Bill Fick
Bill Fick and Carlos Hernandez with at Resonator this October for the Printslinger Freak Print Fest
What's been going on in your world and circles lately?
I teach at Duke University so I’ve been wrapping up the semester. The fun thing that’s happening is I’m organizing the Flaming Eyeballs Micro Art Fair that will take place in Durham, NC on December 11. It’ll feature work by John Hancock, Carlos Hernandez, Dennis McNett and Tom Huck.
Anything in particular you've been working on?
I’ve been working on a comic book that’ll be a part of a portfolio of comics by a bunch of artists mostly from the USA but a few from overseas. My comic will be 32 pages of wacky abstraction and semi narrative weirdness.
Tips, Tricks, Techniques?
Make prints! Making is the method. Nothing but good will come from cranking out the work.
Future thing you are looking forward to?
Curating more micro art fairs that feature local artists.
Tablers at Zine Machine Printed Matter Zine Fest in Durham, NC 2019
Live Printing in Durham Supergraphic Print Lab
Favorite bands / albums lately?
Lately I’ve been doing a deep dive into early punk and related stuff. Bands like The Undertones, Death, The Sonics, Richard Hell and the Voidoids. I’m 58 and I missed all this early stuff. I’m now catching up. Mainly interested in the energy and DIYness of it all.
Poem?
I like signage – does that count as poetry?
Visual artists (or whatever people) you've been digging lately?
Looking at a lot of tattoo art and random stuff on Instagram.
Links to anything you're involved in you want to share?
Last year one of my print classes worked on a big project with Carl Pope. Powerful stuff! Here’s a link to the project:
https://artscenter.duke.edu/projects/the-bad-air-smelled-of-roses-a-silk-screen-wheat-paste-project/
Bill Fick is also part the Speedball Professional Artist Network. He and Carlos Hernandez regularly tour with the Speedball Roadshow “spreading the gospel of ink” through demos, workshops lectures and print fests. Bill even has his own ink, Supergraphic Black available at: https://www.speedballart.com/
You can check out more work by Bill Fick on his website: https://billfick.com/
or on his instagram: instagram/linobill
Bill Fick’s Boss Cat Tee is available for preorder until Friday, December 17th
Place your preorder here: https://oscillator-art.com/pre-orders/bill-fick-boss-cat
