-03-16T17:33:52.066-04:002016-03-16T17:33:52.066-04:00Loving the look of this!Loving the look of this!Kellynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-14830585735385809402016-01-06T17:20:24.010-05:002016-01-06T17:20:24.010-05:00Thanks, Matt. I haven't read that book, but I&...Thanks, Matt. I haven't read that book, but I'll check it out. It sounds interesting. It would be wonderful to kick those three a.m. cold sweats.Jesse Lonerganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657483077681936391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-68578073839235801442016-01-06T11:13:04.807-05:002016-01-06T11:13:04.807-05:00Excellent list. I'm really trying to keep a li...Excellent list. I'm really trying to keep a little logbook, too. Did you read Austin Kleon's "Show Your Work" book? It really plants some good work habits like that for improving perspective (and hopefully minimizing the whole "3am cold sweats" fear. Which are a new thing for me that I hope I can defeat sooner rather than later. Good luck!That Matthttp://www.apostrophepress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-27510873067121326122015-12-11T17:12:01.953-05:002015-12-11T17:12:01.953-05:00Do it!!!!!Do it!!!!!Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-29900718815501922972015-08-03T13:47:52.689-04:002015-08-03T13:47:52.689-04:00These are extra great. These are extra great. Tony McMillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15137953510053335606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-61167946459656672962015-01-05T11:39:07.274-05:002015-01-05T11:39:07.274-05:00Oh, I already said that about the painting -- oops...Oh, I already said that about the painting -- oops! Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-85357283309519617642015-01-05T11:14:58.338-05:002015-01-05T11:14:58.338-05:00I feel pretty much the same way, as far as art com...I feel pretty much the same way, as far as art coming first. But art encompasses a lot, as your list of what you like about Chris Ware says. So it's not like liking a movie only for the cinematography, it's more like liking a movie for the cinematography, acting, editing, music, costume and set design. But the comparison with film breaks down, too -- I think story and dialogue are more important in film, because they are much harder to ignore, you're trapped by them. Maybe it's more like liking a painting just for the painting. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-82183667644213702532015-01-04T19:22:21.817-05:002015-01-04T19:22:21.817-05:00With all the intellectual sophistication that goes...With all the intellectual sophistication that goes along with it.Jesse Lonerganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657483077681936391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-25259716981358855042015-01-04T17:45:46.415-05:002015-01-04T17:45:46.415-05:00I get it! It's mannerism!
http://en.wikipedi...I get it! It's mannerism!<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosso_Fiorentino#mediaviewer/File:Rosso_Fiorentino_005.jpgDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-21116469831164682212014-12-29T13:54:13.103-05:002014-12-29T13:54:13.103-05:00That's true. When I look at old comics, I do m...That's true. When I look at old comics, I do make allowances, but I guess what I am wondering is whether I am consistently making more allowances for story, dialogue, etc. when I read comics. <br /><br />Even with independent comics and graphic novels, to some extent I feel the same thing is happening. If it is drawn in a way that I like, I like it. With a lot of comics, I feel like I can tell whether I will like it or not with just a glance at the artwork, which would seem to suggest that I don't even need to read it.<br /><br />So I guess, unless the writing is truly awful or offensive, I'm not sure how much it matters. <br /><br />I think an example of this would be Chris Ware. If I think about it, I don't really like his writing. I'm not really interested in the subject matter. His stories are kind of monotone. But the artwork is so strong and so rich, the layouts, the colors, the different transitions and representations, the way he incorporates familiar design elements into the comic, all of it, it so exceptional that I don't really care about the narrative element.<br /><br />And so it always seemed strange when I would give a Chris Ware book to someone, and they would simply respond, "It's depressing." To me, his work is never depressing because such care goes into the crafting of each page. Jesse Lonerganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657483077681936391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-13374081367380169302014-12-28T14:06:18.184-05:002014-12-28T14:06:18.184-05:00We make different allowances for different works, ...We make different allowances for different works, based on our understanding of their circumstances of production. We understand, for instance, that every commercial comic book ever made (at least up until Watchmen, American Flagg, Sandman, etc., and even then probably) is a stupid piece of crap, in terms of writing, so the story or dialogue in an Alex Toth Zorro comic is not even worth noticing. With a contemporary independent comic or graphic novel I'm much more bothered by weakly conceived or developed story/characters, bceause anyone who makes a gn today isn't limited by lowest-common-denominator, commercial editorial policies, punishing deadlines, the comics code, a juvenile target audience, etc. It may be that only artists, along with a few other "readers" of refined sensibility, can understand why Toth was one of the greatest comics creators, regardless of the fact that never drew anything but crappy stories. But I wouldn't say that analogy is watching a movie only for its cinematography, which sounds too specialized or technical; its more like appreciating a painting only for its painting. Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15906710180344953412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-41295527242317013282014-07-01T21:24:31.263-04:002014-07-01T21:24:31.263-04:00Thanks, Jeff. So many nice things ringing in my ea...Thanks, Jeff. So many nice things ringing in my ears. I'm glad you enjoyed the book!Jesse Lonerganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09657483077681936391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5521800848305684546.post-58176148070391184682014-07-01T10:01:30.905-04:002014-07-01T10:01:30.905-04:00That's awesome. I like how they are really bel...That's awesome. I like how they are really believable without being heavily reference-based. Too many artists draw cars as very generic looking. <br /><br />I read your book, All Star, last night. I love it. There is a lot of very believable emotion. The characters are all so realistic and well-rounded. The art is expressive but also subtle. <br /><br />One more thing, the way you portray the swing of the bat along with the strike and arc of the hits, the way you trace the line of the pitch, was all extremely well done.<br /><br />The scene where they're playing the ballgame--all of the characters actually looked like they were playing a baseball game. I was talking just a few weeks ago about how badly sports are usually portrayed in comics. This is the best one I've seen since Wilfred Santiago's '21'. <br /><br />Beautiful work, man. I'd say you have a bright future ahead. Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16030557639473109093noreply@blogger.com