Comments on: Ed Piskor awarded graphic novelist residency http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/ed-brain-rot-piskor-awarde.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 03:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Frank Lee Scarlett http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/ed-brain-rot-piskor-awarde.html#comment-1651202 Frank Lee Scarlett Sun, 10 Feb 2013 03:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211712#comment-1651202 Goddamn! No kidding. I was just sitting here trying to figure out how I would manage to negotiate a 3 week sublet or my place. I probably couldn't, or the work involved would add so much stress to my life that it would entirely consume the generous relaxation afforded by such a luxurious 3 WEEK RESIDENCY. I have been working on a graphic novel set in the chaos of the years directly after WWI. The research alone has taken years, much less the work.  I greatly admire Ed Piskor's work, and am overjoyed his work is being recognized and supported. But I am angered and despairing that the arts are so underfunded and misunderstood in this country that a 3-week residency is the type of "honor" we award an artist who works in an exceptionally time-intensive medium. Goddamn! No kidding. I was just sitting here trying to figure out how I would manage to negotiate a 3 week sublet or my place. I probably couldn’t, or the work involved would add so much stress to my life that it would entirely consume the generous relaxation afforded by such a luxurious 3 WEEK RESIDENCY.

I have been working on a graphic novel set in the chaos of the years directly after WWI. The research alone has taken years, much less the work. 

I greatly admire Ed Piskor’s work, and am overjoyed his work is being recognized and supported. But I am angered and despairing that the arts are so underfunded and misunderstood in this country that a 3-week residency is the type of “honor” we award an artist who works in an exceptionally time-intensive medium.

]]> By: fidel_funk http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/ed-brain-rot-piskor-awarde.html#comment-1650504 fidel_funk Sat, 09 Feb 2013 00:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211712#comment-1650504 Three weeks! C'mon, give the dude 3 years - or life... Thats what we'd do in Europe (Denmark) Three weeks!
C’mon, give the dude 3 years – or life…
Thats what we’d do in Europe (Denmark)

]]> By: noah django http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/ed-brain-rot-piskor-awarde.html#comment-1650188 noah django Fri, 08 Feb 2013 19:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211712#comment-1650188 Right on, Ed! Right on, Ed!

]]> By: El Acordeonachi http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/ed-brain-rot-piskor-awarde.html#comment-1650087 El Acordeonachi Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:08:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211712#comment-1650087 Congrats!  Love the Family Tree!  But I have a quick question.  Is three weeks a standard residency length?  Seems like too short a timeframe to "provide a graphic artist/writer with an opportunity to develop a work-in-progress".  I would have thought more in terms of months or even a year. Congrats!  Love the Family Tree!  But I have a quick question.  Is three weeks a standard residency length?  Seems like too short a timeframe to “provide a graphic artist/writer with an opportunity to develop a work-in-progress”.  I would have thought more in terms of months or even a year.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2013/02/08/ed-brain-rot-piskor-awarde.html#comment-1649947 royaltrux Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=211712#comment-1649947 Salute! Salute!

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