Lust, Lustlab, and Ta-ta’s
1. Lust (the book): Black Heart Magazine just posted a lovely review of Lust. An excerpt:
Forney’s drawings are fabulous, a mixture of cute and sexy with lots of allusions from pop culture to high art. A large part of the fun is in seeing how she translates the print ads to graphics, without being crude. It’s a really playful take on ads that could otherwise come off as filthy and sensational.
2. Lustlab Ad of the Week (the art show): For the Capitol Hill Artwalk on September 9, Babeland is going to host a show of my Lustlab originals, and I’ll probably do my Lust reading/presentation at their 15th anniversary party on September 18. The art show is called “Ta-ta, Lustlab Ad of the Week!” Why? Because:
3. Lustlab Ad of the Week (the cartoon):
R.I.P.!!!!!!!
Online dating has gone through a lot of changes, as has the Stranger, and LLAOTW has been cut. I’m really sad, but it’s not a huge surprise - I’m thankful to have had the series for as long as I did (four years!). I’ll take the time to work on my new book, and will soon start plotting my next comic series. (I’m open to suggestions! And no, switching to Craigslist’s personals isn’t an option — pesky copyright issues..!)
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Late night addendum: Many thanks and for the well-wishes from commenters below, and from Fleshbot, Seattlest, Fantagraphics, Capitol Hill Seattle, and Citizen Rain. Deep curtseys! Blown kisses!
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Well crap. I really like(d) reading LLAOTW, but I guess I’ll always have the memories… Guess I should just buy the book, eh!
Sad news indeed! As a latecomer to these, I feel like I barely had time to enjoy them before they were over. But I’ve been really having fun paging back through the archives, and will definitely pick up the book at some point in the near future.
As for your next project, whatever it is, know that there will be people eager to check it out.
It’s been my pleasure to live in Seattle almost as long as you and to watch as you brightened up the free newsprint of Jet City with Savage Love illos that have no equal, with “7 in ‘75″ in the Rocket, with your bizare but useful “how-to” comics, and with LLAOTW, a feature that seemed to custom fit you like a long velvet glove. But if this means EF is going to give more attention to book projects, then the world and graphic literature will be all the richer for it. Huzzah!!!
LLAOTW has been by far the best RSS feed in my webcomics folder for the duration of its stay. I only wish I had known about it earlier. Thank you so much for the joy, Ellen Forney!
boo! your LLAOTW was always my dessert at the end of devouring the Stranger (which i sometimes skipped to when i was feeling impatient). still, as you said this just means more time for other Ellen goodness in the future. xo
Ellen, the only thing cooler than your work is YOU! It was so awesome getting to meet you the other night and wax philosophical about art. If it weren’t for you being so awesomely easy to talk to, I would have been more nervous and star-struck (yes, you are a star - Jimmy Page told me to say so). Can’t wait for your show, and hope to see you around again in yogaville!
PS, When you mentioned the show was called something ta-tas (I’m sort of deaf), and that it was going to be at Babeland, and your work being your work, I naturally figured it was going to have a boob theme - you know, ta-tas, but it’s like ta-ta, as in farewell!…Or actually you probably mean both, huh? As in ta-ta, ta-tas? Yeah, see? I work it out, slowly but surely.
Aw nuts. It’ll be sad checking the blog and not seeing ‘em at the end of every week.
Will the remaining Lustlab Ads of the Week that were on the blog after the book ever be collected?
@8 - Patrick: I hope so! There’s some possibility for a paperback version of Lust, and if that happens I’ll push for including the rest of them. (If not, then somewhere, for sure.)
LLAOTW will be sorely missed.
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