Yesterday I went to the MoCCA Art Fest in NYC - it's a big indie comics extravaganza, and I ended up having a blast and making new friends and buying a million great books. I'm doing a big post on my own blog, but I thought I'd share this with everyone.
Michel Gondry was there, and there was like NO LINE to go talk to him (he was selling a comic he'd done, as was his son), so I bought his book and got it signed by him and said I was stoked to meet him, etc etc.
Anyway, he drew people in their books for them, though he would occasionally draw himself. Here is what he thinks I look like:
Apparently I am a fat mutant, which I can live with. For some reason he neglected to draw my mustache, but I can't complain - though maybe that's the thicker line above my mouth?
For the record, he is just as nice and not of this world as you'd expect.
8 Comments
quakerninja said 3 months ago
Who?
seibei said 3 months ago
director of Science of Sleep, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, plenty of videos by Bjork, White Stripes, tons of other stuff...
Master_Control said 3 months ago
science of sleep and eternal sunshine are two of my favorite movies. he must be a really interesting guy.
quakerninja said 3 months ago
oooh That Michel Gondry.
Jon Kruse said 3 months ago
Awesome! He is my favorite music video director and he does great movies to.
seibei said 3 months ago
yeah it was such a nice surprise!
jfinley said 3 months ago
From what I've seen him in interviews and stuff, his english is really tough to understand. Was that your experience?
seibei said 3 months ago
no, but our conversation was very limited - me complimenting him, telling him I was so glad he was there, introducing myself - he basically just shook my hand and thanked me and then started drawing me. Then he showed me his son's comic, which I also bought.