News and views from the Dutch Uncle of dreamland.
A knock on the door. The slow shuffle across the living room. The creak of hinges. The flood of sunlight. Three youthful faces shining like Baldwin apples. A cake. The familiar glow of unreality. The inscription. The Stranger. The wish I'd combed my hair this morning of all mornings.
posted by Jim Woodring at 12:59 PM
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.
14 Comments:
And Max makes a Portal joke in 5, 4, 3, 2... :)
Is this a birthday cake or a genius acknowledgment cake? Congratulations on either or.
Could not have happened to a better genius! Congratulations!
It's a Genius Cake, Ted. It's what you get for being a genius. I owe you, big guy.
Wow, that's neat. My mother made me cupcakes once. They had sprinkles on them.
Oh Jim your hair and its state of disarry or neatness matters not - for those 3 delivery folk standing with arms proudly outstretched bearing you their special (and,one hopes with the check for 5K somewhere among them), they were basking in the reflected glory of honest to goodness, homegrown, contemporary American genius!! Bout time, too. Kudos to Frank and to you of course, though I imagine Frank'll be grabbing some of that glory as creations are wont to do.
Congratulations - couldn't have happened at a better time (sewer pipes and all) or to a more deserving American treasure - Jim Woodring, artist and storyteller extraordinaire! We live in historic times!
we live in histrionic times.
I totally frickin' agree! What KIND of cake was it? Did anyone jump out of it?
Genius indeed! Jim, here's question for you. Do you remember the old Reader's Guide to Jim#4 you offered way back when, through Jimland Novelties? It was described as being 12 pages long in the ad. The one I received many years ago was 7 pages long. Was that a mistake or intentional? I never really cared, but I"m curious now. Do you remember it? Thanks! Love your stuff! Eric
I second that cake wholeheartedly and also request that a slice be sent via mail.
Sincerely yours,
The Federated Nations of Cakelessville
i am in france and saw your comics in the anguelleme cartoon museum, my favourite part of the museum.
keep up the amazing work :)
That a cool cake! Makes me hungry
It's true!
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Bruce T.
It's about time!
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