Wondercon is fast becoming my favorite comics/pop culture event of the year. It's easy to get to (especially if you live in San Francisco), there's almost as much awesomeness as I take take in three days, AND lots of people show up in costume!
You can find me in "Artist Alley," Table AA12 at Wondercon this weekend. I got all kinds of new stuff to show you.
Wondercon
Friday, April 2nd
12pm- 7pm
Saturday, April 3rd
10am -7pm
Sunday April 4th
11am - 5pm
Moscone Center South
747 Howard Street
San Francisco
http://www.comic-con.org/wc/
3/13-3/14 in SEATTLE for Emerald City Comicon
If I could grow a beard in time, I'd be sporting it for the Northwest's favorite comics and popular culture convention, The Emerald City Comicon! Come find me in Artist Alley where I'll have brand new prints of my work, the sort you'd normally only be able to get your hands on at prestgious big-city galleries! Don't let my lack of facial hair fool you. I'm a fancy San Francisco hipster destined for greatness...any minute now.
Regardless, please stop by and say hello if you're there. Here's the info:
Emerald City Comicon
http://www.emeraldcitycomicon.com/
Saturday, March 13th 10am-6pm
Sunday, March 14th 10am-5pm
TURF #3 Guest Variant Cover
Tommy Lee Edwards asked me to create a variant cover for issue number three of his upcoming "TURF" comic. Tommy Lee and BBC television personality Jonathan Ross teamed up to create this four-issue limited series for Image Comics. The story takes place in Prohibition-era Manhattan and involves mobsters, vampires, and aliens.
I very honored to be included as a guest artist for this series. Other guest cover artists include Jim Steranko, Bernard Chang and Duncan Fegredo.
More info at:
www.turfcomic.com/
2/6 - Solo show at Mission Comics & Art
San Francisco's favorite gallery-in-disguise is hosting a solo exhibition of my art. "All The Best," will highlight some of my favorite pieces from 2006 through 2009. The work ranges from commercial illustration to paintings on panel and I'm excited to see it all in one place. Please mark your calendar for the opening reception on February 6th. More info below:
"All The Best," by Josh Ellingson
Showing Feb. 6, 2010 - Mar. 10, 2010
Opening Reception - 7pm Feb. 6, 2010
Mission: Comics & Art
3520 20th St. Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94110
www.MissionComicsAndArt.com
www.joshuaellingson.com
He-Man show at G1988-LA
This weekend, Los Angeles' Gallery 1988 will host their annual "Under the Influence" show. This year's theme is "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". My art will be featured along with dozens of other amazing talents for this epic show. Word on the street is that Mattel will be transforming the gallery into Castle Greyskull for the opening. Above is my piece "Faker and Child". It's 18x24" acrylic on panel. Here's more information about the show:
Under the Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
January 8th-January 29th, 2010
Opening Reception Jan 8th, 7-10pm
Gallery Nineteen-Eighty Eight: Los Angeles
7020 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles CA 90038
http://www.nineteeneightyeight.com/
2009 Year in Review
Holy smokes, it's almost 2010! It's been a very interesting year, and about a million things happened. Here's a meager rundown of all the trouble I got into this past year:
- My artwork went to SPACE!
- I was certified FRESH on Communication Arts
- Kitten on the Keys asked me to make art for her one-woman show
- Laughing Squid did a huge post about me and my art!
- I traveled to Arizona for "The Panelists" art show
- My studio space, The Local 303, turned 3
- South Carolina State University gave me a solo show
- I crashed the Stumptown Comics Fest in Portland, OR
- I guest-DJed with Matt Delight on KSFS's "Everyone's a DJ"
- I had a solo-show at the Museum of Robots in Second Life
- I tried out for a reality TV show about artists. FAIL!
- SF Station recognized my strong fashion sense
- "Burlesque Poster Design" featured my poster art
- My little cousin spotted my art in Nickelodeon Magazine
- I started covering the art beat for Laughing Squid
- "Toy Karma 2" went off in Chicago and I brought my little sister to the show
- Lots of conventions like Renegade Craft Fair, Wondercon, APE, and Al's Comics Benefit
- I discovered diet root beer, DIY microwave popcorn, and velvet painting technique
- 1AM Gallery featured my artwork as part of their "Eternal Sleep" group show
- I painted on a skateboard for Pravus Gallery's "DECK" show
- Artist "Phoneticontrol" had me customize one of his "Thought Processor" papercraft figures
- I made the logo for the Hell's Belles annual pinewood derby. I also carved a truck!
