Glowing Golden Reviews for Maryland Gallery Show!

"The Comic Book Art of Michael Golden" came to a close at the Mosely Gallery in Maryland on December 2nd, 2010. But what an amazing show! Our thanks to everyone at the Mosely Gallery for a fantastic retrospective of Mr. Golden's work.

The Mosely Gallery is associated with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, the only state run university that offers classes and degrees in sequential art. Check 'em out.

--Renee

TV Interview with Michael Golden at the Mosely Gallery, at UMES

Hi Everyone-- As you can see from my previous posts, Michael Golden was awarded with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the University of Maryland recently. My hats off to UMES for such a respectful and classy gallery show, showcasing Michael's career and presenting over 45 rare pieces of artwork for display.

The presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award was also wonderful!

Here too, is a nice interview with Michael the day of the event, with a cameo by yours truly. :-)

--Renee
:-)

http://www.wboc.com/global/Category.asp?c=174346&autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=5310327&flvUri&partnerclipid

Michael Golden Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Maryland

Salisbury, MD-- Artist Michael Golden has just been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and it's certainly no wonder.

Artist/writer/creator Michael Golden, co-creator of the X-men's Rogue character, "Spartan X" and Bucky O'Hare, is known worldwide for his groundbreaking work on "The 'Nam," "Micronauts,"  "G.I. Joe Yearbook," and  "Dr. Strange, " among MUCH more, and is counted as one of the best cover designers and storytellers in the sequential art business.

Currently, Golden's work can be seen with recent covers for "Nightwing", "Iron Man", "Wonder Woman," "Heroes for Hire", "Exiles," "Demon's Regret," "Spiderman," "Hulk," "Mice Templar," "Serial," as well as numerous other titles, for about every company out there ... including a few secret projects for IDW, DC and Image.

In short, Michael Golden has been one of the most influential creators around for the last several decades:

"....unless you can actually draw yourself, it is very difficult to understand the exact mind-blowing impossibility of what he does," said writer/artist Larry Hama, of Golden's work.

"Michael blithely puts down on paper exactly what he sees in his head. It's like he's got a cosmic opaque projector that shoots a laser beam from his brain through the kundalini eye in his forehead straight down onto the drawing surface where all he has to do is trace it," continues Hama. "The result is hard-edged and fully realized in every way. No fuzzy impressions here. No using the side of the pencil. No squiggly space-filling lines blocked in on automatic pilot. To paraphrase Neal Adams (who was referring to Golden), there is not a single millimeter of line on the page that is not directed by conscious thought."

Recent books covering the colorful life and amazing art of Michael Golden include a Manga version of the "Bucky O'Hare" series, created with Hama, as well as the top selling art retrospective "Excess: The Art of Michael Golden," written by Renee Witterstaetter, which sold out and has gone into a second printing, as well as his recent sketchbook "Heroes and Villains," and the just released NEW sketchbook, "MORE Heroes and Villains."

As a conceptual cover artist, Michael has penciled everything from Batman and Captain America to Vampirella!  And the list keeps growing. Mr. Golden has served as an Editor at DC Comics as well as Senior Art Director at Marvel Comics, and has worked on scores of movie production projects, some currently in development.

His art has been the focus of gallery shows in places as diverse as Gijon, Barcelona, New York, Antwerp and Brussels, while his class on storytelling has been conducted from Spain to Brussels to France to Canada to the United States... and most recently China.

It's planned for his extensive 1-2 day storytelling class to launch shortly, as Michael shares more of his philosophy of art and what he considers to be the Golden Rules of storytelling. This course will be conducted as 2 day workshops at key points throughout the United States.

In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Maryland, a month long retrospective of Mr. Golden's work, featuring over 45 pieces of rare original art, is currently running the UMES renowned Mosely Gallery.

This marks Mr. Golden's second Lifetime Achievement Award, joining an award from the Lille Comics Festival in 2009.

