#ganzeer

[guy60660]

Ganzeer | Print

#art #Ganzeer #print magazine

[fananeen]

🇪🇬 Title of Work: Various Artist: Ganzeer (@ganzeer) Year: 2005-2022 Type: Stencils, Murals, Paintings, Pamphlets, Comics, Installations, and Graphic Design Location: Cairo, Egypt Tag a friend who would love this! #ganzeer, Various, 2005-2022 #art #artist #beautiful #photooftheday #photography #picoftheday #instagood (at Cairo, Egypt) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg4AudgMabA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#ganzeer #art #artist #beautiful #photooftheday #photography #picoftheday #instagood

[thedustyrebel]

Arrest Sisi. Free Egypt — Ad Takeover by Ganzeer

Greenwich Village, NYC More Photos: ​Ganzeer, Street Art, Ad Takeover

#ganzeer #street art #nyc street art #free egypt #sisi out #political street art #ad takeover #greenwich village

[nezmar]

It seems wholly unfair to me that the people who are the real reason these art fairs are able to happen are the ones incurring most of the losses most of the time. And it seems wholly logical that the best thing they could possibly do is completely do away with the middleman. That they seize the art fair. To do so however would require the unthinkable: For gallerists to—instead of see one another as competitors—consider each other as partners. To band together to rent out the necessary space to create their own art fair. The cost-per-square-foot will without a doubt be a whole lot less than what they usually pay. On top of that, any revenue made from ticket sales, they can distribute among each other. It’s an obvious no-brainer, but it requires the audacity to abandon the vampiristic traits of competitive capitalism, and instead think and act like co-op. An industry wide co-op. (This, I imagine, could very well apply to a fair or convention of any kind, btw.)

Ganzeer in Restricted Frequency #135

#Ganzeer #fairs #co-op #capitalism

[ganzeer]

ZINE EL-ARAB is a zine I launched and co-edited with Nidhal Alkhairy. Only two issues were ever produced, the first in late 2011 and the second in early 2012.

A couple copies have recently (August 2019) made their way to the collections of the Bavarian State Library and Archive Artist Publications, both located in Munich, so I thought it might be a good time to revisit how the zine came about and why it was discontinued.

If you know me at all, then you know I like to operate where I see vacuums in the culture.  Zine El-Arab came about precisely for that reason. This was 2011, a time of great revolutionary upheaval that started in Tunisia, spilled over into Egypt, and kind of spread from there not just in the region but halfway across the world.

By late 2011, there was really no denying the ripples of change pulsating through Cairo. It was evident on the streets, in music, conversations, at art galleries, on television, it was everywhere. But I was growing frustrated that there didn’t seem to be any regular publication that featured the voices of dissent that were otherwise all around you. It felt like there was a rift between everyday voices and what was being published, and how cool would it be if there were at least one? Especially if it were a crude one.

The big kicker though was a residency that was offered to me by Makan in Amman (Jordan) where I got to meet Nizar Alkhairy and engaged with many other members of the local art/poetry/architecture/journalism scene, and that’s when I felt having a singular venue that can act as a vessel for all these voices from across multiple borders would not only be a good idea, but quite possibly a necessary one. Not just for the voices from Jordan or Egypt but across the entire Arab-speaking world if possible. And thus came Zine El-Arab, admittedly hyperbolically touted as the first pan-Arab zine. The vast majority of participants were from Jordan and Egypt, but it also received material from Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and Qatar (I imagine its reach could have extended even further had it continued). 

The formula was seemingly quite simple. The cover image (created by me) was posted on social media, inviting contributors from the Arab-speaking world to respond to it with either text or image (B&W only). Appropriate submissions would be selected and assembled into a digital zine which would be uploaded as a PDF with detailed instructions about printing and assembly. The idea was to decentralize not only the content, but the physical production of the zine as well, whereby contributors and readers could print their own copies and organically disseminate among their communities.

