Ethan
Persoff
- http://www.ep.tc
P.O.Box 7254, Austin TX 78713 USA
Charlie's Apartment, full set design. Click for full size.
Our archival site, "Comics with Problems"
discussed and performed on the MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show
Bibliography of work, 1995-to present:
Yahoo Picks Profile for People on the Web
WRITING:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, Paris Records" (2009, Evergreen Review)
http://www.evergreenreview.com/120/paris-records.html
Profile of recording label for Burroughs, Ginsberg, Terry Southern, others.
"A Day Spent In Hell" (2009, Evergreen Review)
http://www.evergreenreview.com/121/a-day-spent-in-hell.html
Attending Bush's First Public Appearance as Motivational Speaker.
MUSIC:
Main Music Page
horse-000 - SAVE THIS FOR LATER, It's Not Music: 1993-1997 Chicago
horse-001 - Forty Minutes, Forty Memories: Horrible Unlistenable Music (1999)
horse-002 - SNAP! (2001) click
horse-003 - 25 Lessons in Hypnotism (2002) click
horse-004 - "I Stayed Home ..." (2003) click
horse-005 - SPREE: An Escape From Reality (2005) click
horse-006 - Disneyland (single, 2007) click
horse-007 - "Dinger" (8-second loop, 2008) click
horse-008/009 - LIVE AT HARRY'S LOFT (New full length, 2010) click
horse-010 - "Obama Was Re-Elected, Woman Pissed (with orchestra)" (Post-election item, Banned twice!, 2012) - currently unavailable online!
horse-011 - I Want to Make You Happy Tonight (2013) click
ARCHIVING:
The Realist Archive Project (2007 - completed 2010) http://www.ep.tc/realist
Comics With Problems (Feb 2005 - current) http://www.ep.tc/problems
SPECIAL PROJECT:
Redesigned Evergreen Review, May 2009 - August 2011
118 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/118/index.html
119 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/119/contents.html
120 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/120/index.html
121 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/121/index.html
122 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/122/index.html
123 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/123/index.html
124 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/124/index.html
125 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/125/index.html
126 | http://www.evergreenreview.com/126/index.html
COMICS, 2001-current:
Teddy (2001) - http://www.ep.tc/teddy.html
A Dog and His Elephant (2003) - http://www.ep.tc/dog
Pogostick #1 (2003), #2 (2004) Fantagraphics Books
The Recovery of Charlie Pickle (2005) - http://www.ep.tc/cpickle
John Wilcock: New York Years, 1954-1971 (currently in progress) with Scott Marshall - http://www.ep.tc/john-wilcock
previous list of comics found at bottom of page at this link
Animated
Collaboration with Scott Marshall:
Poodle Samizdat (2006) and Two
Poodle Cartoons (2006)
(Also with Scott Marshall, "The U.S. Senator Larry Craig Mugshot Halloween Mask" (2007) - media coverage)
ANTHOLOGIES:
Zero Zero # 17, 23, 26 Fantagraphics Books ('97-99; #26 has a Teddy story)
BARK! # 2,3,4 ('96-98) Bark Press
Comix 2000 ('00) L'Association (contains 1999 Teddy story)
Drawn Bits ('02) Drawn Bits (contains 2001 Teddy story)
Bush Junta: A Field Guide to Corruption in Government ('04) Fantagraphics Books click
for info
Pictures & Words ('05) Laurence King / Yale Press click
for info
Blurred
Vision #2, 3, 4 ('07-'08) Blurred Books (contains Dog and His Elephant excerpts) - click for info
L'Horreur est Humaine Vol.2 No. 1 ('08) (contains Charlie Pickle) Editions Humeurs click for info
ONLINE WEEKLY:
A Dog and His Elephant, october '02 to may '03, serializer.net
NEWSPAPER
STRIPS:
Musical Chairs, September '94 - May 95, "F" Newsmagazine, Chicago
IL
Teddy, January '99, New City, Chicago IL
Teddy, July '00 - October '00, Austin-American Statesman, Austin TX
Exhibitions
1999 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago - Comics Day, Single day event
2005 - "Spirit of the Harveys" Exhibit - Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, NYC
2005 - London Design Festival - "Pictures & Words" Exhibit - Magma, UK
2006 - "ARTLINK HOSPITAL ARTS" - Royal Edinburgh Hospital Exhibit, Scotland - http://www.functionsuite.com/
2007 - Cheltenham Illustration Awards, Invited Professional Exhibition - info - gallery of images
2008 - Dublab and Creative Commons, "Into Infinity" (ear) - intoinfinity.org
Recognition
2002 - SXSW Web Award "Best Weird/Extreme" - Teddy
2003 - SXSW Web Award "Best Weird/Extreme" - A Dog and His Elephant
2004 - Harvey Awards Nomination "Best New Series" - Pogostick
2008 - 12th Annual Webby Awards, "Best Copy/Writing", Official Honoree, Archivist, The Realist Archive Project
Film Screenings
2006 - Galapagos Art Space, "Poodle Samizdat", Brooklyn NYC
2006 - DC Shorts Film Festival, "Poodle Samizdat", Washington DC
2006 - Harry's Loft, "Two Poodle Cartoons" w/ special guests, Austin TX
2007 - Short Film Corner, Festival de Cannes, "Poodle Samizdat", Cannes France
Miscellaneous and Special Projects
2008 - Document Provider, "Sex: The Revolution" - VH1 Documentary Films and The Sundance Channel
2011 - Invited Panelist, "Comics & Medicine" Conference, Northwestern School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
2011 - Film Prop and Document Provider, "The Strange History of Don't Ask Don't Tell" - HBO Documentary Films
2011 - Film wrap party t-shirt, Iron Lung Comic Strip for "The Surrogate" (Later called "The Sessions") - Such Much Films/Rhino Films
Interview, The Ephemera Blog, "Comics, Condoms, & Dirty Stuff - An Interview with Ethan Persoff" (part one and two)
Political Jokes and Pornography
2009 - The Glenn Beck Diaper Mask (Halloween)
2008 - Sarah Palin Lipstick Collection
2008 - Rotten Monsters (Halloween)
2008 - The 1934 George Bush John McCain Tijuana Bible
ONLINE HISTORY
1996-2001 - http://www.dimensional.com/~mpersoff - original website, archive forthcoming
2001-current - http://www.ep.tc - personal website