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Hey, my new book, Fogtown, will be coming out soon. And an art show of the book art! Please stop by!
Here's the press release: Four years after his debut show (THE LEGEND OF HARRY & DICKLESS TOM: Original Comic Book Art Work - October - November 2006), Emmy award winning animation artist/director Brad Rader returns to Flazh!Alley Art Studio to celebrate the release of his latest book, the 171 page graphic novel, FOGTOWN (DC/Vertigo, August 10, 2010) written by Andersen Gabrych. Paraphrasing the author, FOGTOWN is a raw, ugly, and explicitly human pulp/noir detective series, set in the ferociously filthy underworld of '50s San Francisco. It follows the seamy temptations, damnations, and redemptions of Frank Grissel, P.I., an aging, hard-living, and morally ambiguous detective in the Mike Hammer/Sam Spade tradition - who "just happens" to be a pier-trawling, deeply closeted homosexual. Brad Rader's original artwork from pages of his book, drawn in black and white pen and ink, comprise the show. Stylistically, the Alaska born artist emulates the comic book artwork of the 1950s with influence of Russ Heath and E.C. Comics artists Jack Davis and Wally Wood. An Emmy Award winning animation artist and director, Brad Rader has served as storyboard artist on many animated series including The Real Ghostbusters, Alf, Batman, Gargoyles, Stripperella and most recently, King of the Hill. He has directed several series, including HBO's Spawn, for which he won an Emmy award (1999). He has illustrated the comic books Batman Adventures, and Catwoman (DC Comics); The Mark (Dark Horse Comics); and Tex: The Fine Art of Character Assassination (Atomic Basement). A graduate of Art Center College of Design (illustration), Mr. Rader returned to his alma mater and to Otis/Parsons to teach storyboarding. His art has been exhibited in galleries in the United States as well as internationally. The only public receptions will be on San Pedro's 1st Thursdays Art Walk Nights, August 5 and September 2, 2010 from 7-11 PM ADULTS ONLY (18 and over) Flazh!Alley Art Studio is located at 1113 S. Pacific Ave., Suite B, San Pedro, CA. Park in the large city parking lot behind the Ramona Bakery at Pacific & 11th Street. Enter Flazh!Alley from the alley, of course. Fans of my art will be interested in this press release from the publishing house of Bruno Gmuender over in Germany. 
Here's the press release: "The fashion dictate of our slick high gloss culture in the last two decades looked down upon male body hair. Well shaved and trained was the common ideal that almost every man had to face. And gay men who decided to keep their chest unshaved were simply categorized as "bears." But the times they are a-changin'! Therefore today we say YES to natural growth of hair! Our anthology HAIR - 260 pages strong - is dedicated to the man that mother nature once created so brilliantly: masculine and sexy, muscular and hairy! And of course you can find a lot of men who truly deserve to be called bears on these pages. "Photographers and graphic artists present their individual and always very special view on the hairy world of hunks. Drawing legends such as Tom of Finland and Fred Bisones are featured as well as Tom Bianchi, Jeff Palmer, Joe Oppedisano and Dylan Rosser - each of them a top seller in the genre of male nude photography. We compiled several works of altogether 48 artists to light out every single facet of this hairy topic. HAIR is an anthology for everyone who just shrugs the shoulders when the epilated Adonis appears in the aftershave commercial, for everyone, who rather follows the call of the wilderness than the mainstream. Are you ready, guys? Let it grow!" To order, you can go to the Bruno Gmuender website. |
