Day of the Dog

Once again, going through old files, I found this poster that I did when I was in college. I thought this was pretty cool when I did it. And it did win some kind of national student designer award or something. Looking at it now, I've got no idea why. Most of the type is pretty illegible. But I bet I thought it looked good on the computer screen when I was zoomed in 300%. And this is also when Adobe Illustrator introduced filters. You can tell that I loved "punk and bloat" and "twirl." And the dog was drawn with the mouse. All of a sudden, I feel really old.

Sad Transformation

One corner of my dining room office. The film canister and hotdogs were dumpster finds. A friend found the ice cream cone on the street.

The kitchen office. I found the Bud Light sign on the street. The art was done by my pal Sean Taggart, who did all the Jerky Boys album covers and promotional material for their movie back in the day.

Head on view of my command center in the dining room office. Protected by Underdog, Popeye and a surfing monkey. And if you're polite, I'll give you some stickers or temporary tattoos.


I've started packing up for the big move to LA. The Savage Monsters Secret Lair is slowly being transformed back into an average house. Just a bit sad. I enjoyed my living space. And originally planned to be here 5-10 years. In the back of my head, I knew it might not happen, so I was careful to not do anything too weird to the house. And, as one of my friends described my house, "it looks like there was a nice family of 4 was living here and you chopped them up and stacked them up like cord wood in the basement. Then you just put all your stuff over their stuff and started living here."

Soon, I'll be out in LA scouting out a new Secret Lair. I've been looking on line a little bit, but it's pretty hard to tell much about the places online. Once I get it all sorted out, I'm sure LA will be good for me.

And, instead of totally focusing on the move and packing, I took on a freelance gig. Normally, I don't do too much freelance, but I'll take on a fun gig when one crosses my path. And I couldn't resist doing an illustration of a litterbug for Las Vegas Weekly. And the art director there is really easy to work with. So I guess I've had a bit of fun in the midst of all the chaos.

Ice Cream Cone Day

I crap out more half baked ideas and artwork than I know what to do with. And more than I can remember. I have definitely got to get some kind of software to get rid of all the multiple copies of files on my computers and get rid of the bulk of older versions of stuff.

CoWorkers....

Quick drawings of some of my coworkers...

ToyPunks!

Self-Decapitation

Drippy Halloween!

Coney Island Art Auction

Announcing the second annual Coney Island USA Art Auction, a V.I.P. event November 1st at Max Fish 178 Ludlow St. in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Bidding tickets $20 at the door or free to Coney Island USA "Big Spender" Members. GO! And buy some art! Support Coney Island!

Jami Attenberg's The Kept Man

Promo video for Jami Attenberg's new book. Watching it just makes me miss Jami, NYC and want to buy her new book. Jami rocks. Check out more of her work. Then check out more.

It's really sort of bittersweet. I love to see Jami doing well, as I do with all my NYC pals. I've come to the realization that my NYC years have been the best in my life. Well, I guess I've known that for the past 7 years, but it's stuff like Jami's successes that remind me of how great my time there was. And how great all my friends there are. And as much as I love NYC, I'm now moving to LA. I'm sure that I enjoy it much more than my years in DC and Cleveland. Whether I encounter the same caliber people that I did in NYC remains to be seen. NYC will always be my home. NYC, and all my pals there, I salute you.

Don't Techno For An Answer

I started working on a new font, Techno Hand. Not sure that I'm liking it.

DumBurger

I really need to get my death metal band together...DumBurger!!! Speed metal and bacon double cheeseburgers...what could be better?

Different

SuperKrazy

Danger Cone!

Strawberry Death awaits.

I Miss NYC

Bike 4 Sale

I put one of my bikes on craigslist. It's my first time using craigslist to try to sell something. Hopefully it'll sell. Here's the listing.

WAR!!!

John Hex's Creepshow

John Hex sent me some of his music, which tragically, still haven't done anything with. But in return, I was able to give him a couple logos. Hopefully there will be a John Hex/Savage Monsters record in the future.

Bleeps & Bloops

When I was a kid, my family took one of those 2 week bus tours through Europe. It was a pretty good trip, but I was still a little too young to fully appreciate it. Some of the memories will last forever. Two of the other tourists were sisters from Wales. They were fat and obnoxious. My sister and I promptly nicknamed them Bleeps and Bloops, the Whales from Wales.

Forgotten Art

One day I'll be organized enough where I can find all the stuff I've done over the years. I found this while looking for Chinese patterns. Go figure.

Art Auction for Coney Island

I just donated a piece to the Coney Island USA Art Auction that'll be on November 1st at Max Fish 178 Ludlow St. in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Wish I could go, but maybe YOU can...and buy some art. More info is available at ConeyIsland.com.

New Potential Sticker Designs

Olive Loaf

Olive Loaf from FrankenSteve. Each episode is 15 minutes in length. They start with some general mayhem that usually gets worked out by the end, followed by a some words of sagely wisdom from the Wise Old Olive Loaf.

FrankenSteve....Again

Slowly...ever so slowly...FrankenSteve is getting refined. And he's getting in doors. And maybe one day something good will happen with him. It's really hard for me to believe he's nearly 8 years old now. Geez. Time flies.

Monkey Back Guarantee

My new comic zine is done. I just need to print out some more copies and put 'em together. I got a little inventive on this one and put in a fold out centerfold. The zine will be making it's public debut this Wednesday at the weekly meeting of Cleveland Illustrators.

A Happy Surprise

Just clicking on links to friends' sites, I hit the Boca Sweets site. I did some t-shirt designs for them a few years ago. And I just saw that they're using the art for their site, too. I had a lot of fun working on those designs. Maybe I should go into designing candy packaging...

New Desktop

FrankenSteve....

The Greatest Gift You Can Give A Bedwetter

Another compulsive sticker design. I originally did the bedwetter collage a few years ago. I ran across it the other day and figured it'd make a cool sticker. The original collage had a lot of grey in the beer can, so that got redesigned a bit and I threw in some Vlad Diablo references. And it gives me an excuse to test out another sticker printing company.

Cleveland Illustrators

Things are starting to click with the Cleveland Illustrators meetings aka Creative Smackdown. Cleveland Illustrators should be up and running soon. It's been really slow going, but it IS coming together, which makes me happy. And eventually we'll be up to full speed soon. I've cranked out a few doodles for the weekly themes. Eventually this stuff will be up on the Cleveland Illustrators site.

And if you're interested in being a part of the deal, we meet at the Winking Lizard in Lakewood around 6. Or just keep your eyes peeled for more Cleveland Illustrators stuff attacking the interweb.
Check out the work of some of the regulars...

Lee Norris
Quovada "Q" Bass
Hank Dutton
Helen Griffin
And you oughtta know where to find my stuff...

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THINGS FOUND ON THE CLEARANCE AISLE

Savage Monsters Seeks Assistant Intern

I've always joked that I need an assistant or college intern. And even went as far as making up an application. I've had a few people fill them out, but oddly, nobody wants to do my crap work for free.