For more information on Michael Golden and his work, contact: evaink@aol.com

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Golden/44937601170?ref=share

Golden Fantasy Artworks on Display-- A Review

New Article about the Mosley Gallery show. I like it that they focus on the Exosquad piece. I was the editor on the series and hired Golden to do the covers. --R.



Comic Book Artist Exhibits Fantasy Artworks at Mosely Gallery.
Focus: Exosquad #1


The exhibition of Michael Golden's comic book art, on view through Dec. 2 at the Mosely Gallery, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, raises important questions about audience, gender and the relationship of images to texts.

Specifically, these images were created as integral parts of stories in comic books or graphic novels, whose readers are primarily male. As such, can they hold the attention of female viewers or viewers who have little knowledge or interest in what Golden has termed "science-fiction/fantasy-adventure"?

Somewhat to my surprise, the answer is "yes." I was struck by the extraordinary skill and expressiveness of these images, despite the fact that I know very little about the characters or narratives depicted in them.

The exhibition has about 40 works, primarily original drawings in black and white for pages and covers of comic books and graphic novels. A few paintings for comic book covers or yearbooks are also on display.

Two works for the cover of "ExoSquad #1" show Golden's working process. One is a brush and ink drawing and the other, a 'blue line' painting. To make the drawing, Golden initially "penciled" or drew the scene. He then laid a sheet of clear acetate over the pencil drawing, tracing its outlines and linear details onto the acetate in black ink with a brush. After that, he "colored" or painted the pencil drawing. He then laid a copy of the acetate line drawing, now in blue, over the painted drawing, creating a composite image. The final image, fusing line with color, thus exists only as a composite.

Golden's approach to making these images reflects, in part, the process used to reproduce them, in which the lines and colors are printed separately. What is unusual, however, is the extent of his involvement, performing tasks -- penciling, inking and coloring -- that are generally done by different people.

The end result is a crisp, clear, minutely detailed image, full of dramatic action, that sums up the key characters and storyline (based on a television series of the early 1990s) of interstellar war between humans (Terrans) and Neosapiens, an artificial race of slaves created by the Terrans who then revolted against them.

Other fantasy-adventure works in the show depict Superman, the Micronauts, Spartan X, Bucky O'Hare and Jurassic Park. Golden's brush and ink drawing for the cover of "Jurassic Park Returns #4" shows his incredible skill in creating a wide-range of illusionistic effects, such as the detailed representation of the immense, open-jawed Tyrannosaurus whose shadow is about to swallow the terrified couple at the right.

The show also includes cover art from Golden's "The 'NAM" series, which deals with the experiences of ordinary soldiers in Vietnam. The example on display shows soldiers leaving hostile terrain by helicopter. Other works in the series depict their interactions with fellow soldiers, the Vietnamese, or civilians in the United States upon their return home.

WHAT. The Comic Book Art of Michael Golden
WHERE. Mosely Gallery, Arts and Technologies Center, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne
WHEN. Through Dec. 2
HOURS. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed for Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 24-26
CALL. 410-651-7770

Full Story Here:

http://www.delmarvanow.com/article/20101114/LIFESTYLE/11140330/-1/NEWS17/Comic-book-artist-exhibits-fantasy-artworks-at-Mosely-ExoSquad-?1-Cover%3FGID=gaKzUbuhIzNOKgOfrcv6ag1sRdCmppxCxJgBNa55doQ%3D

Mid-Ohio Con Caught Right in the Middle of Things! (In a good way of course)

Columbus, OH-- Mid-Ohio Con not only lives up to it's geographical name, but this is one convention that also has it's thumb right in the middle of pop culture and comics, and this fave Fall convention is BACK, November 6th and 7th! Joining the artistic line-up for the show will be comics creators Michael Golden, Mark Texeira, and Steve Scott!

