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James Jean & Fables

June 8, 2010 in art, artists, comics, comics news, james jean, vertigo | 6 comments

Wow. Thanks to following James Jean on twitter (@processrecess) I saw this pretty amazing Fables commercial that’s apparently been running on BBC America. James Jean’s visuals are somehow even more badass in this format, which is…unexpected.

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You can also watch it here on the Vertigo website.

And if you don’t know about James Jean…WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Learn more now. Even though he’s largely moved away from more commercial work toward fine art, and sadly no longer does the Fables covers, he’s still one of the most amazing artists working today.

And if you don’t know about Fables…WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Learn more now. And here’s a cool list I did for She Has No Head! about Ten Women Of Fables.

James Jean – Artist of the Week

October 23, 2008 in art, artist of the week, artists, comics, james jean | Permalink

I’ve talked about JAMES JEAN a lot on this blog, I’ve also linked to him, and sadly, stolen from him (see my much missed old header image…oh how I miss you header image!). So it’s only fair that he is our second featured Artist Of The Week. But really it is this insanely cute image – so cute that it practically makes me want to kill, from his new XOXO Postcard set that I blogged about that prompted this feature.

I’ve been staring at this image constantly as it is pinned up near my computer and I just can’t get enough of it. It is simultaneously gorgeous and meaningful and also so cute I just can’t stand it (sorry Paul).

So here’s my final homage (for at least a month or so) to JAMES JEAN, one of my all time favorite artists.

Thank you James, for both inspiring me to continue drawing and depressing me, since I will never be remotely in your league…

I’m in Love…

October 2, 2008 in art, artists, james jean | 2 comments

…with James Jean’s XOXO postcard book. Unfortunately for all my friends that would maybe receive a postcard from me…they will not be getting one of these, they’re too pretty to let go of…okay, maybe I’ll send a few…

GORGEOUS.

New Temporary Header

April 24, 2008 in art, artists, cartoons, craptastic, james jean | Permalink

Borrowing (i.e. stealing) from my idol James Jean has gone on long enough. I’ve uploaded a new temporary header (which I hate). Bear with me in that I will probably hate anything that is not my old James Jean header. Now that this temporary one is up and I’m not happy with it, I hope it will motivate me to get a new more permanent version up and running. Stay tuned…

Conan and The Bad Plus…what could be better?

March 14, 2008 in art, artists, entertainment, james jean, movies, the bad plus | 5 comments

The Bad Plus will be on Late Night With Conan O’Brien TONIGHT, Friday March 14th. If you want to know what I’ve been raving about over here on 1979 Semi-Finalist make sure to tune in.

I’m so excited to see them on television, and what’s better than Conan? Nothing I say. I’m also seeing them next Saturday at The Blue Note, so I’m feeling especially Bad Plus-y these days, which is a happy feeling to be having.

AND, in yet more Bad Plus news, I wrote to The Bad Plus a few months ago, asking if they minded that I’ve co-opted their song title (The 1979 Semi-Finalist, obviously) for my blog, and I got a nice note yesterday from Ethan letting me know that he had dropped by the blog, liked the comics, and was happy to let me use their song title. Whether they have some kind of actual complicated legal rights to the title I don’t even know, but I’m superfan #1 over here, so I mostly just wanted their stamp of approval.

Now that I’ve got that stamp of approval, you’ll be seeing a new blog header developing sometime soon. It won’t be anywhere near as good as the one I’ve got now, but the one I’ve got now is mostly stolen from genius James Jean and I’ve been feeling guilty about it for ages, so it’s time to move on.

Try not to be TOO disappointed when the new header premieres, okay?

#51 Comic of the Day

January 3, 2008 in art, comic of the day, comics, james jean | 4 comments

They look FANTASTIC. And I’m so happy to finally have them up…most importantly because this “art cluster” hides a giant grey metal switch box in my living room wall that I’ve been staring at angrily for the last six months. Yea for art on walls!

I also made a massive list…not of resolutions, but of priorities for 2008, and there were so many things I wanted to make sure I do this year that I broke the list up into sections (work/art, job, health, money, house, and fun). Onto each of these categories I put a bunch of things I want to accomplish this year and more importantly where I think my priorities should be on a daily basis (funny…tv did not make the list…at all). Anyway, house has by far the most things on the list, although if I just get up and do it the “house” items are also the easiest to accomplish, so that is good. Already two things (hanging those pictures was number one) have been accomplished…so that’s not too bad for January 3rd right?

James Jean – Process Recess 2 out now

September 27, 2007 in art, artists, books, comics, james jean | Permalink

one of my all-time favorite artists (if not my absolute favorite) is James Jean. i just received this week (finally) his book Process Recess 2. it is stunning. Jean does a lot of comic book cover work for fables and many other publications…

…look familiar? but he also does a lot of ad work for places from Target to Playboy to Men’s Health and it all has one thing in common…it’s all insanely beautiful. there is something somehow haunting and creepy yet beautifully rendered about everything Jean does. i cannot recommend his work or his book enough. go here to read more about Process Recess and to buy one now! below are some other favorite images of mine by Jean…

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