btw, did anyone else pick up the The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century compilation?
I bought UNCLOTHED MAN this week, just thinking it was a collection of miscellaneous Shaw shawts. Imagine my annoyance when, removed from plastic shrinkwrap, the inside flap helpfully explains that it's 20% storyboards for a cartoon I can't watch, and 80% stuff I already have. Fuuuuck off, helpful bookshop.― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I'm a Viking! (sic), Saturday, 1 May 2010 18:12 (4 weeks ago)
― Oh boy, Midgard! That's where I'm a Viking! (sic), Saturday, 1 May 2010 18:12 (4 weeks ago)
― Señor Communications Adviser (sic), Sunday, 30 May 2010 01:47 (fourteen years ago) link
You can watch the ifc stuff free online, although none of them look nearly as cool as the trailer to his new film imo
― fuck it we're going to Applebee's® (Z S), Sunday, 30 May 2010 02:40 (fourteen years ago) link
I watched all of Unclothed Man online and thought it was amazing.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 30 May 2010 03:20 (fourteen years ago) link
IFC even started geoblocking their podcasts a few years ago!
― Señor Communications Adviser (sic), Sunday, 30 May 2010 11:27 (fourteen years ago) link
sic, you can't watch these?
http://www.ifc.com/unclothed-man-in-the-35th-century-ad/
― fuck it we're going to Applebee's® (Z S), Sunday, 30 May 2010 14:43 (fourteen years ago) link
unclothed man also collects his blind date short story, which is one of my favorite things of his. when i went to see him talk in berkeley, he talked about how there was going to be a whole book of these, based on pages from a blind date tribute website that he had bookmarked, but when the website went down and he couldn't get in touch with the page administrator, he gave up and moved on to other projects.
he's working on a new book in addition to the animation stuff, so i don't think the printed page is in danger of losing him just yet.
― a bold plan drawn up by assholes to screw morons (ytth), Monday, 31 May 2010 23:33 (fourteen years ago) link
hmm, I tried, but after two minutes of buffering-and-playing, the ad before either Schrodinger's Shaw or a message saying that this content is unavailable in my area had made it from 31 seconds remaining to 21 seconds remaining.
BTW I should have said that Satellite CMYK was indeed great, in Mome. There was a high-school-set one that struck me the most from his contributions, though. I suppose I might as well actually turn the pages of the hardcover and read it again.
― Señor Communications Adviser (sic), Thursday, 3 June 2010 23:15 (fourteen years ago) link
he got away with some silly scripting in bellybutton but it felt a bit strained and precious at times in bodyworld
disagree! found bodyworld a real leap forward in art and script! opinions!
― No disre but maryanne hobbs is peng trust me (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 3 June 2010 23:26 (fourteen years ago) link
got my copy of bodyworld yesterday and re-read it last night in bed (but not naked). The vertical format - which i found interesting and novel to start with, then somewhat suspicious and cumbersome, and finally it just felt natural - is cool, and the book just looks great.
― Lil' Lj & The World (jim in glasgow), Monday, 14 June 2010 22:18 (fourteen years ago) link
I liked the way that the fluoro orange ink on the left-hand side, where the spine would normally be, made satisfying snapping noises as I opened each fresh double-page.
― Attention please, a child has been lost in the tunnel of goats. (James Morrison), Tuesday, 15 June 2010 01:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i keep moving house and whenever i come across this thing tucked away in a pile of books i'm sure that it's the nicest shiny-brown object i own
― Earning your Masters in Library and Information Science is beautiful (schlump), Friday, 23 July 2010 10:06 (fourteen years ago) link
as a banana slug farmer, I still agree with you
― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Friday, 23 July 2010 14:25 (fourteen years ago) link
I finished editing the layouts for the new book I’m working on. I started working on this comic last year, simultaneously with the animation, but after going to the Sundance Screenwriters Lab (for The Ruined Cast) I decided to scratch what I’d done on the comic and script it all out- like a comic script, all words, and then from that I did the layouts in sketchbooks. This is the first long book I’ve completely laid out and scripted beforehand. Usually I’d start with an outline or piece together and rearrange separate scenes, but I’ve tried a lot of different ways, and I’ve written scripts for shorter comics before.
