Opening this Tuesday, May 20th at Gallery 1988 is the “One To Grow On” show featuring artwork by 13 artists including Scott Campbell, Dan Santat, and Israel Sanchez. The theme of the show is artwork inspired by the artist’s childhoods. Check out a preview of some of Israel’s work at his blog. The show opens at 7PM, come check it out!

Now that the dust seems to have settled on the draw yourself as a teen meme, it might be worth pointing out some of the Flight kids who got in on the action, comparing their teen selves with their present-day appearance:

Clio Chiang
Vera Brosgol
Dik Pose
Raina Telgemeier
Joel Carroll
Dylan Meconis
Tony Cliff
Jake Parker
John Martz (who has a story in the forthcoming Flight 5, and is pictured above)

If you want to see more (over 350 more!), do check out the full list of participants here.

For all you Battlestar Galactica fans out there, Dylan Meconis is back at it again, drawing everyone’s favourite Cylons in the Simpsons style. Spoilers beware!

Hey folks, Michel Gagne here. I just wanted to let everyone know about my new book.

For years, I’ve been thinking of reprinting the long sold out, Frenzied Fauna: From A to Z. My vision for a new edition was always to package it with its companion, Freaky Flora: From A to Z, in one single volume.

The wait is finally over. Lo and behold: Frenzied Fauna and Freaky Flora!

Read my original post about the book on Gagne International’s official website!

Also opening tonight in Los Angeles is the Nucleus gallery show, La Femme. From their website:

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Gallery Nucleus is reprising the first Girl Show from 2005! La Femme is a visual celebration of mothers, daughters, and sisters everywhere—featuring a diverse and talented group of exclusively female illustrators picked from all over the world.

The opening reception is scheduled to start at 7 PM tonight, and the show will run until June 3. The show includes new work by Clio Chiang and Vera Brosgol. Full details at the Nucleus website.

Today is the opening of the Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond exhibit at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio. The exhibition kicks off with Jeff Smith and Scott McCloud in conversation, and the exhibit itself not only features original art by Jeff Smith, but also original art by influential artists such as Walt Kelly, Will Eisner, George Herriman, Charles Schulz, Carl Barks and more!

The exhibit will run from Sat., May 10 through to Sun., August 3. Get the full details on the exhibition, check out some of the set-up photos from Jeff’s blog, but if nothing else, the above video is worth watching just for some of the glimpses of the earliest Bone strips.

Belated congratulations to Eisner Award nominees Tony Cliff for Delilah Dirk and the Treasure of Constantinople (Best Single Issue), ChuckBB for Black Metal (Special Recognition), Steve Hamaker for Bone and Shazam: Monster Society of Evil (Best Coloring), Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá for The Umbrella Academy (Best Limited Series), Joss Whedon and Fábio Moon for Sugarshock! (Best Digital Comic), Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Fábio Moon, Vasilis Lolos, and Grampá for 5 (Best Anthology), and to all the other 143 (!) nominees this year!

Voting for the Eisners have already begun, so if you’re a working comics professional, drop by the official Eisner Voting page and cast your vote online!

UPDATE: Becky is also doing something pretty clever for 5:

Also, if anyone hasn’t read “5,” can’t get a copy and wants to vote, shoot me a note or an email and I’ll get you a copy of the PDF. (Please note that you have to be a professional in the comic book industry in order to be eligable to vote.)

Drop by her blog to get the full scoop.