Joe Staton Honored With Exhibit
Legendary comics ace Joe Staton will be honored with an art exhibit at at the Storefront Artist Project in Pittsfield, Massachusetts from August 2nd through the 31st.
Best known for his work on (please hold your applause until the end) Batman, E-Man, Femme Noir, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, The Huntress, Jonny Quest, The Justice Society of America, Michael Mauser, Munden’s Bar, Power Girl, Rugrats, Scooby Doo, Superman, the Wild Thornberrys and about twelve thousand other creations, Joe’s most recent effort is the “new-look” Jughead four-parter that debuted in Jughead’s Double Digest #139 last week.
Joe’s online collaboration with writer Christopher Mills, Femme Noir, will be debuting as a pamphlet-form mini-series in June.
A long-time supporter of Manhattan’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, The Art of Joe Staton is being produced by the Storefront Artist Project in cooperation with the Museum. A series of related free workshops and programs is also part of the deal.
In association with the exhibit, Joe will also be conducting a free day-long workshop on August 3 which includes a drawing demonstration, sketch-a-thon, and discussion. For more information contact the Storefront Artist Project at 413-442-7201 or go to their website.
It’s very, very hard to imagine a guy who deserves this more than Joe Staton. Congratulations, ol’ timer!
Its a great honor to be working with Joe on this. The Storefront Artist Project which was founded by Maggie Mailer (Norman's daughter) is a great organization. This is a wonderful way to showcase a great artist, organization and city.
Well, you folks made MY day, I'll say that. I'm really looking forward to it.With the graphic novels exhibit still at the Norman Rockwell Museum (and soon to hit the road, I believe — Mark Wheatley and Marc Hempel's Breathtaker is among the featured few), Massachusetts sure has some enlightened museums!
I am so happy for Joe. He is my favorite artist and one of the nicest people I have ever met. Mike likes to joke that I have practically turned our house into a Staton gallery. But when did he become Dick Tracy?
Joe's a long-time Tray fan. He did some great promo art for the feature's 50th anniversary. After I saw that photo, I would have faked a story in order to put it up!
Ah. Another former member of that great organisation, the SFPA (Southern Fandom PPress Association – what is known as an "APA' – imagine a newsgroup with a two-month latency…) gets the honours due him, following in the trail of William Gibson and Mark Verheiden…
Joe's always been one of my favorites. One of the first pages of art I ever bought was from one of his '70's Justice Society stories. Loved those comics when I was a kid. I was lucky enough to work with Joe for many years, inking him on Scooby Doo.
Good for Joe. I've always loved his E-Man stuff.
Man – I would love to see that exhibit! But I can only afford one trip to MA a year. Hopefully Joe will hit the road – er – hopefully Joe's show will hit the road.