Old Work 1

I did a long interview a while ago, for the Duke University show, that now appears in the most recent Comics Journal. I dug up and scanned a bunch of old work to run alongside the interview.
However when the interview was printed they didn't use any of the images, just "Mome" pages and random things that they had around the office I guess.
So I'm taking some of what I scanned and posting them here, in multiple posts, for a few days.
First up: a very early (first?) comic that my dad wrote and I drew. It's my dad's handwriting on the bottom of the pages and he probably helped me where I wrote words at the beginning. In its entirety!

More crap tomorrow. Moving into more embarassing territory.

My Entire High School... Sinking Into the Sea!

The first two pages of a ten page short story I just finished for a future volume of "Mome," the Fantagraphics quarterly anthology.

Bottomless ex libris

For the Paris "super heros" comic store.

French Bottomless on Iphone

Kaz took this photo at Angouleme. Thanks, Kaz!

Final Chapter- BodyWorld concludes

All of Chapter 12 is now on the main page.
This is the last BodyWorld chapter.
Warning: Maybe it will take a while to load. I wanted to put the entire chapter on one post/screen.

New BodyWorld pages- Chapter 11 Concludes!

The conclusion of Chapter Eleven is now on the main page.

Next week will be all of Chapter 12, the final chapter, in one single update.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eleven continues on the main page.


This is early due to my France tour.

Show & Tell: Torture Hospital layout book

For Christmas, Jane made me a book to do all of my layouts for a murder-mystery comic I'm working on in.
It's designed for each page to be a spread of the book. It's awesome.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eleven continues on the main page.
Next week's pages will go up Sunday, earlier than usual, because of my France trip.

I finished a new 8-page mini for Angouleme. It's a ditty of Humorama-style gags featuring BodyWorld characters and I'm selling it for a dollar. Color covers are scraps from BodyWorld photocopies (I sometimes paint over computer photocopies so I can work over computer colors.)

Jesse Moynihan's "Forming"

My friend Jesse Moynihan is starting a weekly webcomic, "Forming":

http://jessemoynihan.com/

His writing always makes me laugh. Check out the "Future Me" comic in the "other comics" section and also all of the Kime Agine strips.

He has a secret 100+ page hilarious, moving comic book that's yet to be published. The above image is from his Meathaus SOS story.

webcam portrait

I made a two second webcam-ish animation and put it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbvdd2TFlgQ

New BodyWorld pages added

Chapter Eleven continues on the main page.

France Tour

Above image by Phillipe Druillet.
Here are my tour dates for the French Bottomless Belly Button:
Tuesday, Jan 27
Librairie Super Héros175 rue St-Martin, Paris (3e) from around 4 pm to 8 pm

Wednesday, Jan 28
Librairie Millepages133 rue de Fontenay, Vincennes (near Paris)from around 4.30 pm to 7 pm

Thursday Jan 29 to Monday Feb 2
Angouleme International Festival(ca et la's booth in the « New World » Pavillon)

Tuesday, Feb 3
Librairie La Réserve à Bulles76 rue des Frères Barthélémy, Marseillefrom 4 pm to 7 pm

Wednesday, Feb 4
Librairie Expérience5 place Antonin Poncet, Lyonfrom 4 pm to 7 pm

Thursday, Feb 5
Librairie Album84 bd Saint Germain, Paris (5e)from 4 pm to around 7 pm

Friday, Feb 6
Librairie Multi BD122-124 Bd Anspach, Bruxelles (Belgium)in the afternoon

Saturday, Feb 7
Librairie La Parenthèse19 cour des Arts , Nancy from around 3 pm to 6pm

I will have a few Cold Heat Specials I did with Frank for this tour. I hope to have a new mini too, but I don't know if I'll be able to get around to it before I leave.

Side note #1:

I was asked to be on a panel about character designs at the New York Comic-Con. I enthusiastically agreed, but realized later that it overlapped with my France trip. I cancelled, but it looks like I'm still listed on the New York Comic-Con programming. I won't be there. I wish I could. I'd love to hear what people have to say on this subject.
Side note #2:

BodyWorld scheduling will get wonky around my trip. I'm going to post a couple of days early (Sunday) the week of the 25th, and then a day late (Wednesday) the second week in February. I don't know if anyone cares or would notice, but there you have it.

