http://jameskennedy.com Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:52:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's finally here! On Saturday, April 17, 2010, Chicago theater group Collaboraction and I are throwing an Order of Odd-Fish fan art gallery show and costume dance party! Collaboraction is decorating their space to portray scenes from Odd-Fish. Foppish cockroaches, courtesy of Strange Tree, will be strolling around. There will even ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/03/08/domeofdoom/ Modern dandy Basil Arnould Price, a fifteen-year-old prodigy whose work on DeviantArt is staggering, contributed this amazing picture for the Odd-Fish art show: a stylish portrait of Ian Barrows, Jo's best friend in Eldritch City. I'm blown away by this! Basil really captured the what I wanted Ian to be; both ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/03/04/odd-fish-art-a-contest-and-my-radio-debut/ I'll be honest. When I put out the call for submissions to the Order of Odd-Fish art show, I expected good art. But I didn't expect to get my socks rocked off like this. I can't tell you what an awesome experience this has been, to see my handful of ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/02/25/the-odd-fish-art-of-diana-todd/ Another knockout entry for the Order of Odd-Fish art show! This time it's the creation of the universe as depicted in the Odd-Fish tapestry: the All-Loving Mother tricked by Aznath, the Silver Kitten of Deceit into vomiting the 144,444 gods into existence. I love this! It's gorgeous, raucous, and strangely solemn. ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/02/16/the-origins-of-eldritch-city/ Jaw drops to floor. Brain explodes with awe. Eyes joyfully melt. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Hailey McLaughlin's contribution to the Order of Odd-Fish art show: a double triptych of Lily Larouche, Colonel Korsakov, and Commissioner Olvershaw, both in their prime and in their old age. WHAT A DOOZY! It's ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/02/09/new-art-and-odd-fish-paperback-is-out/ The date of the Order of Odd-Fish art extravaganza has been set: April 17, 2010! That will be the night of the Dome of Doom costume dance party and the unveiling of the gallery. I can't wait. Want to submit art for the show? Here's details. The deadline has been extended ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/02/01/odd-fish-art-update-5-and-literary-death-match/ A couple weeks ago I posted an in-depth interview with a blogger who disliked my novel The Order of Odd-Fish. Here's the opposite: an interview with a blogger http://jameskennedy.com/2010/01/12/interview-with-the-weirdside/ IT IS COMPLETE! Today I'm proud to present the last two entries (Chapters 19 and 20) in Max Pitchkites' series of mixed-media illustrations of The Order of Odd-Fish. It's been a long, exhilarating ride! You can see all 28 beautiful illustrations, with Max's and my commentary, here. Above we have the ... http://jameskennedy.com/2010/01/06/odd-fish-art-update-4/ This past August The Order of Odd-Fish received its first truly scathing review. Before that I’d received either ecstatic reviews, or lukewarm reviews, or okay-but-not-my-cup-of-tea reviews. Now here was someone who really ripped into the book, with a passion that made me feel like I’d personally betrayed her. Her name ... http://jameskennedy.com/2009/12/29/interview-with-someone-who-hated-odd-fish/ Max Pitchkites has hit the home stretch of his astonishing mixed-media illustrations for The Order of Odd-Fish (check out the complete series so far). It's going to be a highlight of the Odd-Fish art show we're putting on in April 2010. This one above is a new favorite—the final moment of ... http://jameskennedy.com/2009/12/17/odd-fish-art-update-3/