In reality, both issues had their “launch parties”, issue one at Makan in Jordan and issue two at the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo, which involved needing to print and assemble something like 100 copies for each launch.

One thing I wanted to do was to take advantage of the fact that each copy was technically individually printed and bound. So for issue #1 for example, there were instructions to paint the blood stain on the cover manually, and inside there was one page (adorned with multiple images) intended for print on adhesive-paper, whereby readers could cut out and use as stickers.

Issue #2′s cover — themed around racism and discrimination — was even more elaborate, comprised of essentially two covers with the first manually cut at a diagonal angle. The dialogue balloons were cut out and manually glued on, left blank to allow readers to write the text they wanted (with the original prompt acting as a thematic guide). And inside the issue there was one page printed on translucent paper, creating a kind-of-combined image with the page that comes right after (although, for the editions sent out to the Bavarian State Library and AAP, I had to illustrate that particular page by hand because the translucent paper kept jamming inside my printer!)

Although these very handmade aspects gave the zines a unique tactile quality, they become exhausting and impractical if you have to manually apply them to 100+ copies.

In the end, the zines were a fun experiment that without a doubt very much encapsulated the air of the time, and provided for a formidable venue for a selection of writers, artists, illustrators, and graphic designers to voice their thoughts. 

It should be noted that there’s a little wordplay in the zine’s name. The word “zine” when written in Arabic is the same exact spelling as the word “zain”, roughly meaning “the best”. So Zine El-Arab not only suggests “the zine of the Arab” but it is simultaneously read as “the best of the Arab”. 

Special thanks to Hussein Alazaat for the masthead calligraphy on both covers. And thanks to all the badass contributors on both issues: Bashar Humeidh, Amer Shumali, Abu Alfarag Bin Qareeb, Aram Tamenian, Kareem Gouda, Rebel Souly, Noha Ennab, Hashem Elkelesh, Michael Habib, Mahmoud Hafez, Islam Shabana, Ahmed Zaatari, Suzan Alwattar, Omar Okasha, Ahmed T.,Nancy Ibrahim, Damon Kowarsky, Mohammed Abdel Hady, Zeina Azouqa, Omnia Naguib, Saman S., Jacqueline George, Elkamouny, Batta Souda, and of course, Nidal Alkhairy.

And last but not least big thanks to Makan in Amman and the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo.

For PDF downloads: Zine El Arab #1 Zine El Arab #2

-- Ganzeer August 9, 2019 Houston, TX

#zine el arab #zine el-arab #work #ganzeer #other

[summer-17]

Began the long weekend seeing We Live in Cairo and it was so magical. So glad I was able to see it one more time.

#Massachusetts #American Repertory Theater #Ganzeer

[elifthereader]

🇬🇧 I’ve read The Apartment in Bab El-Louk by Donia Maher, Ganzeer and Ahmad Nady. It is a gorgeous graphic novella, very moody and nothing like I’ve read before. Words are by Donia Maher, she is a Cairo-based author and actress. Art is by Ganzeer and Ahmad Nady. Ganzeer is an Egyptian artist who has gained mainstream fame in Egypt and internationally following the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. He is basically The Banksy of Egypt. And lastly Ahmad Mohammad Nady is an Egyptian political cartoonist, comic artist and activist. So if you want to feast your eyes and read something from Egypt, you’ll like this! ♥️ . 🇹🇷 Henüz dilimize çevrilmemiş bir çizgi roman okudum. Hepsi Mısırlı olan Donia Maher, Ganzeer ve Ahmad Nady tarafından birlikte yaratılan kitap tam bir göze bayramlık. Oldukça tuhaf, karanlık ve bu zamana kadar okuduğum hiçbir şeye benzemiyor. Ayrıca Ganzeer’in yaptığı bir şeyin evimde olması çok hoşuma gitti; bilmem hatırlar mısınız Mısır devriminde işlerini çok görmüştük. ♥️ . . . . . #theapartmentinbabellouk #doniamaher #ganzeer #ahmadnady #graphicnovel #çizgiroman #okumahalleri #bookselfie #bookshelves #booksbooksbooks #kitap #okumaaşkı #kitapkurdu #egyptianliterature #diversebooks #readdiversebooks #readtheworld #bookadict #bookish #bookcover #lovebooks #booklove #kitapaşkı #mısıredebiyatı #bookaesthetic #booklr https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1sZ8ulXsw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=5k4bsy7c8psz