This is the first long book I’ve completely laid out and scripted beforehand. Usually I’d start with an outline or piece together and rearrange separate scenes, but I’ve tried a lot of different ways, and I’ve written scripts for shorter comics before.
http://i54.tinypic.com/2whgvna.jpg
PUMPED
― Z S, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 13:29 (thirteen years ago) link
"Ruined Cast" is one of those things where it's like they scanned my brain to figure out just what I'd like most to exist in the world w/out consciously realizing it. I am stoked. And also excited for whatever comic comes out of that epic stack of scripts!
<3 Dash Shaw
― The Ten Things I Hate About Commandments (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:35 (thirteen years ago) link
"Ruined Cast" is one of those things where it's like they scanned my brain to figure out just what I'd like most to exist in the world w/out consciously realizing it.
Definitely. Frank Santoro contributes, too! It's going to be awesome, there's no way around it
― Z S, Wednesday, 13 October 2010 17:52 (thirteen years ago) link
frank santoro is awesome. i've emailed him back and forth about buying books and art from him, and there's this really noticeable and funny trend in his tone going from REALLY EXCITED THAT I'M INTERESTED IN HIS ART to just. barely. tolerating. me. he's still awesome, though.
― rag photographique (ytth), Thursday, 14 October 2010 03:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Dash Shaw photographed for L'Uomo Vogue
― Mary Lynn Ice Cube (sic), Sunday, 17 October 2010 11:11 (thirteen years ago) link
he gets a groomer now?
― Brick Frog! (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 17 October 2010 15:40 (thirteen years ago) link
bit of a dash shaw reference/influence in the new Chris Ware book, Lint, I think. Just a bit?
― dan selzer, Saturday, 6 November 2010 04:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Dash posted some character model sheets from the Ruined Cast (still really excited for this btw!) this morning. Character model sheets are pretty much my favorite thing to look at in the world, I think.
http://i52.tinypic.com/2nb7qkk.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/103x160.jpg
http://i52.tinypic.com/oktxqw.jpg
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Monday, 6 December 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
I like Jose's full, puffy lips. They look satisfying to draw.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:22 (thirteen years ago) link
me too. Jose's my fav out of the three. I had the following exchange with Dash on his blog:
ZSDecember 6, 2010 at 10:37 amThese model sheets are so fun to look at. I especially love Jose and his chiseled jawline. If you have any more I’d love to see them!
Dash ShawDecember 6, 2010 at 10:49 amThanks, ZS. I’ll post more later. Some of them get pretty sloppy, though. Mostly I try to keep everything very simple and generic-looking, knowing that when different people draw the same person it’ll always move a little off-model. If it’s generic, like a house style, everyone can shoot for the same face and it’ll end up a little wonky in its consistency (which I like) while still being recognizable as the same character.
― need to impressive a girl? (Z S), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
:D
I should write Dash Shaw a letter.
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, 6 December 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Yesterday I went with the family to see Rabbit Hole, new movie w/ Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart directed by John Cameron Mitchell from Hedwig. It was OK. As my girlfriend described it "grief porn". But at some point you see a hand drawing these designs and it looked interesting but you weren't sure who was doing it. A bit later they start drawing faces and I immediately thought "that looks just like Dash Shaw's style" but it was pretty basic and I thought it was a coincidence. Later you see the complete drawings, a full comic book a character was drawing called "Rabbit Hole" and soon as they showed it I knew immediately it was his. The character in the movie even describes the comic, something about parallel universes and a teenager with a double looking for his father or something. In other words, a Dash Shaw comic. It looked great, I hope they release it!
― dan selzer, Sunday, 23 January 2011 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I saw the drawings in the trailer and thought "D. SHaw???" I missed Mitchell's name in the trailer or I probably would have made the connection bcz they're both doing "The Ruined Cast." I want to see it in spite of it looking like 90 straight mins of a divorce (iirc?).
― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, 23 January 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I didn't even put the Ruined Cast thing together. I can't believe how excited I am for the Ruined Cast. And in general I can't believe how excited I am about Dash Shaw. Been a long time since any kind of artist has affected me this way.
Anyway, divorce issues are there, but it's more about coping, or not coping, and people's various ways of coping. It has some funny bits and some melodramatic bits. It's worth watching I suppose but not a priority.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 23 January 2011 19:43 (thirteen years ago) link
wait...what's the deal with Rabbit Hole? I didn't know about any of this! Is Dash Shaw (the real person) putting out a comic called Rabbit Hole? Or did they just use some of his drawings in the movie? Sorry, feel like a dummy here, totally hungover.
― 23 24 (Z S), Sunday, 23 January 2011 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
yes. http://blog.electricantzine.com/dash-shaw-hands-and-art-in-rabbit-hole
― thank you based jättegod (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 23 January 2011 20:19 (thirteen years ago) link
thanks!
also, that post pointed to a video that Dash put up on the Ruined Cast blog once that's cool:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbHwS_hDBk
― 23 24 (Z S), Sunday, 23 January 2011 20:29 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.strandbooks.com/strandicon
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 30 March 2011 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/999818113/the-ruined-cast-an-animated-feature-by-dash-shaw-0?ref=recommended
The Ruined Cast has a kickstarter thing going now:
Along with the list of things you "get" if you donate at various levels (i'm probably going to splurge and go for the $40 to get a ltd. edition print from the film+digital download of film on release day+signed postcard - rich people may want to donate $1000 and get themselves drawn into the movie itself), it also includes this description of the project:
The Ruined Cast is a hand-drawn animated feature I’ve written and am directing. It’s my first attempt into feature-length animating. I’ve been tamed, beaten, and trained by producers John Cameron Mitchell (director of Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Shortbus and Rabbit Hole), Howard Gertler (Shortbus & Bobcat Goldthwait's World’s Greatest Dad) and Biljana Labovic (Bill Plympton’s Idiots & Angels) to bring this to the screen. The video above is a teaser meant to prematurely arouse you for a movie night that is two million drawings away from completion.I’ve also been developing the project at the scenic Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting & Directing Labs. It’s been a loving, collaborative environment in which I’ve honed the script and learned to mercilessly manipulate actors and crew. What’s the story?Michael Malone has created an enclosed scientific community, Argus, where he experiments on the population and the members of his own family. His latest experiment is a personality-altering cosmetic shell. If you don the shell of another person, their personality seeps into you. Aided by gross overdoses of Jamais Vu pills, which give you the experience of feeling something for the first time (as opposed to déjà vu), you can be completely reborn in a new personality. When he loses a test subject in this new process, his control over Argus and his family begins to unravel. His art student son finds and hides the escaped test subject and plans to overthrow his father’s work!
I’ve also been developing the project at the scenic Sundance Institute’s Screenwriting & Directing Labs. It’s been a loving, collaborative environment in which I’ve honed the script and learned to mercilessly manipulate actors and crew.
What’s the story?
Michael Malone has created an enclosed scientific community, Argus, where he experiments on the population and the members of his own family. His latest experiment is a personality-altering cosmetic shell. If you don the shell of another person, their personality seeps into you. Aided by gross overdoses of Jamais Vu pills, which give you the experience of feeling something for the first time (as opposed to déjà vu), you can be completely reborn in a new personality. When he loses a test subject in this new process, his control over Argus and his family begins to unravel. His art student son finds and hides the escaped test subject and plans to overthrow his father’s work!
― Z S, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:05 (thirteen years ago) link
uh, multiple weird things in that post of mine just now, sorry. for some reason even with stupid posts like this i end up trying to write it several different ways, with different versions of the post, and then sometimes i forget to clean up the mess before hitting the "submit post" button.
― Z S, Friday, 8 April 2011 19:06 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, I've never wanted to throw $$$ at anything so bad.
