A Really Long Post About Art (updated)

Hi everyone!  I'm going to take a short break from our regular Vital Vocab story to ask a question.  Does anybody know why the Banksy website's down?  I mean, it's not really...down, but it used to take you to a slideshow of his various graffiti pieces (not every piece, but a lot of them), and now it's just this page.

And that makes me sad.  Because Banksy's one of my favorite artists.

By the way, am I the only one who's bothered by how much this

(courtesy of: Russell Darling on Flickr)

conflicts with this?

(courtesy of: stencils.tumblr.com)

That first one is on Main Street in Park City.  (The second is in San Francisco.)  There are two other Banksy works in Park City, but that's the only one I've actually seen.  And I can understand why they framed it, because everybody loves the piece and it's right where everybody's constantly walking by it, and that will keep people from vandalizing our glorified vandalism.  (Like I said, I love Banksy, but what he does is technically illegal.)  Except...it doesn't.  Recently, someone broke the glass over the one on Main Street, and painted over one of the others.  They restored them (and apparently caught the guy), but...still.  That frame does nothing.  *narrows eyes at the well-meaning frame*

ANYWAYS, I digress.  This post is not just about Banksy.  I also wanted to advertise two beautiful webcomics I've found.

So, I might have already told you about Ava's Demon, but look at this.  Look at this!

(courtesy of: Ava's Demon, Chapter Eight)

Look at theeeeem!  Ava's Demon is about a futuristic world where a girl who made a pact with a demon spirit person thing has to go find other demon spirit things and all the characters are really fabulous and unique and the artwork's just amazing and the author, Michelle Czajkowski, "interned at Pixar and worked with Dreamworks Animation," and it updates every Monday and Thursday and it's just really really cool.  And you should check it out here.

Another webcomic, something I found through Tumblr (because I started following the author, modmad), is called The Property of Hate (TPoH).  I don't really know how to explain it because it's pretty early on in the storyline, but it's really just...dreamlike and whimsical and pretty metaphorical, too, and the little girl, Hero, is just really just...really just...look at her!  O.O

(courtesy of: TPoH)

That actually doesn't express her adorableness well enough.  She's just cute and brave and really happy-go-lucky and she has to be lifted off the top bunk because the ladder hurts her feet and she's cute.  And like Ava's Demon, TPoH has a bunch of really creative and different characters, and there's also the other main character, RGB, but I can't even get started with him.  He's just amazing and well-dressed and says "cheerio" and also his head is a television.  (Yeah, I have no idea.)

(courtesy of: TPoH)

Mod (the author) updates I think one page every Sunday.  It's beautiful and you should check it out here.

Another beautiful webcomic is Homestuck, but I'm not gonna get into that right now.  It's amazing, but it's incredibly long.  I haven't read in months (I think I was on Act 5, Act 2, just before whatever the big thing is that Gamzee does).  If you wanna know more about Homestuck (which I highly recommend, regardless of length), read it here or read about it here.

(courtesy of: Siri)

This post is pretty long.  I'm proud of myself.  

Until next time!

-Allie

P.S: remind me to illustrate that last Vital Vocab like I promised.

UPDATE: The Banksy site has now become this:

*sniffle*