Panzo Comics

Three More Shorts for July

2008-07-19T21:24:00.000-07:00

Add Starbucks (July 14), Dream Hands (July 18), and Court Street (July 19).

Wedding Guest

2008-07-02T22:22:00.000-07:00

Add Wedding Guest (Jun 28), a drawing of a colorful guest at Christa and Mike's wedding.

Vampires in Brooklyn

2008-07-02T22:16:00.000-07:00

A little behind again. Add Cheerful Vampire (Jun 22) and Apartment Buildings (Jun 25).

Tezukoid Searches for Sewer Monster

2008-06-26T00:41:00.000-07:00

Also add Tezukoid (Jun. 17). In this drawing a noble Tezuka-type robot searches for a gaseous monster hiding in the sewers.

The Thing Reads, the Flash Sleeps

2008-06-26T00:33:00.001-07:00

Previously added Dream Reader (Jun. 12), Closer (Jun. 13), Broken Spear (Jun. 15), and Sleeping Flash (Jun. 16).

Young Heidegger Comic Strip

2008-06-26T00:27:00.001-07:00

Add Young Heidegger (Jun. 19). In this short comic strip the hero wakes up with a sore head. Later, he meets the young Heidegger, who speaks German and owns many books. Young Heidegger admits to knowing his neighbor, who resembles Nietzsche. Then he recalls, briefly, as the strip is about to end, an alien invasion.

Next: Young Heidegger joins the resistance.

Two Sign Drawings: Space Creep and Secret Message

2008-06-26T00:19:00.000-07:00

Finally remember to add Space Creep (Mar. 4) and Secret Message (Mar. 5). These are part of a series of sign and graffiti drawings made while passing by train through Newark.

Two Alliterative Potraits

2008-06-14T15:33:00.000-07:00

Add Missing Mandrake (Mar 7) and Bonafide Björk (Mar 8) to March.

Another March alliterative quasi-portrait is Neighbor Nietzsche (Mar 23).

Gallic Ogre

2008-06-14T15:24:00.001-07:00

Add Gallic Ogre (Jun 14), another self-portrait.

Looking Ishikawa Plus Two More

2008-06-13T12:16:00.001-07:00

Previously added Looking Ishikawa (Jun 3), Tak Tak (Jun 4), and Face/Off (Jun 5).

Bible Reader, Mauve, and Dream Soldier

2008-06-13T12:04:00.000-07:00

Add Bible Reader, Mauve (Jun 10), and Dream Soldier (Jun 11).

Another Big Battle

2008-06-11T01:21:00.000-07:00

May ended with another big battle drawing (May 31), this one on a large manila envelope found abandoned (and previously used) in the recycling. The drawing can be seen at both a smaller and a larger size.

Carla, visiting from San Diego, says, "A Godzilla drawing. And the Hulk." But the figure confronting the scientist-looking character in the foreground is not green, although he is large. And tusks grow from his nostrils.

Redreaming and a Big Battle

2008-06-11T01:05:00.001-07:00

Add three forgotten drawings – "Atlantic Legion" (Mar. 16), "Redream One" (Mar. 21), and "Redream Two" (Mar. 22) – to March.

"Atlantic Legion" depicts a big battle about to begin.

The two "Redreams" reconstruct the first two pages of a dream comic from June 2002.

Do Those Come in a Smaller Size?

2008-06-04T00:41:00.000-07:00

Add "Big Gloves" (Jun 1) and "Daniel Kesserich" (Jun 2).

Daniel Kesserich is the title character in a short novel by Fritz Leiber. He suffers from the effects of an experimental time-travel device that thickens his presence in time.

The Big Gloves crackling with power are those worn by the scientist-looking character in the foreground of the drawing for May 31. The little guy in the space suit is also from the foreground of that picture.

No Mamas

2008-06-04T00:35:00.000-07:00

Add "No Mamas" (Apr 30) to April.

Mini Jesus and Two Others

2008-06-04T00:32:00.000-07:00

Previously added "Mini Jesus" (Apr 25), "Waking Leaves" (Apr 26), and "Strange Voices" (Apr 28) to April.

Two Disappearings

2008-06-03T00:30:00.000-07:00

Recover and add "Disappearing Christ" (Aug 10) and "Disappearing Cody" (Aug 22) to August 2007.

Star Man vs. Star Man and Deadly Snakes

2008-06-03T00:25:00.000-07:00

Finally add "Seeing Stars" (Jan 10) and "What Happened" (Jan 28) to January.

Toe Drawings

2008-05-27T10:32:00.000-07:00

Add two drawings from a series of toe-related drawings: "More Toes" (May 1) and "False Two" (May 8).

Iron Man Hides His Feelings

2008-05-26T23:32:00.000-07:00

Add "Euthanized" (May 19) and "Iron Man" (May 24).

Just Say No to Indiana Jones

2008-05-26T23:24:00.000-07:00

Add "More Thor" (May 21), "Indiana Jones" (May 22), and "High Five" (May 23).