New BodyWorld pages- Chapter Eleven Begins!

Chapter Eleven begins on the main page.
All of Chapter Ten moved to the archives.

Billy Borg

New BodyWorld pages- Chapter Ten Concludes

Chapter Ten concludes on the main site.
Next week: Chapter Eleven! It's coming together.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Ten continues on the main page.

New BodyWorld pages added

Chapter Ten begins on the main page.
Chapter Nine moved to the archive side-bar.

New BodyWorld pages- Chapter Nine concludes!

The conclusion of Chapter Nine is now on the main page.
Next week: Chapter Ten! Jew Jewel and Pearl Peach in the school gymnasium.

New BodyWorld pages added

Chapter Nine continues on the main page.
The first half of this chapter moved to "Chapter Nine thus far" in the archives.

BodyWorld animation: best online version

The youtube version is low-resolution but loads instantly and the high-resolution version takes a million years to load, but now there's a high resolution version that loads instantly! Thanks to the kind folks at comicbooktrailers.com.
It's here:
http://www.comicbooktrailers.com/?c=93...
The Bottomless Belly Button animation is hosted there too:
http://www.comicbooktrailers.com/?c=92...

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Nine continues on the main page.

BodyWorld animation

Pantheon/Knopf also put this on youtube.

Assistants: Thanks to Jane Samborski for animation work and Andrew Lucido for sound/video work.

Download a nice high-resolution version here.

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New BodyWorld pages

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New BodyWorld pages, Chapter Nine begins.

Chapter Nine begins on the main page.
The ending of Chapter Eight moved to the archives.

New BodyWorld pages, Chapter 8 concludes.

Chapter Eight finally concludes on the main page.
Next week: Chapter Nine!

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eight continues on the main page.

Making The Abyss

This is one page from a ten-page story I just finished called "Making The Abyss."

It takes place partly on the set of the James Cameron movie "The Abyss."

It'll be in the MOME comics anthology, volume 14.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eight, the longest chapter, keeps going on the main page.
Go to "Chapter Eight Thus Far" in the archives section if you missed the previous pages.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eight continues on the main page.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eight continues on the main page.

Small Press Expo, GWU and Desert Island

I'll be at the Small Press Expo this weekend,
at the Fantagraphics table:
Saturday 2-4pm
Sunday 3-5pm
I'm on this panel:
Cartooning in Collaboration/Collaboration in Cartooning
Co-moderators and mini-comics collaborators Isaac Cates and Mike Wenthe will lead this unique panel discussion on the challenges, problems, and pleasures of collaborative comics making. Panelists Becky Cloonan, Mike Dawson, Jim Ottaviani, Frank Santoro and Dash Shaw will discuss their varying experiences with the collaborative process.
1:30 to 2:30pm Sunday in the Conference Room.
I'm nominated for an Ignatz Award for the story I did in volume 11 of MOME, "The Galactic Funnels."

And then Monday I'll be at George Washington University in Washington, DC.
Mon Oct 6th 5-7pm George Washington University, Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW, Washington DC
www.gwu.edu
Presentation and panel discussion with Jesse Reklaw, Dash Shaw, Trevor Alixopulos, Ken Dahl, and Sara Edward-Corbett.

And then Wednesday I'll be at Desert Island in Brooklyn, NY.
Wed Oct 8th 7-9pm Desert Island
540 Metropolitan, Brooklyn NY, 11211
www.desertislandbrooklyn.com
Presentation and book signing with Jesse Reklaw, Dash Shaw, Trevor Alixopulos, and Ken Dahl.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eight continues on the main page. The first section moved to "Chapter Eight thus far" in the archive.

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Duke show/event.
Rob Clough provides a report with photos at the Fantagraphics website.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Eight continues on the main page.
Reminder: This week is the show/event at Duke University. Free and open to the public.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter 8 continues on the main page...

"Bottomless" show/event at Duke University

Bottomless, an exhibition of original drawings, storyboards, color background overlays and a video animation by Dash Shaw will be on display at the John Hope Franklin Center (Duke University,) 2204 Erwin Road from Thursday, September 25 through October 31. The exhibition is curated by Diego Cortez.

