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CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 21-The Island of Dr. Moreau

2012-01-21T20:00:00.000-08:00

Hello out there to all you fans of crap cinema. For this week's Classics of Crap we are going to look at one of the embarrassing last movies of one of the all time acting greats. The Island of Dr. Moreau was one of Marlon Brando's strangest performances, acting in a muumuu and pancake makeup alongside a kooko for cocoa puffs Val Kilmer, and a ton of guys dressed as half men, half animals. You see, Brando plays a mad/evil(?) scientist that tries to perfect humanity by combining their DNA with that of animals. I would have read a few self help books, but be that as it may, his experiments don't end well. The "man-animals" (Terl, is that you?!?) revolt and take their revenge against him and his scientific hubris. The whole, don't mess around with nature or it will kill you story, but this time with hyena men firing uzis. This movie is so bananas insane wonky ridiculous, you can't help but enjoy it. Best part- anytime Dr. Moreau's creepy little assistant is around. This character was actually the inspiration for not only Mini Me in the Austin Powers franchise, but also the tiny sidekick character for Dr. Mephisto on South Park. Still not convinced to watch this movie? HE GETS NAKED. You're welcome.

Scribblin' away again

2012-01-20T20:34:00.000-08:00

Some more breaktime sketches I do to stave off the crazy voices in my mind...

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 20-Road House

2012-01-15T20:57:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, and welcome back to an ass kicking, gut busting, rootin tootin new Classics of Crap. There were a lot of tough guy brawlin' movies in the 80's, but none of them has as much affection or appreciation than the hilariously bad Road House. An instant camp classic when it arrived in theaters in 1989, Road House is a ludicrous movie about a tough (but sensitive!) bar room bouncer who gets caught up in a whole plot of intrigue, including pissing off generic town bad guy Ben Gazzara. On the way, he falls for beautiful Kelly Lynch, while in the movies most random moment ever, a stuffed polar bear falls for a portly 'Bubba redneck' type guy. There is much to like in this overstuffed turkey. The one liners, such as "Pain don't hurt", are priceless. After watching it, you will be so juiced up, you may want to punch somebody. (Probably the filmmakers.) Pain may not hurt, but this movie will.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 19-Mannequin

2012-01-08T22:25:00.000-08:00

Something that I've barely touched on in my Classics of Crap series is the romantic comedy. There are so many bad romantic comedies, it's actually kind of difficult to single out the worst of the worst. For some reason, Mannequin leapt to the top (or bottom?) of the pile for me. It is pure, unadulterated awful. The strange thing is, everyone I talked to about seems to have fond memories of this movie. I watched it again for the first time in almost 25 years and was surprised to find that it is far, far worse than I remembered. Only James Spader seems to get what kind of movie this is, and turns in a bizarrely hammy performance. Also, I gotta say, the theme song by Starship is a guilty pleasure, but the rest of the movie is just pathetic. Mannequin? More like ManneCAN'T! *rimshot*

Sketchbook doodles

2012-01-08T22:23:00.000-08:00

Here are some more doodles from my sketchbook--and that's all I have to say about that.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 18-Last Action Hero

2012-01-03T23:51:00.000-08:00

Hey guys and welcome back to Classics of Crap, where we shine a spotlight on cinema's greatest mistakes. Last Action Hero was a 1993 misfire that must have sounded GREAT on paper. It had the biggest action star in the world in a tongue in cheek action movie that was aware of all the clichés of said action movies. It paired Arnold with a kid, (it worked great in T2), and was loaded with celebrity cameos. Well, as history has shown, it was a dismal failure, due in no small part opening against Jurassic Park. But more than that, it showed that perhaps audiences weren't ready for a "meta" movie just yet. Scream, opening a few years later, was another movie that showed the characters in the film to be aware of movie clichés, but Scream still stood well just as a horror movie, even if you weren't already a fan of the genre. Last Action Hero just laid there, to in-jokey to be really funny to anyone but movie nerds, and not enough real action to satisfy action fans. With the exception of the always excellent Charles Dance as the villain, this movie has been relegated to the bottom of the $5 bin at your local Walmart. Plus, Austin O'Brian is the most annoying kid actor since Jake Lloyd.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 17-Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

2011-12-25T17:33:00.000-08:00

Ho Ho Ho, and happy holidays, bad movie buffs! This week's Classic of Crap is an obscure 1964 stinker called Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. If you've seen this flick, you probably watched it on MST3K, as I did. It is unspeakably bad. Bad movies for adults are one thing, but once you enter the arena of watching bad movies made for kids, hooo boy. It's a whole different ball game.

