Nickelodeon Magazine has always had a great comic section that includes gag-strips by some of the best indie-cartoonists out there: Johnny Ryan, Sam Henderson, Kurt Wolfgang, Martin Cendreda, and many many more...
Well- I'm not in the comic section with those guys (though you should check them out, too), but I am on most of the pages of the magazine. If you look at the page numbers you'll see a little mini-strip I drew for them. 
It starts with these two dudes on the first page...
Then there is a series of fight-clouds, with the page numbers in the center, scattered throughout the issue...
It all ends with the dudes thoroughly pummelled, but happy with the comic-book split between them. Ahhhhh, sharing- a nice message for the kiddies.
Hopefully I'll get to do more work for them in the future.
Friday, March 17, 2006
I'm in Nickelodeon Magazine!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Opening Night
Last night, the opening was great! We had a huge crowd and lots of fun.
Me, Laurie and Dave- they do all the work around here. 
The elusive Renee French!
Superstars: Souther Salazar and Saelee Oh
Sam Henderson will destroy us all with his super-powers of funny.
PUPPY!
Is that dude picking his nose?
Jaime Torres, the man who framed most of the show.
i can see through your head! (D.J. Algonquin at work)
Gin's got two bitches (Katie, Gin Stevens and me)
Don't look into his eyes! (Levon Jihanian)
The Gallery Director, David Jones
Dance for me! 
Lotsa people
F.C. Brandt
If you think this is creepy, you should see his paintings. (Billy Reynolds)
I like your drawrings! I like your drawrings, too! Let's be friends! (Levon Jihanian and Billy Reynolds)
He's the D.J., I'm the Rapper. (D.J. Algonquin and Gin Stevens)
I don't know 'bout this art stuff.
Me and Miss Kathleen Lolley- she brought lotsa bourbon!
By the end of the night, the fabric of the universe became unstable... or maybe it was the bourbon.
Thanks to everyone for coming out and making it a fun night! Thanks to all the artists for their amazing work. Thanks to D.J. Algonquin for playing lots of great music from the '20s! And thanks to Dave, Laurie, Katie and Susan for helping us put the show together!
Friday, March 10, 2006
Survival Art...
Monday, March 06, 2006
Survival of the Fittest Installed!
Gin Stevens and I spent all Sunday hanging the show. I have to say it looks beautiful. Here are a few preview pics of the installation. 
An Exterior shot of the gallery.
Standing in the middle of the gallery, looking towards the door. 
standing by the door looking towards the back of the gallery. 
Renee French, Matthew Thurber, and Kathleen Lolley are in the window.
Andy Kehoe has three piece behind the desk.
The show opens this Friday!
March 10th, 8-10 pm
@
5911 1/2 Franklin Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
More info in
Friday, March 03, 2006
Survival of the Fittest: 13 Artists at
"In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment."
–Charles Darwin
It’s time for the art world to evolve. Survival of the Fittest is a group show of 13 artists at Harmony Gallery in Hollywood March 6th-April 17th. The purpose of the show is to represent a wide range of new talents and new ideas in the hybrid world of fine art, illustration and comics. The institutional categories of “Illustration”, “Fine Art”, “Low-Brow”, “High-Brow”, and “Cartoon” no longer apply in today’s changing art world. It’s time to abandon this out-dated class system, to break down the barriers as a new breed of Artist is emerging. The 13 artists represented, from different backgrounds, with different purpose, all approach their individual practices with conviction and the serious pursuit of “Art.”
Featuring Art by:
Tom Neely, Curator
David Jones, Gallery Director
Opening March 10th, 8-10 pm
5911 1/2 Franklin Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
with Music by D.J. Algonquin
The gallery is also publishing a small press of catalogs for this show.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
2 art shows coming up!
Everything But the Kitschen Sync: the 9th annual group show at
Opening March 3rd, 8-11 pm
4633 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
However... I'm much more excited about
Opening March 10th, 8-10 pm
5911 1/2 Franklin Ave
Hollywood, CA 90028
I'll post more about these shows soon.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Wrongful appropriation...
