Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Shiloh Museum Pod Cast


In October I gave a visual presentation  and talk at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History on the upcoming documentary graphic novel What Follows Is True...Crescent: The Baker Years. .  You can find an audio version of the talk at Shiloh Museum Podcasts under Places.  You can also access it at iTunesU by searching for Crescent Hotel.

Thanks to Shiloh Museum Collections Manager Carolyn Reno and Photo Archivist/Research Librarian Marie Demeroukas.


Crescent Hotel Magazine Feature


Recently our upcoming documentary graphic novel What Follows is True was mentioned in a fantastic article about the Crescent Hotel in the October issue of Joplin Metro Magazine by Kevin McClintock and photos by T. Rob Brown.  Thanks so much Kevin.  Click on the images below to read the article.  








Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Graphic Novel Lecture At Shiloh Museum


Join us today, Wednesday, 12 PM, October 17 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.  I'll be giving a visual presentation and talk on the upcoming documentary graphic novel What Follows Is True...Crescent: The Baker Years.  This book chronicles the Norman Baker years, the darkest years of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs,  Arkansas.  

The Shiloh Museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Ave. Springdale, AR 72764.  For more information contact the museum at 479-750-8165.   

Friday, August 24, 2012

Parallel Universes: Crescent Hotel Event


PARALLEL UNIVERSES:
where science and the supernatural meet
An Investigation
At the Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs
August 24th-26th
Presented by Keith Scales




SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
FRIDAY AUGUST 24th

  • Talk:  The interface today; knowledge and the unknown
  • Multi-media presentation
  • Physics of the Future; nanobots and superpowers
  • Speaker: quantum physicist/futurist         
  • Does the Brain contain the Mind? OBEs (Out of body experiences) and NDEs  (Near death experiences) Speaker: psychoneurologist TBA
  • Late Night Theatre
SATURDAY AUGUST 25th

  • The Limits of perception: intuition/clairvoyance/remote viewing
  • Speakers: a psychic, a neuroscientist, a psychologist, TBA.
  • Mind over matter: Telekinesis, teleportation and telepathy
  • Speakers: mentalist, a quantum physicist, a paranormal investigator 
  • Dogma, direct experience and direction in life. 
  • Telepathy experiments – audience participation
  • Mysterious Phenomena – auras, automatic writing, the placebo effect, etc 
  • The Other World; astral plane/alternate realities/holographic multiverse
  • Speaker TBA (Institute for Noetic Sciences)





 

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Narrative Art Drawing Workshop at ESSA


Narrative Art Drawing Workshop  
at Eureka Springs School of the Arts
Monday, Aug. 6th - Friday, Aug. 10th 
       
This week-long class I'm teaching is designed to give an overview of basic drawing and the narrative art medium. We will work in industry sizes and specs, covering a wide variety of narrative approaches from documentary to slice of life stories. Students will work in a variety of media as well. Set-ups, timing, props, choice of shot, and character development are all emphasized.

This is a unique experience to be teaching a class in the town that is the setting for my upcoming documentary graphic novel What Follows Is True...Crescent: The Baker Years.  I will be discussing  the production of this book and showing examples as well.  For more information about ESSA, visit them on the web atessaart.org.  

Sunday, July 29, 2012

Bringing Baker Back: Scales Plays Eureka Cancer 'Doctor' To The Hilt

Here is a recent article from newspaper the Lovely Citizen of Eureka Springs, AR featuring Keith Scales and his rendition of the notorious Baker Cancer Hospital administrator Norman Baker.  

Thursday, July 19, 2012

From The Carroll County News



Wednesday, July 18, 2012
By Tina Parker, Carroll County News

EUREKASPRINGS -- A documentary-style graphic novel that depicts the history of Crescent Hotel and its famous Dr. Baker is gaining some attention as it nears completion.
The novel, "What Follows Is True... Crescent: The Baker Years," tells the life of Norman Baker, the famed "doctor" who turned the Crescent Hotel into a cancer treatment facility in the 1930s.
Using paint and mixed media, illustrator Sean Fitzgibbon, alongside writer Kevin Brown, tell the story of the fraudulent doctor and his dark history in Eureka Springs. While the novel chronicles the life of Baker, the main focus is his time at the hotel.
Baker claimed to have the cure for cancer and lured several patients to the facility on promises of a treatment and healing waters.
"Baker's time in Eureka Springs are the darkest years for the Crescent Hotel," said Fitzgibbon.
Fitzgibbon and Brown first heard of Baker on a ghost tour provided by the Crescent Hotel, during which their fascination about Baker grew.
The next day, Fitzgibbon visited the Carnegie Library inEureka Springs to find as much as he could about Baker.
"It didn't seem real, so I wanted to research it; come to find out it was real and it made me want to know more about him," explained Fitzgibbon. "Turns out, sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction."
After extensive research, Fitzgibbon and Brown began constructing the graphic novel, which took five years to compile. Though the novel it is not yet complete, the duo is planning for a Spring 2013 release of the book.
Despite the fact that Baker's time at the Crescent Hotel was short-lived, the stories of his time in Eureka Springs, and the lives he claimed, is that of large and storied legend.
The Fayetteville Public Library held an artist's reception on Thursday featuring a sneak peek at pages from Fitzgibbon's novel.
Fitzgibbon exhibits work in galleries and art centers throughout the United States, and he teaches at Northwest Arkansas Community College in Rogers.
In August, Fitzgibbon will teach a graphic illustration class at Eureka Springs School of the Arts.

