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Walt Holcombe

www.myspace.com/waltholcombe

Mood: dum-dum dum-dumPosted at 8:48 PM Feb 15 view more

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  • Walt Holcombe

  • 40 / Male
  • Los Angeles, California, US
  • Last Login: 12/3/2009

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Interests

  • Music

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    Classical, old-timey, soundtracks, jazz, some rock (I'm still catching up, due to a rock-deficient adolescence).

  • Movies

    The Forbidden Zone, Life Aquatic, The Nights of Cabiria

  • Television

    The Rockford Files, Mr. Show, Venture Bros, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate Atlantis, 30 Rock

  • Books

    The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Anatomy of Melancholy, Confederates in the Attic, Mysteries, The Neurotic Personality of Our Time, Breakfast of Champions, White Jacket

Details

  • Status: Single
  • Hometown: Pecos, Texas
  • Zodiac Sign: Taurus
  • Education: Some college
  • Occupation: Cartoonist/Storyboard Artist

Companies

  • Fantagraphics Books Inc

    • Seattle, Washington US
    • cartoonist

Blurbs

About me:


"Things Just Get Away From You" is the 216 page, hardcover collection of my work, published by Fantagraphics Books. You can buy a copy directly from Fantagraphics by clicking on the cover image below. The book is also available through Amazon.

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"Holcombe is largely to blame for enticing me to the medium. His work is a cartoon Trojan horse that lures the reader with bouncing whimsical brush lines and then unleashes the most lonely and brutal sentiments. Musical, poetic, and ornamental, a blend of Victorian novels and Dr. Seuss."

                                                                                  - Craig Thompson


"Walt Holcombe is a true original: his jazzy drawings and mellifluous prose (to say nothing of his partiality for pathetic nebbishes, marine adventures, and 'the exotic') concoct a personal, perfectly-timed viand redolent of 1920's humorists, Cliff Sterrett, and more than anything, of Walt himself. I should also add that a big-hearted compassion backs his work like a stretched canvas behind paint."

                                                                                  - Chris Ware


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Who I'd like to meet:



The Courtship of Sniffy LaPants
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTR563d8w1I

And here's an animated short I did a few years back, "The Courtship of Sniffy LaPants". The animation's a little sketchy, but the voices and music are fantastic! Yehudi Mercado is high-larious as the voice of Sniffy. Music performed by brilliant musicians from Austin's tango orchestra, Tosca.


Comments

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  • Janie, Gracie, I Answer…janie ranges

    Mar 10 2009 2:41 AM


    Says Hi
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  • Laura aka creepyLaura Tabor

    Dec 30 2008 5:49 AM

    hi walt, good to see you again-tho virtually. good to see your Art too-will have to look at more of it when I have the time.
    Happy New Year!
  • SPIRIT Of XENA

    Dec 17 2008 5:46 AM

    LOL Merry Christmas to you too.
  • Janie E.

    Dec 1 2008 6:05 AM

    For T'day, I went to LA. Hope you had a great one as well! What are you doing for Christmas/Hanukkah/
    NewYear?:P
  • Janie, Gracie, I Answer…janie ranges

    Nov 23 2008 3:59 PM


    Hi
    Graphics & Myspace layouts



  • SPIRIT Of XENA

    Nov 1 2008 6:08 AM

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  • Sam

    Oct 11 2008 2:40 PM

    Join The Persian Pickle Club!!!
  • Josh

    Sep 6 2008 12:44 AM

    Thanks Walt! How the heck are you? Congrats on the book.
  • dan

    Aug 31 2008 10:47 PM

    Ok, A, it's not an ascot, it's a scarf. And it was like 4 degrees outside. And secondly, I LOVE Baron hats and secretly want to buy the $500 Marlon Brando Wild One hat they have and then quickly never wear it because it'll make me look REALLY queer.
  • Janie E.

    Aug 27 2008 4:57 PM

    Thanks for adding me! ;p
  • dan

    May 9 2008 6:02 AM

    Happy Birthday tomorrow and also god bless the usa.
  • Johnny Ryan

    May 8 2008 1:03 PM

    Happy birthday.
    PS. Myspace is for creeps.
  • Worldwidedeb

    May 4 2008 4:07 AM

    Thanks for the add, miss you Walt
  • WesWes Jones

    Apr 6 2008 11:43 PM

    Well, it good to see somebody do what makes them happy. Sniffy has made me realize something, just have not got it figured out yet. I shall purchase your new work,since things have gotten away from me.
  • JahFurryJeff Newelt

    Mar 4 2008 6:53 AM

    Howdy, doody!
  • Oréli

    Feb 22 2008 8:52 AM

    Hi new friend, thanks for your request...and thanks for the TOP !!!
    see you, chears from Brussels....
  • CARTOON COLLEGE — The M…

    Feb 18 2008 7:45 PM

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  • ACT-I-VATE

    Jan 22 2008 5:46 AM

    Congratulations on Things Just Get Away From You! A form commensurate to the content was long over due. Please keep publicly extruding those sillicious visions.
  • WaltWalt Holcombe

    Jan 17 2008 8:19 PM

    LANCUMS! I'd like a hundred bees, please!
  • lancelance myers

    Jan 16 2008 10:10 PM

    WALTUMS! Yippee. I've been meaning to write you!
  • WaltWalt Holcombe

    Jan 13 2008 11:19 PM

    Robots with breasts?! That doesn't sound so bad...
  • JahFurryJeff Newelt

    Jan 13 2008 2:50 AM

    KAFOOZALEM! Welcome to MySpacnanigans Walt... let the friending commence! Beware of boobyshaped bots, frequent macy's gift card offerings, and legions of Tom's begging for comraderie....Don't get what i mean? you will you will...