Graphic-novel goodies
by Brittney Hansen
Issue date: 11/15/07
Section: Fine Art
Minnesota State may have spawned the next Frank Miller. Artist and graphic novelist Jill Frederickson, also known as Jilly Foo, presented her artwork along with two graphic novels "Demon Eater" and "The Planet Closest to Heaven" at the first Senior Art Show Grand Opening this year held in the Conkling Art Gallery Tuesday night.
"Demon Eater" is about a demon that eats other demons in order to get stronger and survive, she said.
"It's kind of like a dog-eat-dog world where you have to struggle to survive; it's kind of like how the art world is where you have to either kiss up or struggle and work really hard to make it."
"The Planet Closest to Heaven" is comics about a brother and sister who are just entering points in their lives where they have to learn how to survive on their own.
"It's basically brother and sister, and a little evil monster trying to survive," Frederickson said.
She also mentioned that she first became interested in comics when a couple of her high school friends showed her some web comics online. "I looked at a few of them and said 'I could do that,' and then I just slowly got into it. It was just a hobby that I started in the beginning of college. It was really hard at first just struggling to get my art to look decent enough but as I kept on going it kept on getting easier and easier, it just became this little obsession, I love it."
Frederickson also cited Disney movies, Japanese Manga and anime as influences for her work.
"Comics are starting to get really popular now with 'Spiderman' and '300,'" she added.
"People should really get into them, they come in many different genres, they're not all TNA kind of things, and definitely check out Manga, it's not all samurais and things like that."
Frederickson's comics are available online for download and for print at www.lulu.com/jillyfoobooks.
Senior art student Ben Olthafer also had notable work at the grand opening. Olthafer's work included several pieces on canvas, as well as a tree simply titled "Growth" constructed of various pieces of green and brown fabrics and tapestries hanging from one corner of the gallery.
"Demon Eater" is about a demon that eats other demons in order to get stronger and survive, she said.
"It's kind of like a dog-eat-dog world where you have to struggle to survive; it's kind of like how the art world is where you have to either kiss up or struggle and work really hard to make it."
"The Planet Closest to Heaven" is comics about a brother and sister who are just entering points in their lives where they have to learn how to survive on their own.
"It's basically brother and sister, and a little evil monster trying to survive," Frederickson said.
She also mentioned that she first became interested in comics when a couple of her high school friends showed her some web comics online. "I looked at a few of them and said 'I could do that,' and then I just slowly got into it. It was just a hobby that I started in the beginning of college. It was really hard at first just struggling to get my art to look decent enough but as I kept on going it kept on getting easier and easier, it just became this little obsession, I love it."
Frederickson also cited Disney movies, Japanese Manga and anime as influences for her work.
"Comics are starting to get really popular now with 'Spiderman' and '300,'" she added.
"People should really get into them, they come in many different genres, they're not all TNA kind of things, and definitely check out Manga, it's not all samurais and things like that."
Frederickson's comics are available online for download and for print at www.lulu.com/jillyfoobooks.
Senior art student Ben Olthafer also had notable work at the grand opening. Olthafer's work included several pieces on canvas, as well as a tree simply titled "Growth" constructed of various pieces of green and brown fabrics and tapestries hanging from one corner of the gallery.
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