#theapartmentinbabellouk #doniamaher #ganzeer #ahmadnady #graphicnovel #çizgiroman #okumahalleri #bookselfie #bookshelves #booksbooksbooks #kitap #okumaaşkı #kitapkurdu #egyptianliterature #diversebooks #readdiversebooks #readtheworld #bookadict #bookish #bookcover #lovebooks #booklove #kitapaşkı #mısıredebiyatı #bookaesthetic #booklr

[nslasha]

#psa 👌🏼 It’s gonna be ok. Swear. One cannot properly fight off Fascist-Crusty-White-Dude-Bitchilism on an empty stomach. Or without coffee. (By the way I’m mixing TSG cues for presentation today 😬) #losangeles #composer #graphicnovel #comics #comicbook #thesolargrid #ganzeer #music #production #studio #journal #oakland #notes #recording #igtv #coffee #pourovercoffee (at Los Angeles, California)

#ganzeer #recording #comics #production #studio #journal #oakland #igtv #pourovercoffee #losangeles #composer #notes #coffee #music #graphicnovel #comicbook #psa #thesolargrid

[womenintranslation]

TOMORROW in the Bay Area:

MAY 3, 2018 | 7:30PM

The Apartment in Bab El-Louk: Elisabeth Jaquette

Green Apple Books on the Park | 1231 9th Avenue | San Francisco, California

Translator Elisabeth Jaquette discusses her translation of Donia Maher’s graphic novel, The Apartment in Bab El-Louk. This “fabulous noir poem” has been simply described as “the reflections of an old recluse in busy downtown Cairo neighbourhood of Bab El-Louk” by Egyptian artist, Ganzeer.

#ganzeer #elisabeth jaquette #donia maher #womenintranslation #graphic novel

[comicsbeat]

https://twitter.com/jesse_hamm/status/963675642217852928

§ Spiders do spin webs out of their butts, so why not kleenex? This is perfect branding.

§ Happy Valentine’s Day! Back when people mailed things, it was my greatest joy to buy packages of horrifically themed Valentines and give them to friends and coworkers. Now we’ll just have to settle for these Overwatch Valentine’s Day Cards from last year.

  § Seriously, they still make them, but now the internet has let me down! How can there be no tumblr or Flickr account devoted to these “real” Kylo Ren Valentines! Am I going to have to buy a box myself? Until then, these charming concepts by RebChan will have to do.

§ I guess it all comes back to wrestling.

§ For a proper Valentine, Tee Franklin talks about Bingo Love, her romance comic that’s out from Image.

What made you want to tell the story as a graphic novel?

Frankly, I didn’t want Bingo Love to be a monthly series. This is a story that wasn’t meant to be told with cliffhangers – “come back next month to see if Hazel leaves her husband” – this is a love story and should be read as a novel. Just because it’s told with Jenn St-Onge’s amazing art and Joy San’s mind-blowing colors, doesn’t mean that it had to be told every month. When you pick up a romance novel – let’s say from award-winning and Queer author, Rebekah Weatherspoon – you’re getting yourself comfortable to read a book, not 20 pages and wait until the following month for the next 20 pages. If I decide to create another Bingo Love book, I’m sure it will be told as a graphic novel. I have no immediate plans to make it a monthly series.

    § Hellboy is coming back and creator Mike Mignola is talking about it. Did we ever think he was really gone forever?