Anna Eisler Frightens the Clouds

2008-05-18T23:19:00.000-07:00

Add "Floating" (May 15), "Plan A" (May 16), "Cloud Frightener" (May 17), and "Confused" (May 18).

The making of these drawings overlaps with this year's ICFF in New York and its related festivities.

God or Dracula Is Everywhere

2008-05-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

Add Everywhere (May 12), Board Meeting (May 13), and Telepathic Summons (May 14).

In "Everywhere" God or Dracula attacks some metal-masked avenger. "Board meeting" illustrates one kind of meeting. Other drawings in the series will illustrate other kinds of meeting.

Drawing Project: Catching Up for May

2008-05-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

Add Levitation (May 2), Stumble (May 3), Mindless Ones (May 5), and Strange Fights (May 8).

Drawing Project: Catching Up for April

2008-05-17T15:13:00.000-07:00

Add Prayer (Apr. 10), Mostly Spears (Apr. 15), More Bilocation (Apr. 23), and Jasper Johns (Apr. 27).

Golden Age Canadian Superheroes

2008-05-14T21:45:00.000-07:00

Discover an overlooked drawing (of a party of Canadian superheroes) from the 2006 series and add to Shorts 2006 (Feb. 18). From the left the depicted characters are: Nelvana of the Northern Lights; the Dreamer; the unfortunately named Thunderfist; Nitro speaking with an apparently female incarnation of the Brain; Mr. Monster; the Polka-Dot Pirate; and the Penguin.

Two Japanese Shorts

2008-04-27T19:40:00.000-07:00

Added Vomiting Samurai (Apr.8), a drawing of a samurai vomiting in some bushes from a French BD album, and Togusa (Apr. 14), a drawing of the character from Masume Shirow's Ghost in the Shell. Also added More Eyebeams (Apr. 13), in which a female superhero shows off her multi-talented eye beams. Gasp!

Sluggo Drinks a Glass of Water

2008-04-27T19:35:00.000-07:00

Added Glass Eye (Apr.7), Missing Eye (Apr. 11), Feeling Sluggo (Apr. 12), and Cropped Head (Apr. 21).

More Drawings for April

2008-04-27T19:29:00.000-07:00

Added First Bee (Apr. 16), False Hand (Apr. 17), Last Stand (Apr. 18), Pesach (Apr. 19), and Language Game (Apr. 20).

Nietzsche and Robot Humor Return for April

2008-04-14T01:21:00.000-07:00

Added four shorts for April: Two Sleeves (Apr. 2), Robot Jokes (Apr. 4), Lost (Apr. 5), and Reading Nietzsche (Apr. 6). Several more on their way.

The couple on the bed reading Nietzsche were seen through a door at a dinner party. "Two Sleeves" belongs to the series of sleeve drawings. "Robot Jokes" belongs to the series of robot jokes. The state of the room in "Lost" is purely fictional.

One More Short

2008-04-08T00:38:00.000-07:00

One more short for March: Another Sleeve.

Part of a series of drawings devoted to different parts of clothing.

Two More Shorts

2008-04-08T00:30:00.000-07:00

Also added Passerby (Mar. 29) and Pointillism (Mar. 30).

The second drawing depicts an event taking place at the Eli Klein Gallery on West Broadway in New York. Wine and cheese were being served. The paintings were based on photographs in Chinese newspapers.

The first drawing depicts the final night's party at Passerby, a bar on West 15th Street in New York. Splendid dancing and drinking took place in the back space, formerly the location of Gavin Brown's Enterprise, another art gallery.

Stephen Britt writes to say that visitor's could still enter the bar, to see its fabled remains, on the following day.

Four More Shorts

2008-04-08T00:17:00.000-07:00

Recently added Painting (Mar. 24), Literary Quotes (Mar. 25), Candidates (Mar. 26), and Rush Robot (Mar. 27) – four more for the shorts for March.

This Fence Is Beyond Good and Evil

2008-03-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

Earlier this week: Added Polyglot (Mar. 13), More Anscombe (Mar. 18), Five Years (Mar. 19), Villains (Mar. 20), and Neighbor Nietzsche (Mar. 23).

The first depicts a page from a polyglot Bible. The villains in the fourth are imaginary.

And Mr. F. Nietzsche of Sils Maria, Switzerland, writes to say that he was never a neighbor of the author of this record.

Traveller, Swimmer

2008-03-18T00:04:00.000-07:00

Add Time Traveller (Mar. 11) and Deep Swimmer (Mar. 12) to the shorts for March.

The Painter Loses an Arm

2008-03-17T23:55:00.000-07:00

Add four more shorts to March: Book Off (Mar. 2), Some Kellys (Mar. 9), Pop (Mar. 13), and Capes (Mar. 15).

The first drawing features Anna Eisler and is a tribute if not to the eponymous Japanese book store then to a particular visit to that store. The second depicts some art by Ellsworth Kelly. In the third an artist, not Kelly, suddenly loses his painting arm – alarming a bird and some butterflies. In the fourth, everyone, even the robot dog, wears a cape because it's that kind of day.

