Updates.

Long time no update, all I can say is that my hands are full of big things right now, but here's a little bit of info on what exactly it is I've been doing.

1. Building the comics collection at the Art Institute of Chicago's Ryerson Library. I was interviewed about the collection by the Chicago Underground Library, which can be read here:

http://underground-library.org/?p=2255



I also drew a quick strip for the Underground Library blog, for the Printer's Ball edition of Comics Sunday

2.Watercolors :)



I'd say we're about halfway done with those....

3. Collaborations, Here's a peek



4. Everything else: New issue of Lumpen will be coming out shortly from what I hear, the comics section is one of my favorites so far. Planning an exciting funnybook related event for next summer/fall in Chicago, and of course hanging out with these folks. New issues of that have hit the presses from what I gather. Make sure you pick one up!

-JT

New Comic

For the next issue of Lumpen, out soon!

-J

Doodlin like crazy

More comics and paintings and such in the works, looking like a busy summer...

-J

Trubble Club

Check out more posts at trubbleclub.blogspot.com

and this cool event for free comic book day at Quimby's: info here

Verma poster!

A poster for an upcoming show at the Whistler. Check out Verma here.



If you are in Chicago definitely come to the show and get your face melted!


JT

Get it Together!

Opens Friday, March 9th at the Chicago Tourism Center. More info here



Collage is fun but I'm ready to go back to drawing and painting....

J

March Forth with Dreas!

I made a little graphic for my friend Dreas's new mix called March Forth. It's excellent tunage and you can download it for free here.

I also recommend the 1001 mix. Super great stuff!

prgrss.....

partofaseries......

more things coming soon, I promise.

JT

Comics for the next issue of Lumpen Magazine

Next issue of Lumpen contains some great sequential artwork by the amazing Chicago comics group Trubble Club, as well as strips by Leslie Weibeler, Andy Burkholder, Grant Reynolds and myself. Here's a peek at mine:



Everyone's work for this issue was phenomenal so make sure to pick up a copy! If you are a comics artist living in or around Chicago and would like to submit a strip please send me a sample of your work.

J

A few things...

This is part of an upcoming watercolor series which was recently posted on meathaus.com. The show should be in the next few months and will consist of portraits, scenes and compositional pattern studies



Also some more things on the doodle blog Margin Detail:




-J

Scary Season

Getting in the mood in my sketchbook...

Happy Halloween!

-J

Strip for Lumpen Magazine

Lumpen magazine asked me to contribute to and edit the comics section of their newly redesigned publication. Here's my strip:



Thanks to Kyle Harter, Andy Burkholder, and Eric Ellis for contributing as well. If you would like to contribute comics for future issues please send some stuff to look at to joe.tallarico@gmail.com.

JT

Abrupt Spectral Displacement

New painting for the "My kinda town" Show @ rotofugi. Opened last friday, September 25th and will be there for a few weeks so drop by if you get a chance.


JT

Rock Mix!

If you know me personally then you probably know that i love collecting records and music, and that is something that I use to influence my art making. Well, My good pal Chris Devlin asked me to make a mix for his blog fully fitted. You can listen to what I put together here.

-J

See my doodles on margindetail.com

here's a couple doodles I recently posted on margindetail.com, a blog about doodles. Check there regularly for more by me and some other amazingly talented artists.

The Contemporary Dynamic

For the great Pittsburgh jazz musician and good friend Tony DePaolis. Ill re-post on where to get one when the album drops. From what I've heard so far it is groundbreakingly awesome.

-J

New Sketchbook

Got a new sketchbook that Im diggin on. Here's a taste:

A couple drawings from the hobo digest...

Just got back from vacation. More of these can be seen @ hobodigest.com as well as paintings up here soon.

-Joe

Out of Order

Here's a flyer I recently completed for Out of order, A Dj thing at the darkroom. Well, they asked me to do the flyer and here it is. Look for the details on their website.

Also, I have recently been appointed the position of art director, as well as contributing art to HoboDigest.com. A blog about all things Hobo. Look for daily writings and illustrations as well as art from other contributing artists.

Here's a taste:





-Joe

Painting for Simple Gallery Benefit

(you really gotta click it to make it bigger, blogspot makes terrible thumbnails)

This painting is called Melty Mondale III and will be auctioned off this saturday to benefit the Simple Gallery. The opening is at the Post Family space. Here is the info:

www.simplegallery.blogspot.com/

February 7th, 2009 Simple Gallery is hosting a benefit at The Post Family
at 1821 W. Hubbard Street Suite #202 in Chicago.
There will be an art auction with work by Amanda Browder, Jeffrey Brown, Eric May Brandon Heuser, Josh Howard, Tom Smith, Leslie Carlson, Jeremy Tubbs, Joe Tallarico. A musical performance by The Blue Ribbon Glee Club and video work by Adebukola Bodunrin, Jodie Mack, Camela Jean Christopher, Sara Jean Cough, Graham Calcagni and Emily Kuehn.
There will be some drinks and food and some special gifts! Come join us for a fabulous evening of art, friends and other great things!

If you are interested in bidding and cannot make it to the event, Please contact me directly and we will work something out.

Also, I am just going by Joe Tallarico now so deal with it. JT is fine.