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Today is the last day to catch Brad Benedict’s Side Show exhibit at Wal Art (1639 South La Cienega Blvd in Los Angeles). Includes animation peeps like Chris Reccardi, Dave Wasson, Ric Heitzman, and Everett Peck. La La Landers have about an hour to run over. Otherwise, see the artwork online. (Artwork above by Wasson.)

“Game Over” (Art of the Gamer Generation) is a group show that runs through October 29th at Giant Robot in San Francisco (622 Shrader Street). (Artwork above by Justin “Scrappers” Morrison.)

And…the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City just announced two upcoming Kim Deitch events:

Cartoon Movie Night (October 30, 7 pm)
Kim Deitch will host a Cartoon Movie Night featuring rarely seen animated cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s hand-picked for the occasion from Deitch’s own personal collection. MoCCA will also display for one night only selected specimens from Deitch and spouse Pam Butler’s extensive collection of antique toy cats.

Deitch Q & A (November 13, 7 pm)
Q & A session with Deitch and exhibit curator Bill Kartalopoulos. Deitch will present examples of recent work and will also preview images from his current works in progress.

Also at MOCCA, a one-day only preview of Heritage Auction Galleries’ November 2008 Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction, to be more specific…

MAD Contemporary Art Treasures: The Most Classic Original Art from MAD Magazine (October 29, 10-5)

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Hi Fructose Magazine has posted an online interview with Chris Reccardi. The interview not only discusses his upcoming gallery shows, but also his experiences working on Ren and Stimpy, his first animation job at The New Beany and Cecil Show, his storyboarding for Rob Zombie’s The Haunted World of El Super-Beasto, and some upcoming animation pilots.

Best Quote? Working on Ren and Stimpy was rewarding: “But rewarding like getting ten root canals, and then growing new super-teeth later.”

For additional info on Chris, see his own website. Hear his latest musical project, the psychedelic pop band Cosmopollus, at this MySpace page.

—Anne D. Bernstein

Animation artist Chris Reccardi’s painting show, Mono, opened Friday at the Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle, Washington. The show will be up until July 5th, so if you live in the rainy Northwest, be sure to stop by.

Reccardi has worked on high-quality, visually stimulating series including Samurai Jack, Ren and Stimpy, and Powerpuff Girls. He also creates concept art for animated features at Dreamworks and Sony Pictures.

I’d put him in the “retro-futuro” school of art, which also includes cool colleagues like SHAG. And he is not afraid to incorporate glitter into his art!

Photos from the opening on the beatnikside blog.

One of his specialties is cute space girls, and here’s one of the best:

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