~TOMOO GOKITA/ATM

. . . talking about ATM & TOMOO GOKITA !!

ATM’s current show – Tomoo Gokita’s – ‘Champion Carnival’ – up until MAY 2, 2009 – recently scored a really nice write-up in the New York Times.

ATM – 621 West 27th St – Chelsea – NYC

reviewed by KAREN ROSENBERG – it begins:
“If you think that black-and-white painting is the province of minimal and conceptual artists, Tomoo Gokita’s strong second solo show in Chelsea will shatter your illusion.”
read the rest: NEW YORK TIMES/ART REVIEWS/APRIL 24. 2009 !!

Tomoo at opening
on the right, TOMOO GOKITA at the ATM opening.
with him, independent curator TAKA KAWACHI, and painter ERIK PARKER.

Tomoo # 2 new
TOMOO GOKITA. ‘Night and Day’, 2009. acrylic gouache on linen.
63.8 x 63.8 in. ($25,000)

tomoo # 3 new
detail, TOMOO GOKITA, ‘Night and Day’.

tomoo # 4 new
TOMOO GOKITA, ‘Solid State Survivor’, acrylic gouache on linen.
76.4 x 63.8 in.

tomoo # 5
TOMOO GOKITA. sculpture. a small edition multiple . . . about 3 or 4 feet in height . .
actually its 27 in. in height. It’s called ‘Super Model’ and is in an edition of 8.

tomoo # 6 new
Black Nanny dolls – watch out !!

tomoo # 7 new
TOMOO GOKITA, small figurine multiple, under a ft. in height.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

see: more pix from the ‘Champion Carnival’ opening !!

see: pix from the after-party !!


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~JEFF HARGRAVE

. . . something about the figures, in the artwork in the bottom posts, reminded us of the ‘zombie’, or really ‘black nanny’ dolls of JEFF HARGRAVE – who we happened to run into recently !!

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JEFF HARGRAVE.
he recently dropped by ATM GALLERY, that’s a TOMOO GOKITA painting behind him !!

Jeff 2009 # 2
JEFF HARGRAVE, has a pretty funny sense of humor, (unlike a few others, I won’t mention, in this stressed-out town !!), so, when we told him – he looked like a – black snowman – he lightened up !!

Jeff 2009 # 3
among other kinds of more traditional artwork – like painting and collage – Jeff, who hails from somewhere around New Orleans, makes his own contemporary versions of ‘Black Nanny’ dolls. this one – is the devil with voodoo pins !!
sexuality ? – well, y-o-u call it !!
one thing’s for sure – it’s on fire !!
actually, ‘Black Nanny’ dolls are traditional, traditional ole-time African American folk art – a combination of being too poor to buy store-bought dolls, and who wants store-bought white dolls, to hug & cherish – anyways, when that was your oppressor ?
the little doll, top center, with the white bonnet & red necklace (both – added after the fact) is a classic antique American black Nanny Doll, from the south – and made much the same way Jeff’s are. hand-sewn and then turned inside-out, and painted black.
ok. yep that’s (just a small part) of my black nanny doll collection, with a few little white dolls, thrown in, just to keep the conversation in the bookcase – lively !! the big one at the right is a souvenir doll – what you might buy if you visited the Caribbean islands, later half of the last century. I stitched the fabric doll ‘heart’ head – that’s peeking through !!

nancy doll
NANCY SMITH, stitched doll head. 1996. ok I made that.

bermuda doll
a vintage souvenir Black Nanny doll from Bermuda, – made much the same way as Jeff makes his.
he picked up the tradition & skills from his surroundings, growing up in the south.

Jeff 2009 # 3
ok. we let the little devil out for some fresh air.
BLACK NANNY/VOODOO DOLL made by JEFF HARGRAVE ca. 2002.
Collection: Nancy Smith

Jeff # 5
JEFF HARGRAVE, Black Nanny voodoo ‘devil’ doll. Jeff stuck the pins in, not I !!
Black Nanny dolls were made at the same time that white folks, and black folks – were making quilts.
but, they were nowhere as scary as this.

