Barbara Mendes
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Barbara Mendes | |
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Born | January 30, 1948 |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Painter, Cartoonist |
Pseudonym(s) | Willy Mendes |
Notable works | It Ain't Me Babe, Queen of Cosmos Comix |
http://www.barbaramendes.org |
Barbara "Willy" Mendes (
Career
Mendes worked in
Mendes began her career in underground comix in the late 1960s. She collaborated with
2017-present
After completing a mural in a Sephardic Synagogue in Los Angeles, Mendes began to study Torah and actively practice Judaism.[6] Mendes later opened her own art gallery in downtown Los Angeles, where she paints brightly colored biblical narratives based on Genesis, Exodus, and Leviticus, the first three books of the Torah.[5] Mendes created her own style of "Epic Paintings", consisting of brightly colored, narrative imagery displaying biblical stories and messages.[7]
In 2017, a scene from Bruno Kohfield-Galeano's short film 'The Blinking Game' was filmed in Mendes' studio and features many of her paintings.[8]
Mendes returned to comix in 2020 with the release of Queen of Cosmos Comix from Red 5 Comics.[9]
Bibliography
Comics
- "Make Money, Sell American Seeds," in Slow Death Funnies#1 (Last Gasp, April 1970)
- "Oma," in It Ain't Me, Babe (Last Gasp, July 1970)
- "Ada," in Insect Fear #2 (Print Mint, Mar. 1971)
- "Take This Woman Comix" in San Francisco Comic Book #3 (Print Mint, Aug. 1971)
- Multiple stories in All Girl Thrills #1 (Print Mint, 1971)
- "Easy Come Easy Go," in Yellow Dog #23 (Print Mint, Oct. 1972)
- "The Hippy Wedding," in The Someday Funnies (Abrams, 2011) — reprint of a story from the 1970s
- Queen of Cosmos Comix (Red 5 Comics, 2020)
Editor
- It Ain't Me, Babe (Last Gasp, July 1970)
- Illuminations (1971)
References
- ^ "American Artist BARBARA 'Willy' MENDES; UG Comix & Contemporary Art Interview, Part III."
- ^ a b "Willy Mendes - Comic Book DB". www.comicbookdb.com. Archived from the original on 2015-11-22. Retrieved 2017-11-29.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ www.MosserDesign.net, Mosser Design, Deni Mosser. "Fine Art by Barbara Mendes, Judaic art, Jewish art, Biography of Barbara Mendes". www.barbaramendes.org. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Estren, Mark (2012). A History of Underground Comics: 20th Anniversary Edition. Ronin.
- ^ ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
- ^ "Biography - Fine Art by Barbara Mendes". Barbara Mendes. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ Richard Suertudo (2015-12-26), ipi American Artist BARBARA 'Willy' MENDES; UG Comix and Contemporary Art Interview, Part I., retrieved 2017-11-28
- ^ "The Blinking Game (2017) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "New IJOCA article on Barbara Mendes". Neurotic Raven. 3 April 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.