- The Local 303 was in full-force at Lowerdeck's "Playdate" show
- My robot friends threw a big fundraiser art show. Robots and humans attended the event.
- Indy music site, "The Bay Bridged" featured my portrait of Emperor Norton I
- I finished more He-Man related artwork
Here's my "Year in Pictures, 2009" Flickr photo set.
Special thanks to Laughing Squid, Space Adventures, Robogames, Lowerdeck, The Local 303, SomaFM, Super7, Joe at KSFS, The Drygs, Hi-Fructose, The Museum of Robots, Max Toy Co., SCSU, my Twitter homies, and everyone else who made this year memorable. Here's hoping 2010 will be even more amazing.
1/9 - Indy Euphoria, Sacramento
Indy Euphoria is a Indy Comix, DIY (Do It Yourself), New/Low Brow/Urban Art & Vinyl Toy Convention in Sacramento,CA Jan.9-10, 2010.
www.sacramentocomics.com/indy
Check out our attending guests Jeffrey Brown, Jim Woodring, Nate Powell, Mark Bode, Skinner, Josh Ellingson, Andy Ristaino, Tom Neely, Dan Brereton, Jesse Hernandez, Paul Allen, Anthony Leano, Alex Chiu, Brandon Bracamonte, Melrose, Stephen R Buell, Chartruz Lovelace, Mike Hampton, Ann Matsushima, Ben Walker, Jared Konopitski & Attaboy!
Scottish Rite Center, 6151 H Street, Sacramento, CA
Sat 10AM - 7PM
Sun 10AM - 6PM
Admission:
ONE DAY- $6
WEEKEND- $10
11/20 AUTOMATIC @lowerdeck
AUTOMATIC: Art Show Benefit for RoboGames
Do sentient machines dwell on the existential circuit that leads to the spiritual 404 error?
Does being a machine mean just being a device: literarily, artistically and literally?
Or does everything just boil down to everyone?s deep-seated need to crush all humans and plot eventual total world domination?
Find out at Automatic!
November 19, 20, 21, 2009
Exhibit: 5pm-8pm / Beer reception 7pm-12pm on Fri & Sat
@ The lowerDeck Gallery - 2295 3rd Street
(below Sundance Coffee in San Francisco)
415.307.3482
Robot Paintings and Sculptures from the prodigious talents of:
Doctor Popular * Josh Ellingson * I-Wei Huang * Simon Cox * Nils * Jawa * Jonathan Foote * Camp Peavy * Alice Koswara * Max Chandler* Eliot K. Daughtry * Adam Davis * Patrick Lake * Phoneticontrol * Mike Hales * Bill Robinson, Liz Mamorsky and many many others!
10/27 Sketch Tuesdays @111 Minna
Photo Credit, www.artbusiness.com
Come watch your favorite artists draw at 111 Minna Gallery in San Francisco for Sketch Tuesdays. Better yet, bring your sketchbook and draw with them! I'll be at the center table, cranking out the jams for cash and trade. You can expect squids and robots, for sure. I'm also good at pointy teeth and tiki masks.
More info about Sketch Tuesdays can be found on Fecal Face's calendar. Also, check out my coverage of Sketch Tuesday on Laughing Squid.
10/17 - 10/18 APE @Concourse Exhibition Center, SF
Photo by Randy Stewart @stewtopiaI will be set up once again at this year's Alternative Press Expo (APE) at the Concourse Exhibition Center in San Francisco. Come find me on the south side of the hall at table #113. I'll have new prints, books, and paintings. I'm also having an inventory sale on my prints so come get your hands on some of my artwork at great prices. Here's more information about APE, from their website:
APE Returns to San Francisco October 17–18!
One of the country’s most popular and vibrant alternative comics shows returns to its San Francisco home, The Concourse Exhibition Center, for another two big days of fall fun this October. APE, the Alternative Press Expo, rolls into the city by the bay on October 17 and 18, 2009.
Having switched to the fall in 2008, APE proved to be a big hit with the comics-loving people of San Francisco no matter what time of year. APE 2009 is shaping up to be another crowd pleaser, with seven special guests having signed on: Jamaica Dyer (courtesy SLG Publishing), Phoebe Gloeckner, Dean Haspiel, Batton Lash, Lark Pien, Dash Shaw, and Jeff Smith.
APE 2009
Saturday, Oct. 17 11am - 7pm
Sunday, Oct. 18 11am - 6pm
The Concourse
620 7th Street
San Francisco