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Héctor Casanova

deep down inside, I am very superficial.

About Me

I make pictures. I am tempted to say "pretty pictures" but often they are unsettling enough to not be pretty. And sometimes I put a bunch of them in a row, and they become a comic. But most of the time the pictures I make, they are just single stand alone illustrations for magazines, album covers, posters, etc. which is how I pay the rent. And THEN sometimes I make pictures just for the sheer childlike glee of making some messed up beautiful thing, and those never pay the rent, so I hang them on a wall for a while or I give them to friends. If that made y'all curious, you can see a few of all of the above here: hectorcasanova.net



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My Interests

art, comics, physics, subverting the current sociopolitical paradigm, fancy dancers, good music, questioning assumptions, eye contact, honesty, thinking, also: not thinking, going on impulse, loyalty, compersion, vicarious pleasure... and all other kinds too.

I'd like to meet:

art directors, publishers, other artists, comics artists, illustrators, musicians, and anyone interested in breaking a few rules, making something awesome, and changing the way things are done in the world.

Please note: I will generally accept friend requests, as long as it's not from spam or porn profiles. Gratuitous graphics comments will be summarily deleted. Post no bills.


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Music:

air, american catastrophe, angelo badalmaneti, anvil chorus, beastie boys, beck, belle & sebastian, beta band, black heart procession, cafe tacuba, calexico, can, casey scott & the creeps, cinematic orchestra, coil, coldcut, control machete, creech holler, dan the automator, deadly snakes, denver broncos, devics, digable planets, doves, DJ Krush, kurt weill, edith piaf, elvis, flaming lips, funki porcini, gogol bordello, gorillaz, hard target, herbie hancock, humanwine, immigrant suns, jay munly, johnny cash, ken nordine, king missile, kleptones, kronos quartet, kraftwerk, kruder & dorfmeister, leonard cohen, liliana felipe, madeleine peyroux, maldita vecindad, maria dolores pradera, marvin gaye, massive attack, mogwai, molotov, munly & the lee lewis harlots, nick cave, o'death, phillip glass, pogues, portishead, radiohead, reverend glasseye, sigur rós, slim cessna's auto club, sixteen horsepower, tarantella, thamusemeant, tom waits, tricky, uncle tupelo, U.N.K.L.E., velvet underground, ween, woven hand, yann tiersen, yo la tengo, z-rock hawaii, zero7, ...

Movies:

Amelie, Brazil, City if Lost Children, Delicatessen, Freddy vs. Jason, Kafka, My Dinner with Andre, Nightmare Before Christmas, Nightmare on Elm Street (1,3,7), Oldboy, Pi, the Pillow Book, Reservoir Dogs, the Stuff, Waking Life, Wings of Desire, Zoolander

Books:

Science, Philosphy, Comics and Fiction... (together or separately... shaken or stirred)E.O. Wilson's Consilience, Leonard Shlain's Art and Physics, Dave McKean's Cages, Chris ware's Jimmy Corrigan (the Smartest Kid on Earth), Daniel Quinn's Ishmael, Salman Rushdie's Satanic Verses, Gregory Maguire's Wicked, Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Katherine Dunn's Geek Love... too many to count and I'm feeling lazy.

My Blog

Screamland 4 is out today

Screamland 4 is in stories TODAY! Ask for it by name!"In the finest tradition of Rock Hudson, America's favorite vampire lady-killer is anything but. After decades of dodging certain questions, the Co...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:49:00 PST

Geeks of Doom

Geeks of Doom has interviewd me about Screamland RIGHT HERESo peep it!...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Fri, 16 May 2008 07:15:00 PST

NYCC Panel Discussion: Making Comics on the ’puter

I will be joining Dan Goldman, Irving Frazer and Lincy Chan for a panel discussion on using the ole Macintosh in the making of the comics. If you are attending NY Comic Con this weekend, make sure to ...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:56:00 PST

Green Door Gallery puts the SHAB back in SHABANG!

OUR LAST STAND WILL ROCK YOU.Green Door"s Giant Art Auction and Garage SalePlease come join us for our last event ever at the Green Door Gallery as we bid adieu to the West Bottoms. We will miss you, ...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:06:00 PST

Screamland signing at Elite Comics - March 12!

To celebrate the release of Screamland 1 - We will be signing copies of the book on March 12th from 11am - 7pm at the very amazing Elite Comics in Overland Park, KS.We are super excited, if you are in...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:06:00 PST

let’s hear it for making monsters for a living

ComicMonsters.com interviewed me on the process that went into making Screamland and its monsters. Come see some behind the scenes goodies here as I do a tell-all on the hows, whats and wherefors of m...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:30:00 PST

Team Screamland to Heroes Con

We are excited to be guests at Heroes Con this year! Read all about it here....
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:07:00 PST

Screamland on Newsarama

Chris Arrant from Newsarama interviewed Harold and I about Screamland. Read about the saddest monsters in the world HERE.http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=143361...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:42:00 PST

Screamland

And an advance review of Screamland is right HERE! http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/reviews/11997237935739 5.htm...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:52:00 PST

Le Screamland

Oh, I almost forgot. Them French kids are always ahead of the curve. Get out your French -English dictionaries!http://forum.superpouvoir.com/showthread.php?p= 204497Scroll down.The French text roughly...
Posted by Héctor Casanova on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:12:00 PST