Gary Leib

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Gary Leib
BornOctober 29, 1955
Chicago, Illinois, United States
DiedMarch 19, 2021(2021-03-19) (aged 65)
New York City, New York
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)
  • Cartoonist
  • illustrator
  • animator
  • musician
Notable works
Rubber Rodeo
Idiotland
Twinkle
www.garyleib.com

Gary David Leib

Grammy Award-nominated band Rubber Rodeo, which recorded two albums for Mercury Records. He created original music for independent and feature films, including the critically acclaimed Ironweed
.

Biography

Leib was born in

Lincolnwood.[1] His influences growing up included EC Comics, MAD, and Zap Comix.[4] He went to Niles North High School and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD),[5] graduating in 1977.[1]

Leib was a founding member of Rubber Rodeo in 1980 with RISD friends Doug Allen,[2] Bob Holmes, Barc Holmes, and Trish Milliken. Leib played keyboards.

Leib and Allen's Idiotland, which ran for seven issues in 1993–1994, was nominated for a 1994

Duplex Planet Illustrated[2] and the 1995 award-winning comic jam, The Narrative Corpse
.

Leib created his animation studio Twinkle in 1993;

New York Times website, a network ID for MTV, and a documentary for PBS. He created the animated sequences in the film American Splendor,[2][7] often working in collaboration with his old partner Doug Allen.[8] (American Splendor won the Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Film at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.)[9] Leib made the animated end closing credits for the film American Ultra.[10]

Leib also designed a popular line of promotional toys for The Hershey Company.[11]

Leib taught in the graduate computer animation program at the School of Visual Arts and the Parsons School of Design[12] in Manhattan. He was the 2016–2017 artist-in-residence at Fairmont State University.[13]

Former Rubber Rodeo bandmates Leib and Bob Holmes performed in a new music project named SUSS, which has been referred to as "ambient country" music.[14] SUSS released three albums, the most recent in December 2020.[6]

Leib died of a

heart attack[2] on March 19, 2021, aged 65.[15] He was survived by his wife, the painter Judy Glantzman, their daughter Lila,[2] and his three siblings Beth, Alan, and Joel.[7]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gary David Leib, October 29, 1955 - March 19, 2021," Farewelling. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Dean, Michael. "Gary Leib: 1955 – 2021," The Comics Journal (March 23, 2021).
  3. ^ Leib profile, Internet Movie Database. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  4. ^ Sodomsky, Sam. "Gary Leib, Musician and Illustrator, Dies at 65," Pitchfork (March 22, 2021).
  5. ^ a b Leib bio, New York Times website.
  6. ^ a b Rettig, James. "Gary Leib Dead At 65," Stereogum (March 22, 2021).
  7. ^ a b De Wit, Alex Dudok. "RIP Gary Leib, New York Filmmaker, Animator, And Cartoonist, 65," Cartoon Brew (April 21, 2021).
  8. ^ Doug Allen entry, Internet Movie Database. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  9. ^ 2003 Sundance Film Festival Archived July 25, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, Sundance Institute Digital Archive. Accessed July 25, 2019.
  10. ^ Amidi, Amid (August 25, 2015). "Interview: Gary Leib Talks About Creating 'American Ultra''s Animation Sequence". Cartoon Brew.
  11. ^ Leib profile, Lambiek's Comiclopedia. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  12. ^ "Gary Leib," The New School: Parsons website. Retrieved March 28, 2021.
  13. ^ "Gary Leib Named Artist in Residence," Fairmont State University official website (April 17, 2011).
  14. ^ ""ambient country" group SUSS prep expanded edition of debut (listen to "Laramie")". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 2018-10-01.
  15. ^ "Gary Leib, Musician and Illustrator, Dies at 65". Pitchfork. March 22, 2021.

External links

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