Jeff # 6
JEFF HARGRAVE – detail. contemporary, hand-painted face Black Nanny voodoo ‘devil’ doll – very traditional in the rendering & materials !!

nanny doll
not as scary ? take that back !!
well, sometimes she looks mad and angry, and then sometimes – if you hold her just so, she is quite endearing ??
American antique hand-sewn Black Nanny doll. The body of the doll is based on an old & very worn-out !! pair of commercially made (store-bought) black mens socks – stuffed with raw cotton. The face, the red nostrils and red mouth, with white teeth, is hand-embroidered, while the eyes are (real abalone) & I guess therefore store bought – shell buttons, what buttons used to be made of, before plastics.
Collection: Nancy Smith

close-up nanany doll
. . . think on, what the maker of this doll – was feeling !!

black doll
sitting up, feeling the homey vibes – she seems to strike a happier countenance !!

doll close-up
. . . dig that bosom !! and, the hands posed just so, on the hips !!

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

you can see JEFF HARGRAVE with a few more of his contemporary Black Nanny dolls, in 2005: here !!
(you’ll have to scroll down a bit)
we first saw Jeff’s Black Nanny dolls at a small exhibit way – back in the day, at ATM gallery, when it was on Ave B in the East Village. Jeff says he doesn’t make too many any more – if any !! – he says – he hates doing all that tiny stitching !!




~C.H.U.D.Z.

. . . here’s some more pix from that C.H.U.D.Z. – ALEX BARRY, RICHARD COLMAN, JOSH SLATER – OPENING !!

C.H.U.D.Z. / ALEX BARRY, RICHARD COLMAN & JOSH SLATER
APRIL 24 – MAY 24, 2009
the show runs thru MAY 24, 2009
CINDERS – 103 HAVEMEYER ST – WILLIAMSBURG – BROOKLYN
HRS: WED-SUN 1-7PM

  CHUDZ  # 1
at the opening, ALEX BARRY, JOSH SLATER and RICHARD COLMAN, in front of RICHARD COLMAN’s mural,
‘Untitled’, (opera pink)’. it’s actually gouache & ink on a series of wood panels, total area: 10 x 24 ft.

CHUDZ # 2
detail, RICHARD COLMAN, mural (opera pink).

CHUDZ # 3
detail, RICHARD COLMAN, mural (opera pink).

chudz # 4
a selection of drawings, in sumi ink, by JOSH SLATER

CHUDZ # 6
JOSH SLATER, ‘(Untitled) Built Upon’, sumi ink, 9 x 12 in. ($800)

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ALEX BARRY, ‘Untitled (Ant Hill)’, ink on paper, 20 x 30 in. ($1,500)

CHUDZ # 8
detail, ALEX BARRY, ‘Untitled (Ant Farm)’.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH




~BOW RIBBONS plays ZEBULON to-nite !!

Bow ribbons

BOW RIBBONS – PETE VOGL and WILLOW GIBBONS – play ZEBULON to-nite – WED APRIL 29, 2009

the show starts at 9PM sharp & is free.

the night’s line-up: WILL SHINE, CORRIDORS, BOW RIBBONS & UP DIED SOUND.

ZEBULON – 258 WYTHE AVE – bet METROPOLITAN & N. 3rd – BROOKLYN

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. . . we caught up with PETE VOGL recently at the ‘C.H.U.D.Z.’ OPENING – ALEX BARRY, RICHARD COLMAN & JOSH SLATER – at CINDERS,
APRIL 24, 2009. behind Pete is a large wall mural by RICHARD COLMAN.

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in case you’re curious, here’s the detail of Richard Colman’s mural – that – Pete was standing in front of !!

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH




~MARY-KATE & NATE

mary kate & nate
“Mary-Kate Olsen and boyfriend Nate Lowman go biking in Manhattan . . . .”
NEW YORK POST – PAGE SIX, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2009 – pg 13.
PHOTO CREDIT: SPLASH NEWS

‘Tombstone’ Nate made the tabloids – PAGE SIX – !!




~LARS MONRAD VAAGE !!

LARS MONRAD VAAGE has just opened a one man show !!
if you are in NORWAY – you can check it out !!

LARS MONRAD VAAGE
APRIL 16 – MAY 10, 2009
GALLERI RIIS – FILIPSTADUEIEN 5 – OSLO, NORWAY

LARS was kind enough to send us some photos !!

lars # 17
Lars writes:
“My family relaxing in the hallway of the gallery. From left, Mama, Grandmother, Lulu, Papa, and AMREI, Lulu’s daughter, playing with a paper-plane my dad made. Some of Stein Ronnings photos in the background.”

