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January 29th, 2013

Hyperbroadcasts

Filed under: Artwork,Press,Print Comics — Tags: Digital Print, Vortex, William Cardini —

I’ve got a couple bits of news:

I’ve added four digital prints to my online store. Here’s a composite image of them:

If there’s an artwork or single comics page that you’d like to see me offer as a digital print, let me know.

Rob Clough reviewed Vortex #3 in a recent mini-comics roundup, alongside Jon Vermilyea, Brendan Leach, and Jon Chad. Here’s some of what he had to say:

I love the increasingly abstract and artificial texture of Cardini’s series…. It’s interesting to see a book done in the “mark-making” school of comics drawn entirely on a computer, as it heightens reader tension and makes the contents all the more alien in its coldness.

Here’s a somewhat abstract Vortex #3 preview page:

This is Page 13. Vortex #3 is also available in my online store, in a combo pack or by itself.

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December 5th, 2012

Hyperbroadcasts (NSFW)

Filed under: Press,Print Comics — Tags: William Cardini —

I’ve got several things to tell y’all about:

Flyer artwork by Monica Ramos. Facebook event page here.

I’m going to have a digital print of a full-color drawing of the Miizzzard performing an experiment in the upcoming Paper Party Print Show, opening this Saturday, December 8th, from 7 to 9pm.

Press release here. Facebook event page here.

Domy Books Austin is having a release party for Vortex #3 on 12/12/12 from 7 to 9pm. I’ll do drawings in whatever Cardini books you bring or buy!

A snippet of “The Cockroach.”

Shawn Starr reviews Thickness #3 and offers an in-depth reading of the coldness of “The Cockroach” (written by Sean T Collins and drawn by me).

Sample of the minicomic Origin of Stoner Alien.

Speaking of Sean, he’s posted a comprehensive list of every comic that he’s written in 2012.

You can now buy Vortex #2 (in addition to #1) in the Sparkplug Books online store.

You can get a bunch of my comics and anthologies that I’ve contributed to at the William Cardini page on Wow Cool. (There’s even a video of me talking in my studio, good find Marc!)

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August 17th, 2012

I’m on Pat Aulisio’s New Podcast

Filed under: Press — Tags: Erica Lambertson Philippe, Lanneau White, Marfa, Marfa Mystery Lights, Miizzzard, Pat Aulisio, Peter Gudynas, Philip K Dick, podcast, Texas, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch —

Pat Aulisio has started a podcast where he talks to his friends. Although everyone who’s been on his show so far is involved in comics, the podcasts have mainly been about movies and tv shows and other things.

Photo from Pat’s announcement on his tumblr (Pat’s yawning on the right).

Yesterday he posted his episode with me, click here to check it out. We talked about a bunch of stuff, including:

Living in Texas

Marfa Lights by Erica Lambertson Philippe (2011).

Marfa Mystery Lights
William Cardini’s secret origin

A photo from a performance I did with Lanneau White back in January of 2007 (I’m in a Miizzzard costume). Click here to see more images from a few of my performances.

Performance art and performing comics

My favorite Philip K Dick book (and therefore one of my favorite all-time sf books). Cover art by Peter Gudynas.

SF books, comics, movies, and TV shows

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July 10th, 2012

Comics on Sale at Domy Austin; Reviews

Filed under: Press — Tags: Anuj Shrestha, Future Shock, Josh Burggraf, Pat Aulisio, Rob Clough, Tim Callahan, Victor Kerlow, Vortex —

Hey ya’ll, I just dropped off the Josh Burggraf-edited psychedelic sf anthology Future Shock at Domy Books here in Austin. Check out the cover:

Future Shock is 44 full-color pages of freak out sf short stories by the main man JB, Anuj Shrestha, Pat Aulisio, myself, and Victor Kerlow, drawing comics solo and collabo. I’m really excited by what Josh has done with this, but don’t take my word for it, check some words of praise from Tim Callahan in a post-MoCCA review roundup on Comic Book Resources. The anthology is $7. I also restocked Vortex #1 and #2.

In other news, comics by both me and Burggraf got reviewed by Rob Clough on High-Low in a roundup of “odd genre minis”. Clough has this to say about Vortex #2: “Working big and using so many decorative patterns gives this issue a psychedelic feel, yet one that’s grounded in rock-solid and simple layouts.”

