TCAF Profile: Ken Turner

 My TCAF profile is up on the site.  Go check it out and many many others before TCAF arrives this weekend.

http://torontocomics.com/exhibitors/ken-turner/

http://torontocomics.com/exhibitors/

Also of note: My good friend Kris Pearn will be doing a work shop and signing at TCAF.  Make sure to check out his workshop on Sunday.

http://torontocomics.com/exhibitors/kris-pearn/

See you then!

TCAF 2012 - MAY 5 and 6

  I just got the confirmation today that I got into TCAF 2012.  I will be there both days so be sure to come by and check it out.

Stay tuned for more info on TCAF as it just next weekend!

Cheers

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  INFO on the event:

Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012 Poster by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon

Toronto Public Library presents

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

TCAF’s 2012 programme will feature more than 300 international cartoonists

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012

at Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge St.

Saturday May 5^th, 2012, 9am-5pm

Sunday May 6^th, 2012, 11am-5pm

FREE ADMISSION

 WWW.TORONTOCOMICS.COM

TORONTO— The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is back for another triumphant year on the first weekend in May,  returning to the Toronto Reference Library & The Appel Salon for its fourth consecutive year. Last year TCAF (as it is affectionately known) welcomed more than 15,000 patrons at its various venues and events around Toronto during the festival weekend, and 2012 is expected to be TCAF’s biggest and best edition yet. Over 300 international cartoonists are on the schedule, representing more than a dozen countries, confirming TCAF as the preeminent celebration of comics and graphic novels in Canada, and one of the most celebrated literary comics events in the world.

Here's a link to last year's TCAF with some great photography:

http://www.squidfaceandthemeddler.com/art-illustration/tcaf-2011/

SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Prom Pumpkin Present

Prom Pumpkin Present  (Death Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Henry Sketches

Henry Sketches (Henry: The Heart Boy Series). 2012. Ink pen on paper. 6" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Willie Loomis

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Willie Loomis (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 6" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Victoria Winters

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Victoria Winters (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 5" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Carolyn Stoddard

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Carolyn Stoddard (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen, pencil crayon and water colour on water colour paper. 4" x 9.5". © 2012 Ken Turner.

WIZARD WORLD TORONTO COMIC CON is this weekend!

WIZARD WORLD TORONTO COMIC CON is this weekend!

http://www.wizardworldcomiccon.com/home-toronto.html

SAT 10-7 SUN 11-6 / Metro Toronto Convention Centre/April 14 - April 15 in Toronto, ON.

I will be at Table 2163

Here is what I will have there:

1. NEW GICLEE PRINT - The Nightmare Before Christmas "Tobogganing Trio"
2. Giclee Prints - Cheshire Cat, Wizard of Oz, Edward Scissorhands and the Henry: The Heart Boy prints
3. HENRY: THE HEART BOY BOOK - illustrated story book
4. PERSONAL ART WORK prints - monsters, pirates, ghosts, etc...
5. FAN ART prints - Barnabas Collins, Alice in Wonderland, Seinfeld, Vincent Price/Peter Lorre, Evil Dead, Harry Potter, Batman, etc...
   
6. SNOWBOY & CROW mini-comic - comes with limited edition TiM postcard
   
7. EYE CANDY Volume #2 - LAST ONES!
8. POSTCARD sets - 5 different postcards in each set/comes with envelopes
9. "TiM" T-SHIRTS

Here's a floor map to see where I'll be at:

Look for this banner & the black and white striped table...

See you all there...Cheers

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Elizabeth Collins Stoddard

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen, pencil crayon and water colour on water colour paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

JohnnyDepp.ru

"JohnnyDepp.ru" has posted all of the Dark Shadows characters, I've done so far, on there site...Check it out!

http://www.johnnydepp.ru/jdportal/html/index.php?newlang=russian

Delightfully Dark Art

Emma of "Little Gothic Horrors" did a post piece on my work entitled "Delightfully Dark Art"!

http://littlegothichorrors.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/delightfully-dark-art.html

Go check out her blog and facebook at the links below for more delightfully dark art:

http://littlegothichorrors.blogspot.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/LittleGothicHorrors

Thanks Emma

Cheers

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - David Collins

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - David Collins (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 5.5" x 8.5". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Ken Turner Dark Shadows Wallpaper

The Collinsport Historical Society (A Dark Shadows fan site) has made a custom wallpaper from the first four Dark Shadows characters I designed...