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Lars # 2
‘Trophy’.
“A Viking-ship, returning home from battle, proudly using the Turkish flag they took from a mosque as a sail. I used this image for a Nationalmuseum show, now the painting is more rendered and physical.”

Lars # 3
‘Selfmade’.
“This painting has taken forever to finish, but now it finally is, and i think it is one of my best ones.. I have shown it a couple of times unfinished.
In a cave somewhere outside civilization, our hero has built a machine that generates electricity, and is fueled by wood. This is existing technology, widely used in Europe after the Second World War, when gasoline was rationed. A normal combustion engine, can run on fumes form wood. You only have to change the carburetor, and the tank is replaced by an oven, where you first heat coal, and then fill with wood. As the air-supply is limited the wood boils rather than burns, and the released fumes are explosive, and ignite with the help of spark plugs just like gasoline.
In the cave, the machine has a dynamo, so our hero can just go out and chop down a tree, and he’s got electricity.
Its a kind of hippieish idea of being self-sufficient, but unlike the long-haired hemp-wearers, this guy is high-tech, and the showing of back to the government contains no wish of turning back the clock. Maybe all the work with building this contained world, actually saves up free time in the end, he’s got no job, no bills to pay, no bureaucracy to satisfy, and at the same time he can use all the time-saving devices run by electricity. In the painting you see tools from the building of the machine on the workbench, like an old-fashioned hand drill, that he needed before he had electricity. A parafin-lamp that he enters the room with in the morning, before he starts the machine. An electric fan, it gets really hot in there with the oven burning. Some arrow-heads, string, and sticks for making bow and arrow, now that he can work in the evenings under the light-bulbs, making weapons and such, hunting is fun, and meat is good.”

Lars # 4
‘Fra Rode Orm’.
“An oar is sticking out of a hole of a ship’s side, inside there is a Viking enslaved by the Kalif.
There are 2 guys working each oar, the guy next to our hero, Rode Orm, is Arabic, and during the years he has learned the language. In hope of emancipation the Viking is making a poem about how water with lemon-juice is better than wine, that he hopes to get to send to the Kalif in one of the harbours. And its raining paint.”

lars # 5
‘Fruit & Futurism’.
“A painting of a sculpture I saw on TV in the background of a shoot-out on CNN, an improvement of an existing sculpture that stands on a square in Bhagdad.”

Lars # 6
‘There is joy in repetition.’
“The sculpture made it to Oslo, but collapsed slightly when it felt at home, making it look even better. The thing
is made of leftovers form me painting, corks, paint etc, parts of toys, dolls, pingpong balls, and about 8000 q-tips, dipped in acrylics, and partially spray-painted in black. It started with a silly small piece of wood on my office-desk, and my head being totally empty, just like they tried to in Ghostbusters. Whatever eas lying around was put on top of each other with super-glue, and when my studio was empty of stuff I went across the street and got all the q-tips they had. After lots pf these zombie-sessions, the thing was suddenly big, and I needed a ladder. Even though I enjoy inventing stuff, and work hard to get better at painting, I loved being free from thoughts for weeks at a time.”

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Lars # 8

Lars # 9

Lars # 10-gallery
GALLERI RIIS, Oslo, NORWAY.
The gallery is located in the harbour in Oslo city-centre.

Lars # 12
“During my stay in Norway I also installed my stuff in a group show that opens may 2nd in VESTFOSSEN KUNSTLABERATORIUM outside Oslo. It is a 2000m2 old factory, and has one show a year. This year the show is called ‘Nachspiel/Vorspiel.’
Participating artists are: Inghild Carlsen, Olav Christopher Jenssen, Per Barclay, Bjorn-Sigurd Tufta, Bjarne Melgaard, A K Dolven, Elmgreen & Dragset, Ole Jorgen Naess, Borre Saethre, Book & Heden, Martin Skauen, Lars Monrad Vaage, Josefine Lyche, Mari Slaattelid, Sverre Bjertnes, Kjersti G. Andvig, Ane Mette Hol, Marit Folstad, Bard Ask og Helene Sommer.”

Lars # 11
‘Spring & Machines’
crayon on paper. I have been doing a lot of small drawings with crayon, its quick, and very much like painting. I like a lot that I can jump from place to place, and still make it solid, and look mote or less real.”

Lars # 21
‘Rode Orm escapes & the Worlds Fastest Train’.

