San Diego, CA-The
Chuck
Jones Gallery, 232 Fifth Avenue, in the heart of San Diego's historic
Gaslamp District announced today their slate of artist receptions and
events to
be held during the
2010 Comic-Con International, July 22-25.
Thursday, July
22nd: Stripperella
Saves the World! From 6 to 9 PM,
meet the two artists responsible for the world's most super-talented
stripper,
the incomparable
Stan Lee (Spiderman, X-Men) and his talented protégé,
Anthony
Winn (Stripperella.) The gallery will be
premiering original art from these masters of the comic medium as well
as
limited editions and sculpture.
To cap off the evening,
Felix Cane,
the reigning Miss World Pole
Dancer 2009, will perform her amazing routine in the gallery. Fresh off
her starring turn in Cirque de
Soleil's Zumanity, Ms. Cane will
astound you with her vivacious originality and sensuous execution.
Friday, July 23rd: Idiots
and
Angels, from 7 to 10 PM meet
two-time Academy Award-nominee and
animation legend,
Bill Plympton. Known
for his wry and wicked take on the world at large and humanity in
particular,
Plympton has been wowing fans of animation for over 35 years with his
meticulously crafted hand-drawn animated films. With a new film due in theaters nationwide this September and a book
coming in Spring 2011 from Rizzoli, Bill Plympton is at the height of
his
game. On exhibit will be original
production art (all hand-drawn by Plympton) from many of his most
beloved
animated films.
Saturday, July
24th: Two terrific events:
Anthony Winn will
be signing in the gallery Saturday afternoon
from 2 to 3 PM. If you missed the chance
to meet him on Thursday, here's another opportunity to acquire one of
this
amazing young artist's original or limited edition works of art.
We are pleased to
announce that artist
Mike Kungl will be
our special guest Saturday evening from
7 to 8:30 PM premiering his two
new
works for Marvel, "Iron Man" and "Black Widow" in his trademark Art
Deco-styling. These superb new works of art will be on
display and for sale at this event. Mr.
Kungl will be dedicating artwork purchased during the show.
We invite you to drop into our gallery at
232 Fifth Avenue during Comic Con
(just 1/2 block north of the convention center.) For more information and to
RSVP
for these events, please call
888-294-9880.or email
SanDiego@ChuckJones.com.
