Wednesday, July 28, 2010
STABBINGS, NERDS & INSPIRATION. COMIC CON 2010
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
FULL COMIC CON SCHEDULE & RELEASES...RELEASED?
IT'S COMIC CON TIME!!!!!!!
Everyone knows what the San Diego Comic Con is. If you don't, you probably don't know that Mel Gibson is a dick and if you're hungry, you should eat food, not your own elbow-skin.
If you aren't going to Comic Con, it kinda doesn't matter anyway now because it's been sold out since like, a year before the whole world suddenly cared about soccer so you will no doubt miss Robert Pattinson's famous Comic Con dance.
Since it IS comic con, though, you might be able to stand out front with a plain old rock and tell someone its a prop rock from the new dumb THOR movie and trade them for a hundred dollar pass or something. So good luck!:)
Anyhooch, if you ARE going, and you're not too wasted off of free samples of Grape Crunk Juice and Code Red, then you should come by and say hi to me and the crew at the ZEROFRIENDS BOOTH!
WE WILL BE AT BOOTH #5502 & 5503 (two joint booths, one HUGE pile of fun:)
PLEASE NOTE: Our booth number is 5502/5503, which, logically, would be in the 5500 aisle. HOWEVER, there IS NO 5500 aisle. Instead, the 5500 aisle is the FRONT ROW OF BOOTHS. See above, we are actually located in the FRONT RIGHT CORNER of the convention center, in row 500/400!! If you get lost, refer to that awesomely clear (with cool font) map above.
We have a ton of new products and promotions being unleashed at the convention, which i will get into below (you can skip down if you are impatient:), but first, here is a little info about my PERSONAL appearance schedule:
I'll be attempting to PAINT LIVE at the Zerofriends booth off and on for all 5 days, and I will be doing separate designated signings a few times as well throughout the week. Here is my signing schedule:
THURSDAY, July 22: 2:00-3:00 PM @ COLOR INK BOOK Booth (BOOTH # 5569)
FRIDAY, July 23: 12:00-1:30 PM @ ZEROFRIENDS Booth (BOOTH #5502)
FRIDAY, July 23: 4:00-5:00 PM @ ZEROFRIENDS Booth (BOOTH #5502)
SATURDAY, July 24 2:30 - 4:00 PM @ ZEROFRIENDS Booth (BOOTH #5502)
SUNDAY, July 25: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Munky King Booth (BOOTH # 4539) in a special group singing for Vannen Watches, with me, Brian Ewing, Chris Ryniak, Mike Mitchell & Travis Lampe.
SUNDAY, July 25: 1:00 - 2:00 PM @ COLOR INK BOOK Booth (BOOTH #5569)
Word.
Now that we have that out of the way, here is all of the madness that we are releasing upon your gorgeous face-headlights. Pay close attention, I'm only going to say it once, and then probably a thousand more times on my Twitter, HERE.
First, NEW SHITS!
SERIES 2 OF "MY FAVORITE MONSTERS", 5" x 7"Giclee Prints signed by me. Included in set (clockwise from top left): DEXTER, CANDYMAN, PENNYWISE (From IT), TARMAN (From Return Of The Living Dead), KUATO (From Total Recall), JAWS, CHUCKIE, CARRIE, PREDATOR.
$10 each, 3 for $25, or full set for $65.
SET 1 ALSO STILL AVAILABLE (not shown, but includes FREDDY, JASON, MICHAEL MYERS, ALIEN, PINHEAD, LEATHERFACE, THE THING, BRUNDLEFLY & CUJO)
COMIC CON EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION "MY FAVORITE MONSTERS" 5" x 7" Giclee Prints, both signed and numbered, limited to 100:
PREDATOR 2 (With Battle Damage): $10.
JAWS 3-D: $10
"CAPTAIN BUMOUT" Limited Giclee print, signed and numbered edition of 50. $40.
Here is a close up detail of the print:
"FULL-ON DOUBLE RAMBO" available in BOTH a 22" x17" signed giclee print, AND an insane 11-color screenprinted t-shirt!
