Tuesday, April 19, 2011

ITS A BEAUTIFUL WORLD!!!!










Last weekend was the ever growing Stumptown Comics Fest! How do you capture the reality of all of the zones that were experienced between the universes of the odd world of commerce, and the magic world of being a creative being? Its a weird thing to be a part of. I believe Devo expressed what I am feeling best in a song they wrote just shortly after I was born.

It's a beautiful world we live in,
A sweet romantic place,
Beautiful people everywhere,
The way they show they care
Makes me want to say,

(Chorus)
It's a beautiful world (x3)
For you (x3)

It's a wonderful time to be here,
It's nice to be alive,
Wonderful people everywhere,
The way they comb their hair
Makes me want to say,

It's a wonderful place (x3)
For you (x3)

Tell me what'd I say?
Hey, tell me what I say,
Boy 'n' girl with the new clothes on,
You can shake it to me all night long,
Hey, Hey!

It's a beautiful world we live in,
A sweet romantic place,
Beautiful people everywhere,
The way they show they care
Makes me want to say,

It's a beautiful world
For you.

Yes, that's how it was. I was surrounded by friends! I was tabling with my mega friend Theo, for his publisher who I was so proud and lucky to represent, "Secret Acres"!!! People were so positive and genuinely excited by everything Secret Acres had to offer, along side Theo and I's individual books and prints. Only one person in the whole festival picked up one of my books and read the whole thing in front of me (Cover to cover) loving it the whole way through, and walked away without buying anything, (most obnoxious behavior in the world!) which normally happens like a million times. "Play Overlord", the collaborative comic between Theo Ellsworth, Amy Kuttab, and myself sold out! That's right, we gotta make more, they are all gone!!! It fealt great!!! There is love in this world!!!
The only thing that was a mega bummer to see was that for some reason The festival organizers faced the back right wall of tablers so they were staring directly at the convention room brick wall, away from all of the festival!!! One of Portlands best comic talents Chris Cilla had to stare at brick as though he was in jail while the festival went on behind him! Yes very lame! Worse was that mega talents and friends Kelly Froh, and the Max Factor Max Clotfelter along with Jason T. Miles Profanity Hill comics table, ironically was facing the wide expanding entrance to the rectally tense men's bathroom!!! What!!!??? Can you believe that??? Thats probably a torture practice in some third world country. Try to sell comics surrounded by the smell of poop and men adjusting there fly with spattering wet hands around you!!! My heart goes out to those doods!
Otherwise it was a totally awesome time full of magic, and laughter! I even had a woman at my table immediately flip to that most embarrassing page (you know the one) where my cute cuddly and very innocent characters (from "what are Crass") unexpectedly engage in a strangely erotic act of projecting liquid from there mouths on each others faces to an orgasmic paralysis. Her eyes immediately widened and I began to sink out of site under the table! But unexpectedly instead of running screaming, she laughed and looked me in the face as I apologized, and she said , "No way, I was just about to do this to you"! YES!!! It truly is a beautiful world we live in,
A sweet romantic place, Beautiful people everywhere,
The way they show they care
Makes me want to say,
It's a beautiful world
For you!

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Comics Are coming!!!

Yeah Doods! Thats right, the two new comics ready for your eyez are printed and prepared to be gotten starting at the Guapo Comics and Coffee Stumptown opening party!!! Play Overlord is the new collaborative comic series made by Theo Ellsworth, Amy Kuttab and myself. This 1st issue also has a bonus comic made between Jesse & Theo, about a Slide man!!! The whole comic is 40 pages in totally rad vision!!!
At the Guapo comics party we will be reading a selection of Play Overlord live in voices!!!

The Dream Grant is another 40 page comic made just by me for you! This is a story that is part of my CHURCH OF AWESOME THOUGHT series. This one follows Hermana and her student roommates as she gets chosen to make her dreams into art!!!

Yes!! There is truly a new character introduced on every single page of Play Overlord!!! Collect them all!!!!



Below Here is a new image I created for the wall of the Guapo opening party Art Show: The haunted Cartoon Vaults! Its Cheap and portable!!! Go buy it and make it a part of your magical home today!!!
With The entry of the Haunted cartoon Vaults Art show, that means the Woman show has come to a close. It was a truly amazing show and one of the shows I have been most proud of organizing. It was sad to take it all down. To all of you involved, you are the greatest and you made something truly awesome!!!
Below are some pictures of that show, starting with Jesse Reklaw, with Pam Cameron Schneider who had 4 pieces from her coming experimental Graphic novel in the show.








Here is a sneak preview of the gridular Art show The Haunted Cartoon Vaults that you can experience at the Guapo Comics & coffee Stumptown opening party!!! It will be up for all of Comics month as well! The show features, Graham Kahler, Julia Gfrorer, Chris Cilla Cameron Hawkeye, Theo Ellsworth, Jesse Reklaw, Andrice Arp, Elizabeth Pusack, Francois Vigneault, Katy Ellis O'brien, Daria Tessler, Emily Nillson, & Amy Kuttab, Oh and Me!



Below the crew Jesse Reklaw, Theo Ellsworth & Amy Kuttab help get the art show together and then we practiced for the coming comics reading of PLAY OVERLORD!!!!!!




Hammer Time!!!