{"id":6890,"date":"2023-05-08T16:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/interview-with-crypto-og-and-comix-artist-joe-chiappetta-makersplace-magazine\/"},"modified":"2023-05-08T16:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:19:58","slug":"interview-with-crypto-og-and-comix-artist-joe-chiappetta-makersplace-magazine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nft.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/interview-with-crypto-og-and-comix-artist-joe-chiappetta-makersplace-magazine\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Crypto OG and Comix Artist Joe Chiappetta | MakersPlace Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this candid conversation, we delve into the personal and artistic journey of Joe Chiappetta, an accomplished comic artist and OG of the crypto art world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He shares his experience of finding faith and transforming his life, the role of community and collaboration in his career, and the driving force behind ArtVndngMchn. Discover how Chiappetta\u2019s passion for art and purpose intersect, and how he strives to uplift and inspire others through creativity and shared experiences. <\/p>\n

Visit Joe\u2019s MakersPlace Storefront<\/a><\/p>\n

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BW: So Joe, you\u2019ve had a long and interesting career, and I found it challenging to write a summary for your latest drop. Can you catch our audience up on what you\u2019ve been doing in independent comics and art for the last 30 plus years?<\/strong><\/p>\n

JC:<\/strong> I\u2019m glad you asked because it means I\u2019m doing exactly what I want, which is not fitting into a specific category. I understand though, for the internet, you need to plug things into categories for search purposes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I started in the fine arts field, but my acrylic and oil paintings weren\u2019t selling as much. However, my comics and zines took off, and that became more of a full-time thing. I\u2019ve been putting out comics for years, making art, but never fitting into one category. I do experimental art, traditional illustrations, animation, sculpture, and more recently, crypto art. With the emergence of cryptocurrency, I started doing comics about it, and then the ability to put them on the blockchain came out. So now we have rare digital art, but it\u2019s all in the same bucket, and I\u2019m having a good time.<\/p>\n

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Crypto Paste<\/em> by Joe Chiappetta<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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BW: How many comics have you done so far? Is it countable?<\/strong><\/p>\n

JC:<\/strong> I\u2019ve published over 12 square-bound paperback books, and as for issues of a comic called Silly Daddy<\/em>, I got up to about 20 before collecting them into larger volumes. In 2004 and then 2017, I put out giant Silly Daddy Comics collections of most everything I did in those two different volumes. So, in terms of substantial books (Silly Daddy plus other titles), it\u2019s probably around 12.<\/p>\n

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