5.29.2009

MoCCA!!

June 6th and 7th! I will have a table at this years MoCCA Fest! I'll be releasing a new She Skull comic zine and new pin packs. I'll also have lots of prints and gocco cards. I may even have a Chupacabra or two... I'm really excited and I hope you fine people out there can make it!

Also check out some in progress inking pics on Flickr... Flickr!

MoCCA Festival 2009 will be held June 6th & 7th at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street in New York City.

MORE INFO: MoCCA

5.18.2009

Poster Design / Call to Entry!

Not only did I make this poster, I'm also a co-organizer! This is going to be a really fun event.

The Gowanus Studio Space Jell-O Mold Competition
CAll TO ENTRY

Saturday, June 20, 2009 from 6-10pm
Register by June 12, 2009 to compete

Jell-O is the perfect medium for design in these times of restraint given its versatility, economy, and availability. This is why it’s time for a comeback of the Jell-O proportions of old: soaring heights, strange colors, object suspension!
The Gowanus Studio Space’s Jell-O Mold Competition will pit designers against each other in an effort to make the Jell-O mold cool again. Competitors will battle it out for mold supremacy in the following categories:
- Creativity
- Aesthetics
- Structural/sculptural ingenuity
- Edibility/culinary appeal
- Best use and showcase of Jell-O
A crack panel of respected judges will announce the winners at 8pm on the day of the event. The judging and awards ceremony will be held at the Gowanus Studio Space in Brooklyn.
The event is open to the public so even if you don’t compete you can come check out the action! Kelso beer and Jell-O shots will be served.

We are also running a vacum form workshop so you can build your very own mold.

MORE INFO: http://www.gowanusstudio.org/jello/

5.05.2009

New Illustration!


New illustration in this months LI Pulse! Ink and digital color. There are two versions.

4.25.2009

My painting for GAG ME WITH A TOON

Shipping out this hotness tomorrow. Its my take on rainbow brite. Trying to think of a good name.... Can you tell who was my reference photo?

Gag Me With a Toon!

Heres some more info for Gag Me with a Toon: GAG ME WITH A TOON 2: HARDER! FASTER! RADDER!
GAG ME WITH A TOON, not the mold, but the twin!
It’s the second go-round for this glorious show in which pop cartoon art is all that we know.
The original rocked but what shall we do it’s time to install what we call GAG TWO?
How is it HARDER? Because of the people whom we have corralled under our ink-stained steeple.
These artists are strong and accepted the task of eclipsing what we have recently passed!
How is it FASTER? We tempted the fates and shortened the time in-between GAG ME dates!
How is it RADDER? Is that even a word? I’ll leave that to Webster and remain undeterred to exhort you and your cronies to meet in the rear of the place we call Meltdown in the fifth month of the year where we shall show you dangers and demons, cereal mascots and spinach-filled sea men, double the lions that form into knights, brilliant blue dwarves and robotic lights.
We’ve multiplied madness and aggrandized our art, now it is up to you to come do your part!
Drink with two fists and view with two eyes this wonderful show that is littered with lies.
But this is line is truth, lest I burn in the fire; within these walls you’ll find much to admire.
GAG ME WITH A TOON NUMBER TWO is the name!
Don’t hate on this sequel. It’s not more of the same.

GAG ME WITH A TOON 2: HARDER! FASTER! RADDER!
Contemporary Confabulations of Childhood Cartoons
Curated by Steven Daily
MAY 2, 2009 @ MELT GALLERY AT MELTDOWN

7522 SUNSET BLVD, L.A., CA, 90046 www.meltcomics.com

Featuring new work from the minds of:
ADAM HATHORN - ALEX PARDEE – BARSOM - BRENT NOLASCO - BOB DOB - CHRIS DEVIOUS GLIEBE - CHRIS PRYNOSKI -CRAIG EDMUNDS- DAVID FINCH - DANIEL BIGELOW - DANIEL GALVEZ - DANNI SHINYA LUO - DONNY MILLER - DAN QUINTANA - ERIK ALOS - GEAR BOXXX - GIL KUNO - GINO GESUALE – GRANGER – GUNNER - GUSTAVO ALBERTO GARCIA VACA - JEFF MC MILLAN - JEFFERY PAGE - JIM MAHFOOD - JON DRAGONETTE - JOE HANH - JON SCHNEPP - JONATHAN WAYSHAK - JUSTIN BLOOMER - KEVIN LLEWELLYN - LES SCHETTKOE – LOLA - MAC N. ZIE - MATT TAYLOR - MAXX 242 - MIKE KELLEY - EL MAZ -NATE VAN DYKE- NATHAN CABRERA - OVERTON LLOYD - ROMAN DIRGE -SARA ANTOINETTE MARTIN- STEVEN DAILY - STEVE GIBB – MARCO ANTONIO RACHED - TARA MCPHERESON - THE CHUNG - TRAVIS LOUIE - TOMI MONSTRE - VAM POTNA

4.23.2009

Upcoming Stuff

I have a load of stuff coming up! Here's the rundown in chronological order:
SPRING FEVER @ Kings County Bar
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 25th @ 8pm

Curated by Andrew Michael Ford
286 Seigel (near the corner of Bogart & Seigel)
Brooklyn, NY
Show will be on display for at least one month

participating artists include:
Natasha Quam, Patrick Winfield, Camilla Fallon, Zachary Carlisle Davidson, Bill Dunlap, Mr Afternoon, Michael DeNicola, Sara Antoinette Martin, Ryan Seslow, Katie Kaplan, Jess Ruliffson, Jerimiah Syme, Samantha Sabatino, Lisa von Enxing, subtexture, Jenevieve Reid, Anna Okubo, Carlesto Norwood


GAG ME WITH A TOON 2: HARDER! FASTER! RADDER!
Contemporary Confabulations of Childhood Cartoons
Curated by Steven Daily
MAY 2, 2009 @ MELT GALLERY AT MELTDOWN
7522 SUNSET BLVD, L.A., CA, 90046 www.meltcomics.com

Featuring new work from the minds of:
ADAM HATHORN - ALEX PARDEE – BARSOM - BRENT NOLASCO - BOB DOB - CHRIS DEVIOUS GLIEBE - CHRIS PRYNOSKI -CRAIG EDMUNDS- DAVID FINCH - DANIEL BIGELOW - DANIEL GALVEZ - DANNI SHINYA LUO - DONNY MILLER - DAN QUINTANA - ERIK ALOS - GEAR BOXXX - GIL KUNO - GINO GESUALE – GRANGER – GUNNER - GUSTAVO ALBERTO GARCIA VACA - JEFF MC MILLAN - JEFFERY PAGE - JIM MAHFOOD - JON DRAGONETTE - JOE HANH - JON SCHNEPP - JONATHAN WAYSHAK - JUSTIN BLOOMER - KEVIN LLEWELLYN - LES SCHETTKOE – LOLA - MAC N. ZIE - MATT TAYLOR - MAXX 242 - MIKE KELLEY - EL MAZ -NATE VAN DYKE- NATHAN CABRERA - OVERTON LLOYD - ROMAN DIRGE -SARA ANTOINETE MARTIN- STEVEN DAILY - STEVE GIBB – MARCO ANTONIO RACHED - TARA MCPHERESON - THE CHUNG - TRAVIS LOUIE - TOMI MONSTRE - VAM POTNA


MoCCA!
The 2009 MoCCA Art Festival will take place the weekend of June 6-7 at the 69th Regiment Armory at Lexington Avenue and 25th Street in New York City.

I'm finally doing MoCCA this year! It my favorite small press fair ever. More info coming soon!
MoCCA


Just Because
July 3rd at the C.A.V.E Gallery
507 Rose Avenue, Venice CA 90291

Featuring work from:
Anne-Julie Aubry, Cambria, Cherri Wood, CJ Metzer, Danni Shinya Luo, Jeni Yang, Jenna Colby, Juri Ueda, Kendra Binney, Lesley Reppeteaux, Melissa Contreras, Melissa Moss, Rebecca Hahn, Sara Antoinette Martin, Shannon Bonatakis, Tina Darling, and Yuki Miyazaki

MORE INFO: C.A.V.E


Scientific Evolution
August 8, 2009 – September 5, 2009 | Reception: August 8, 6-11 pm
Distinction Gallery
317 East Grand Ave, Escondido, CA 92025
Group show, 10% of proceeds to benefit stem cell research

MORE INFO: Distinction Gallery

4.16.2009

Brooklyn Flea this Sat!

Brooklyn Flea returns to Fort Greene this Saturday, April 18th! I'll be there with my prints and stuff, sharing a booth with Drew Morrison. You can't miss the booth! (Drew has some awesome signage).

MORE INFO: Brooklyn Flea

4.04.2009

Pieces of the Puzzle

Some what of a last min show.... Pieces of the Puzzle just opened this friday! Check it out!
I'm also going to have some new paintings in their July show. More info on that later!

MORE INFO: C.A.V.E. Gallery

3.09.2009

Interview in Format Mag

Format just posted an awesome interview I did for them.
Thanks Jesse!

Check out the interview here: Format

2.26.2009

Everything but the Kitschen Sync

I got into the big annual show at La Luz de Jesus in Los Angeles! The opening is Friday, March 6th and I will be in attendance. Yay!

MORE INFO: La Luz de Jesus

2.19.2009

Kidrobot's Meet the Artist video


Come Meet the Artists at Kidrobot NY from Kidrobot on Vimeo.