Monday, July 16, 2012

Thanks!

Just like to thank everyone that made it out to the FPL What Follows Is True sneak peak and reception.  Also thanks to the hard working FPL staff for all their help organizing the event.  It was a great turnout and I really appreciate it!  Also, thanks to 5 News for helping get the word out.   -Cheers

Monday, July 9, 2012

Carroll County News Article: What Follows Is True


New book shows, tells Eureka tales
Monday, July 9, 2012
Carroll County News
Special to CarrollCounty News
EUREKA SPRINGS -- The Fayetteville Public Library will host an artist's reception to honor artist Sean Fitzgibbon on Thursday, July 12 at 5:30pm in Walker Community Room for a sneak peak at his upcoming graphic novel "What Follows Is True: The Baker Years," a documentary/ graphic novel set at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Spring in the 1930s.

Fitzgibbon's current project, "What Follows Is True" is a combination of gallery art and narrative storytelling with a local setting. Focusing on the Norman Baker years (1938-1939) of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, the artist has been working with writer Kevin Brown to tell the story of these dark years as a documentary graphic novel.

To read more of this article visit them on the web at carrollconews.com

Thursday, July 5, 2012


Join artist Sean Fitzgibbon at the Fayetteville Public Library, Thursday, July 12th at 5:30pm in Walker Community Room for an artist reception and sneak peak at his upcoming graphic novel project What Follows Is True: The Baker Years. A documentary graphic novel set in at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Spring, AR in the 1930s.

Through July 15th, Sean's painting and collage series Altered Perceptions will be featured in the library's Reading Room on the second floor of the library. This series is composed of drawn and painted, interconnected images that explore concepts of mystery and perception incorporating many visuals observed through traveling.

Sean's current project, What Follows Is True is a combination of gallery art and narrative storytelling with a local setting.  Focusing on the Norman Baker years (1938-1939) of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, Sean has been working with writer Kevin Brown to tell the story of these dark years as a documentary graphic novel.

"I first became interested in this story after visiting the Crescent Hotel and going on their evening ghost tour with my co-writer, Kevin Brown," explains Fitzgibbon.  "The tour guide discussed the ghost sightings that have made the hotel famous, but the most interesting story to us was not the ghosts, rather the story of Norman Baker, a fraudulent "doctor" who turned the hotel into a cancer clinic in the late 1930's."

Fitzgibbon found the story too unbelievable to be true. "Skeptical, I ventured to the local library the next morning and learned that Baker and the cancer hospital were among some of the darkest years in Eureka's history." The two began collaborating ever since, and new fully painted pages and panel sequences will be featured at the reception for the first time. This will be a public sneak peek at the upcoming graphic novel.

"What Follows is True is a marriage of my gallery art and graphic novel illustrations," shared Fitzgibbon. "Using painting and mixed media, Kevin and I are revealing Norman Baker and the Crescent Hotel's story which demonstrates that truth is sometimes stranger than fiction."

Artist Sean Fitzgibbon exhibits work in galleries and art centers throughout the US, recently including solo exhibitions at Pittsburg State University Gallery (Pittsburg, KS), Jasper Community Art Center (Jasper, IN), Old Firehouse Art Center (Longmont, CO) and Illinois Central College (Peoria, IL).  He has illustrated books and teaches at Northwest Arkansas Community College.

Original art and prints will be available for sale at the reception, with 10% of art sales benefiting the Fayetteville Public Library NEH Challenge grant.
Visit seanfitzgibbonart.com for more information on artist or to learn more about the book visit http://followsistrue.blogspot.com/ <http://followsistrue.blogspot.com/>

Photo Caption: Sean Fitzgibbon's illustration for What Follows Is True: The Baker Years, a graphic novel project documenting the Norman Baker years of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.

