ComicCon

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the Igloo Tornado booth at this years ComicCon. The big hit was the Hall & Oates t-shirt (and Tom's new graphic novel, of course). I sold a few things and had a good time taking in the craziness that is ComicCon. I still have my LoserGoes1st x LaceLockLosers t-shirt available (sorry, no small sizes left), as well as some art zines. E-mail me if you are interested in purchasing a t-shirt or zine. There are less than 20 "Tete-a-tete" prints left and they are now available through my gallery, Blackmaria, or by e-mailing me, for $100.00.

New Print is here!

You are gazing at "tete-a-tete" my amazing new Giclee print that arrived yesterday. It is signed and numbered in a limited edition of 50. For a short time I am offering it for $50.00 each, but that price will go up once I hand it over to my gallery at the end of July. It is printed on archival museum quality paper, and the size of the print is 25"x10.75". Feel free to e-mail me with any questions or comments or to place an order: losergoes1st@gmail.com

The Blot

My friend and fellow Igloo Tornado brother, Tom, has just released his first graphic novel, The Blot. I know that I'm probably a little biased, but this thing is INCREDIBLE. I would love this book in general without knowing anything about Tom, but knowing what he went through to get this produced is amazing. You can and should order one right now on his website iwilldestroyyou

Lace Lock Losers

Coming very soon, a blog my friend Mark and I created specifically dealing with our interest in trainers/kicks/shoes/whatever you want to call them things that cover your dirty feet. LaceLockLosers

More Spain!

Spain!

I'm a little slow to getting these up, but here are a few choice pictures from our trip to Spain.

How to build an Igloo

This is in the front yard of a small business in Silverlake that is nestled between apartment buildings. The guys that own the place always have cool installations out front. The latest is an igloo built out of material that can be woven together. It looks more like a tepee than an igloo because of the wooden poles used to frame it, but it's still pretty impressive. Perhaps they would be interested in building some smaller ones for the Igloo Tornado show in February?

Love is...?

I'm a creature of habit. I read the LA Times every day. I know that my wife would say that the word read should be in quotations because I actually only look at the front pages of the world and local news sections (the "real" news she says). Anyway, I do read the sports page (Page 2, TJ Simers is a must read), and the Calendar section where the crossword puzzle is (I can only complete Monday through Wednesday before I have to cheat with the internet). I save the Classifieds for last because the word Jumble puzzle is in there along side the most confusing comic of all time: Love is...
Let me start by saying that I LOATHE this comic, it mocks me daily as I work my word Jumble. The characters in it don't ever seem to have any clothes on, and they do some really weird stuff whilst naked. The whole thing is one big trite, overly sentimental piece of garbage. Yet I can't stop myself from looking at it. Perhaps because for the longest time I thought I knew what Love was; or maybe I'm just a glutton for punishment. Who knows.
Let's take this example above, exactly what is going on here? It looks like the "man" is trying to hump the "woman's" armpit. This is Love? I never knew.

RollinHatin.blogspot.com

This blog is about "contemporary art that examines the role of Dungeons & Dragons, Escapism, and Fantasy in contemporary art and culture". I'm pretty sure fellow Igloo Brother Levon would be very interested.

Sketchbook page

Bored on a plane back from Spain. More about our trip later...

Now or Later Loser

a few more pages from the upcoming zine.

New Print

This should give you a rough idea of what my new print will look like. The 3 panels are connected, the bird is on the first panel on the left, then the middle panel with the branches, then the face on the right. I'm not sure what the title is going to be, or how limited the edition will be, but i'm guessing i will print at least 12 of them. signed and numbered, of course.

Henry + Glenn

New Henry + Glenn's coming out for Comic Con in July

99 Problems/Red Balloons

Quite possibly one of the best mash-ups i've ever heard. check it out here under "Location 2": 99 Problems

a hint of things to come

these last 2 images are from a little zine i'm putting together for comic con. the igloo also has new henry and glens in the works as well as some other surprises. i'll also be debuting my first limited edition print at the convention, more details on that in the next few months.

My Exhibition History

I've got a new page set up with a selected list of the shows that I've been in over the past few years. Just click on the My Exhibition History link in the links section.

Edison Bar

just wanted to be on top of the game and tell everyone to make sure and check out the Edison bar downtown. It's on 2nd street before you hit Main Street, down an alley behind the Pitfire pizza joint. The place is absolutely incredible. It's a huge old boiler room converted into a fancy bar. Words can't do it justice, just check it out for yourself.
*Note* I wrote the above post before the Edison bar officially opened. Everything I have heard about the bar since it has opened has been terrible. Dress codes, velvet ropes, needing a "reservation" to get into a bar!?, expensive drinks, etc... all add up to a really cool looking bar for people that i do not want to be drinking with. You'll find me a few streets over at the Bar 107 (right next door to the best shoe store in LA, Blends) drinking a 24oz Pabst, or perhaps a can of Schlitz.