A couple of years ago, my friend Greg and I made an anti-Bush political cartoon called
Well,
You can view the commercial
Needless to say, we're not happy to be included in the commercial, and it's in clear violation of our Creative Commons License for the cartoon. I assume the "geniuses" who made the commercial scoured Archive.org for what they thought were public-domain cartoons, found "Brother..." and threw it in the mix.
We're not sure what kind of action we'll need to take, but we intend to put an end to their wrongful appropriation of our cartoon.
Greg Saunders has also blogged about this
Stay Tuned for further developments.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
"Brother..." on Channel Frederator
With the 2006 election coming up,
Now, with the help of
Also, be sure to check out my other cartoon, the Muffs music video "Don't Pick On Me", in
Then be sure to
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
2006!
I can't believe it's 2006! It makes me feel old... and that's not helped by the fact that I've let all the dye grow out of my hair and I can now see how grey I've become. I'm like Reed Richards! But Mona likes me grey, so, I guess that's okay...
I don't really make resolutions. But I plan on making this a big year. 2005 was big! Bought a house with my girlfriend, finished The Muffs video, got in American Illustration 24, had four art shows, gave lectures at both of my alma maters, and even did an NPR radio interview. Plus I got to travel around a lot.
In 2006 I've got a lot of projects planned. I hope it's as busy and as successful as 2005... or moreso. I've already got three art shows planned. I've got plans for new comics to write, draw and publish. I'm writing three new stories for animated cartoons. I have lots of yardwork to do in my backyard. And maybe I'll get a puppy!
Happy New Year!
Monday, December 19, 2005
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Check out my friend: Kathleen Lolley
Another friend,
What can I say about her artwork? I just saw a preview of the show and I'm left a bit speechless. Whenever I try to write about an artist I really really like, I lose my vocabulary for describing artwork and I'm left just babbling the words "amazing" and "beautiful." But Kathleen's new paintings and drawings really are amazing and beautiful. If I had a lot of money, I would've bought nearly the entire show today and I would've taken them home and hoarded them in my little house so I could look at them all the time... But lucky for you- I don't have a lot of money... and I'm not a very good thief... So, her artwork is still hanging on the walls of the
The show opens Friday, December 9th, from 8-10 pm
at
Hollywood, CA 90028
The show will be up through January 15th and then all of her wonderful paintings will have new homes, 'cause I'm sure it's gonna sell out.
Unfortunately Miss Lolley will not be in town for the opening, but she might be making another L.A. appearance in a group show I'm curating in March. More details about that will come soon!
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Check out my friend: Gin Stevens
His work is evolving. The new series uses a much more lush, almost painterly, sand-paper scratchboard technique that he tints with watercolor. His subject matter has matured as well. He has moved beyond the realm of illustration to a more expressive, individualized vision of narrative portraiture. The new work is a series of tattoos and tattooed people. No longer is he merely illustrating a narrative story, but rather telling you the story through a stark image of a hand, foot, face or torso that is covered in years of history. The tattoos of his subjects are steeped in personal symbolism which give Gin's new series a self-expressive touch that I haven't seen in the past.
This is Gin Stevens biggest, and most impressive show yet. I highly recommend everyone checks it out this month.
December 2nd through Jan 1st at
Opening reception Friday, December 2nd, from 8 to 11 pm
4633 Hollywood Blvd. (in the back of the Wacko store)
Los Angeles, CA 90027
More info at the La Luz de Jesus website:
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Two Premieres this week!
If you register (it's free) with Channel Frederator, you can login, vote, and make comments about the cartoons.
You can watch the episodes online, but now I'm tempted to go buy one of those ipod things... I'm also happy that Episode 5 includes Le Building, a really cool short French cartoon that came out last year. Also Berd and Skwerl is rather funny, but I really love the surprisingly wonderful way that bird is animated.