PRINT: $20
SHIRT (Available XS-XXL): $20
Our Special ALIENS vs PREDATOR shirt will finally be available in both colors:)
$28
HIGH FLYVE! T-shirt, $28. Here is a full look at the graphic:
Your favorite bat-guy and his friends, on your chest:)
NEW LIMITED COLORWAY SHARKASUS SHIRT! This is the first time we have done this, it's a signed, limited variation of this shirt, limited to 150 pieces. $35
BRAND NEW SIGNED & LIMITED MINI PRINTS BY SKINNER!!! Limited to 50.
$10 Each or all 6 for $50. Skinner will be floating around the con too, so look for him and hug him!
And (almost lastly), the first 100 people to buy my "SECRETS OF HOLLYWOOD" Comic (for $5.00) will receive this FREE 8" x 10" signed giclee print exposing yet ANOTHER secret about Mel Gibson:)
And wait, that's not all! Here's some more reasons to come by the Zerofriends Booth and say hi! Or HIGH. Or, like Tommy Wiseau, "Oh, hai."
1. We will have this LOYAL SUBJUECTS x ALEX PARDEE Limited Edition Walrus Rider Toy (we will only have 3 of them!) $75.00
2. Every day, the first 25 customers to buy a full size print or a full-priced t-shirt will receive a special "extra" bonus item. The item will be different each morning and will be announced each previous night.
3. Through all 5 days, every $50 that you spend, you can get a FREE "MY FAVORITE MONSTER" Print of your choice from either Series 1 or 2.
4. For the first time EVER in Zerofriends' history, we are selling a HUGE PILE of "OOPS" Giclee prints! These prints did not meet up to our general quality standards in one way or another, whether it was slight color differences, or a bent corner, or something. They are all stamped with a nice "OOPS" stamp to assure that they are not a part of the general limited run, but aside from that, once framed, they should be just as awesome, if you like mistakes that is:)
ALL OOPS PRINTS: $10 each! We will be putting out at random about 20-30 oops prints each morning to give everyone a fair chance, as there are certainly some gems in there:)
I'm getting tired of writing, and i'm sure you are getting tired of reading, so I will hurry up…..but there is STILL moreeeeeeeeeeeeee.:)
There is a cool set of old-school-inspired art "baseball" cards being released by CARDHACKS called "THE ART HUSTLE" that features a ton of art and artists, including me and my awkward neck! You should DEFINITELY check these out as they are available in random wax packs like in the old days, and there are actually ORIGINAL ART cards, as well as random signed cards inserted into some of the packs! Each artist did like 30 full original sketches to put in the packs so the chance of getting some original art is pretty high. Check these out at the DKE TOYS BOOTH (Booth #4732), and here is a little video preview of them:)
Some of the sketch-cards i did for the set.
Now, lastly lastly, I have recently become friends with the dudes over at COLOR INK BOOK, as they are super amazing dudes, and way supportive of our genre of art and subculture. They have a new issue of their sine, COLOR INK BOOK debuting at comic con with like 6 different covers by some amazing artists. They were nice enough to release 2 different covers with my art on it, as well as about 12 pages of black and white art inside the sine alongside about 100 more pages of art. Its a great book, you can check them out at BOOTH #5569, where i will also be doing a couple signings (see above). Here are the covers to look for:
Now, after-lastly, also alongside Color Ink Book, Identity Surfboards & The San Diego Blood Bank, me, Skinner, and Tado designed surfboards that are going up for auction on EBAY on Weds, July 21 at 12pm for 10 days (auctions). Here are the auction numbers for each one:
180534149096 (tado)
180534145352 (pardee)
180534147981 (skinner)
all proceeds go to the San Diego Blood Bank!! Saving lives everyday!! I will have my surfboard on display at our Zerofriends booth!
Well, my brain hurts now, thank you computer. I am leaving in about 4 hours to San Diego, and I hope to see you there!
Oh, lastly x 65, I have a something else really really cool being shown at the con, but I can't mention what it is just yet. Give me about a day or so….but maybe in case i CAN'T for some reason let you know because i'm dead or my phone leaves my face, you should check out the Warner Bros. Booth….for reals.
