"Woodring said the $5000 cash prize would definitely help with the necessary installation of a new sewer system in his home. Then he offered to buy his wife a bike."
I love his work, but it's so creepy and surreal, I can only look at a little bit of it at any given time.
I once asked Gary Panter (long story about why I met him) about Charles Burns, whose work is so insidious normal looking hiding its Chthulu-like tentacles in every panel, what he was like. Gary said he was a totally normal, well-adjusted guy. Which, based on Woodring's appearance and reaction, sounds pretty much like him!
I guess if you can exorcise your daemons in pastels and paints, you can whistle through the rest of life. (R. Crumb and others excepted.)
Jim Woodring is trying to create a GIANT steel tip pen and ink holder for a drawing demonstration. He's a little over halfway to his goal. Check it out, support if you can, & definitely share with your friends - the funding period closes in 2 days! http://bit.ly/aUIjYQ
Awwww.
Congratulations!
That neighborhood, though, is Ravenna.
I once asked Gary Panter (long story about why I met him) about Charles Burns, whose work is so insidious normal looking hiding its Chthulu-like tentacles in every panel, what he was like. Gary said he was a totally normal, well-adjusted guy. Which, based on Woodring's appearance and reaction, sounds pretty much like him!
I guess if you can exorcise your daemons in pastels and paints, you can whistle through the rest of life. (R. Crumb and others excepted.)
May your sewage flow freely, evermore!
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