I wouldn’t normally promote a book by a fancy pants comics publisher like Dark Horse on here but I want to say that they just put out and brilliant book. I’ve been a life long fan of Denis Kitchen and it just grows. I figured everyone else just sort of lumped his art in with
Read moreAfter The Warming – Climate Change perspective from 20 Years Ago
Hosted by the great James Burke of Connections fame.
Read moreI Wanted to Say Something About Al Williamson…
Chris Cilla’s Heavy Hand
“There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about comics– what they are, what they aren’t: “literary”, “Art”, etc etc. That’s all fine, but sometimes we get books like “The Heavy Hand” by cartoonists like Chris Cilla, and...
Read moreThe Jamboyz “Men Don’t Change” Free Download
Yes. Albany, New York’s Jamboyz have released a new Album, their tenth (10th). ‘Men Don’t Change’ contains 14 tracks, including the hit song ‘Mindy’ (or ‘Mindie’). Mike and Nick from nickname: Rebel might have played on some of this. Mike says...
Read morePhotos from 2010 Kung Fu Magazine/WildAID Championships
A couple weeks ago I was given the assignment by Kung Fu Tai Chi Magazine to follow one martial artist – Kyle Loehr (pictured above) – around the WildAID Tiger Champion and Tiger Claw’s Kung Fu Magazine Champions competitions at the 2010 Shark City Nationals in San Jose...
Read moreRadio Free Blissville Plays at Anthology Film Archives’ NewFilmmakers Program Tonight, June 30
Radio Free Blissville Plays at Anthology Film Archives’ NewFilmmakers Program. Depicts Life After the Information Apocalypse via Pirate Radio The 19-minute fiction piece, set in the near future, delves into the use of underground pirate radio in urban areas after the cascading destruction of...
Read moreRadio Free Blissville Screening – Anthology Film Archives – New York, NY – 06/30/10
Creature Comforts benefit for independent arts and media. – CounterPULSE – San Francisco, CA – 06/30/10
Rest in Peace Rammellzee
Word comes to us this evening via Davey D on his Twitter feed that Hip-Hop pioneer Rammellzee has died at age 49. As originally reported on Consequence of Sound. UPDATE Rammellzee’s death was confirmed by his wife, as reported in today’s New York Times. I was very lucky to see him...
Read moreProfanity Hill has a ton of amazing new books.
PROFANITY HILL has been renovated with 27 new titles added to the catalog! New, old and rare material from: Peter Bagge, Douglas Bagge, Ingaletta Basher, Philip T. Basher, Jim Blanchard, Bruce Carleton, Steve Cerio, Chris Cilla, Max Clotfelter, Crypts, Jeremy Eaton, Dennis P. Eichorn, Austin...
Read moreFlesh and Bone reviewed by Rob Clough
I thought I’d listed this before but hadn’t. This review by Rob Clough of Julia Gfrörer on the Comics Journal is a great one: http://www.tcj.com/minicomics/horror-hilarity-flesh-and-bone Give it a read.
Read moreSteven Cerio’s Film Magnificent Pigtail Shadow Reaches Goal
Steven Cerio sends us word that: The Kickstarter project is fully funded as of today, with about 2 days to go until it officially closes!!! I’ll send more updates and images once the camera and field recorder arrive. In the meantime, continuing to tighten up the script… tentatively scheduled to...
Read moreSteven Cerio remembers the Fat Ivory Monkey
Steven Cerio remembers the Fat Ivory Monkey
Read moreKTMv2 by Scott Smallwood
No clue what is going on here. “The new version of the KTM – solid state, run off 12-v battery” Yeah. OK. Right. Scott is, of course, half of Evidence.
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Indy Euphoria!
This weekend (Sunday June 27th) is Indy Euphoria in Sacramento, California. I’ll be there along with Theo Ellsworth, Tom Neely, Skinner, Jordan Crane, Tim Vigil (yes!), Dan O’neil, Johnny Ryan, Steve Weissman, Alex Chiu, Ann Matsushima, and lots more. I’m really looking forward...
Read moreZombie Flash Mob in Campbell, CA – Psycho Donuts – Campbell, CA – 06/22/10
Bring Out Your Undead Tuesday Night
I need as many people as I can get in their best zombified state – skin rotting off, shambling, lusting for brains – to show up in front of Psycho Donuts in Campbell, California at 7pm tonight (Tuesday, June 22, 2010) for a big Christmas in June setting up event/photoshoot for a...
Read moreRest in Peace Frank Sidebottom
When I first saw a tweet of the news that Frank Sidebottom had left us today, I was pretty sure it could not mean that Chris Sievey, the man behind the enormous head, was actually dead. Maybe just taking a break or retiring the character he’d played for over a quarter century. But, no...
Read moreFlesh and Bone by Julia Gfrörer on Forbidden Planet!
An excellent review on Forbidden Planet UK of Julia’s Flesh and Bone: forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/2010/old-legends-a-new-storyteller/comment-page-1/#comment-265948 Seriously cool.
Read moreSun Worship Event V – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 06/20/10
Danny Dutch reviewed on Poopsheet!
Another great review on Poopsheet by Justin Giampaoli. Danny Dutch by David King learns a valuable lesson. www.poopsheetfoundation.com/profiles/blogs/danny-dutch-by-david-king
Read moreSACRAMENTO Indy Euporia next weekend!
I’ll be road tripping next week with Theo Ellsworth and Tom Neely to Sacramento, CA for the second Indy Euphoria convention, Sunday June 27th. I’ll have the full on Sparkplug catalog, including newest books like Eschew #2, Reich #7 and Flesh & Bone as well as some distro books...
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