THE BLESSED MOLESKINE
posted by Jim Woodring at 9:39 AM
Monday, May 29, 2006
About Me
- Name: Jim Woodring
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
I was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California and enjoyed an exciting childhood full of poetry and paroniria among the snakes, rats and tarantulas of that enchanted realm. I eventually grew into an inquisitive bearlike man who has had three exciting careers; garbage collector, merry-go-round-operator and cartoonist. Some of my work is collected in THE BOOK OF JIM, THE FRANK BOOK and SEEING THINGS (all published by Fantagraphics) and in various toys, fabrics, prints and urban legends. Thank you for your interest.
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18 Comments:
I bet you would've gotten along with Terrence Mckenna.
Great stuff.
If it isn't much of intrusion, would you care to show what your studio is like?
R.
sums up my thought process pretty well - clever man!
This is some great shit, dude! It's a pleasure to have the privilege of viewing it...
I like the cut of your moleskin, Jim.
You wear it well.
and monocat concours...
that if the mind is rolling down corridors, it would that suggest its thoughts are limited to a liniar process - a possible weakness...
Very nice. You drop a lot of acid, Jim?
to paraphrase the cowboy in 'The Big Lebowski': "Sometimes you drop acid and sometimes the acid drops you"
With the armless oc I completely agree
You can't oversimplify this creativity
Could any doper paint a rainbow
after glancing through a prism?
It's like explaining away El Greco as just a case of astigmatism!
These brilliant illuminations
Don't come out of a can
They take elbow grease and a lucky tooth
And a steady mojo hand
Go! Man! Go!
I agree with the Octopus. Acid is not necessarily the window into artistic inspiration, but it's been a pal and a lil' helper to some in the past. This stuff looks like pure Third Eyeballing.
I really enjoy the sketchbook postings. Actually, I really enjoy the whole blog.
Always a joy to walk in here. Wonderful.
If you do find the time inbetween your prodigous amount of work, do come and inspect my droppings on the cyberspatial carpet.
Be aware that there's free (unimpressive) lodging ready for you here in Oslo if you want to drop by some day.
http://flickr.com/photos/27182091@N00/
Really reminds me of the 70's underground comix. Did you get into the works of R. Crumb? My father used to leave his underground comix lying around and so at a tender age I was exposed to them. Must have scarred my sanity--but I wouldn't have it any other way, 'cause I loved 'em!
Peace,
Cie
Longtime fans.
Somewhere we have an issue of Jim from back when you were self-publishing by stapling photocopies together.
We have a cat whom we adopted for his Pupshaw tail.
That's all. Thanks.
pretty good
i love the sketchbook bits!
I can relate to that mind picture just fine....
I love the chewy center.
-Signed
Your Hopeless Fanboy
Very pretty design! Keep up the good work. Thanks.
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