Kidrobot just posted a video from their NYCC event, Meet the Artists, at the NY store. I'm in it here and there.

2.18.2009

El Chupacabra captured by Brian McCarty!

Brian McCarty did a really awesome job capturing El Chupacabra on the prowl. He wrote a really nice little description too!

You can check out his eCard right here!

Thanks Brian!

2.04.2009

My first Gocco!

I just finished my first Gocco Project! They are mini prints that can also double as note cards. I did two color versions, red and green. They are priced at $5 and come packaged with an envelope.

You can check out more pictures on Flickr.
You can pick them up at Skelecore!

1.30.2009

New Open Edition Prints!!

New prints now available!
13" X 19" and only $30!
Check it out on Skelecore!

Movers and Shakers

I'm in this upcoming show in LA! It opens on Valentines day, there is a limited edition print set being made and its full of heavy hitters. Oo-la la

More info at POVevolving.

1.19.2009

Goldfish Chumbys are available!

Goldfish Chumby is now up for sale on the Chumby website! You can snag one right here for $599. Its very reasonable for a hand painted Chumby!

If you already have a chumby, you can load it up with my very own widget, "Beastcast". You can find it under the lifestyle category or click right here!

1.13.2009

DELINEATIONS at Ad Hoc Art

I have a drawing in this super cool show and I will be in attendence at the opening. This Friday, January 16th. Yay!

Ad Hoc Art proudly presents...

DELINEATIONS (in the front gallery)
Ad Hoc Art is proud to present "Delineations": a collection of drawings and illustrations from a diverse group of international artists.
Drawing has been and will always be a fundamental part of the art-making process. Starting as far back as the 1400's, artists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, Michelangelo, and Raphael used drawing as not only a starting point but as a way to communicate things which could not be accomplished in any other medium. Fast forward to the 1900's as artists such as Max Beckmann, Jean Dubuffet, Arshile Gorky, M. C. Escher, André Masson, and Pablo Picasso not only continued this serious examination of drawing as fine art, but took it to incredible new places through their creativity and talent. In more recent times artists such as Marcel Dzama, R. Crumb, Dan Clowes, Joe Sacco, Yoshitomo Nara, and Julie Doucet (among many, many others) again redefined how we look at drawing as not only a means to an end but an important and impressive end in itself. Continuing with this amazing tradition, we present to you a new generation of drawers and illustrators who hope to not only add to this amazing lineage of artists but to also find ways to reinvent and reinterpret how drawing can be used to communicate and enlighten.

Participating artists include: John Breiner, Alley Cat, Adam William Carnes, Gigi Chen, Fernanda Cohen, Molly Crabapple, Adam Collison, Cycle, Deseo, Bonnie Durham, Ezra Li Eismont, Ewelina Ferruso, EZO, Nate Frizzel, Yoko Furuso, Bob Gibson (TLP), Mark Gibson, GROW, Joshua Hagler, Fred Harper, Peter Herpich, Thomas Herpich, Nevada Hill, Phil Hollenbeck, Mike Houston (Cannonball Press), isuel isuel, Jeremyville, Katie Kaplan, Jane Kim, Hiro Kurata, Rafael Ladesma III, Laura Lee, Tim Hon Hung Lee, Tae Lee, Brian Life, Tommii Lim, Daniel Hyun Lim (Fawn Fruits), David MacDowell, Drew Maillard, Sara Antoinette Martin, Martin Mazorra (Cannonball Pres), MIHA, Melissa Murray, Gilbert Oh, Logik One, Pagan, Nathan Lee Pickett, Lady Pink, Lilly Piri, Anthony Pontius, Devin Powers, Carlos (MARE139) Rodriguez, Dorthy Royle, Martina Secondo Russo, Frank Russo, Allison Sommers, Robert Steel, Kevin Earl Taylor, TheDirtyFabulous, Elisabeth Timpone, TOOFLY, James Turek, Connie Wang, Jaeran Won, Pippi Zornoza plus Mikey & Doyle of the Black Label Bike Club

Also opening at Ad Hoc:
in the project room
"The Insecurities of Time" - a solo exhibition by the artist Know Hope
&
in the adhoc alcove
"A Sequence of Images" - a solo exhibition by the artist Melissa Murray

OPENING THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 16th from 7pm -10pm
Ad Hoc Art
49 Bogart Street
Brooklyn, New York 11206

MORE INFO: http://www.adhocart.org

1.12.2009

Glory Lilys

This weekend I drew some flowers. :)

Goldfish Chumby Series

I've finished my Chumby series. YAY! You can check out more pictures on flickr!

Series of 5 custom painted Chumbys. Each one is signed and numbered. Plus they come with a little mini drawing. These will be available at chumby.com very soon! More info on price and all that stuff coming soon.
In the mean time, here's a little podcast from the Science Channel that better explains exactly what Chumby is!