Lars # 22
‘Too Cool for School III’
“This is the third version I made of this motif, a police-car is covered with snow, the lights from the siren shines a bit through the snow. The idea is banal, the atmosphere is nice. In Norway the schools are closed when it is less than -25 degrees Celsius, so its a normal thing to dream about for kids. I remember that it was -24 many times, but never -25.”

Lars # 16
LULU and LARS.
. . . “after all the work installing the show, Lulu and I relaxed on an island off Oslo, I’m the beauty in the background – eating a hot dog.”

. . . . in the studio, before the show:

Lars # 15
Lars Monrad Vaage is currently based in Berlin, Germany, where he has a studio, and where he did the work for the GALLERI RIIS installation.

Lars # 13
that’s where he put the finishing touches on the big paintings, which he started almost 2 years ago, and built the 8,000 q-tip sculpture. It involved dipping the q-tips into color and letting them dry.

Lars # 14
His girlfriend, Lulu – helped him.

Lars # 15 A
Lars writes:
“The luxury part of painting, signing, making up the titles, and making the backsides pretty.”

ALL PHOTOS COURTESY: LMV/Galleri Riis

to see what else, Lars is up to – check out his: website !! talk about – sweet & brief !!

Lars website




~JOHN HODANY/HOLY ROLLERS

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JOHN HODANY, ‘HOLY ROLLERS’, 2009. acrylic on paper inlay, 90 x 180 cm.

but, if you are in BERLIN !! – you can still catch:

JOHN HODANY – ‘HOLY ROLLERS’
MARCH 21 – APRIL 25, 2009
GALERIE LENA BRUNING – ALMSTADTSTRASSE 50 – BERLIN, GERMANY

the gallery has an amazing selection of photos from the show on their website: check here !!

including:

Hodany Echeo
JOHN HODANY, ‘Echoe Location’, 2008, acrylic on paper inlay. 30 x 62 cm.

Hodany beaver
JOHN HODANY, ‘Yer Last Beaver’, 2008, acrylic on paper inlay. 60 x 136 cm.

hodany weazel
JOHN HODANY, ‘Three Weazel Study’, 2008, acrylic on paper inlay. 60 x 136 cm.

it’s interesting to see the echoes & visual evolution onto paper – from the major installation sculpture JOHN HODANY exhibited last year, (FEB 19-MARCH 16, 2008), at ELEVEN RIVINGTON, here in NYC, on the Lower East Side.

its also funny to note that the ELEVEN RIVINGTON show of last year – a large 3-Dimensional piece – (see below) – as compared to this year’s many paper renderings – went from a (working !!) complex arcade-type game – and, which struck one as very non-humanistic and purely ‘machine-like’ – ‘abstract’ and ‘objective’ – to these drawings, which though again – very ‘plastic’, very abstract in their composition – are actual animals and their habitat landscapes – sinister, or deep, mysterious, and ancient – maybe the better words are – animal totems depicted in a civilization twilight ?

John rivington # 1

john rivington # 2

john rivington # 3

john at opening
JOHN HODANY, (with ANNA CONWAY) at the ELEVEN RIVINGTON opening, Feb 19, 2008.
PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH

see: more pix from that show !!

. . . the current show at GALERIE LENA BRUNING has posted a really interesting PRESS RELEASE/ESSAY on JOHN HOANY’S work.

“The oldest known paintings on earth are thought to be over 30,000 years old. Painted or drawn depictions of horses, hyenas, rhinos, lions, bison, some half-humans and also some extinct ones cover walls in ancient caves like Chauvet and Lascaux in France. No one knows exactly why they exist. Over 600 depictions of animals appear in the Lascaux cave alone.
Strangely, neither the landscape nor any vegetation is portrayed on the walls. Maybe the artists were storytelling, explaining themselves through pictures. Perhaps there were superstitions about animals and creating images of them was thought to bring good luck. Looking through the entire history of art, you have to wonder what it is about the relationship between animals and people that provokes these mysterious works? Are the homages? Are they symbols, or stand-ins of our own bodies and selves, our own mortality or even our spirituality as the Egyptians imply?”

it also goes on to state that: “John Hodany’s body of work contains many animals. Hodany has been preoccupied with depicting the faces and bodies of creatures for over a decade. Some of his paintings, drawings and sculptures represent animals in a manner reminiscent of the Egpytian drawings of animals: there is a bold simplicity of their form that gives them an appearance of a sign or a symbol. Sometimes the animals appear in such uniform abundance that theytake on a quilt, tapestry, or ven computer-like pattern.” . . . .

