Ep 43 - Rare Digital Art on the Blockchain and New Ways for Artists to Get Paid

On this LAB Radio, episode Aaron Mangal discusses creating rare
digital art on the Blockchain as well as the myriad of platforms
out there for artists. Our guest this week is Joe Chiappetta,
cartoonist, comic book author and artist.


Joe Chiappetta, Author, Cartoonist, Blockchain Art
Creator


Joe Chiappetta has been involved in cartooning and publishing
since the mid-1980s, creating comics and art that reflect
something positive about life. As an author, Chiappetta has won
many awards, including an Illinois Arts Council Award for his
work on the book "Back Pain Avenger." This volume, its research,
and the speaking tour surrounding it focused on issues of
disability in the history of comic books, as well as presenting a
non-medicated memoir of rehabilitation. For his family
documentary work on the graphic novel "Silly Daddy," Joe was also
the recipient of the Xeric Award as well as numerous other award
nominations over the years.


Rare Silly Chain from Joe's Blockchain Art Card
Collection Called CrystalsCraft


While widely known for his award-winning work on Silly Daddy
Comics, Joe has also been a prolific cartoonist creating comics
about cryptocurrency and blockchain since 2015. He exhibited
twelve blockchain comics at the 2018 Ethereal Summit in New York
City and was the only cartoonist selected for this event to
create live interpretive comics covering the show.


As the author of numerous articles about rare digital art, and an
early adopter in this field as well as on crypto-social networks,
Joe has educated and encouraged thousands of professionals,
including artists and collectors, to pay close attention to the
rising opportunities that cryptocurrency has opened up for the
art industry.


After listening to this episode you will learn:


Joe's Background and how he got into making art

How the old system of collectables works (Creating, selling
and distributing the works)

What makes something rare, valuable and collectable

How Joe sees the opportunity to transition into digital
collectables

The story behind Joe's rare digital artwork

How does Cryptocurrency open new opportunities for
Cartoonists and Collectors

About Spells of Genesis and their "Blockchanization" in
gaming

Applications in the Cryptocurrency art realm Joe is excited
about

Book of Orbs, a platform for buying/selling and storing
digital art

Platforms Joe likes including Steemit and Ono



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