Michael Sporn Animation – Splog

– The current issue of The New Yorker, the Cartoon Issue (Nov. 27) features four different covers by Chris Ware. See the covers here.

Each image depicts a Thanksgiving scene, two of them are set in 1942 and two in 2006. The stories in these images become intertwined in a comic strip that appears on the magazine’s Web site.

It is the first time The New Yorker has published four covers at once on the newsstand. Mr. Ware is a graphic novelist whose “Acme Novelty Library” series and “Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth,” display a wry sense of humor and fine draftsmanship.

He had a solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago this past summer.

You’ll remember that for Sept 11th edition, The New Yorker published an issue with two versions of the same cover.

You can also listen to illustrator, Chris Ware, discuss the covers here.

- Also in the magazine and on-line is Seymour Hersh‘s article on the Bush administration’s next moves. The Next Act. (Iran, anyone?) Worth reading. The administration is already denying the contents of this article, so you know it’s true.

- Back in October, I posted a lecture by Phil Dike on my site. Two of the pages were damaged.

Now, Hans Perk on his site A Film LA has posted those two pages corrected. What a resource Hans offers us!
Thank you, Hans. For the first time I can read the entire lecture.

- A note of thanks to Jake Friedman, who chose to interview me for the current ASIFA-East bulletin (found on-line here or here). Jake did a good last-minute job of editing a very long, rambling interview into something readable.

And then having finished the interview, he continues to promote it here. Thanks, Jake.

Jake also has a lot of other interviews & articles available on his site. While there, check out his film work.

– In a bit of self-promotion, let me point out another award won by my film, The Man Who Walked Between The Towers. Best 2D film at the 2D or Not 2D Festival run by animator, Tony White. This was the first version of this festival, and I’m pleased about taking home the first “Golden Pencil” award. (Or at least Tony promised to send it on to me.) I’ll display it proudly.

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