Art - The Canvas

Gnartoons, Issue #1 on Sale in the Mission

— By James the Stanton (@gnartoons) |

Hey guys and gals, my brand new self-published comic book, “Gnartoons, Issue #1” is currently on sale at a small pile of San Francisco book shops:

Comix Experience (305 Divisadero)
Isotope Comics (326 Fell Street)
Mission Comics (3520 20th Street)
Needles and Pens (3253 16th Street)

If you're reading this post from out of town you can order a book from my webstore: Gnartoons Webstore

It's printed in full-color and even features one of my 'San Francisco Bay Comics'. Go buy one today so I can afford to buy a beer someday!

Thanks!

-James

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

The Mission District Remembered

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

Elliot Bamberger has set out to capture the wonder of San Francisco's various neighborhood cultures and art and structure and icons, doing so by filming little cropped blocks of everything nice and piecing it together in one big motion picture collage.  And, as you can see above, he's finally hit the Mission.

Here's what Elliot has to say about it:

The project seeks to preserve the cultural and architectural authenticity of select San Francisco neighborhoods and provide unseen perspectives, sometimes underlining the city's unique geologic landscapes. I have tried to capture culturally significant aspects of The Mission that may continue to disappear due to changes such as those brought on by gentrification. Furthermore, original San Francisco architecture may be altered to conform to the needs of new incoming businesses and residents or destroyed in natural disasters such as earthquakes or fires. Regardless, the relationship between the people of San Francisco and it's unique geologic foundation is ever changing so I would like to preserve the unique culture and architecture of the city within the medium of video as a document of what I have been so fortunate to experience from living here.

To be frank, I wouldn't have watched this entire thing if I wasn't so hungover (it's longgg).  But, if you're also feeling a little rough around the edges, or have some serious patience for art, do give it a watch:

Missing Boar Head Replaced with Whimsical Collage

— By Eric Gregory (@mrericsir) |

Ever since we brought you breaking coverage of the boar head theft at Four Barrel back in April, we've been carefully monitoring the situation for new developments.  After all, with only three boars, shouldn't the place change their name to Three Boar-el?  No?  What, that was a good pun.  Stop hitting me.

As of this week the cafe's gallery was refreshed with new work by Aaron Rodriguez.  With the new art, the dotted line where the boar head once stood is no longer empty — it's now filled with a whimsical collage.

This, folks, means there is hope. If an artist can use that space, who's to say their art itself cannot be an actual boar head mounted on a wooden shield?  The act of artistic re-boarment would not only restore Four Barrel's rightful fourth boar, but would also make the artist a hero to coffee nerds who make snarky comments about their shitty iPhone photos in local blogs.

Get on it, artists.  We're counting on you.

Previously on Uptown Almanac: 

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