The opening is September 25, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

At noon on Friday, September 26 in Franklin Center 240, Shaw will be joined by noted graphic artist Gary Panter, "Jimbo In Purgatory" cartoonist, and Shaw's former teacher at the School of the Visual Arts, who will discuss his work.

A 32-page zine from the show will be available from PictureBox Inc. 100 copies will be at the gallery space and a signed/numbered edition of 100 will be available later off of their website.

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New BodyWorld pages. Chapter 8 begins

Chapter 8 begins on the main page.

Happy Birthday, Go Nagai

Via The Comics Reporter, Go Nagai turns 63 today. A year ago I posted these.

New BodyWorld pages... Chapter 7 concludes!

Chapter 7 concludes on the main page.

Here is a sneak peek of Chapter 8, our most thrilling installment:

Not to be missed!

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Seven continues on the main page.

The first half of Chapter Seven moved to the archives.

BodyWorld at Pantheon

From this Publisher's Weekly article
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6588704.html?nid=2789
"Dash Shaw, Pantheon Ink Deal
Pantheon has acquired the next book from Dash Shaw, the 25 year old comics artist that created the impressive new graphic novel Bottomless Belly Button, just published by Fantagraphics. Pantheon has acquired Shaw’s BodyWorld, an unusual comic that Shaw currently publishes online. The comic will stay online until it’s finished. PWCW’s Heidi McDonald profiled the artist in May and he was interviewed by PWCW’s Sunyoung Lee in 2006.
The deal was negotiated by agent Bob Mecoy. The book was acquired by Pantheon editorial director Dan Frank along with editor/designer Chip Kidd, who will both edit the book. Mecoy also said there was “unprecedented” interest in both Bottomless Belly Button and BodyWorld from Hollywood film studios, although no deal has been reached. Pantheon will publish BodyWorld in 2010. In addition, Duke University will mount an exhibition of Shaw’s work from September 25 to October 31 and Shaw will be interviewed at the showing on September 26 by acclaimed comics artist Gary Panter. Mecoy said another exhibition of Shaw’s work is also planned for New York City."

I didn't know it was scheduled for 2010 and then Bob Mecoy sent me this:
"2010 is a date, not necessarily the date. I told Calvin that we'd either be out in fall or winter 2009-2010 (that means between September '09 and April 2010). He simply picked the later date. There's been no discussion of a hard/firm date with Pantheon."

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Seven continues on the main page.

IFC Films ad

This is a one-page advertisement I just completed for IFC Films.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter 7 continues on the main page.

IFC News on Bottomless

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter 7 begins on the main page.

Chapter 6 moved to the archives.

New BodyWorld pages- Chapter Six concludes!

Chapter Six concludes on the main site.
The BodyWorld story is now half-way complete!

I will be at the Rocketship comic store in Brooklyn this Friday with Julia Wertz and Cliff Chiang.
Full details here.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Six continues on the main page.

San Diego Comic-Con

I'll be at the San Diego Comic-Con at the Fantagraphics Table
Friday: NOON to 1PM
6PM to 7PM
Saturday: 2PM to 4PM
Sunday: 2PM to 4PM

Mome Vol. 12 will debut at this convention.

New BodyWorld pages

uploaded to the main site.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Six begins on the main site.

Bottomless animated

One minute. No sound.

If this video isn't working or you'd like to download a larger, high-rez version, go here.

New BodyWorld pages. Chapter 5 concludes!

The last section of Chapter 5 is now on the main site.
Next week? Chapter 6: Billy Borg in the school gym with the diegunk.

New BodyWorld pages

...uploaded to the main site. Chapter Five continues.
The first half of Chapter Five moved to the archives.

Side note:
I spent the past four days in Boston hanging out at my friend Dave K's place. Thanks, Dave!

New BodyWorld pages

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Chapter 5 continues...

New BodyWorld pages!

Chapter Five continues on the main page.

BodyWorld cosplay for MoCCA

Months ago I did a favor for Jane in exchange for her promising to dress as Pearl Peach for a comic convention.
Neither of us remember what it is that I did for her, but we both remember the promise she made. So this weekend at MoCCA we will be dressed as BodyWorld characters. Yesss...

New BodyWorld pages! Chapter Five Begins!

at the main site.

Also:
I will be at MoCCA, at the Fantagraphics table. Here's my schedule:
Saturday:
1pm-3pm (with Jason)
Sunday:
12pm-2pm (also with Jason)

New BodyWorld pages! Chapter Four concludes!

The ending of Chapter Four is now on the main site.

The first third of BodyWorld is now complete!

Reasons to look forward to Chapter Five? Pearl and Billy graduate! Telepathy experimentation in the bramble bushes of Boney Borough!
'toon in next week...

Satellite CMYK

This is a page from a ten page story I just finished called "Satellite CMYK."
The story will appear in MOME volume 13.

Cartooning Symbolia

I did a short story a few years ago called "Cartooning Symbolia" (PDF of it here). I got the idea for the story from this book I got while in high school in Nagoya, Japan. The symbols in this book comes from Mort Walker's book, but I didn't know that at the time.
Another scan from this awesome book:

I want this hair cut:

In comic shops today

New BodyWorld pages!

added to the main site.

The first half of Chapter Four moved to the archives.

Bonus quick figure drawing:

Spanish TMM cover

New BodyWorld pages

added to the main site.

In other news: Jane is working on a comic! It's a sci-fi/fantasy story. Here's a small peek at some of her pages:

New BodyWorld pages

uploaded to the main page. Chapter Four continues...

New BodyWorld! Chapter 4 Begins

Chapter 4 begins on the main page. Some nice wood grain in the opening scene.

Chapter 3 moved to the archives...

Nice photos of my book

Fantagraphics has a flickr account where they posted a bunch of photos of my book:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fantagraphics/sets/72157604678460262/

New BodyWorld pages- Chapter 3 concludes!

That's right! The ending of Chapter 3 is now on the main page.
A quarter of the BodyWorld story is now complete!!!

Reasons to look forward to Chapter 4:

BBBook photos

Just got this in the mail.

New BodyWorld pages!

uploaded to the main site.

BBB debut at New York Comic-Con

I will be at the New York Comic-Con, April 18th to 20th, at the Fantagraphics table with advance copies of my book (above) for sale.
My schedule:
Friday: 3-5pm
Saturday: 3-5pm
Sunday: 11am-1pm

The new Mome and Meathaus: S.O.S. will also debut at this convention.

I'll also have a limited quantity of my Cold Heat Special, without the silkscreen covers.

New BodyWorld pages!

Chapter Three continues, starting a new stack, on the main page.
The first half of Chapter Three has moved to the archives.

New BodyWorld pages

uploaded to the main site. Next week this stack of pages moves to a "Chapter Three Thus Far" section in the archives and a new stack will begin on the main site.

Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. What's with the numbered squares that appear throughout the story?
A. Those correspond to the map grid, establishing where the scene takes place.

Q. I missed some pages... Where can I go back to read previous entries?
A. In the archives section, the brown square to the left of the comic. You can read it from the beginning by starting at the prelude and clicking the "continue reading..." link at the bottom of each page.

Q. What's a "page?" Why do you say "new BodyWorld pages" when it's a bunch of panels?
A. I draw it as 4-tier (12-panel) pages and I upload 4,5, or 6 new pages every Tuesday, depending on where I think a good stopping point is. Further in the story the panels will get larger, moving to a 3-tier page, but that's not for a while.

Q. How do you color this?
A. Please see my old post on the meathaus blog.

If you have any other questions feel free to e-mail me at dash@dashshaw.com

Dieball at M.I.T.

More info at Boing Boing.

Mickey Duzyj e-mailed me this link and made this awesome photo. Thanks, Mickey!

New BodyWorld pages

now on the main site.

New BodyWorld pages...

uploaded on the main site.

Ordering links

The Bottomless Belly Button is now available for pre-order on the Fantagraphics website.

The Mome anthology is available on their site too. Issue 11 has a comic by my long-time best bud Conor O'Keefe. This is his first published work. He does gorgeous painted comics.

Meathaus: S.O.S. is finally coming out. Pre-order it and see samples at the Nerdcore website.

The Cold Heat Special I did with Frank Santoro is now available from PictureBox Inc. This won't be widely distributed to comic stores, so you should probably order it off their site if you want a copy.

New BodyWorld pages

Chapter Three begins!
Chapter Two's moved to the archives.

New BodyWorld pages!

The conclusion of Chapter Two is now up.
Reasons to look forward to Chapter Three: Prom night drama! And, finally, telepathy!