So, about the movie. Martians kidnap Santa Claus and force him to give presents to the good little martian children. Santa, plus two obnoxious kids, fight them off with toys. There's also a giant robot. Yep. I really don't know what else to say about this one. It made me want to gouge my eyes out with a mellon baller. So, should you watch it? Hell no. Stay far away. Just watching the trailer will break your soul.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 16-The Lawnmower Man

2011-12-19T19:44:00.001-08:00

Hey bad movie lovers, and welcome back to Classics of Crap. Today's crap movie is one that probably means a lot to you if you were a kid in the early 90's. I remember seeing The Lawnmower Man with friends at a mall in Chicago, and afterwords watching other kids use a virtual reality simulator they set up in the mall, very similar to what you saw in the movie. At the time virtual reality was quite a hot idea. You paid 40 bucks for a half hour of pretending you were in a virtual room picking up a virtual pencil, or blasting a virtual mech suit.

Lawnmower Man came right at the crest of the fad, trumpeting its revolutionary computer effects. Were they impressive at the time? Sure. Do they age well? Hell no. But ripping on a movie because of its outdated effects isn't fair. I'd rather champion this movie for all it does right. For example: Virtual Reality possessed monkey getting blown away! Guy getting chopped up by a lawnmower! Virtual sex scene! Bad guy's face getting turned into marbles! Priest bursting into digital flame! Incredible homosexual tension between the two male leads! Wait, what? Yup. If you haven't seen Lawnmower Man in a while, go back and rewatch what could possibly be the most overt sexual tension between two guys since Lord of the Rings. Check it out, and I'll be back next week for another Classic of Crap!

Sketching away again

2011-12-19T19:40:00.001-08:00

Some more pages of breaktime sketches...

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 15-Plan 9 From Outer Space

2011-12-11T11:59:00.000-08:00

Welcome movie nerds, and thanks for reading my 15th edition of Classics of Crap, where every week we take a look at cinema's finest failures. "Plan 9 From Outer Space" is probably the best known "so-bad-it's good" movie ever. Made in the 50's by Ed Wood, it was pretty much ignored until the early 80's, when it was famously dubbed, "The worst movie ever made", and garnered a whole new following from college stoners to ironic hipsters. I first saw this flick in college on video and I thought it was pretty awesomely terrible. There were so many bad 50's b-movies, but this one really stood out to me as being more incompetent than most. (Best part: recently zombified slab of beef Tor Johnson struggling to get out of a grave.) The 1994 film Ed Wood, which shed some light on the making of this movie, really piqued my interest in Ed Wood, and gave a little context to the making of his cinematic disasters. Should you watch it? Definitely. It makes a great double feature with Ed Wood's next best film, "Bride of the Monster". If you don't think you can watch the movie by itself, Rifftrax has a great commentary DVD on it that makes the pill a little less bitter. But really, this movie is awesome. You'd have to have a stupid Earthling mind to miss it. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 14-Manos, the Hands of Fate

2011-12-08T01:19:00.000-08:00

Well, here we are at last. One of the foulest cinematic turds of all time. Manos, the Hands of Fate is by itself, virtually unwatchable, but I, and I'm sure most people have seen it with the brilliant Mystery Science Theater commentary track playing at the bottom of the screen. Where do I begin? The movie looks like a snuff film, is one of the most technically incompetent movies ever made, and routinely makes the lists of the worst films of all time. I first saw this MST3K episode in college, and it quickly became one of my favorites. What can you say about Torgo, the half man, half drunken satyr/housekeeper? And how about Tom Neyman as "The Master" sporting the brilliant costume of a black robe with two red hands on them? Holy God, just thinking of this movie makes me want to drink bleach.

Watch a clip...if you dare...

Warmup sketchin'

2011-12-07T21:35:00.000-08:00

Before I start drawing, I find it relaxing to draw cartoons of faces I see in magazines. Here are some of the drawings that I am not horribly embarrassed to show. Stay tuned---another Classic of Crap is coming soon!!

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 13-Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS

2011-11-25T18:53:00.000-08:00

Hey guys! Welcome back to Classics of Crap, where we dig up cinema's finest garbage.

