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The new Kartoon Kings monograph is available via a bookstore near you or via Amazon.com. "Kartoon Kings," the first monograph and comprehensive analysis of the graphic artwork of Simon Grennan and Christopher Sperandio, is a collection of full-color images excerpted from comic book projects, video, billboards, and other of the artists collaborative public art media created over the past

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One of our most ambitious projects for a long time, we've just completed a pair of comic books. "The Art Below" and "Without Art I'm Nothing" seek out the connections between five of the most important ideas in art theory and the daily lives of seventy seventeen and eighteen-year-olds from across south Wales. 10,000 copies of each book will be hitting the streets in the fall of this year.

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Snap shots of in-progress work at Chicago's Anchor Graphics. The Kartoon Kings are in-residence this week. Look for these prints at the Anchor Graphics booth at the Bridge Art Fair Chicago later in April.

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A year in development with Northampton Museums and twelve members of the town's extraordinary Youth Forum, 'Making It' is a new Grennan & Sperandio 24-page comic book in an edition of 10,000, looking at life, fashion and manufacturing past and present. Referrring to Northampton Museum's shoe collection - the largest and most comprehensive in the world, the book is a unique helter-skelter ride

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Grennan and Sperandio are making some prints at Anchor Graphics this week (3/12-3/15).

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Installation view of prints (prototype paper sculptures) by Grennan and Sperandio published by Artists Image Resource.

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Covering a 70 foot long town-centre hoarding, the first image in the trio that make up "Street Dreams" was unveiled in the Northamptonshire Town of Corby in December - showing Corby teenager Tommy's dream of playing with his band in Japan. The further two images will appear in February and April 2007.

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From December 9, you can check out the exhibition of a suite of Grennan and Sperandio prints published by Artists Image Resource: play money for Dwyn and some prototype paper sculptures.

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A year in development with five sites in the English county of Hampshire, this new comic book features twenty five people's insights into the special histories of the place. Distributing over the next year in an edition of 25,000. "Back Then Right Now" ISBN 978-0-9551142-1-2

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Six thousand copies of new book "The Conversationalists" were hand delivered to every household in Berwick-upon-Tweed in October, following a five month project that produced over six hundred conversations with Berwick people. "The Conversationalists" ISBN 978-0-9551142-2-9 Image © John Williams

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One of four new drawings made for the city of Bradford as huge building wraps. Click the picture for a larger view.

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See the G&S short film "Hopes, Fears, Twenty Years" on the the city centre Big Screens in Leeds (from 13 September) and Birmingham (from 06 October). The film was commissioned by Cornerhouse, Manchester, as part of their twentieth birthday celebrations 2005.

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Grennan & Sperandio return to Bradford to make new artwork after almost ten years. Four new drawings made for the city are installed as huge building wraps on the freestanding banner sites from Interchange Station into Centenary Square, The Centenary Square Gallery Building, The Alhambra and The National Museum of Photography, Film and Television. The four drawings, titled "David's Place"

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Here are some images from last night's DWYN Tournament. It was the Canton Labour Club Battle for the Krown. Thanks to everyone who came along, and congratulations to Jehann Romaya, the DWYN Tournament Grand Prize Winner!

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The DWYN Tournament will be held on Thursday, July 27 at 7PM at the Canton Labour Club in Cardiff. The tournament grand prize is a SONY PSP! It's not too late to learn how to play DWYN, but you better hurry -- time is running out! Email Info@kartoonkings.com to arrange to come to Chapter Arts Centre to get a free DWYN lesson and a free pack of cards.

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Grennan and Sperandio (in the person of Sperandio) are in residence at Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre for the month of July. Drop by, say "hi" and get a free pack of DWYN, the new card game developed by G&S for Wales.

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Despite some factual errors (Sperandio's credits include Creator of ARTSTAR, Executive Producer, Writer), the following articles have some great information on the show: New York Times and again here New York Daily News Chicago Tribune Village Voice Time Out New York Artforum.com and again here Syracuse Post Standard

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ARTSTAR airs Thursdays at 9PM on VOOM.

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ARTSTAR, created by Executive Producer Christopher Sperandio (Grennan and Sperandio) with Co-Executive Producer James Fuentes, begins airing on June 1, 2006 on GalleryHD available on The Dish Network. Read this great article on ARTSTAR in the Arts and Leisure section of the New York Times.

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A piece on the ARTSTAR sneak preview at Artforum.com . It's a bit snarky, and has a few errors (including the nature of the 'prize') but the pictures are nice...

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The new “art-reality” TV series ARTSTAR attempts to do for the art world what other shows have done for pop singing, fashion design, and filmmaking. ARTSTAR offers an intriguing, tense, and sometimes hilarious look at what it takes to make it as an artist in New York. Premiering June 1, 2006 on GALLERY HD, part of the VOOM collection of high-definition television channels on The Dish Network,

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Here's a detail from a recent painted installation entitled 'The Greatest Gift.'

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Grennan and Sperandio, as artists in residence at Chapter Arts Centre, have invented a new card game for Cardiff. Called DWYN, it has a unique blend of rules - and is fun to play. The identity of the game is drawn from our interactions and exchanges with folks from all over. DWYN is intended as a mirror and a portrait of Cardiff, an ancient and thriving capital. Take a sneak peek at DWYN

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ARTSTAR, an eight episode TV series set in the New York art world, and created by Christopher Sperandio (Grennan and Sperandio) is currently in post-production. Check out the latest newspaper article on ARTSTAR in The Times of London. Also, see the January issue of ArtReview...

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An OPEN CALL for artists, hackers, moders and pranksters...

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