“‘Holly Roller’ (the title of the show and one of the paintings) is an American term used to describe Pentecostal Christians who it was said would literally roll on the ground when possessed with the spirit of God. Nowadays the term is often used as an expression of astonishment about strange or abnormal behavior in general.”

“There i almost always a quiet, possibly even apocalyptic atmosphere in Hodany’s work that hints at a shift in world order. Where are the humans? Why are the rocks, animals, and objects organizing themselves into patterns, disappearing and reappearing as fragments within the same work? . . . (and,) Using a self-invented method, Hodany cuts into the painted surface, carefully removing pieces of his paintings and attaches them to other ares within the same work on paper. This creates a ghost-like impression in which the trace of the image that has been cut and replaced seems to imprint on the background. The fractal nature of his repeated images echo the concept of ‘cutting and pasting’ computer software style, however never losing a tactile sensibility.”




~STEN ARE SANDBECK/TEN-IN-ONE

STEN ARE SANDBECK wrote us a little while back – about a show he was in, and we STILL !! like the ‘card’ image – so we’re posting the info, now, even though the show has come and gone.

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‘SIDESHOW’ – ‘TEN-IN-ONE’
with: KARE M. BERGH & SIMEN LAURITZEN STENSRUD, SVERRE GULLESEN, PAL JOMASS, TORIL JOHANNESSEN, FRODE MARKHUS, MARIUS MARTINUSSEN, LINN PEDERSEN & JAN FREUCHEN, STEN ARE SANDBECK, SVEINUNG R. UNNELAND, ARNE VINNEM.
MARCH 20 – APRIL 5, 2009
GALLERI GATHE BERGEN, NORWAY.

from the gallery website:

“‘TEN-IN-ONE’ offers a program of art from ten artists and artists’ collaborations . . . it is partly a freak show exhibiting “artistic oddities” (including “art freaks” such as painters.) However, for variety’s sake, the acts also include “live art” such as installation and video.”

STEN ARE SANDBECK sent some photos – of his work in the show. and beautiful they are !!

sten April # 1
STEN ARE SANDBECK, ‘Magic Theatre (with Lion)’, 2009.
175 cm square stretcher. perforated canvas, acrylic.

sten april # 2
the canvas from the back, with view of the ‘Lion’, a framed drawing, on the wall !!

sten april # 3
STEN ARE SANDBECK, ‘Lion’, oil pastel on A3 paper.

PHOTOS COURTESY: STEN ARE SANDBECK




~MIKE PARE & ORLEANS GUNN/last call !!

mik eoare gun show

. . . to-nite – MONDAY – APRIL 20, 2009 – is the last chance to catch – ORLEANS GUNN – before MIKE PARE re-locates to NEW MEXICO !!

sample: ORLEANS GUNN !!

the line-up is: ORLEANS GUNN, LORD DOG BIRD & MICHA BLUE SMALDONE

MATCHLESS
– 57 MANHATTAN AVE – CORNER OF DRIGGS / BROOKLYN -/ 9PM – 11:59PM
FREE ADMISSION.

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~RICHIE RICH/JERRY BECK ON HARVEY COMICS !!

Richie Rich

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‘FROM RICHIE RICH TO WENDY THE WITCH: THE ART OF HARVEY COMICS’ – HAS BEEN EXTENDED !! THRU – SAT MAY 2, 2009 !!

in relation to the exhibit – THE MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – MoCCA – is pleased to present:

FROM SCREEN TO SCREAM! – JERRY BECK on the HISTORY of HARVEY COMICS !!

TO-NITE !! – FRIDAY – APRIL 17, 2009 – 6:30 PM

ADMISSION: $5 – FREE for MoCCA MEMBERS

Animation Historian JERRY BECK (CARTOON BREW) will speak about the connection of HARVEY COMICS to the PARAMOUNT cartoon studio, and the creation of CASPER the FRIENDLY GHOST, BABY HUEY, LITTLE AUDREY, BUZZY CROW and HERMAN & KATNIP. He will show clips from the classic cartoons, and discuss the relationship between the comic book company and the animation studio, which was located in Times Square. Beck will also sign copies of the THE HARVEY COMICS LIBRARY, a series of reprint volumes which he co-curates for DARK HORSE BOOKS.

