SARS digital folk art, exhibit "R": artist Dave Cooper contributes

This nonworksafe image — and the "censored," work-safe thumbnail posted at left — was created exclusively for BoingBoing's SARS digital art series by acclaimed artist Dave Cooper, creator of the Harvey Award-nominated graphic novel Suckle: The Status of Basil (Fantagraphics, 1996).

Cooper has been busy in recent years: at one point, he was simultaneously creating three different serials for various anthologies: "Dan & Larry" in Dark Horse Presents, "Crumple" in Zero Zero, and the all-ages "Pip & Norton," published in a wide array of publications. Each of these three serials feature divergent styles and display a range of cartooning that Cooper is currently showcasing in his ongoing quarterly series WEASEL.

In addition to comics, he has created designs for animated television series, most notably Matt Groening's Futurama. David Charles Cooper lives in Ottawa, Canada, with his wife, Julie. He makes his living in cartoon design, magazine illustration, & through the sale of original comicbook artwork & his fine art oil paintings.

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SARS digital folk art, exhibit "Q": Andi and Lance Olsen contribute

Writer Lance Olsen and artist Andi Olsen contribute word and image to BoingBoing's exploration of SARS reflected in digital culture.

"Spontaneous Ars Poetica" is a collage text from a fictional medical journal that Andi createad in collaboration with her partner, "speculative fiction" writer Lance. Look for it in the next issue of Fiction International. At left, Andi's illustration for the collage text (see image full-size). She says, "It was created before SARS took off, but it's still applicable in the way it rethinks the mask and deals with the idea of communicability, both viral and verbal."

About the illustration: "The sutures and wound (albeit manipulated in Photoshop) were a result of a chainsaw accident from last summer that
left me with a gash to the shin bone," says Andi. "It was fascinatingly gruesome, and I couldn't help but photograph the various stages of recovery. The image of the face is taken from a pathology book."

Bonus browsing: BoingBoing readers found these — Chinese government poster (thanks, jude), Mona Lisa (thanks, Geisha), aggro facemask, smoking surgeon, more Sean Bonner, Seattle club flyers (thanks, Eric).

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