MAY 8, 2008

Presenting an art piece that took 16 months to create: The Eternity Mego custom figure!

The world's record for Tetris is 4068 lines. I'm a quarter of the way there.

One of the best interviews ever printed.

Got tickets to Nick Cave at the Hollywood Bowl. Very excited about that.

More soon.

APRIL 30, 2008

Not a lot of posts this month. Sorry about that.

I'm going to be putting up photos of an art piece I collaborated on with my father-in-law and Juana over at Cleascave.com soon. It's Doctor Strange related.

You can get the Tom Waits song "Waltzing Matilda" on karaoke! Just look for the Rod Stewart version! Speaking of Tom... Some folks out there may be able to sing Waits better than Scarlett Johansson, but she's the only one I want singing them to me naked... Except for my wife of course... But she doesn't like Tom Waits as much as Scarlett does... I should just STFU.

Here's a preview of Venture Bros upcoming season!

Love and Rockets played "Haunted When The Minutes Drag" live at Coachella. That may be one of the greatest moments in rock and roll to happen in 2008.

RIP Albert Hoffmann! 102 years young! Have a great trip!

Wook #17 goes to court!

Oh yeah... Iron Man and Speed Racer. Geek crack.

APRIL 10, 2008

Jesse will be doing a sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TONIGHT! Set your TiVos!

Funny shirt of the week. I like this one too. And this is completely wrong.

New Steve Ditko book coming soon!

Be back with more next week. Meanwhile, I'll leave you with this one thought: Do you think frisbee maker Wham-O! knows they have a swastika on their website's home page?

MARCH 27, 2008

So I commissioned this site to make 3 karaoke songs for me: MC Chris's "Fett's Vette", Joy Division's "Transmission" and Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand". Frikkin awesome!

I just saw one of the best movies I've ever seen tonight. It's called "Wristcutters: A Love Story". It has Tom Waits and the singer of Gogol Bordello in it. It was great. Go Netflix it or rent it. Trust me. It rules.

Speaking of Tom Waits, I still can't believe he made a dog food commercial after he was so adamantly against ads that copied his voice. Guess Bob Dylan probably changed his mind about the whole "commercial selling out" thing. At least they didn't use any of his songs...

Haven't heard a good mashup in a while. Finally caught one that mixes Jimi Hendrix and The Stone Roses. Nice work.

Speaking of good songs, I think this one is pretty good.

And now I bring you the funny: Who Needs A Movie? (Thanks Aubrey!) Planet Unicorn (Thanks Noah!)

In turd news: Homeland Security office PWNED by homeless fecal freak!

Don't watch this unless you've seen both There Will Be Blood and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

OMFG... Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson, topless and making out (and you can see their boobs)!

Finally, I leave you with brand new Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds!

MARCH 19, 2008

The Picture of Everything has been updated. The second Cars, People and Robots section has been completed!

My Jack Parson's art piece is in the new issue of Make Magazine this month!

Karaoke fans: There's a site to get an instrumental version of any song you want recorded for you for about $65-$80 a track. With that and some CDG creator software, my dream of doing a karaoke version of GG Allin's song "Anal C**t" is that much closer to being a reality!

Just put an order in to Marvel Zombie artist Arthur Suydam to do a commission for me! It's going to be a zombie version of the cover to Marvel Feature #1.

Jesse got to have dinner and hang out with Shirley Manson from Garbage last Friday at The Magic Castle! Me=Very jellus!

This is what I call a tombstone!

Three things to make you laugh: One, Two, and Three.

Online interview with my pals The Unextraordinary Gentlemen (Page 69 of the PDF)

4 people sent me the link to Animal, Beaker and Swedish Chef singing Danny Boy on The Muppets and it still drips with awesomeness.

Holy guacamole am I loving South Park and Lost this season...

MARCH 11, 2008

In honor of the great Dave Stevens passing, a gallery of his beautiful comic book art.

What better purpose does the internet have than for providing a window to images of Transformers having sex and superhero porn? (Links NSFW)

MARCH 4, 2008

Does anyone know anyone in Spain? I really want to get some of these Dr. Extraño comics!

Tomorrow is the last day Nova Express Cafe will be opened. I'll be there for dinner at 7 and later on around 10.

In honor of Gary Gygax, a link to why only the first printing of his book "Deities and Demigods" featured the Elric and Cthulhu mythos...

Speaking of rare books, ever wonder what the first edition of Dracula or The Lord of The Rings series looked like?

I think I might have to see Yazoo this year. Already got tickets to see Ladytron, Don Rickles and Chris Rock. Want to go to Coachella on Sunday, but may just watch the web feed all day and not deal with the people and traffic. Jesse definitely wants to see Radiohead, but as of now they haven't named the date or venue near Los Angeles yet.

Going to get the new Bauhaus album tomorrow, and grab the new Dandy Warhols disc on May 5th. Also going to David J's play Silver For Gold this Thursday.

This guy is definitely going in The Picture of Everything.

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Anyone interested in... ERICH ORSER'S BOOK "YOUNG AND EVIL"? A fantastic book. Truly a classic piece of literature. Should be taught in classrooms. I said it first.

Kermit the Frogs reaction to 2 Guys One Cup.

Anyone looking for a date?

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

Going to stop by and see Unextraordinary Gentlemen at El Cid tomorrow (Wed. the 22nd).

A beautiful collection of internet motivational posters.

I LOLed at this.

They have wigs for cats now.

