tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post4284638962611862855..comments2024-03-28T22:57:07.128-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: THE ART OF RICHARD THOMPSON, day 3David Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-30648104260809650812014-11-26T10:43:45.770-05:002014-11-26T10:43:45.770-05:00Yes, Richard writes all his own material. Follow h...Yes, Richard writes all his own material. Follow his blog at http://richarspooralmanac.blogspot.com where he's still doing some writing. In the Art of book, there's a page he wrote for the Washington Post magazine which is hilarious.Mike Rhodehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14551914909843150387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-87177670737785296242014-11-26T09:06:37.327-05:002014-11-26T09:06:37.327-05:00Does he write his own words? He writes even better...Does he write his own words? He writes even better than he draws.<br /><br />JSLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-83739920054756030482014-11-26T05:23:06.808-05:002014-11-26T05:23:06.808-05:00That would have been a great title David - if I ha...That would have been a great title David - if I had been on the team you would have got my vote. Regardless of arguments about it sounding like a children's story book, it just <i>feels</i> right. Independence in the artistic endeavour is almost essential to its chance to flower.<br /><br />Take the example of Mike Leigh making relatively big money and taking big prizes with a film produced for peanuts with an aging character actor (read not handsome) as its lead playing a dirty, uncouth, self-obsessed 18th century artist who mixes spit with his paint to produce his semi-abstract, unpopulated pictures. No action, no Hollywood stars, no CGI. I bet even the most sympathetic of its backers wanted it called something like "Ugly Beauty" or "Awkward Angel" to hype it up a bit. But "Mr Turner" nails it beautifully. chris bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088693067960235141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-12078945216488640822014-11-26T02:53:19.594-05:002014-11-26T02:53:19.594-05:00Wouldn't be surprised if David Lynch likes Tho...Wouldn't be surprised if David Lynch likes Thompson.<br /><br /> Al McLuckieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com