Tuesday, November 03, 2009

It's the silliest party of the year...

It's a Mad Monster Party...


Halloween ain't over yet! Did this piece for the upcoming Creature Double Feature show which opens this Friday (Nov. 6th) at Brave New Worlds Comics in Philadelphia. Show runs the month of November and features over a dozen artists tribute to your favorite "creatures".

Friday, October 30, 2009

I pity the fool who don't gimmie some candy!!!

Every year I so look forward to carving a pumpkin for Halloween. This year I went with one of my all time favs...Mr. T!


Trick or treat, sucka!!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

It's a SMod World after all...

This is my contribution for Gallery1988's group show of art inspired by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier's podcast.


If you are in the LA area on Friday night you should try and check it out, it should be a really great show and Kevin and Scott will both be in attendance, sadly i am on the East coast and can not make it. Read the press release below to learn more...

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The Gallery1988: LA crew has been looking forward to this week all year! Friday night, our gallery will play host to "SMart: Artwork Inspired By Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier's SModcast." If you don't know about SModcast, no worries, because just like with everything I know nothing about....I can teach you....through Wikipedia.

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SModcast is a weekly podcast featuring filmmaker Kevin Smith and his long time producer partner Scott Mosier, although guests occasionally feature. Released each Sunday night, the episodes are generally one hour in length and feature Smith and Mosier discussing current events and other non-sequitur topics. The name was derived from taking the first letters of "Smith" and "Mosier" and replacing the "P" in "Podcast". The podcast is distributed through Smith's entertainment website Quick Stop Entertainment. New episodes are made available for download there each Sunday night or Monday morning, and are then released through the RSS feed the following Friday in order to ease bandwidth strains on the Quickstop Entertainment.
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And they've been doing it quite some time, as they are currently about to release episode #96. And this is not your father's podcast (cause your Dad LOVES podcasts). These are dirty, real, free and tremendously funny. Topics like how long it would take for Kevin to eventually make a sexual advance on Scott if they were stuck on the LOST island, how people would react if Jesus came back to fight Osama Bin Laden, what Hitler's dog was probably like and how one might confront a member of 80's rock band Foreigner if you were to see him at the supermarket are brought up on the program with extreme delight. And Titan Publishing just released "Shootin' the Sh*t with Kevin Smith: The Best Of SModcast," which takes some of the show's best bits and transcribes them into the written word. So to celebrate the book release and Kevin's Q & A event at the Orpheum Saturday night, we enlisted 25 artists to take these transcribed SMod moments and turn them into original paintings and prints for display and purchase. "SMart," hosted by Kevin and Scott, is a one-night event at G1988: LA, this Friday, Oct. 23rd from 7-11 PM and has spawned some amazing pieces. And we're excited to see the SMod-inspired pieces from:

Tom Whalen
Daniel Elson
Scott Campbell
Andrew Wilson
Allison Reimold
Dave MacDowell
Jim Horwat
Israel Sanchez
David Eichenberger
Lesley Reppeteaux
Kiersten Essenpreis
Danielle Rizzolo
Ben Walker
Joey Spiotto
NC Winters
Roland Tamayo
Scott Derby
Tom Haubrick
Dan Santat
Misha
Sean Clarity
Gideon Boomer
and 3 lucky submission winners...
Travis Kotzebue
Jen Brazas
& Razzah Wunderbar!

And one more artist Dave Perillo, who's contribution below is a depiction of SModcast episode #38, where Kevin and Scott talk about getting VERY drunk and attempting to ride It's A Small World at Disneyland (and running into some problems because of Kevin's weight).

Monday, October 19, 2009

Baltimore Comicon recap and baby cap'...

Always a fun show, here are a few sketches I did at last weeks Baltimore Comicon. I didn't end up doing too many sketches but I did do one for actor Scott Adsit who might recognize as Pete from "30 Rock"...


He had a very cool League of Extraordinary Gentlemen themed sketch book which I contributed this Invisible Man...


I also did this Cap 'n baby Cap' for couple expecting a baby boy in a few weeks...

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Pittsburgh Comicon Sketches

Last weekend was the Pittsburgh Comicon, always a fun time. Here are a few of the sketches I did...


Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy


Lion-O


Venom & Spidey


Adam Strange


Sawyer, Hurley & Locke from "Lost"


Kenneth & Jack Donaghy from "30 Rock"

Monday, September 07, 2009

COBRA!!!

This is the companion piece to the GI Joe piece I posted earlier, I tried to mirror everything from that one...


Also, I will be attending the Pittsburgh Comicon this upcoming weekend. So if you happened to be in the Steel City area, swing on by the con and say hello. I will be set up in artist alley sellin' prints and doin' sketches, here's all the info...