Mignola also says that there were even indications in Hellboy in Hell that Hellboy’s story would last longer than the series itself: “In the very beginning, like the first couple pages, Edward Grey and Baba Yaga are saying he has these couple last things left to do. He does some of them by the end of Hellboy in Hell, but if you do the math there’s one or two things that he still didn’t do. I always knew, ‘well s–t, the poor bastard has a few things he can’t get out of doing.’”

§ Lauren Weinstein (Normel Person) is the guest on the The Virtual Memories Show podcast

§ It’s been a while since a new issue of Ganzeer THE SOLAR GRID came out, but its still in the works. YAY!

§ Vertigo Comics will never die! That’s because Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish will star in The Kitchen, a film based on the Vertigo mini by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle. “Straight Outta Compton” writer Andrea Berloff will direct from her own script. The story is about mafia wives who take over the family business when their husbands are imprisoned so, yeah, it sold itself.

§ Stan Lee may have had some health issues lately, but he still had the energy to Stan Lee Hilariously Troll Marvel Studios 10th Anniversary.

§ Speaking of that 10th Anniversary photo, at Newsarama George Marston used it as a jumping off point to discuss how far apart the Marvel TV and Movie universes are now. As in, very.

But now, with Avengers: Infinity War bringing together nearly every Marvel movie hero – and leaving out characters like Agent Coulson, Daisy Johnson, Daredevil, and the Defenders entirely – it seems that the idea that Marvel’s TV and film endeavors are all part of one big continuum soldiers on in theory and speculation only.

Where Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. once referenced the events of Marvel’s films and welcomed the occasional guest star like Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, or Marvel’s Netflix shows would drop references to the “Battle of New York,” we now have three separate worlds connected solely by the studio banner that accompanies them.

Poor Agent Coulson!

§ Finally, someone let the cat out of the bag that Zack Snyder was actually fired from Justice League. I didn’t know that there was any real question about this. Snyder’s family underwent a terrible tragedy around the same time, and it just didn’t seem polite to dig around too much, but it was also the perfect smokescreen to bring in Joss Whedon. Occam’s Razor, people. What they REALLY should have done was just have Whedon write the script and Snyder direct it. What a fun movie that would have been!

Kibbles ‘b’ Bits 2/14/18: You must be my Valentine, Reinhardt § Spiders do spin webs out of their butts, so why not kleenex? This is perfect branding.

#Bingo Love #ganzeer #kylo ren valentines #lauren weinstein #marvel tv sucks #Ming Doyle #ollie masters #Overwatch #spider-butt #Star Wars #Tee Franklin #the kitchen #valentines #wrestling #Zack Snyder

[oumcartoon]

Create and Critique

Washington friends: Join us on June 2, as we consider emerging trends in the visual and literary cultures of the contemporary Middle East and their relationship to politics. 

The half-day symposium, convened by the Institute of Current World Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, will bring to life some of the questions this blog has sought to address over the past four years.

Comics, paintings, and fiction will set the stage for a new way of thinking about a region that is too often reduced to security considerations.

Please register here.

(Poster by Ganzeer)

#middle east art #arab art #ganzeer #Washington #eventcalendar #politics of art #comics #comix

[campaignagainstcliche]

Sometimes I'll act something out  (or get my wife to act something out) and take photos, so I can get the pose and expression right. More often, I'll just draw from the top of my head. Sometimes, I'll be drawing something completely impossible, like the Mouth Baby or the grotesqueries in MASTERPLASTY, so photo reference isn't an option. Sometimes, though, I'll make weirdo photo collages and then lightbox them into becoming comic book art- the use of photos becoming an improvisatory and artistic part of the process. If you're working in a style that's grounded in reality like I am, I think it's important to draw from life- but if you ONLY do that, your work will look dead and anaemic. On the other side of that spectrum you have someone like Daniel Clowes who resolutely refuses to use photo reference, because he believes that the art that comes purely from his memory and imagination is a more truthful representation of his subconscious. I love that idea but the result is that his recent work looks ectoplasmic, floaty and removed from reality. Is he going for that? It's hard to tell. I think a balance needs to be struck- learn to draw by looking at reality but use that as a jumping off point, not an anchor. The Disney animators in the 40's and 50's had that down to a fine art.

