The Magic Bottle
The Magic Bottle by Camille Rose Garcia is a wonderful children’s book (for weird kids, maybe) that demonstrates her writing skills as well as her visual artistry. This book is dark, whimsical, and delightfully imaginative. It expresses in a very complete way her concept of “The Tragic Kingdom,” of strange animals and inanimate things (even the ocean is alive and conscious) on a human level living and struggling under the black cloud of industrialism; creating a whole roiling breathing world that has never been seen before. Her cutesy, yet melancholy and acid trip-like style features constantly weeping, lugubrious-looking cartoony characters, in a world entirely of her own creation, populated by bizarre, menacing, and threatened creatures. Growing up in the sinister shadow of Disneyland, Camille was intensely disillusioned with the artificial, sterilized promise of heaven that it offered.
Tags: animated inanimate things, camille rose garcia, cartoony, cute n creepy little creatures, dark side of disneyland, environmentalism, pop surrealism
Emerald City ComiCon + Roq La Rue
I went to the Emerald City ComiCon yesterday, as I vowed I would, to see Jhonen Vasquez this time around. It was incredibly packed, in contrast to the last time I went, which was, admittedly, a full 4 years ago. There weren’t that many people around then, certainly no sardines-like effect – there were just a few people sort of meandering around, as I remember. This time the crowds were kind of crazy. Geeks and cosplayers galore, people willing to pay $60 for an autograph or picture of Leonard Nimoy – go figure.
My makeup/outfit:
I did finally get to see Jhonen at his book-signing booth (there was a huge line which I had to wait in for a long time; he is ever the popular young man). I’ll never forget the way he said, “Hi,” and I said “Hi” back, and then “Thanks” after he signed my copy of Squee. LOL.
One of the highlights was finding Camilla d’Errico, though I hadn’t known she would be there. I got a beautiful journal and print of hers. I will have to do a post on her art sometime.
Around 2 PM I took a break from the ComiCon and went down to Roq La Rue Gallery, where Camille Rose Garcia was doing a book signing. I got a copy of the new edition of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with her illustrations.
I also checked out the gallery while we were waiting for Camille to make her appearance. My favorite pieces from their current exhibition, “Lush Life 2,” were these:
I absolutely loved this one, but you can’t see it that well with the glare.I also liked this one, but didn’t get a good picture of it.
I ♥ Roq La Rue.
Tags: camilla d'errico, camille rose garcia, conventions, emerald city comicon, fangirling, jhonen vasquez, pop surrealism, roq la rue, travis louie
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