― blah blah blah my entire life happened to me once (Abbbottt), Friday, 8 April 2011 19:16 (thirteen years ago) link
I funded 50 bucks. It's not a lot of time to raise that much money, but I kinda think there's two kinds of projects on Kickstarter. The ones nobody really cares about that raise a little money from family and the ones everyone already loves and will raise more then they need.
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 April 2011 20:25 (thirteen years ago) link
or not.
$40 for an image from the film seems like a good buy
― slight even by tweet standards (forksclovetofu), Friday, 8 April 2011 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
and he's at the strand in half an hour!
Wld maybe throw in for the $150 pkg if Justin3 & ytth hadn't already hooked me up with an Unclothed Man... decorated by Shaw.
― blah blah blah my entire life happened to me once (Abbbottt), Friday, 8 April 2011 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Also those 'thank you' portraits at the end of Bottomless Belly Button make me think whoever has the disposable $1k probably will not be disappointed.
― blah blah blah my entire life happened to me once (Abbbottt), Friday, 8 April 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Plus a signed postcard and digital download of film!
knowing my luck, the image from the film that i get will be an extreme close-up of poolwater or something, just a flat grey-blue
― Z S, Friday, 8 April 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.globaltotaloffice.com/textiles_finishes/large/DF_94_GreyBlue.jpg
limited edition still!
― Z S, Friday, 8 April 2011 21:52 (thirteen years ago) link
i threw in $40 as well. 25K is a lot, but i hope he gets it.
this is off the subject of dash shaw, but still comics related: this is the most recent kickstarter i donated to.
everyone should at least watch the video - it's pretty rad.
― and you are a part of everything and everything is like melting (ytth), Saturday, 9 April 2011 00:46 (thirteen years ago) link
i love bodyworld soooooooo much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8W9xtzY5Lmw
― SELF DEPORTATION (Z S), Tuesday, 24 January 2012 06:48 (twelve years ago) link
yo shaw fans... desert island is selling an awesome bodyworld print for $15 on eBay right now... http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dash-Shaw-BodyWorld-hand-printed-and-signed-art-print-/220946476470?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33716fadb6#ht_500wt_1313
this used to be way more expensive, and it's really cool (and enormous).
also zs - did you ever get the print from the ruined cast kickstarter sent to you? i got mine pretty recently, and i have to say, it was great but totally not what i was expecting.
― how did we get here how? (ytth), Monday, 13 February 2012 06:17 (twelve years ago) link
I got the ruined cast print as well. I dont' know where I'll put it, it doesn't go anywhere in my place! I've met the guy who does a lot of Dash's and Desert Island's printing, he just moved his shop to a bigger space in brooklyn and had an open studio party thursday night:
http://havenpress.com/
― dan selzer, Monday, 13 February 2012 06:27 (twelve years ago) link
How did you guys hang your Dieball prints? nails? tape? psychic spells?
― dream words & nightmare paragraphs from a red factory in a dead town (Abbbottt), Thursday, 23 February 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
i never hung mine! it's in a folder of prints i just "had to have" but never got around to hanging. for most stuff, unless it was really expensive, i put it in a poster frame.
― how did we get here how? (ytth), Friday, 24 February 2012 00:40 (twelve years ago) link
Hung it up with some tape and my wall is looking MIGHTY FINE right now. Wish I could've afforded the kickstarter Ruined Cast print while it was available.
― Abarham Lincoln posing (Abbbottt), Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:28 (twelve years ago) link
I think Bodyworld is what helped me understand the insaniac later poetry of William Blake.
― Abarham Lincoln posing (Abbbottt), Saturday, 10 March 2012 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
so, i didn't realize that he pretty much abandoned his old website(s) and started a tumblr at http://dashshaw.tumblr.com/. He's actually been updating it pretty frequently, sometimes with new information about his animated film and forthcoming book, sometimes with older videos he's done, old cover art, etc. this is probably old news for those who pay more attention than i do, but:
― but the boo boyz are getting to (Z S), Thursday, 8 November 2012 03:01 (eleven years ago) link