Sincerely,
Rogue-thing.
Everyone knows what the San Diego Comic Con is. If you don't, you probably don't know that Mel Gibson is a dick and if you're hungry, you should eat food, not your own elbow-skin.
If you aren't going to Comic Con, it kinda doesn't matter anyway now because it's been sold out since like, a year before the whole world suddenly cared about soccer so you will no doubt miss Robert Pattinson's famous Comic Con dance.
Since it IS comic con, though, you might be able to stand out front with a plain old rock and tell someone its a prop rock from the new dumb THOR movie and trade them for a hundred dollar pass or something. So good luck!:)
Anyhooch, if you ARE going, and you're not too wasted off of free samples of Grape Crunk Juice and Code Red, then you should come by and say hi to me and the crew at the ZEROFRIENDS BOOTH!
WE WILL BE AT BOOTH #5502 & 5503 (two joint booths, one HUGE pile of fun:)
PLEASE NOTE: Our booth number is 5502/5503, which, logically, would be in the 5500 aisle. HOWEVER, there IS NO 5500 aisle. Instead, the 5500 aisle is the FRONT ROW OF BOOTHS. See above, we are actually located in the FRONT RIGHT CORNER of the convention center, in row 500/400!! If you get lost, refer to that awesomely clear (with cool font) map above.
We have a ton of new products and promotions being unleashed at the convention, which i will get into below (you can skip down if you are impatient:), but first, here is a little info about my PERSONAL appearance schedule:
I'll be attempting to PAINT LIVE at the Zerofriends booth off and on for all 5 days, and I will be doing separate designated signings a few times as well throughout the week. Here is my signing schedule:
THURSDAY, July 22: 2:00-3:00 PM @ COLOR INK BOOK Booth (BOOTH # 5569)
FRIDAY, July 23: 12:00-1:30 PM @ ZEROFRIENDS Booth (BOOTH #5502)
FRIDAY, July 23: 4:00-5:00 PM @ ZEROFRIENDS Booth (BOOTH #5502)
SATURDAY, July 24 2:30 - 4:00 PM @ ZEROFRIENDS Booth (BOOTH #5502)
SUNDAY, July 25: 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM @ Munky King Booth (BOOTH # 4539) in a special group singing for Vannen Watches, with me, Brian Ewing, Chris Ryniak, Mike Mitchell & Travis Lampe.
SUNDAY, July 25: 1:00 - 2:00 PM @ COLOR INK BOOK Booth (BOOTH #5569)
Word.
Now that we have that out of the way, here is all of the madness that we are releasing upon your gorgeous face-headlights. Pay close attention, I'm only going to say it once, and then probably a thousand more times on my Twitter, HERE.
First, NEW SHITS!
SERIES 2 OF "MY FAVORITE MONSTERS", 5" x 7"Giclee Prints signed by me. Included in set (clockwise from top left): DEXTER, CANDYMAN, PENNYWISE (From IT), TARMAN (From Return Of The Living Dead), KUATO (From Total Recall), JAWS, CHUCKIE, CARRIE, PREDATOR.
$10 each, 3 for $25, or full set for $65.
SET 1 ALSO STILL AVAILABLE (not shown, but includes FREDDY, JASON, MICHAEL MYERS, ALIEN, PINHEAD, LEATHERFACE, THE THING, BRUNDLEFLY & CUJO)
COMIC CON EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION "MY FAVORITE MONSTERS" 5" x 7" Giclee Prints, both signed and numbered, limited to 100:
PREDATOR 2 (With Battle Damage): $10.
JAWS 3-D: $10
"CAPTAIN BUMOUT" Limited Giclee print, signed and numbered edition of 50. $40.
Here is a close up detail of the print:
"FULL-ON DOUBLE RAMBO" available in BOTH a 22" x17" signed giclee print, AND an insane 11-color screenprinted t-shirt!