Michael Golden is known for many titles in his artistic legacy, notably as being co-creator of Rogue, Bucky O'Hare, Spartan X, Marionette, Bug, and more beloved characters. His storytelling work is touted in such books as "The 'Nam," "Doctor Strange," "Avengers," "G.I. Joe," and much more. You can see his recent work on covers for Marvel Comics, and more storytelling is in the works as well, currently collaborating with Todd McFarlane!

Michael has recently been honored with "Lifetime Achievement Awards" from the Lille Comics Festival as well as the University of Maryland Eastern Show. Gallery shows on Mr. Golden have been mounted in places as diverse as Antwerp, Gijon and Barcelona. A 45 piece gallery show is currently installed at UMES until December 2nd, while an another gallery show is slated to begin in Madrid in December.

Fine art painter and storyteller Mark Texeira is known for his stunning covers on so many Marvel comics, it would be hard to name them all. Titles routinely associated with his name include "Ghost Rider," "Black Panther," "Moonknight," and much more. Recently, Mark just completed a Punisher mini-series that will hit stands soon, as well as a few other projects for the Big M. His covers have also recently appeared as frontage for Vampirella and numerous other titles.

Marks work has been featured in gallery shows in Charlotte, as well as Illustration House and The Society of Illustrators in Manhattan.

Artist Steve Scott has just finished penciling an exciting Batman project that is on stands NOW, and his issue of "Batman Confidential" hit to rave reviews! Known for his work on "Indiana Jones," "She-Hulk," "Hulk," "JLA," "X-Men," and much more, you can see a preview of Steve's Batman project on newsarama at:

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?gid=2549

Podcasts with many of the creators can be found at http://wheremonstersdwell.ca, while Steve's work has also been featured in gallery shows in Charlotte, Illustration House and The Society of Illustrators in Manhattan.

Recently returned from an appearance in Malta, writer, editor and publisher Renee Witterstaetter will be joining the crew as well as a guest at Mid-Ohio Con, to sign copies of her new books "Excess: The Art of Michael Golden," and "Tex: The Art of Mark Texeira," both published by Vanguard Productions. She will also have copies of her film book "Dying for Action: The Life and Films of Jackie Chan," as well as copies of her numerous comic book work to choose from, including "Spartan X."

Coming up for Renee is the impending publication of her new books "Kerry and the Scary Things," and "Mark Texeira: Nightmares and Daydreams Sketchbook." Stop by Renee's table as well, to inquire about commissions from any of the fellas above.

Mid-Ohio Con is taking place at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, and also features guests: David Finch, Adam Hughes, Brian Pulido, Matt Wagner, Billy Tucci, Bryan J.L. Glass, Chris Sprouse, David Mack, Ethan Van Scriver, Frank Cho, Herb Trimpe, Sergio Aragones, Todd Dezago,Todd Nauck, and many more. For more information go to:
http://midohiocon.blogspot.com/p/guest-list.html


For more information on the artists and commissions/sketch lists contact Renee at: evaink@aol.com


Above: Columbus points the way! Clutching his copy of "Michael Golden: MORE Heroes and Villains" or is it "Bucky O'Hare".... hard to tell from here. ;-)

Michael Golden Exhibition at the University of Maryland--Mosley Gallery!

The Mosley Gallery at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore is honoring groundbreaking artist Michael Golden with a gallery show and opening reception this month.

Here are the details, and if you are in the area, feel free to drop in:

UMES
Department of Fine Arts
11931 Art Shell Plaza
Princess Ann, MD
Phone: 410-651-7770
www.umes.edu/arts

Hours are: M-Thur--9 to 5; Fri--9 to 4
Free Parking in Reception Lot 1


The Comic Book Art of Michael Golden, featuring over 45 rare pieces by the artist will be on display October 21-December 2, 2010

The Opening Reception, with the artist in attendance is scheduled for October 28th from 4-6 pm. Books, prints and original art featuring Mr. Golden's work will be available for purchase at the event.

For more information on Michael and his work contact me at: evaink@aol.com


(Above, the staff at the Mosley Gallery preparing the show!!)