Joe Pekar’s Blog

Thanks to everyone that showed up to the Toronto show. It was quite a nice experience. I also got to see a bit of Toronto, thanks to my cousin Jaime for showing me around. Lovely city, I already miss it.

And now that I’m just about unpacked…it’s time to pack up again for Dragon*Con! After an aborted attempt to go there last year, this year looks like the real deal :). I’ll be in their Artists Alley. Which is in the Hilton hotel, in the dealers hall. I’m told I’m Table #8. So try and find me. especially if you’re a cute cosplay girl in a revealing outfit.

Also, on Saturday (Sept. 1st) I’ll be on a panel about PinUp art called ‘Pinup Art - why a resurgence?’ and here’s the description they gave me… ‘Enjoy those Betty Page Pin-ups? Why are they suddenly back in the spotlight? Join these pin-up artists and get some answers.’ It’s @ 2:30pm in the Hanover G room at the Hyatt hotel. This’ll be my first time taking part in a panel, so hopefully I won’t embarrass myself too much. (As public speaking has always been something I’ve avoided since grade school.) Maybe I can use the old ‘picture the audience in the underwear’ trick. Of course if there’s any cute girls in the audience I’ll be too distracted to talk…*sigh*. anyway, I hope to see some of you there.

-Joe

Ok, so Toronto’s not that far north…but it’s quite a haul from Orlando. And that’s where I’ll be this weekend. at the 2007 Toronto Comic Expo. Never having been to Toronto before, I’m looking forward to it. Plus I get to use my passport again…ok, not really a plus. but at least it justifies the hassle I went thru earlier this year to get one (even if I don’t officially need it to go to Canada now…)

After I get back from Canada the following weekend is Dragon*Con. So I hope to see some of you there if you’re not going to Toronto. and if you’re not going to either, then the following weekend I’ll be in Baltimore for their comic con! Sheesh! and I think that’ll be enough traveling for me for the rest of the year. (unless I decide to go to Texas for their Wizard world show).

and completely unrelated…I’m totally addicted to Ninja Warrior If you have G4, they air it a few times a day. I normally don’t follow much on tv these days…because my kids demand either Nickelodeon or Disney Channel be on all the time :yuck:. but we all stop to watch Ninja Warrior. If you haven’t seen the show, it’s basically just a timed obstacle course…from hell. But the fun part is obviously watching the people wipe out on the obstacles :twisted:. Plus there’s lots of cute asian girls that compete which are fun to watch…until they wipe out

so if you see ninja related art (or even cute asian girls) showing up in the galleries soon, that’s why :).

-Joe

Back from Chicago and getting over a cold I picked up at the show. ugh.

The show was the usual Wizard fare…lots of noise :). Thanks to everyone that stopped by. And thanks to all the other artists that stopped by my table to chat. I did get up and walk around a bit on Sunday when I sold out of all the books I brought. I was surprised to see how huge artists alley was. There were soooo many other artists there…I’m humbled that so many people stopped by my table and picked up my books and prints and sketches. Thanks again folks! (And thanks to Leonard and Amano for a nice dinner on Saturday night)

Unfortunately when I got back from the show I also found out about the passing of comic artist Mike Wieringo. I had been a fan of his since his work on The Flash in the early 90’s. He was a terrific artist and an even nicer person. He was only 44. Very sad news.
He always posted his daily sketches on his blog, and last year I had started coloring one them and never got around to finishing it. I’ll try to get it finished up this week.

(Those receiving email updates to the blog click the link in the email to see the art)

-joe

I’ll be at Wizard World Chicago this weekend. Hope to see some of you there

well, my artistic ADD has struck again. This week I’ve decided to try caricatures…something I’ve never thought about before. Anyway, here’s one

(It’s also posted in my ‘Junk Drawer’ Gallery on the main page. )

ok, gotta go pack now.

-Joe