CulturePOP Season 2 continues Tuesday 11/2

Molly Crabapple Collaboration

Illustrator extraordinaire Molly Crabapple recently took one of the many photos I've shot of her and contributed her own drawing to create this collaborative piece. The concept is one we discussed a year or two ago, so I was thrilled to see it come to fruition.

Dave Franzese - CulturePOP preview

I recently worked on a profile of Dave Franzese of the design team, Dark Igloo. It shaped up to be a fun piece on living and working in a house aesthetic of creativity and will run as a new CulturePOP Photocomix installment some time this December.

CulturePOP Photocomix Profile: Lisa Natoli

CulturePOP: Photocomix Profiles of Real-Life Characters Season 2 continues today with a Photocomix profile on Aerialist Lisa Natoli.
I met Lisa a couple of years back through her boyfriend, cartoonist Mike Cavallaro and she's been on my mind since beginning this project. My concept for this piece was to play with the whole 'secret identity' angle. There's the Lisa who waitresses at a restaurant and the Lisa who can fly through the air, but which one is the "real" Lisa? Or, are both simply aspects of a greater whole?

See it here - http://activatecomix.com/104-14-1.comic

If you like to go back and read from the first chapter - http://activatecomix.com/104-1.comic

Comments welcome and appreciated, as always. Hope you enjoy it!

Sophie Auster L'Uomo Vogue

Check out the new issue of L'Uomo Vogue (Italian Men's Vogue) for my portrait of singer/actress Sophie Auster.
Also, see earlier posted outtakes from the shoot here.

CulturePOP Season 2 continues Tuesday 10/19

Reggie Watts - CulturePOP preview

I recently spent a fun afternoon in Williamsburg with comedian/musician Reggie Watts to work on an upcoming CulturePOP photocomic profiling him. The narrative will be about the genesis of his mostly improvised, consciousness stand-up and how it comes out of his day-to-day activities.

I'm just starting to construct the piece, so please check back in a few weeks for the finished product, meanwhile, see preview image above.

Icons of Fandom

I continued my long-running series this past weekend at New York Comic-Con. There were many more subjects present who were of interest to me, but huge crowds and difficult publicists made it tough.

Seth Green, best know as Oz on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scott Evil in the Austin Powers films and is the co-creator of Robot Chicken.

Richard Hatch portrayed Apollo on the original Battlestar Galactica and Tom Zarek in the recent BSG remake.

Jerry "The King" Lawler, pro wrestler and foil to the late Andy Kaufman.

James Marsters, best know as Spike on Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Brainiac on Smallville and from the Battlestar Galactica prequel, Caprica.

Icons of Fandom

It's been a long while since I've added to this series. Click the tag at the bottom to see earlier images. There are several event this month which will allow me to further this project, the first of which was last weekend's Wizard World Big Apple Comic Con.

Barry Williams, best know as Greg Brady on The Brady Bunch.

Mike Lookinland, best know as Bobby Brady on TV's The Brady Bunch

Burt Ward portrayed Robin in the 1960 Batman TV show and movie spin-off.

Jake Lloyd played young Anakin Skywalker in 1999's Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Ahmed Best, best know as Jar Jar Binks in the three Star Wars prequels.

Kevin Nash, professional wrestler and actor.

Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, pro wrestler.

CulturePOP Season 2 premieres today

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CUBA: My Revolution

CUBA: My Revolution by Inverna Lockpez (above) & Dean Haspiel (below) is a new graphic novel from DC/Vertigo Comics. It's the true story of Lockpez's experiences as a medical student and artist in Cuba during the early 1960s when Castro came into power.

I went to an exhibition and artist's talk this past weekend and reported on it at GRAPHIC NYC.

The work will be on display at the Kentler International Drawing Space until December 12.

Inspired by the book, I really wanted to shoot a portrait of Inverna, one which might reveal some of what she went through in her life. Happily, the gallery made several very large-scale prints of Dean's work from the book, which made a perfect, graphic and bold background for my shot.

The photo of Dean, with his work, is a fine addition, I think, to what is now a large collection of portrait collaborations we've done together.