PRINT: $20
SHIRT (Available XS-XXL): $20
Our Special ALIENS vs PREDATOR shirt will finally be available in both colors:)
$28
HIGH FLYVE! T-shirt, $28. Here is a full look at the graphic:
Your favorite bat-guy and his friends, on your chest:)
NEW LIMITED COLORWAY SHARKASUS SHIRT! This is the first time we have done this, it's a signed, limited variation of this shirt, limited to 150 pieces. $35
BRAND NEW SIGNED & LIMITED MINI PRINTS BY SKINNER!!! Limited to 50.
$10 Each or all 6 for $50. Skinner will be floating around the con too, so look for him and hug him!
And (almost lastly), the first 100 people to buy my "SECRETS OF HOLLYWOOD" Comic (for $5.00) will receive this FREE 8" x 10" signed giclee print exposing yet ANOTHER secret about Mel Gibson:)
And wait, that's not all! Here's some more reasons to come by the Zerofriends Booth and say hi! Or HIGH. Or, like Tommy Wiseau, "Oh, hai."
1. We will have this LOYAL SUBJUECTS x ALEX PARDEE Limited Edition Walrus Rider Toy (we will only have 3 of them!) $75.00
2. Every day, the first 25 customers to buy a full size print or a full-priced t-shirt will receive a special "extra" bonus item. The item will be different each morning and will be announced each previous night.
3. Through all 5 days, every $50 that you spend, you can get a FREE "MY FAVORITE MONSTER" Print of your choice from either Series 1 or 2.
4. For the first time EVER in Zerofriends' history, we are selling a HUGE PILE of "OOPS" Giclee prints! These prints did not meet up to our general quality standards in one way or another, whether it was slight color differences, or a bent corner, or something. They are all stamped with a nice "OOPS" stamp to assure that they are not a part of the general limited run, but aside from that, once framed, they should be just as awesome, if you like mistakes that is:)
ALL OOPS PRINTS: $10 each! We will be putting out at random about 20-30 oops prints each morning to give everyone a fair chance, as there are certainly some gems in there:)
I'm getting tired of writing, and i'm sure you are getting tired of reading, so I will hurry up…..but there is STILL moreeeeeeeeeeeeee.:)
There is a cool set of old-school-inspired art "baseball" cards being released by CARDHACKS called "THE ART HUSTLE" that features a ton of art and artists, including me and my awkward neck! You should DEFINITELY check these out as they are available in random wax packs like in the old days, and there are actually ORIGINAL ART cards, as well as random signed cards inserted into some of the packs! Each artist did like 30 full original sketches to put in the packs so the chance of getting some original art is pretty high. Check these out at the DKE TOYS BOOTH (Booth #4732), and here is a little video preview of them:)
Some of the sketch-cards i did for the set.
Now, lastly lastly, I have recently become friends with the dudes over at COLOR INK BOOK, as they are super amazing dudes, and way supportive of our genre of art and subculture. They have a new issue of their sine, COLOR INK BOOK debuting at comic con with like 6 different covers by some amazing artists. They were nice enough to release 2 different covers with my art on it, as well as about 12 pages of black and white art inside the sine alongside about 100 more pages of art. Its a great book, you can check them out at BOOTH #5569, where i will also be doing a couple signings (see above). Here are the covers to look for:
Now, after-lastly, also alongside Color Ink Book, Identity Surfboards & The San Diego Blood Bank, me, Skinner, and Tado designed surfboards that are going up for auction on EBAY on Weds, July 21 at 12pm for 10 days (auctions). Here are the auction numbers for each one:
180534149096 (tado)
180534145352 (pardee)
180534147981 (skinner)
all proceeds go to the San Diego Blood Bank!! Saving lives everyday!! I will have my surfboard on display at our Zerofriends booth!
Well, my brain hurts now, thank you computer. I am leaving in about 4 hours to San Diego, and I hope to see you there!
Oh, lastly x 65, I have a something else really really cool being shown at the con, but I can't mention what it is just yet. Give me about a day or so….but maybe in case i CAN'T for some reason let you know because i'm dead or my phone leaves my face, you should check out the Warner Bros. Booth….for reals.
Sincerely,
Rogue-thing.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Help Zerofriends fight racial inequality with ABSURDITY!
