Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
[youtube]XM30JGnnvno[/youtube] Tempt1 or Tony used to work out of an office near GR years ago. While I can’t say I knew him in any kind of personal capacity except seeing him around and interviewing him one time, he’s now the subject of a documentary. It’s not exactly a happy tale since he’s now fighting ALS and can only move his eyes. The Eyewriter invention (something that was developed with Kickstarter funds) has changed his living quality. He can now draw and such with the movement of his eyes. He once published a graf mag and I do recall him telling me how he chose to always look where no one else was looking in finding content. Of course, I do want to see this film and I hope it leads to more great things for him.
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Yes, with the dirt lined streets and the roll down door after roll down door, there’s space for murals. Here’s a Jeremy Lin one. (Animal NY – Jeremy Lin)
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He was beaten, bloodied, but still standing. David Choe made a tribute to the kid with the red backpack.
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Like hobos in America, thieves in China communicate with yet another form of writing, pictograms. From (Chinasmack – Thieves)
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LA Weekly’s Liz Ohanesian Writes about Problem Solverz at Giant Robot 2. Here’s a clip: “”I was getting my narratives and fantasies from video games instead of reading Moby Dick,” says Jones. “I think that type of imagery and type of storytelling has carried itself over to my work and influenced it more than anything.”” Here’s the link to the LA Weekly. Mr Ben Jones
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