{"id":2375,"date":"2012-06-24T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2012-06-24T06:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2375"},"modified":"2012-06-24T00:01:42","modified_gmt":"2012-06-24T06:01:42","slug":"7-imp%e2%80%99s-7-kicks-285-featuring-jake-parker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=2375","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks #285: Featuring Jake Parker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/rabbitandbearbffa.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>I love this illustration, which comes from freelance illustrator, designer, and comic artist <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mrjakeparker.com\/\">Jake Parker<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Jake is the creator of the <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/kids\/missilemouse\/\">Missile Mouse<\/a><\/em><\/strong> graphic novel series, published by Scholastic, and he has also worked for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blueskystudios.com\/content\/index.php\">Blue Sky Studios<\/a><\/strong>. While at Blue Sky, Jake created sets and environments for such films as <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1080016\/\">Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1436562\/\">Rio<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Right now, Jake&#8212;who lives in Utah with his family&#8212;is working as a freelance artist, creating picture books and comics. <\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Jake embarked on a project to fund <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/jakeparker\/the-antler-boy-and-other-stories\/\">The Antler Boy and Other Stories<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, a collection of short comic stories he&#8217;s been writing and drawing over the past eight years. There&#8217;s more information in the below video, as well as lots of art. (For the record, I haven&#8217;t seen <em>The Antler Boy<\/em> yet, but this doesn&#8217;t stop me from featuring Jake&#8217;s art today.)<\/p>\n<p>I thank Jake for visiting. Be sure to visit <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mrjakeparker.com\/\">his site<\/a><\/strong> for more of his work (and previously published books); the &#8220;characters&#8221; page is particularly fun. His blog is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/agent44.com\/blog2\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>. I hope we see more of Jake&#8217;s art in even more picture books in the near future. <\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I have to start out with his tattooed Santa, though it&#8217;s nowhere near Christmas. I love him too much &#8212; and maybe he&#8217;ll help us cool down a bit, even if he himself seems to be in swimming trunks. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/jakeparkertattoos.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/theLittleMermaida.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/033jakeparker.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/rabbitflight1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/0281.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/0282.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/0283.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/07jakeparker.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/jackandant1.jpg\" border=1><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/jackandbeanstalk1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/beanstalk1.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<center>Jack and the Beanstalk<\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/mm031.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>From <\/em>Missile Mouse<\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/antlerboy_alley1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>From &#8220;The Antler Boy&#8221;<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/therobotandthesparrow.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>From &#8220;The Robot and the Sparrow&#8221;<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/HugoAirheart1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>From &#8220;Hugo Earhart,&#8221; one of Jake&#8217;s first comic stories<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/jules\/jakeparker1.jpg\" border=1><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480px\" height=\"360px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/jakeparker\/the-antler-boy-and-other-stories\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\"> <\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<center><em>Jake&#8217;s video; click the play button to see more art<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>All images reproduced with permission of Jake Parker.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p>Note for any new readers: 7-Imp\u2019s 7 Kicks is a weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week, whether book-related or not, that happened to you. New kickers are always welcome. <\/p>\n<p><center><font size=3><strong>* * * Jules&#8217; Kicks * * *<\/strong><\/font><br \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t mean to be so brief today, but I think my kicks 1 to 7 this week can be embodied in the fact that last night I saw <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lostinthetrees.tumblr.com\/\">Lost in the Trees<\/a><\/strong> perform at a tiny club in Nashville. I&#8217;m actually typing this on Friday night, since I have a busy weekend ahead, so it feels weird to use the past tense. <\/p>\n<p>Below is a picture of the band and one of their newer songs, which is My Current Favorite Beautiful Song. As you can see in that picture, there will be many instrumentalists playing tomorrow night. (I don&#8217;t even think all of them are pictured there.) I am such a fan of this little-known band that I feel an awful lot like <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flight_of_the_Conchords_(TV_series)\">Mel<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e2sa6iHWF8I\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>(That&#8217;s too fun <em>not<\/em> to post.)<\/p>\n<p>So, I&#8217;m not at all like Mel, but I do know the words to all their songs. (And she&#8217;s impressive, huh?)<\/p>\n<p>Okay, <em>now<\/em> here is the song. I won&#8217;t be standing in a forest tomorrow night, listening to them, but I will finally get to hear them live. I still say <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PpkeTk4eY8E\">their latest CD<\/a><\/strong> is, hands down, the most gorgeous CD of 2012. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KDtzPPfEycI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What are <strong><font size=4>YOUR<\/font><\/strong> kicks this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love this illustration, which comes from freelance illustrator, designer, and comic artist Jake Parker. Jake is the creator of the Missile Mouse graphic novel series, published by Scholastic, and he has also worked for Blue Sky Studios. 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