Join me and a few family/friends the evening of Saturday, November 23rd, 2019, from 6pm-8pm for a lil’ “opening night” celebration. My mom is baking cookies. And I’ll be selling art prints and maybe a few other things. There will be around 15 pieces in the show, some you may have seen, and some you probably have not.
SLG ANNIVERSARY & ANTHOLOGY COMICS
The company who published almost all of my professionally/traditionally published comics work is Slave Labor Graphics, also known as SLG Publishing. I did a 2-page comic for their 20th Anniversary, which was a while ago. But every time I come across it again, it makes me laugh, so here:
I also did another 2-pager for an online anthology celebrating SLG's... 25th? I think. I sort of wasn't paying attention. But here it is:
LONG BEACH ZINE FEST 2018!
Attention! I will be hawking my dubious wares at the Long Beach Zine Fest 2018! You have been warned. #LBZF18
MORE HAIR ART : "Hairful"
This is the original piece, finished. Done by hand on white paper with black ink pen, then scanned and the background colored in digitally.
NEW ART : Hair
I really like inking hair, so I just drew a hank of hair hanging there, like, "What are YOU looking at?!" I like it so much after scanning and coloring it that I may do MORE hairy drawings.
NEW ART PRINTS!
In case you missed the CRUMPET show in October, here are five new 8.5"x11" art prints available for $10 each through MY ETSY STORE. (that's a link to it, son)
CRUMPET the zine release
Half the point of the CRUMPET show was to officially release my new comics zine, "Crumpet," issue #1. The subtitle is "Variety Comics by Tommy Kovac," because basically "Crumpet" will now be my vehicle for episodic comics that are not library-related. All library-related comics go in "Smells Like Library." I like things organized (loosely) by subject.
The Hibbleton has this awesome "Bookmachine" zine library/store inside the main gallery. We moved one of the bookshelves from the Bookmachine room to the main gallery space, to be part of the CRUMPET show. I hung my "Tommy Kovac Library" sign across the top.
In case you missed the show, CRUMPET and my other zines can now be purchased through Etsy in MY SHOP.
Purple Ants in Pink Beanies
A long time ago I started this little landscape at the exact dimensions to be my Facebook cover photo. I finally decided to finish it. And there's a bonus lil' purple fairy ant wearing a pink beanie. I don't know why.
CRUMPET after the show (part two)
Here are some photos taken during the opening night, which was part of Fullerton's monthly Art Walk. Lots of fun, very cool atmosphere, and many little nooks and quirky rooms to check out with interesting pieces of art and weirdness.
CRUMPET before the show
Here are some pics from the night my husband Anthony and I hung the artwork for the CRUMPET show at the Hibbleton with owner/curator, Jesse LaTour.
CRUMPET after the show (part 1)
October 6th, 2017 was the opening night of my "CRUMPET" show at the Hibbleton in downtown Fullerton's Magoski Art Colony. My work is up through the 31st, by appointment. Here is a gallery of all the work shown.
More photos to come later...
CRUMPET art & zine show poster
SOLO ART SHOW & ZINE RELEASE
Here it is, bitches! My first solo art exhibition, which is also a zine release. The place is the Hibbleton Gallery & their "BookMachine" zine space in the Fullerton, CA Magoski Arts Colony. The date is October 6th, 2017, the time of the opening reception is 6-10pm during Fullerton's Art Walk. Here's MORE INFO.
ART : "Yardsy"
You can have your pre-fab garden gnomes. I'd rather have some weird thing made out of junk, any day.
So here is "Yardsy." When I was supposed to be cleaning up and consolidating stuff in our back yard, I got distracted with cinderblock and old pots, and this happened.
NOTEBOOK DOODLE : Zombie Dinosaur
This may be way too scary for you. You have been warned.
(look out! Here it comes...)
