{"id":26791,"date":"2016-09-23T21:23:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-24T04:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/?p=26791"},"modified":"2016-09-24T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-24T14:37:18","slug":"pinups-pulp-comics-and-canadiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/23\/pinups-pulp-comics-and-canadiana\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;pinups, pulp, comics, and canadiana&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26808\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26808\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka1.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka1\" width=\"584\" height=\"881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka1.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4691735\/height\/26\/width\/584\/theme\/standard-mini\/autonext\/no\/thumbnail\/no\/autoplay\/no\/preload\/no\/no_addthis\/no\/direction\/backward\/no-cache\/true\/\" width=\"584\" height=\"26\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Pinups and Canadiana, indeed!\u00a0Today I&#8217;m talking to Vancouver based artist\/illustrator <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Heshka<\/a>, a proud fellow\u00a0Canadian, about his sassy, pulp-inspired work. There are mean girls, <em>&#8220;Mystery Twins&#8221;<\/em>, and so much perfect found paper I can hardly stand it &#8230; we also covered important topics like underage drinking in barns on the Canadian Prairies. You can listen right up there under<em> &#8220;The Wood Gang&#8221;<\/em>, or you can\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/jealous-curator-art-for-your\/id996338562\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe on iTunes<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, let&#8217;s kick things off with a few of my favorite gals:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26809\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26809\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka2.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka2\" width=\"584\" height=\"2680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka2.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka2-223x1024.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes. I love these! I told Ryan I pictured him being a comic-obsessed\u00a0kid when he was little. Apparently I was right, and here&#8217;s proof&#8230; two of Ryan&#8217;s &#8220;early&#8221; works, followed by a more recent piece:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/23\/pinups-pulp-comics-and-canadiana\/ryanheshka3-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26810\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26810\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka3.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka3\" width=\"584\" height=\"2349\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ha! So cute,\u00a0so funny! Well, given his love for Batman, it&#8217;s not surprising that these masked ladies eventually showed up in his portfolio. Batman +\u00a0babes =<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26811\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26811\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka4.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka4\" width=\"584\" height=\"2702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka4.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka4-65x300.jpg 65w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka4-221x1024.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, the\u00a0bubblegum&#8230; those two\u00a0might be my favorite set of Ryan&#8217;s <em>&#8220;Mystery Twins&#8221;<\/em>! Up next, we were talking about a few of his pieces where text, from the found paper he uses, shows through into his work:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26812\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26812\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka5.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka5\" width=\"584\" height=\"2355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka5.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka5-254x1024.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So, so, so good. And I can almost smell that old paper from here! <em>Mmmmmm.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There were two pieces I wanted to hear the story behind&#8230; they&#8217;re the first two below. They kind of led us into a Canadiana tangent, so I put a couple of those here too <em>{note &#8220;Rolanda&#8221; on the jacket of the Blue Bird on the right}:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26813\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26813\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka6.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka6\" width=\"584\" height=\"3153\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ah yes, makes me proud to be Canadian&#8230; I was never Miss.Canadiana though. Well, something to work towards I suppose.<\/p>\n<p>Ok, now Ryan&#8217;s\u00a0books! He&#8217;s done a few:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Welcome-Monster-Christy-Ottaviano-Books\/dp\/0805088733\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1286222808&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>&#8220;Welcome To Monster Town&#8221;<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ryan-Heshkas-ABC-Spookshow-Heshka\/dp\/189496568X\/ref=sr_1_1\/103-5647855-8220600?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1183077584&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\"><em>&#8220;ABC Spook Show&#8221;<\/em><\/a>&#8230; but this one has to be\u00a0my fave:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nobrow.net\/shop\/mean-girls-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26814\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26814\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka7.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka7\" width=\"584\" height=\"2261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Smoking, drinking, and stealing bras. Yep, mean girls being mean. If you want your own\u00a0copy of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nobrow.net\/shop\/mean-girls-club\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>&#8220;Mean Girls Club&#8221;<\/em>, you can find it here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I always like to know what an artist&#8217;s studio looks like, so Ryan sent these along for the post. Check out his amazing view of that\u00a0Vancouver sky:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/23\/pinups-pulp-comics-and-canadiana\/ryanheshka9\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26819\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka9.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka9\" width=\"584\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka9.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka9-180x300.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Wowza! <\/em>His cat doesn&#8217;t seem impressed though.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, after all of that pinup \/\u00a0Canadiana action, I felt like this was the perfect painting to finish with:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ryanheshka.com\/portfolio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-26815\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26815\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka8.jpg\" alt=\"ryanheshka8\" width=\"584\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka8.jpg 584w, https:\/\/www.thejealouscurator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ryanheshka8-243x300.jpg 243w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yep, there&#8217;s even a beaver. Thanks so much to Ryan for taking time out of his very busy, sleep-deprived day to do this with me;\u00a0thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.saatchiart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saatchi Art <\/a>for supporting this episode; thanks\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/t1\/30trial_at?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R\" target=\"_blank\">audible.com<\/a> for making my new book into an audio book! To preorder a copy for\u00a0<strong>FREE <\/strong><em>{or to pick up any other book you might want}\u00a0<\/em>just\u00a0use my link:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audible.com\/t1\/30trial_at?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R\" target=\"_blank\">audibletrial.com\/JealousCurator<\/a>. And as always,\u00a0thank YOU\u00a0for listening! There will be more art for your ear next weekend.<\/p>\n<p><em>Other links:<\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/martharich\" target=\"_blank\">Martha Rich <\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marktoddillustration.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Todd <\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cargocollective.com\/ewatson\" target=\"_blank\">Esther Pearl Watson<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.larkworthy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kate Larkworthy Illustration, NY<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/ca\/en\/catalog\/categories\/series\/16456\/\" target=\"_blank\">IKEA Ribba Frames!<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/cornandapple.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Corn &amp; Apple Festival, Morden Manitoba<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinups and Canadiana, indeed!\u00a0Today I&#8217;m talking to Vancouver based artist\/illustrator Ryan Heshka, a proud fellow\u00a0Canadian, about his sassy, pulp-inspired work. There are mean girls, &#8220;Mystery Twins&#8221;, and so much perfect found paper I can hardly stand it &#8230; we also covered important topics like underage drinking in barns on the Canadian Prairies. 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