…I’m thinking that it must be the Thin White Sketchbook, Part 3!

Last weekend was the MoCCA Art Festival 2008, and me and my David Bowie sketchbook (previously seen here and here) were back in action. As always, I couldn’t be more pleased with the results.

Molly Crabapple: Eyes to the skies and halfway between classy and goofy, as is the wont of Molly’s dandies.

CF: CF seemed excited to draw Bowie, until he flipped through my sketchbook, which he said was intimidating. He handed this back, saying “He was a great Nazi sympathizer.” That’s something of a misrepresentation, as a matter of fact–and something of a disconcerting addition to the sketchbook–but one does not look gift sketches in the mouth, I suppose.

Michel Gondry: Yes, that Michel Gondry. The fact that I have a sketch of David Bowie by the man who directed the video for “Everlong” is pretty goddamn wonderful if you ask me. Gondry insisted I buy his comic book in exchange for the sketch, which seems fair.

Jason: The most underappreciated cartoonist around, given his talent, Jason commanded huge sketch/autograph lines at the show. He actually apologized for “getting the clothes wrong” on this, but Bowie as an anthropomorphized doggie version of The Little Prince? No apology necessary.

Tom Kaczynski: A mash-up of Bowie’s two most stylish eras. My favorite sketch of the show. Look at that luscious red!

Bill Plympton: Yes, that Bill Plympton. When I saw this animation legend’s name on the guest list for the show, I got pretty excited. It paid off.

Andy Runton: Runton draws his trademark character Owly as any other character you like. He went for one of Bowie’s well-dressed crooner phases for me. Compare and contrast with the CF, if you will.

Dash Shaw: I get kind of a silent-movie expressionist vibe from this one, don’t you?

Kazimir Strzepek: This shot of Bowie, based on his soldier-boy look from the film Just a Gigolo, looks like it could have come right from one of Kaz’s post-apocalyptic fantasies.

Matthew Thurber: Thurber made a pretty wild Bowie minicomic called What Kind of Magic Spell to Use, an alternate-reality take on the recording of the Labyrinth soundtrack with producer Steve Albini (!). Needless to say he was a must-get on my list.

Don’t forget to check out the sketches I got at MoCCA 2007 and SPX 2007, or see the whole shebang as a Flickr set. Drink to the men (and women) who draw sketches for you and I! Drink, drink, drain your glass, raise your glass high!

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