WHAT:  Artists' Reception for Sean Fitzgibbon at the Fayetteville Public Library

WHEN: Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 5:30pm

WHERE: Fayetteville Public Library, Walker Community Room, 401 W. Mountain St., Fayetteville

To schedule an interview about this event, call Willow Fitzgibbon, Reference Manager at479.856.7210 or email wfitzgibbon@faylib.org

Saturday, June 23, 2012

WHAT FOLLOWS IS TRUE Sneak Preview At FPL

The reception for Sean Fitzgibbon's exhibit at the Fayetteville Public Library in Fayetteville, AR will be on July 12 from 5:00pm-7:30pm.  The exhibit runs until July 15.   I will be featuring sneak preview work from the upcoming documentary graphic novelWhat Follows Is True...Crescent: The Baker Years.  This book chronicles the Norman Baker years (1937-1939) the darkest years of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, AR.  Prints and original work will be available for purchase as well as signed copies of Fitzgibbon's graphic novel DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed.


Special thanks to Director of Development Susan Foley.  10% of all sales will go to the library's National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant.  

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Thanks So Much!


Last month, writer Kevin Brown and I were asked to be exhibitors at the Cape Comic Con in Cape Girardeau, MO.  I signed copies of my graphic novel's DomestiCATed and Small Wonders and we discussed our upcoming documentary graphic novel What Follows is True...Crescent: The Baker Years.  We'd just like to thank Ken Murphy for having us out to CapeCon in Cape Girardeau, MO and hosting such a fun event.  It was great meeting everyone and we hope to do it again sometime.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Ghosts Of The Crescent by Rebecca J. Becker

The next time you visit the historic 1886 Crescent Hotel, be sure to pick up Ghosts of the Crescent card set by renowned international artist Rebecca J. Becker.  Rebecca's work is exquisite and well researched and this card set is equally so.  Each card in this six card set depicts one of the famous ghosts of the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, AR.  On the back of each card you'll find the story of the ghost represented on the front.  The six ghosts represented are Michael, Theodora, The Lady in White, The Girl in the Mist, The Little Girl, and the Little Boy.  Cards measure 5.5 x 8.5 inches, and envelopes are included.  Descriptions of each ghost are written by author Keith Scales on the back of each card.  
Cards can also be purchased on the web by visiting here.  

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Ebook Format

My recent graphic novel DomestiCATed: Paths Once Crossed is now available in book form as well as ebook format.  It is available thru iTunes and is compatible with the iPhone and iPad and will soon be available on the Kindle Fire as well.


We are also planning on releasing What Follows Is True...Crescent: The Baker Years in both physical book and ebook formats.  The ebook version will make for a unique interactive experience in which the viewer will be able to access recorded interviews, maps, documents, videos, and other supplemental materials.  A great deal of these extras will be available on our website as well for those who prefer the physical copy of the book.  

Monday, January 16, 2012

Midnight Theater Presentation by Keith Scales

Be sure to see the presentation In The Morgue Of The Mastermind: Norman Baker Speaks by award-winning actor Keith Scales.  This theatrical presentation takes place every Friday and Saturday night at 11:00 pm at  America's Most  Haunted Hotel, the 1886 Crescent Hotel.   For more information click here

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Crescent Presentation

Just like to send out a quick thanks to everyone that made it out to our Visual Presentation and Talk at the historic Crescent Hotel on Saturday evening.  We'd also like to thank Keith Scales for hosting this event.  It was a lot of fun and we really enjoyed the interesting discussions.  It was great seeing Keith's excerpt from his Norman Baker Midnight Theater Presentation and artist Rebecca J. Becker's presentation about her incredible series The Ghosts of the Crescent.     

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Short Works by WFIT Writer Kevin Brown

What Follows Is True writer Kevin Brown has had Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry published in over 100 Literary Journals, Magazines, Anthologies, and Best Of… Anthologies, as well as having multiple stories turned into Audio Performance Productions.  He has been featured in publications such as Armchair Shotgun, GUD, Cadenza, Rosebud, The Ante Review, The Midnight Diner, Twisted Tongue Magazine, Space and Time, PERMAfrost, Virgogray Press, Lamegoat Press, and many more.  
His recent collection of short fiction features six award winning stories.  Much like its namesake, the dark and twisted short stories in Kevin Brown's Death Roll collection sink their teeth into you and won't let go. I'm on my second read of this collection and I suspect it won't be my last. Brown covers the range of human emotions from fear, dread, revenge, love, and jealousy in a collection of stories that come highly recommended. Don't let this book pass you by.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Visual Presentation and Talk at the Crescent Hotel

This Saturday, January 7 from 6:30 - 8:00 pm writer Kevin Brown and myself will be giving a visual presentation and talk about our upcoming 2012 graphic novel at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, AR as part of ESP Weekend 2012 in Eureka Springs.  This is a unique opportunity to attend an event set in the actual location where the events of the book took place!  Thanks to Keith Scales and the Crescent Hotel staff for having us out to participate in this event.  


The 1886 Crescent Hotel is a member of the prestigious National Trust's Historic Hotels of America and is also known as America's Most Haunted Hotel.  If you are intrigued by history and parapsychology and want to investigate one of the nation’s most reportedly active historic properties then consider attending ESP Weekend 2012.

Full details and ticket information can be found at americasmosthauntedhotel.com.