2) Friday night is the premiere of the new Nickelodeon cartoon "The X's"! I've been a background painter on this cartoon since around episode 3 and it's been a lot of fun. I've only seen 2 episodes so far, but I thought they were very funny, and the stylish design of the show is pretty original. The hilarious
Friday they will air 3 episodes back to back in prime time.
Friday, November 11, 2005
The Incredible Shrinking Art Show
I'm in a agroup art show in Long Beach, CA this month. Opening reception is Saturday, November 12th, from 6-10 pm at the
Check the 
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
New York Report...
I'm back from a great, but too quick, trip to New York City. I saw lots of great things, ate lots of great vegan food, and got to walk around that beautiful city holding hands with my best girl, Mona.
On the first day I was on my own, and I spent it by going to see some art. I met up with my friend,
I had a delicious, but expensive, vegan lunch at
Anyway... the Ware show was great... but even greater was the
I tried to go to the Odilon Redon show and the Pettibon show while there, but I just didn't have enough time... 
As I mentioned last week, I went to the city for the book release party of American Illustration 24. The party was fun, but unfortunately I didn't know anyone, and there wasn't really much of a way to know who anyone was. At some point a nice girl named Anika took pity on my lonely state and introduced herself. She then introduced me to her boyfriend 
At the party, they were projecting the images on the walls. They went by pretty fast, but I did manage to get a picture of my paintings projected behind the sea of people. I'm really glad I went to the party, but I'm disapointed by my lack of ability to meet anyone while there- flashbacks of Junior High School dance parties where I was always a wallflower. I did meet a few nice people there, though.
The book looks great, and I'm really happy to see my paintings in it. I received three pages (pictured below)- two of them are full pages of my artwork! There is a lot of other interesting art in the book, but I haven't had time to really go through it and pick out my favorites. It should be available for purchase on the 
Mona arrived and we got to spend all day saturday wandering around the city together. We had a delicious vegan brunch at a little cafe (can't remember the name) in the East Village. We went shopping in SoHo at the vegan shoestore 
We did our one tourist duty and went to the Empire State Building. We had no idea that it's turned into a Disneyland style attraction where you have an endless maze of lines, gift shops and photo booths to trap you into spending tons of money. As they parade you through the labrynthine line, at one point they unexpectedly stop you in front of a cardboard cutout of the building and take your picture. We didn't really know what was going on, and the picture came out kinda hilarious, so we had to buy it. 
We finally made it to the top. The weather was perfect and we had a beautiful view of the whole city (see picture at beginning of post). After that we trekked down to Greenwich village in hopes of finding a cool bar to hang out in, but it seems that the area has been overrun with touristy crappy restaurants and sportsbars. So, instead we went back to the East Village for some yummy vegan dessert and wine at
Thursday, November 03, 2005
New York- here I come!
I'm off to New York City for the Book Launch Party for American Illlustration 24! I'm really excited to be included in this book (that's the cover on the left) and to have an excuse to go to NYC for the weekend. I've got my New York Vegan Restaurant Guide ready to take me to all the delicious veggie-places in the city. I hope to see the Odilon Redon show at MoMA and the Chris Ware show at Adam Baumgold gallery. 
I can't wait to see the book, see all the other artists who are in it this year, and see if my paintings look good in print. Four of my paintings (including the one to the right) were accepted into this book. I don't know what to expect at the Launch Party, but I'm hoping to meet some of the other artists and people involved in the illustration world.
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
San Francisco Lecture...
I just realized I never followed up on my
Check out my friends: Part 3
How can I even begin to tell you about
She's the bestest, most creative, most prolific, most bestest cartoonist ever! I love her work. I don't even know how to talk about it. Her style achieves effortless perfection that is both quick and expressive but also technically beautiful. The content of her work is both cute and devious and balances that line between being accessable and thought provoking at the same time.
Lark is the creator of the series Mr. Boombah and Long Tail Kitty, as well as countless other comics and stories. You may have seen her work in recent issues of Nickelodeon magazine or on the cover of