This is who I'm voting for.

Is it wrong to find this funny?

I saw King of Kong and Confessions of A Superhero recently and loved them both. Highly recommended.

A Doctor Strange item I have never seen before.

And until next Tuesday's update, I leave you with an image of the cast appearing next season on The Venture Bros!

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

It's amazing to me that someone would pay $1725 for a Marvel Blacklight poster and that This Mortal Coil is available on karaoke.

David J is doing music for an Edie Sedgwick musical at The Met in Los Angeles.

I'm enjoying band Be Your Own Pet's song "The Kelly Affair", which is a full on tribute to my favorite movie of all time!

Bruce Timm does Sailor Moon!

Mashup of the week: Talking Heads vs. Kraftwerk

RIP Steve Gerber... Your Defenders comics were some of my favorites in the series. Hope you are looking down on us from the Duckworld beyond...

Finally, a Doctor Strange prayer...

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

World War II history in an animated GIF.

A Marvel Zombies fan film.

Star Wars toys that unintentionally look like celebrities.

New Bauhaus album out in March!

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I'm getting interviewed by for the Canadian TV Series "The Hour" this coming Monday. It's a national show on the CBC Network that comes on late night in Canada. It'll be a piece like this one and this one. The segment is going to be about The Picture of Everything, but I'll have a few lenticulars on hand and show off the Sanctum Sanctorum West.

Speaking of Dr. Strange, I'm with Neilalien on the New Avengers Annual #2.

Laz-D is definitely my favorite rap artist with Downs Syndrome.

Stuff like this is porn to me.

The completely awesome Johnny Ryan print of the Howard Stern Show cast is now available online.

I personally think it's a Tusken Raider.

JANUARY 29, 2008

Can you believe it took me this long to hear about Polybius?

People dressed like Smurfs today.

Mutant porn! More mutant porn!

New karaoke coming soon: Black Sabbath's "Children Of The Grave", Social Distortion's "Ball and Chain", Radiohead's "Jigsaw Falling Into Place" and Kraftwerk's "Autobahn".

No matter where you are around the world, you can has cheeseburger.

Aaah... The Ween Forum... Like a fine wine of funny.

If you have time to read an amazing article that will blow your mind, read this one.

Depeche Mode meets Eric Clapton.

Read about a true hero.

A thread about Tiki tattoos.

A collection of FAIL pix.

JANUARY 22, 2008

Today marked the death of The Joker and the official beginning of the Recession. Gotta love 2008 so far... Nova Express closing. One more year of this fucking Bush administration. A job that pays to little and is too far away. So many things to spend money on yet barely enough to do the things you need to do. Good thing there's really good monster movies and a brand new season of Lost to enjoy. Thank you JJ Abrams!

I like this guys animation.

When's the last time you saw a nice gallery of science fiction and horror pulp magazines? How about a heaping helping of custom Mego action figures?

You can thank me by buying a print.

JANUARY 17, 2008

Some sad news... Nova Express Cafe will be closing for good. March 5th is their last night open. Nova is probably my favorite restaurant/cafe/art gallery in the world. I was the very first customer there along with my buddy Jericho Resse. My art has been hanging in there since right after it opened back in 1993. I currently have The Picture of Everything altar up there, along with many of my large lenticulars. Cary, the owner of the place, and his wife Jennifer, both helped me make a giant Cthulhu costume for Halloween that became the official Nova mascot. They also put together my Dr. Strange costume. Cary tells me the reason it's closing is because the landlord is going to raise the rent TWICE this year, and it's just too much strain to keep it open. Very sad. It was like having my own art gallery open every night until at least 2am. I know Paris Hilton smoked out in the Nova bathrooms. My old band Don Knotts Overdrive also did some shows there. It was the scene of many dates, meetings, gatherings and good times. I wish Cary luck as he goes into his next venture, and raise a Great Cthulhu Mighty Revival Shake to 15 years of Nova Express.

I'll be there, by the way, on Friday, Saturday and (maybe) Sunday night.

In happier news, my good buddy Michael Gump and his wife Christine are going to have a baby this March. They already know it's a boy and his name is going to be Arrow Godzilla Gump. For reals. Congratulations!

At Ground Control this week I got into a conversation with a few people who still hadn't heard of the "2 Girls 1 Cup" website. I won't hyperlink it, since it's really gross, but just think about this: They have a whole bunch of You Tube movies up that just have people's REACTIONS of clicking over to see it. Some guy videotaped his grandma going there. That's just wrong.

Last weekend Jesse and I walked into Silverlake from Los Feliz and stopped by the Philosophical Research Society. I found a copy of Crowley's Book of The Law there from the 1940's for $10. Sent it along with the Unextraordinary Gentlemen's EP to David J. Figure he would enjoy them.

JANUARY 9, 2008

Saw Stan Lee last night at Gallery 1988's tribute to him. He looked great! Really wish I was a part of that show. Gave Stan a "Work In Progress" print of The Picture of Everything and waited an hour and a half to see the art and get an exclusive Dr. Strange piece by Daniel Danger.

Sang Kraftwerk's "We Are The Robots" and David Bowie's "Loving The Alien" at Ground Control this week.

Someone asked me who I was voting for and I told them "A Democrat."

Starting this Sunday, Nova Express Cafe will have prints of The Picture of Everything for sale for $80... $20 less than I charge online.

JANUARY 3, 2008

Good Gravy! The decade is almost over! Here's my annual awards:

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