News and views from the Dutch Uncle of dreamland.
What was this place? Do you recognise it? It it that wretched amusement park again or is it a glimpse of one of the sacred precincts? It looks phony, but perhaps it's the best my approximative facilities can muster. Anyway... ugh.
posted by Jim Woodring at 10:20 AM
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.
11 Comments:
What medium is this?
looks digital to me... awesome images - great color - love these new ones.
There's a storm brewin, and it's a circus turned into a giant floating jellyfish.
I live near that bus station!
yeah! In France
that's what i see above
the castle near the pound
where my love is gone.
All night long!
Deep respect, amazing split head
i don't get it, and i hope i never will.
I have a feeling I've been here before, but somehow this is not quite how I pictured it. Or is it, if only you would tell me what you know so that I can blame you for what happens next.
I remember the amusement park...its' neglected, abandoned, and always dark. Although, this does not seem cheerful, alas...
It looks based on the Coney Island parachute drop, which is amazingly eerie, like a giant dandlion, or tornado made out of scrap steel
[Pictures here]
Q: Is there more?
A: yes, always
I'm no longer convinced that death is real.
I still wanna see a Myst-stle game in the world of Frank. I think this is a 3-D rendering from a program Jim described to me long ago. It has that 'look'.
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