MUSEUM of COMIC and CARTOON ART – 594 BROADWAY – SUITE 401 – NYC
HRS: TUES-SUN 12-5PM
GENERAL ADMISSION: $5 / CHILDREN 12 + UNDER: FREE

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PIX FROM THE OPENING:
‘FROM RICHIE RICH TO WENDY THE WITCH: THE ART OF HARVEY COMICS’ – MUSEUM OF COMIC and CARTOON ART / MoCCA
DEC 18, 2008

Richie # 1
MARK D. ARNOLD of FUN IDEAS PRODUCTIONS, based in SARATOGA, California.
‘From Richie Rich to Wendy the Witch: The Art of Harvey Comics’ originated at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, curated by ANDREW FARAGO, with special thanks to MARK ARNOLD.

ritchie # 2
Mr. Arnold beside: ‘Little Sad Sack No. 11’, mid 1960s. Drawn by FRED RHOADES.
ink on board

ritchie # 3
the title lettering & spatial composition – seem very contemporary !!
sort of boxy – (almost) just like AD DEVILLE & SKEWVILLE.

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Richie # 8

Richie # 9

Richie # 10
the exhibit had concise but very informative & very interesting captions & wall texts.
. .. I found it interesting to contemplate that – FRED RHOADS – was an ex-marine.

richie # 11
artwork by – WARREN KREMER.
‘Devil Kids starring Hot Stuff No. 73’, cover rough, mid 1970s. color pencil on vellum.
WARREN KREMER (1921-2003) drew the majority of Harvey’s covers – from the 1960s onwards.
From the collection of DAVE HOLT.

richie # 12
WARREN KREMER – ‘Little Lotta No. 68’, cover, 1966. ink on board.

Richie # 13
JOE CERTA – ‘Joe Paloooka’, cover. late 1940s/early 1950s. ink on board.
From the collection of DAVE HOLT.

Richie # 14
ARTIST UNKNOWN (POSSIBLY STEVE MUFFATTI). ‘Casper No. 59’, Comic book, August 1957.
STEVE MUFFATTI (1880-1968) established the “Harvey style”.

Richie # 15
detail, ‘Casper No. 59’ – only – 10 cents !!

Richie # 16
WARREN KREMER – ‘Little Audrey’ cover, late 1950s, ink on board.

Richie # 17
WARREN KREMER, ‘Richie Rich and Jackie Jokers No. 9’, Cover rough. mid 1970s.
color pencil on vellum.
From the collection of DAVE HOLT.

richie # 18
detail, SID COUCHEY. ‘Little Lotta No. 114’, Little Dot Story Pages 1, 3 and 5.
‘A Real Pal!’ (Little Lotta), early 1970s.
ink & white gouache on board.
from the collection of SKEET ROSE.

richie # 19
WARREN KREMER, ‘Little Dot Dotland No.1’. Comic book, July 1962. 12 cents.
from the MoCCA notes: “HARVEY COMICS were approaching the zenith of their popularity in1962 . . .
[this is] one of the many sweet and beguiling covers drawn by the master hand of the late Mr. Kremer . . . ”

richie # 20
ERNIE COLON , ‘Little Lotta Foodland No. 1’, Page 1, 1963. Ink on board.

richie # 21
detail, ERNIE COLON, ‘Little Lotta Foodland No. 1’.

richie # 22
the exhibit also includes several – animated ‘loops’.

richie # 23
as well as display cases – with original comic books, and other HARVEY COMICS memorabilia.

richie # 24
ALFRED HARVEY, FRED RHOADS and GEORGE BAKER in NEW YORK CITY, ca. 1940s.

FRED RHOADS created many HARVEY COMICS pages from 1953 through 1977. he was “an ex-marine brought to work on the strip by its creator (George Baker) in 1953 too help adapt the character to his new, younger comic book audience. Rhoads’ humor was wild enough to amuse adults (enlisted or not), and gentle enough to make many a baby Boomer howl ith laughter as a child.” (MoCCA)

ALFRED HARVEY (1913-1994) was the founder of HARVEY COMICS and creator of Little Dot and Richie Rich.
see: ALFRED HARVEY/wikipedia & hit HARVEY COMICS, while there.
interesting enough, he was also an EAGLE SCOUT !!

richie # 25
a display case – full of HARVEY COMICS treasure !!

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Richie # 29
b’yall – from Little Lotta.

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH