PRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Hear ye, hear ye - PRINTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE in my etsy shop!

Limited Edition - signed & numbered on back.
2 prints to choose from or get a matching set.
Offset printed on textured natural white paper.

Jodie Made Me Do It! - New Stop Motion + A Broken Hearted Hobo

What's happening in this photo? You'll have to tune in to the new Bobby Joe Ebola "Sandwiches & Ammunition" video to find the answer. Cliffhanger! Created by me in granny's top secret sugar shack, working with an all-star claymation cast featuring Corbett & Dan, several Abe Lincolns, a cavalcade of roaches, and more. Projected release date is June 2012. Stay Tuned!

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?

Last February, I participated in the Down At Lulu's Valentines Day show, curated by Amanda Verwey. The above piece was my contribution - a swan song to the pain and indignity of lost love, partially inspired by the Bee Gee's classic, How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? This painting is now part of the collection of Emil Sempf, notorious comics enthusiast and man about town.

More Flyers from 2011

Nancy can't catch a break

Luckily, even my hack contribution couldn't sink Josh Bayer's awesome Suspect Device comic - an anthology of artists reworking two separate Nancy panels into a new story. It's no surprise that Nancy is horny, homicidal, or high (the crucial 3 H's) in many of these stories, but other stories are more abstract, and some even suggest a quiet complexity. Most of the art is great and the wraparound cover by Jon Vermilyea is epic:

Included in the first issue are comics by Edwin Vasquez, Sam Henderson, Lizz Hickey, Box Brown, Nikki Burch, Ton Hart, Pat Aulisio, Kevin Scalzo, Anne Emond, Marina Gagarina, and more. Future issues promise to be even better, so keep your eye out for this title.

Blarg Solo Show

My solo show at 1-2-3-4 GO! Records in Oakland is now officially over. It was extremely fun and gratifying to put together and so great to see friendly faces at the opening. Thanks to everyone who came, those who bought art, Barker & Rob for working, and special thanks to Steve for hosting. Here are some images of the paintings featured in the show:

                                         

Were Biker - SOLD

Wolf Bait - SOLD

Bitter Critic - SOLD

Chelsea Starr - SOLD

Girls Jacking Off To Rock n Roll High School

Marmadyke - SOLD

Sex Trafficking in Middle Earth

Atomic Pants - SOLD

Hillbillies in love & Chicken Girl - SOLD

Pizza Girl - SOLD

Select prints may be available in the future.

I LOVE LISTS

Someone (foolishly) asked me for my top ten in an interview recently. Little did they know, I LOVE LISTS. My lengthy guide to life's finer things was cut from the magazine, but I think you need to know about them, so I'm posting it here.

Liz Suburbia - Hilarity is crammed into every nook and cranny of Liz's comic 'Cyanide Milkshake'. Plenty of sex, punk, & B-movie references on every page. Goofy ads for fake products like Man Merkins and movies like the post-apocalyptic blockbuster 'Sex Beserkers' (Rated G for GWAR) are interspersed with short narratives featuring weirdo teens, zombies, and dogs. Reminiscent of classic Milk & Cheese-era Evan Dorkin. My new favorite comic. I love her.

Barfing Cat - by Liz

Melodee Lounge - This is the first bar that ever made me consider becoming a late blooming barfly. Hidden in a strip mall in El Cerrito, CA, covered in flocked wallpaper and populated by the cast of Twin Peaks 2011. Sometimes old punks bartend here, sometimes it's just a dude. Dive bars in CoCo County are a unique brand of hairy, but this one is primarily friendly-hairy. There is even a stand-up comedy night where I once witnessed an underage girl lying on the floor telling queef jokes. 

Internet dating - A lot of people recommend it, but it's just like when people used to talk up dumpster diving to me. They would weave tales of people finding bags of money or free beer in a dumpster but the only thing I ever found in a garbage can was garbage. However, just in case you're not feeling paranoid enough in your life, making an internet dating profile is a great way to announce to all of your coworkers, your landlord, and random creeps on the bus that you're horny. 

Hell Dream - Awesome short animation filled with a cartoony version of Heavy Metal fantasy art, lots of blood, and metal guitar riffs. Animated by Jim Dirschberger, art by Skinner.

Norman Pettingill - Hillbilly postcard art at its finest. The Fantagraphics book of his collected artwork is a dream come true.

Joey Sayers - Joey Sayers makes some of the funniest gag comics in the current mini comic kingdom. Sharp, absurdist humor that is simultaneously wacky and dark. Get stabbed in the face and land in a pile of whoopie cushions.

Pleasant Gehman - Pleasant Gehman is an inspiration. O.G. LA punk rocker, current glamour girl. She wrote a book called "Escape from Houdini Mountain" and earns a living belly dancing around the world. Recently she's been in a couple of low budget movies (alongside people like Jane Weidlin, Mink Stole, Karen Black, & Daniela Sea) - as a jailhouse dyke and a suburban swinger. She's a living icon!

Sally Cruikshank -  Sally Cruikshank makes(made?) hand drawn-and-colored animation in a psychedelic 80's new wave mixed with old school Fleischman Studios style. Most of her movies star a fucked-up looking duck named Quasi. In addition to short films, she made animation for Sesame Street and the opening sequence for movies like Mannequin.

If I could have someone else's animation career, it would be Sally Cruikshank's.

Burger Records - Burger Records puts out a lot of product but the most crucial is Cassette Tapes! Tapes are cheap enough that you can take a gamble on buying one at a gig and possibly find some awesome new tunes. Furthermore, my busted car only has a tape player. Lee Noise has stellar taste and puts out lots of obscure junk, old classics, and weirdo new tunes.

Al Jaffee - The genius behind the most important invention of our time - the Mad Fold-In. His 90th birthday was this year. If after 90 years you still don't know who Al Jaffee is - kill yourself.

Stink Lines + Flies = Fine Art

Blarg Art Show

I wanted to call this show "Carnal Comics Art Show" but forgot there's a porn comics publisher with that name. Thwarted again. But carnality is the theme. All new ridiculous NC-17 comic art by Janelle Hessig.

Thursday, July 21st, 2011

6-9pm

423 40th St, Oakland

Part of 1-2-3-4 GO 's Anniversary extravaganza. Happy Birthday, sucka!

Four Mexicans & A White Girl Walk Into A Gallery...

The show was curated by Jaime Crespo - an old school skater and surfer who makes autobiographical/biographical comics (including stories about when he lived/worked at hotels in the Tenderloin in the 80's). I've been a fan of his comics for a long time, so when he asked me to participate, I was honored.