Archive for October, 2006

Ellen Westerberg
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

Last Saturday my dad called to let me know my grandmother had passed away. I loved my grandma and grandpa a lot, but her death was not unexpected or painful. Grandpa passed away in ‘96, and since her life was centered around taking care of him, her health and mental state declined rapidly.
On Sunday I [...]

Florida is a Death Metal Town
Monday, October 30th, 2006

I few weeks ago I blogged about Yoni (aka why?) and posted some of his art, well if any of ya’ll live in the Bay Area you can check out Florida Is A Death Metal Town featuring art by Anticon musicians. Here is the info:

Featured artists:david bryant (passage)antonio diazadam drucker (doseone)liz hodsonshaun koplowdavid madson (odd [...]

Spindox March 2005 If you haven’t seen this video …
Sunday, October 22nd, 2006

Spindox March 2005If you haven’t seen this video check it out. I made it from a Spindox meetup last year and Spencer totally steals the show.
http://spindox.org/

But wait, there’s smore!
Friday, October 20th, 2006

Finally there’s a way to cook smores outside! That’s right, you too can make smores without having to be in your living room with the new Indoor/Outdoor S’mores Maker from CasaModa.
Bring it with you next time you go camping, or to the beach for your next bonfire. Ever been stuck at a book burning with [...]

Drown Radio, booming over your high school’s P.A.
Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Peder, a friend and fan of Drown Radio, sent me a cool message today about his Philosophy teacher using “Happy Valium Meal” as part of the curriculum:
“After I sent my teacher the lyrics and song of Happy Valium Meal she loved it and decided to print out the lyrics and make copys for the entire [...]

New SFCC comic online now.
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

The newly created San Francisco Cartoonist Conspiracy comic “LMNtal” is online now on the CartoonistConspiracy.com. You can read it here (feel free to print it up if you got the paper.) You’ll probably recall that this is the same cover page I posted earlier this week with the black and white cover for contrast.
The SFCC [...]

Friday the 13th
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Well, last Friday was a good time. There was to be another underground absinthe party (similar to this one and this one I wrote about a while back ago) and my buddy Dan was going to visit me (from Minnesota) and film some of my performances over the weekend.
As we were walking to the 24th [...]

Inks and Colors
Monday, October 16th, 2006

Above is the cover to our newest Cartoonist Conspiracy book “LMNtal”. It was a highly collaborative piece that was created in a different way than most of our comics. Brian Kolmes pencilled most of the images, then Jeff Plotkin added some penciled work, before I inked the whole piece.
I’ve been having a lot of fun [...]

826 Valencia field trip
Saturday, October 14th, 2006

Since I’ve moved to San Francisco I have been volunteering as a cartoonist at 826 Valencia, a local non-profit writers workshop for kids. It’s a lot of fun, and doesn’t feel like work at all.
Usually there will be 4 or more volunteers working these field trips, a story leader, a typist, an illustrator, and a [...]

Lofty Pursuits Part II
Monday, October 9th, 2006

In the previous blog I wrote about my new wooden loft bed and the Bosch-esque heaven and hell theme with cassette tapes. The background would be orange, the cassettes where white, and all of the clouds would be the original wood color. To give the clouds shading, I used wood stain.
Here is the unpainted with [...]