PITTSBURGH COMICON
September 11, 12 and 13, 2009
Fri 10:00am - 7:00pm
Sat 10:00am - 6:00pm
Sun 10:00am - 5:00pm

Monroeville Convention Center
209 Mall Boulevard
Monroeville, PA 15146

Sunday, August 30, 2009

Skulls...in all their sugary sweet goodness!

This is my contribution for the Autumn Society's October "Dia de los Muertos" show at Proximity gallery in Philly. I had to go with the whole sugar skull thing, it's like the candy of the dead.


Dia de los Muertos Show
Proximity Gallery
2434 East Dauphin Street
Philadelphia, PA 19125

Opening Reception: Friday, October 2nd, 6-9pm

Check out more pieces from the show at http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Prints 4 Sale!

Just wanted to let ya know that a limited run of my "Dig Dug Digs Balloons" will be available over at Gallery 1988. It's a run of 50 numbered and signed 8"x8" giclee prints on Epson ultrasmooth fine art paper. Anyone interested in purchasing them can contact either gallery at...

Gallery1988 San Francisco

gallery1988sf@gmail.com / (415) 409-1376

or Gallery1988 Los Angeles

gallery1988@aol.com / (323) 937-7088


PLUS!!! ...they also have some of my Pee Wee's Big Adventure and Goonies prints from this years Crazy4Cult: 3-D still available if anyone is interested in those. Those are both signed and numbered (limited to 50) 16" x 20" giclee prints on archival paper.

Monday, August 10, 2009

He'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble...

"GI Joe is the codename for American's daring, highly trained
special mission force.

It's purpose, to defend human freedom against Cobra-
a ruthless, terrorist organization determined to rule the world."


GI Joe is one of my all time favorite things so I decided to put together this piece.

I'm also working on a Cobra version, which I will post soon...

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Got a pocket full a quarters, and i'm headin' to the arcade...

I got Pac-Man Fever!!! The Autumn Society of Philadelphia does it again with a "8-Bit and Beyond" show opening August 7th @ Brave New Worlds Comics in Philadelphia. I decided to go old school and do pieces based off of two of my all time favorite video games, Mrs. Pac-Man & Dig Dug...




Check out more of the Autumn Society here...
http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com

Monday, July 13, 2009

I know you are but what am I...

This is my second piece for the Crazy4Cult: 3-D show at Gallery1988 in Los Angeles. It will be available for sale through the gallery starting July 16th. It's a 16x20 limited edition of 50 signed giclee print. If you are in the L.A. area you should check it out, the show features over a 100 different artists doing pieces based off of some of the greatest cult movies ever. The opening is July 16th from 7-11pm and runs til August 8th and remember there is no basement in the Alamo...

Monday, July 06, 2009

Crazy 4 Cult: 3-D coming soon!!!

I was asked to particpate in the upcoming Crazy4Cult: 3-D show at Gallery1988 in Los Angeles. They liked my piece enough that they asked me to put together this postcard to be used to promote the show...


Here's the piece by itself. It's based off one my favorite movies from the 80's and it will be available for sale through the gallery starting July 16th. It's a 16x20 limited edition of 50 signed giclee print. I also did another piece for the show which i'll post next week, it's based off another of my favorite 80's movies. Check back to see what could be...

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Wizard World Philly 2009

So last weekend I set up shop in Artist Alley at the Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Con. Here's a few photos of sketches and what not...











Me with the actor Taimak who played 'Bruce' Leroy Green in the 1985 classic, Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon. I gave him one of the prints i made...



Edwin from Teddy Scares with Li'l Scamp...



So friends of ours, Jeff and Korinne, came down from Mass-a-chew-such, and he proposed to her in Artist Alley via this drawing done of all her fav superheroes by myself (Spidey), Amanda Conner (Power Girl), Khoi Pham (Ms. Marvel), Joe Linsner (Dazzler), Tom Whalen (Iron Man), Scott Derby (Wolverine), Pat McMullen (Capt. America) & Billy Tucci (Black Cat)



She said Yes...



What an action packed Wizard World 2009!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Don't call him Richard...

Did this piece for the upcoming Autumn Society of Philadelphia's Golden Age Heroes Show. The show opens on Friday, July 3rd at once again Brave New Worlds Comics down in the Olde City part of Philly. I decided to focus on the Dick Tracy rogues gallery cause they're such an interesting looking bunch of characters, i just couldn't resist. While there are so many more i could've done i ended up featuring Flattop, The Brow, B-B Eyes, Bribery, Little Face, Shakey, Prune Face, The Mole & The Brain...


Check out more of the Autumn Society here...
http://theautumnsociety.blogspot.com