We've all been victims of profiling. Some of us might not necessarily have been severe victims of racial profiling, but we've been profiled nonetheless. If you think you haven't been, you are blissfully oblivious and I wish I could live with you in your imaginary cloud filled with waffles, trance music and obviously nothing more. We've all walked into a restaurant when our clothes were a little dirty, or our hair was messed up, and the table across from us points and we catch just enough decipherable words to realize that they "know" we are poor, or that we are slutty, or that we aren't going to tip. They know we can't read. They know we are bad parents. They know we don't HAVE parents. They just know. They know we are too skinny. We must be bulimic. They know we're too fat. We must be lazy. We steal pills, we drank too much last night. We've all been called fags, or criminals, or both. We don't work hard. They know we can't fight, but they know we are angry. They know everything. And their preconceived judgements leave us in a defensive, and often times, hostel state of mind because we can feel these judgements being thrown at us. Leonard Cohen said it best when he bitterly stated "Everybody Knows". Cuz, well, they do. But most of the time, everybody is wrong.
Recently, the state of Arizona passed the "Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act", also known as Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which makes it a state misdemeanor crime for legal immigrants to be caught in Arizona without carrying all proper registration documents required by federal law at all times. While the act on paper may seem to encourage the cracking down of illegal immigration and trafficking, the far-worse byproduct of the bill is that it heavily encourages racial profiling by law enforcement even when "real" crimes are not being committed. There are plenty of other legal problems occurring already throughout the state that should be continued to be handled without adding the additional cost and energy of racial profiling and harassing citizens based solely on the fact that they "look illegal".
If a crime is committed, and during processing, law enforcement discovers that the culprit is not a legal citizen, then it should be handled at that stage. Roaming around and basically finger pointing and harassing people based solely on the loosest possible racial profiling is completely absurd.
So, Stephen Reedy, myself, and the rest of the Zerofriends Collective wanted to help out as much as we could (even if its a small amount) in fighting this war against intolerance and encouraging equality. We decided to discard our medication, throw up our dukes against racial inequality and battle the issue in the only way we know how: Fighting fire with fire, you ask? Nope, fire is too hot and burns us, and we are fragile little creatures of mysticism. We instead, FIGHT ABSURDITY WITH ABSURDITY. Absurdly. And so we made THIS:
Wrangling the entire Zerofriends Creative Collective to collaborate on our cause, we thought that a great way to do so would be to use two of the most powerful methods of communication in the media today…ENTERTAINMENT and FASHION...to support racial equality via the MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense & Educational Fund). The MALDEF, known for supporting civil liberties, is currently heavily battling Arizona’s Senate Bill 1070.
Enjoy, and spread this video around, and don't forget to visit Zerofriends.com to support this cause. All profits from the sales of the ALIENS VS. PREDATOR shirt featured in this video will be donated to MALDEF to help continue to battle Arizona's Senate Bill 1070. And STOP PROFILING, YO!
Here are some details about the T-shirt, and where & how to buy it, which also has a fun little art-surprise on the inside that goes along with the commercial:
Click HERE or on any of the pics to go to the online store to purchase the Aliens Vs Predator Shirt designed by yours truly. That means, kinda, me.:)
Oh, here's a direct link to purchase the shirt:
http://zerofriends.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28&products_id=303
"Aliens Vs. Predator" Black Tee
Sizes XS thru XXL available.
$28.00 (All profits will be donated to MALDEF)
It's also available in SEA-FOAM:)
"ALIENS vs PREDATOR" Sea Foam Tee
Sizes XS thru XL.
$28.00 (all profits will be donated to MALDEF)
direct link to purchase Sea Foam shirt:
http://zerofriends.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=22&products_id=302
Detail of the predator face:)
And, lastly, here are some rad behind the scene photos of the crew doing their thing, caught in amazing limelight by photographer MICHELLE RENAE
ANd lastly LASTLY, this isn't the first time I've drawn a Predator, everyone knows that. Here is my world famous first attempt about 20 years ago:)
Thank you to everyone who helped out with this campaign and to all of you for your support.
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