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July 6th, 2012

Vortex #2 for Sale at Floating World and a Review

Filed under: Press,Print Comics — Tags: Floating World, Oregon, Portland, Ryan Dirks, Vortex —

I just sent a stack of Vortex #2 to my buddy Ryan Dirks in Portland. He took some over to Floating World Comics in Portland, so if any of y’all are there, y’all can now pick up both issues of Vortex there.

Dirks holding up a stack of V#2.

Dirks also posted some kind words about my comics: “I love how he uses space and rocks all the different tones. Everything has a melty, trippy, dreamlike quality to it, very unique.”

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June 19th, 2012

Digestate Kickstarter; Two Vortex #2 Reviews

Filed under: Press,Print Comics — Tags: Digestate, Edie Fake, Optical Sloth, Quimby's, Victor Kerlow, Vortex, Yost —

I’m contributing a short comic to the J.T. Yost-edited food-and-eating themed anthology Digestate along with a bunch of other awesome folks:

Digestate promo image by cartoonist Victor Kerlow, who also has a comic in the latest Catch Up.

Yost has already raised funds to print the anthology through Kickstarter. But if y’all want to snag a copy, throw in some bucks here in the next nine days.

I’ve also gotten two reviews of Vortex #2.

Page 18 of Vortex #2.

In Edie Fake’s review for the Quimby’s store site, he says, “Thick-like-a-brick linework barely contains another dose of filled-to-the-brim fill pattern madness.” Click here to read all of Fake’s review and order a copy from Quimby’s in Chicago if you’re so inclined.

Meanwhile, over at Optical Sloth, Kevin says, “Once again the art is amazing, as there are all kinds of creatures and objects floating around that are just begging for a more detailed description, and the story is picking up steam nicely.” Click here to read the entire review.

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May 29th, 2012

Catch Up on Sale; Kirby’s Influence on Art Comics

Filed under: Press — Tags: Andrei Molotiu, Box Brown, Catch Up, Jack Kirby, Jo-Jo Sherrow, Max Bode, Robert Boyd, Victor Kerlow, Vortex —

Whew, it’s been a while since I’ve posted on this blog. I’ve gotten lost in drawing comics and I haven’t had time to put anything here but I’ve met most of my deadlines so I’m going to get back to my regular schedule of Tuesday/Friday blog posts. I’ve got two things to tell y’all about today:

Catch Up Winter Issue, cover by Max Bode.

The Catch Up Winter Issue is for sale. Josh Burggraf and I are the comics editors for this issue of the poetry/comics journal. It has comics by Box Brown, Victor Kerlow, Andrei Molotiu, Jo-Jo Sherrow, and others. You can buy it here.

A Jack Kirby drawing of a Celestial from the Eternals comics.

Robert Boyd, local Houston art critic and former Comics Journal staff member, has written a lengthy blog post discussing Kirby’s impact on art comics, in which he compares Vortex to comics by Jesse Jacobs and Jesse Moynihan. I’m honored to be discussed in such good company.

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May 3rd, 2012

Vortex #2 on Sale in my Online Store

Filed under: Press,Print Comics — Tags: Review, Vortex —

I just added Vortex #2 to my online store.

You can buy it individually or in a combo pack with #1 for a discount.

Instead of being Xeroxed, Vortex #1 and #2 were printed digitally in black by the Print Shoppe. Unfortunately, this increase in quality comes with an increase in price. But I think they look great. Look at my buddy Grant, he loves it:

There’s already an advance review of the first two issues of Vortex on the Novi Magazine site because it’s William Cardini takeover week there! Be warned, that review has minor plot spoilers. Check back on Novi throughout the week for more content related to me in some way.

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April 24th, 2012

Double Comic Book Release Party Tomorrow Night

Filed under: Press,Print Comics — Tags: domy books austin, Melinda Tracy Boyce, The Melinderly, Vortex —

Just a reminder y’all, tomorrow night from 7-9pm at Domy Books in Austin is a double comic book release party for my new minicomic Vortex #2 and Melinda Tracy Boyce’s first issue of her quarterly short fiction and autobio comics collection The Melinderly. Click this flyer for more details: