Artificial Dissemination: Dissent on Paper

A bunch of the ol' PCS gang has prints and what-not in this show. If you have been surfing the facebook page you know you don't want to miss this one! Big ups to our own Mr. James Heimer for putting this little soirée together.
‘Artificial Dissemination: Dissent on Paper,’ is an exhibition devoted to the art of the propaganda poster. Ranging from the political and social commentary to bizarre looks at reality television and celebrities. Come check it out July 9th from 6-10PM! Special guest curator, James Heimer.
Find out all the info here on the fbook events page and be sure to check out Masthead Print Studio!
Above: The poster used for the promotion of the event designed by Mr. Heimer.
Below: Our contribution to the show entitled "Imagi-Nation".

If you're in the neighborhood...

I'll have some work on display at Jefferson University Hospital in Center City as part of their "Celebration of Life". This is my fourth year participating, you can learn more about it here.
(Another big Thank You goes to James Heimer for printing the awesome silk screen above.)

"She-Devil" Silkscreen

This is the first in my 2-color "Women on the Warpath" series, Roseanne Arnold as "She-Devil" (a great movie if you get the chance). This is a terrible scan; original is on lovely speckled french paper.

Fishtown Shad Fest 2011 - April 23 at Penn Treaty Park

This coming Saturday I will be at Penn Treaty Park (on Delaware Avenue) for Shad Fest 2011. This is the 3rd year I'd reserved a table. I hope the weather holds out and brings a crowd. I will have new Fishtown T-Shirts and ladies' softball tees for sale. I will also have some of my comic books I'd be happy to sketch in.

By far though, I think the most fun item I will have at my table is a limited edition silkscreen printed gig poster I illustrated for Shad Fest's headlining act, Black Landlord. For those who don't know Black Landlord, they are a full-on funk/hip-hop group based here in Philly led by Maxx S-Williams (formerly of The Goats and Incognegro). There will only be 100 prints. Each will be hand-signed and numbered and up for sale at the festival.


I went over different concepts with Maxx. We discussed several versions. One was a spoof on "Where the Wild Things Are" with him in the wolf suit on a boat labeled "MAXX". But we decided this concept, inspired by Slim Pickens' famous Dr. Strangelove scene, was way more fun (except we had him riding a giant fish instead of a bomb). Joannie helped me out with the blue and orange color scheme. I wanted something festive that'd pop on the white background. The awesome dudes at AwesomeDudes are making the screens and will be doing the printing this week, so we can have them hot off the press by the weekend.

Allow Myself to Introduce Myself

Hello..for those of you who don't know me, I'm Julie. Sam Heimer, fellow Autumn Society member was kind enough to invite me to this group recently, and I am thrilled as I've been a fan for a while!

Though I'm not sure if I would ever call myself a "cartoonist", my work has been called "cartoonish" and I undoubtedly draw a lot of influence from cartoon greats. Two of my favorite artists are Raymond Pettibon and R. Crumb.

Here's a screenprint I did recently while in a silkscreen class at Fleisher. It was gleaned from a sketch from my college days. Hope you like it.

"Skinny Minnie", 8.5 x 12.5" on French paper
Prints available in my Etsy shop

Thanks for having me!

Julie