James Harvey (via Ganzeer)

#comics #drawing #james harvey #ganzeer

[ganzeer]

The gun's muzzle pressed hard against the base of Leroy's head. A strong recoil and muffled sound. Not a bang, more like a snap, followed by a sharp metallic jab deep into his brain. The echoes of a cruel sting, and then the incoming stampede of a migraine.

A small plastic cup was handed to him.  In it, two 1000 milligram beasts claiming to be medicine. His throat was very dry and feeling very, very tight.

"Can I take these up the ass instead?"

Leroy was a futurist. Nothing to do with the fascist futurism of Marinetti, or the transhumanist futurists of Silicon Valley bent on unattainable immortality. Leroy liked the idea of death. He believed that without death, people would likely be far shittier than they already were. Knowing we're only here for a short while drives us to be productive, he thought, to be good to one another, to leave behind a good, sound reputation. But then again, plenty of folks are shit because they know they'll be dead. They operate on the basis that they ought to live their short existence to the fullest and to hell with the world and anyone else inhabiting it.

Not Leroy Quade.

----

Excerpt from GROUND CONTROL TO LEROY QUADE, a short story (and illustration) for CREEPER magazine’s inaugural issue. 

#work #ganzeer #ohnothing #onothingpress #creeper #creepermag #text #other

[abbyschoolman]

@booklynart #fundraiser #assemblage #book with prescient title #nothingistrue #everythingispermitted #worldbookday #womenbookbinders #womenartists #womenshistorymonth #boundbythebest @sonyasheats #booklynartists #art #artistsbooks #rarebooks #bookstagram #contemporaryart #booksforsale #elianaperez #sonyasheats #marshallweber #miketaylor #veronicashäpers #danasmith #billdaniel #allisonmellberg #ganzeer #mariaveronicasanmartin #markwagner #tiablassingame #damarakaminecki #sethtobocman #jeremytaylor #wolfgangbuchta #meredithstern #justinjamesreed #christiangfeller #annahellsgärd #valeryhammond #christopherkwilde #chrisjohanson #johannajackson #candacehicks #joenapora #timothyely #ruthlingen #FLY #harrietbart #robbinamisilverberg (at Abby Schoolman Books, ABAA)

#book #justinjamesreed #chrisjohanson #ganzeer #annahellsgärd #sonyasheats #sethtobocman #billdaniel #rarebooks #markwagner #valeryhammond #joenapora #fundraiser #art #christopherkwilde #veronicashäpers #elianaperez #miketaylor #bookstagram #danasmith #wolfgangbuchta #booksforsale #boundbythebest #nothingistrue #candacehicks #damarakaminecki #mariaveronicasanmartin #christiangfeller #womenshistorymonth #johannajackson

[thenib]

Read Selective Myopia from Ganzeer: What do you do when nobody wants to hear the truth?

#Ganzeer #Egypt #comics #memoir

[comicsbeat]

Weekend reading and preview: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer is a dark, thought provoking piece of SF

Weekend reading and preview: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer is a dark, thought provoking piece of SF

Fans of Vertigo Comics and Image Comics recent turn to intelligent SF, here’s another comic you should be checking out: The Solar Grid by Ganzeer. Ganzeer is an Egyptian muralist and graphic designer who was forced to leave his home after being targeted by the current Egyptian regime as a terrorist after he made some cartoons critical of that regime. A troubling story but a sadly commonone aorund…

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#Digital Comics #ganzeer #Indies #the solar grid