Three Ones, Two Ones, and One Two

2008-03-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

Add three shorts to March: Three Ones (Mar. 1), Bilocation (Mar. 3), and Spider Me (Mar. 6).

The first features more feet (this time three right). The second contains two drawings of one boy. The last is a further allegorical battle between the artist and the poet.

February Ends

2008-03-03T23:00:00.000-08:00

Add six more to finish February: Time Travel (Feb. 24), Slow Reader (Feb. 25), Vitrine (Feb. 26), English (Feb. 27), Bullet Stopping (Feb. 28), and Super Sleepy (Feb. 29).

Aliens and Bullets

2008-03-03T22:56:00.000-08:00

Add Still Concerned (Feb. 17), another concerned alien drawing, and Some Bullets (Feb. 21), another some objects drawing.

The Phantom Versus Mandrake!

2008-02-28T22:47:00.000-08:00

Added four drawings for February earlier this week: Natural Numbers (Feb. 18), Boss Man (Feb. 20), Nudibranch (Feb. 22), and Phantom Limbs (Feb. 23). The last shows Mandrake the Magician battling the Phantom. The first belongs to the counting series, the second is another train drawing. The third is just silly.

Less James Joyce

2008-02-19T22:21:00.000-08:00

A very small piece of James Joyce added to November 2007. Previously missing. A sequel of sorts to Little Proust (Nov. 9).

Weather, Squirrels, and Deadly Snakes

2008-02-18T23:54:00.000-08:00

Add Weather (Feb. 13), Squirrels (Feb. 14), and Deadly Snakes (Feb. 15). The last is another "one leg" drawing. The second features some trees.

In other news, Anna Eisler writes from Mexico to say that she has found a large crab in her luggage.

And Yannis is single.

Richard Prince Comic

2008-02-16T14:25:00.000-08:00

Reading through Richard Prince: Jokes and Cartoons. Inside Prince collects several old cartoons depicting the same situation but with their captions removed. Possibly against the spirit of his gesture, this imitation of Feb. 12 fills in the blank.

Seven More and Searching for Grue

2008-02-11T17:28:00.000-08:00

Add seven more drawings for February: More Concern (Feb. 4), Faculty Member (Feb. 5), Ears On (Feb. 6), Pick One (Feb. 7), Sink Fixing (Feb. 8), Family Mouse (Feb. 9), and Book Burying (Feb. 10).

Also add a missing drawing for January: Famous Minerals (Jan. 27), a new episode in the "Searching for a Grue Emerald" series.

Panzo Project Reaches Second Month

2008-02-04T00:48:00.000-08:00

Add five more drawings for January: Structure (Jan. 18), Offer Refused (Jan. 26), Unexpected (Jan. 29), In Transit (Jan. 30), and Red Chair (Jan. 31).

Also add the first three for this month: Hibernator (Feb. 1), Concerned Alien (Feb. 2), and Demigod (Feb. 3).

"Structure" belongs to the Sol LeWitt group. "Unexpected" belongs to the zombie series and also to the breakfast and sleeping series. "In Transit" is a train drawing and a record of ordinary language. "Red Chair" is a black and white drawing of a red chair and belongs to the colors series. "Hibernator" is part of the sleeping group. "Concerned Alien" is the first of three concerned (alien) drawings, i.e., drawings or short comics having to do with the grammar of concern. "Demigod" shows an example of the convention of different degrees of "godness" being shown at different sizes. The more powerful the god, the bigger he appears in the picture.

Interspecies Humor Added to Project Panzo

2008-01-27T16:57:00.000-08:00

Six more drawings added to the Shorts project for January: Interspecies Humor, Four Books, Bad Day, Frozen, Some Cases, and Worse Day.

New Wittgenstein Comic Strip

2008-01-19T22:57:00.000-08:00

Added a comic strip about Wittgenstein to Shorts 2008. The strip is based on an anecdote in "Wittgenstein: A Personal Memoir" by Fania Pascal.

Real Ninzo Joins Real Panzo

2008-01-17T21:48:00.000-08:00

Add Real Ninzo (Jan. 17) to Shorts 2008. Not a bad day, although it did rain. Or "snain," as Real Anna said. --

Minimalist Web Comics Continue!

2008-01-17T00:01:00.000-08:00

Added eight new days of Shorts for 2008: Eye Beams, Dream Weapon, Beefy, Boxing Dad, Appleseed, Simply Vanishing, Downstairs Kitchen, and Sleeve.

First Panzo Comics of 2008

2008-01-10T23:26:00.000-08:00

Added first week of Shorts for 2008: Moving Shortly, One Two, Fortress, Asteroid Cleaner, Thirty Seven, New Suit, and Dancing Robot.

Shorts is a series of web comics and drawings, one for nearly every day of the year.

Who Is the Real Panzo?

2008-01-10T23:04:00.000-08:00

The affable dessinateur discloses himself. But is this humble face that of the real Panzo — or merely another ploy, a distraction deposited by inspired conspirators off-stage and out of the frame? Stay tuned.