Check it out!

http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2012/04/ken-turner-dark-shadows-wallpaper.html

Cheers
https://twitter.com/#!/iKenTurner

JohnnyTim.com

"JohnnyTim.com" has posted all of the Dark Shadows fanart I did in a post on their website.
Check out the site for more Dark Shadows pictures and other related stuff...

http://www.johnnytim.com/temat/new/new.html

Cheers

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Roger Collins

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Roger Collins (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 5.5" x 10.5". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Collinsport Historical Society (A Dark Shadows fan site) 2

The Collinsport Historical Society (A Dark Shadows fan site) blogged my Dark Shadows fanart of Angelique Bouchard.

Check it out!

http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2012/04/ken-turner-vs-angelique.html

Cheers
https://twitter.com/#!/iKenTurner

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Dr. Julia Hoffman

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Dr. Julia Hoffman (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 6" x 10". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Angelique Bouchard

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Angelique Bouchard (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 6" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Little Gothic Horrors

Emma of "Little Gothic Horrors" posted my Barnabas Collins Dark Shadows fanart on her LGH facebook page...

For people like her who are mad about 'The Addams Family', the ambience of old-school Gothic Horror, Halloween, Edward Gorey, and anything with a Burtonesque aesthetic -
Go check out her blog and facebook at the links below (you'll be glad you did):

http://littlegothichorrors.blogspot.ca/

https://www.facebook.com/LittleGothicHorrors

Cheers

Collinsport Historical Society (A Dark Shadows fan site)

The Collinsport Historical Society (A Dark Shadows fan site) blogged my Dark Shadows fanart of Barnabas Collins.

Check it out!

http://www.collinsporthistoricalsociety.com/2012/03/barnabas-collins-by-ken-turner.html

Cheers
https://twitter.com/#!/iKenTurner

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Barnabas Collins

Tim Burton's Dark Shadows - Barnabas Collins (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink, ink pen and water colour on water colour paper. 7" x 12". © 2012 Ken Turner.

A Couple of Dummies

A Couple of Dummies (Character Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon on paper. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Jack, Sally & Zero - Tobogganing Trio

Jack, Sally & Zero - Tobogganing Trio (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink pen and watercolour on watercolour paper. 12" x 9". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Tweet!

Follow me: @iKenTurner

https://twitter.com/#!/iKenTurner

Cheers

Coco

Coco (People Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Comic Book Guy

Comic Book Guy (People Series). 2012. Ink pen, marker and pencil crayon. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Toronto Comic Con 2012 This Weekend!

This weekend is Toronto Comic Con:

Saturday, March 10, 2012 – 11AM TO 6PM

Sunday, March 11, 2012 – 11AM TO 5PM

For more info go to: http://www.comicontoronto.com

Freak Show Studios will have a table in artist alley: A27

I'll have 7 new art prints including "Seinfeld...4!" to be available for sale.

I've included the program schedule which includes a map for you see where I'll be at.

See you there!

Cheers

"The Office" UK - Ricky Gervais

The Office UK - Ricky Gervais (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Digital. 8.5" x 11". © 2012 Ken Turner.

Seinfeld Posts

Special thanks to Hey Oscar Wilde!, Trendhunter and Borja Rodriguez amongst others for re-blogging my Seinfeld...4! piece. Its very much appreciated.

Cheers

Seinfeld...4!

Seinfeld...4! (Pop Culture Series). 2012. Ink and ink pen/Digital color. 14" x 12". © 2012 Ken Turner.

This was a commission I did recently for a "Seinfeld" art piece. I decided to do it in this style in honour of one of my favourite artists Ronald Searle. I wanted to have some insider episode winks for each character for all the long time fans of the show. I thought Elaine's crazy dancing, Jerry's Tweety pez dispenser, George's golf ball and Kramer smoking a Cuban cigar were great nods to the show, so I included those in this piece.

I'm thinking of making this into an art print (both color and no color) in time for the Toronto Comic Con coming up very soon.

I had a lot of fun doing this one. So I will be doing more of these in the coming weeks based of my favourite TV shows and movies. Check back for more soon!

*For any custom art commissions or freelance inquires email me at: kenny_23mj@hotmail.com

Cheers