Happy Holidays 2013!

Enjoy the holidays! Have a great winter break, I'll see you in 2014!

Part of an illustration for the official holiday card of RWTH Aachen University

(Click to enlarge)

Journey Into Misery 5 begins tomorrow!

It begins tomorrow– The next chapter in THE BEHOLDER saga. On the blog, the full Journey Into Misery will be serialized for your viewing pleasure.

If you like what you see, why not order the book as a handsome hand-crafted pamphlet with block-printed cover, from BirdCageBottom Books!

Thanks for reading!

The Hills Are Alive!

…and They Have Eyes! And They Are coming For You!

Just a little bit of nonsense, inspired by last night's The Sound Of Music Live! on NBC. No harm meant, Kerry Underwood.

Illustration NOW! Calendar

Taschen has published a tear-off calendar based on their popular Illustration Now! publication, and here are the pieces that they picked from my images.

You can order the calendar on the Taschen Website. The perfect gift for you illustration-interested friends!




Previously, Taschen has produced another calendar project with the Illustration Now! Contributors, I wrote about it here.

Speaking of Taschen, I will also be part of their latest publication, 100 Illustrators, in which they compiled their favorite artists from all 4 of the Illustration Now! Volumes, which I'm very excited about, and I'll write about it once I get my copies.

Many thanks to Editors Julius Wiedemann and Nora Dohrmann!

The Art Of Paul Hoppe Opening Reception

Last week was the great opening reception of my big 10 year retrospective at the German Consulate General in New York.

With Dr. Jakob von Wagner, Chief of Cultural Affairs at the Consulate General

I was honored to be able to exhibit my work at such a prestigious space and thrilled that so many people came out for the occasion. Friends, colleagues, clients, collaborators… and many other people who had heard about the show.

It was especially nice to have my mother with me for the occasion, who had just flown in all the way from Germany.

If you'd like to see more photos, I'll be slowly adding some to this Facebook Album.

The show is still up till November 29th, open on weekdays, 9-5.30pm, 871 United Nations Plaza.

Thanks again to everybody who came out, and especially to Dr. Jakob von Wagner and Dr René Rubbeling.

With Whitney Sherman, Professor at MICA, and her husband (left) and my mother.

Q & A with DART / American Illustration

Design Arts Daily (DART), the American Illustration blog and newsletter, has done an online interview with me. From the very kind intro:

Paul Hoppe, an illustrator and comics artist, has been a friend of DART since his work first appeared in AI26. At the New York City comics fairs, he acts as a semaphore: a tall fellow, he is also one of a few participants who has figured out how to be visible in a crowded hall—often standing alongside his even taller Rabid Rabbit vertical banner. Next week, a 10-year survey of Paul’s work will be seen in an exhibition at the German Consulate in New York. […]

You can read the whole Q & A here:
http://www.ai-ap.com/publications/article/8372/paul-hoppe-the-qa.html

Many thanks to Editor-In-Chief Peggy Roalf for the kind words and the nice interview!

The Art Of Paul Hoppe Update

This is a brand-new image drawn specifically for my upcoming big show. It depicts the Consulate building with some creative license.

Here are the details:
Opening reception is November 5th, 6-8pm
871 United Nations Plaza

(1st Avenue between 48th and 49th Streets)

New York, NY


The event is free and open to the public, but RSVP is required on this site: https://paulhoppe.eventbrite.com


The show will be on display through Nov 29th, 2013

New York Comic Con Artist Alley 2013

NYCC came and went, like a whirlwind! It was a very successful fest for me, I sold just under 200 mini-comics and made more than twice as much as last year in $$. The people were very enthusiastic again, there was a lot of positive energy, and so, so many people!

I took the opportunity to snap some pictures, but nothing can do justice to it except being there in person. Yes, if you are afraid of crowds it might not be your cup of tea, but everybody is nice and friendly, so you just need to have some patience and a bit of stamina.

My table was, as usual, divided into a few sections: First there are the books for younger audience with publishers such as Chronicle Books  and Random House and the brand-new Last-But-Not-Least Lola. In the middle I have my illustration work, the various prints that I tend to to have at these occasions. And finally the BEHOLDER books, my gonzo-superhero tales for very immature mature readers. I also gave out a lot of cards for my upcoming show at the German Consulate.

For me personally it's very gratifying that some readers / customers from last year came back for more. I hope the  new people from this year will come back next year as well!

As usual, I got some signatures from some old-school artists, for example Chris Claremont on a German edition of the X-Men, and chatted with inker Bob Wiacek, who I had met last year.

A special event for me was the PEANUT signing I did at the Random House booth on the show floor. I was impressed how many people came and did a little drawing for each and every one.

Thanks again to everybody who came and made this so successful and so much fun for me! See ya next year!