The early 70's brought a strange resurgence of Nazi imagery to pop culture from the satirical (The Producers), the psychological (The Night Porter), to the exploitational. Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS was the first of several Ilsa movies that I caught a few years back on video. Like most mondo cinema, these bizarre Nazi torture porn movies were all about degrading and objectifying women. I found a lot of what was in them really distasteful, but since the movie is so over the top, it because almost humorous. My favorite Ilsa movie, "Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks" is actually quite hilarious and features a German caricature being offered a young boy to, um, service him. He protests, acting as if he is in a sitcom, proclaiming he is not gay. Then, when the boy takes off his clothes, he changes his mind. Hey, what are you gonna do, right?
I actually don't recommend watching these. They are pretty hardcore, especially for squeamish viewers, but if you are in the mood to see some goofy topless Nazis torturing and killing, knock yourself out.

Yep. More sketches

2011-11-20T19:41:00.000-08:00

Sorry to take a break from Classics of Crap, but I wanted to share a few fun sketches from our breaktime drawing jams at work:

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 12-TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000

2011-11-20T17:31:00.000-08:00

Welcome back to Classics of Crap, another sojourn into the wild world of awful, but great, but awful films.

I love monster mash movies. When I was a kid, I adored Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein, The Monster Squad, Son of Frankenstein, anything that paired up classic monsters. There was something so whimsical about them. For me, they had lost the power to scare, and had, by the mid 80's, been relegated to only spoofs. Enter the barely remembered Transylvania 6-5000, a hokey monster goofball flick starring Ed Junior Begley and Gold Jeffblum, if I'm remembering that right.

And then there's Michael Richards. As a kid, I thought his wild antics were the zenith of comedy. After reviewing the movie again, well, not so much. Still, there is much to like, such as Geena Davis' 'sexy' vampire costume. A few of the one liners are pretty memorable, like "I never counted on bazonkers!" I have fond memories watching this movie over and over as a kid, nearly pissing myself laughing. Watching it again, i think I cracked a smile once or twice. It's the perfect movie to watch after a lobotomy.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 11-STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT

2011-11-13T00:20:00.000-08:00

Welcome back again, dear readers, to another edition of Classics of Crap, where every week I take a look at one famously awful movie and illustrate it.

Sylvester Stallone has made some terrible, terrible movies. Rhinestone, Judge Dredd, Assassins, Daylight, Oscar, The Specialist, The Expendables, etc etc. But of all the lousy films he's made, Sly (according to IMDB), thinks that Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot is his biggest failure. That pretty much says all you need to know.

This movie is mostly remembered as the one with Golden Girl, Estelle Getty holding a handgun and swearing. But it is so, SO much more. It has endless, repetitive jokes about moms talking about their grown sons when they were babies, hilariously bad action scenes, Stallone in a diaper, and possibly the worst tag/joke at the end of a movie I've ever seen. What is it? I'll never tell. So, should you track this movie down and watch it? Heavens, why not. It's not like you are doing anything else this weekend.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 10-BATTLEFIELD EARTH

2011-11-06T22:27:00.000-08:00

Hey guys, and welcome back to Classics of Crap, where I illustrate one of my favorite so-bad-it's-great movies every week. For my money, you can't have a list of crappy movies without including John Travolta's epic sci-fi clusterf**k, Battlefield Earth. Set in the year 3000, this would-be epic pits the last few remaining humans against a race of conquering aliens called Psychlos. Because the humans have regressed back to an almost primitive state, you could have almost called this movie "Cavemen vs. Aliens". That sounds pretty awesome, but alas, what is on the screen is nothing short of a hilarious cinematic disaster.

Much ink has been spilled over how bad this movie is, so I won't delve to deeply into criticizing the direction, the acting, etc. What I will say is that it makes for a spectacular lesson in celebrity schadenfreude. Pushed into production by devout scientologist and canned ham John Travolta, he bites off more than he can chew, not just producing this disaster, but also starring in it as the evil Psychlo Terl. Chewing up the scenery, he is buried beneath possibly the most awkwardly designed alien costumes ever created. This decision nearly cost him his career. If you have two hours you'd like to waste on this trash, Battlefield Earth is streaming right now on Netflix. If you have more important things to do with your life, like, you know, ANYTHING ELSE BUT THIS, here's a clip.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 9-SHE

2011-10-30T18:46:00.000-07:00

Hey guys! Thanks for coming back for another entry into the weekly series that I do illustrating the best of the worst movies out there. This one is pretty obscure. It's a 1982 fantasy(?)/sci-fi(?)/post apocalyptic vampire/nazi/totally bugnuts crazy flick that you pretty much have to see to believe. Found by my friend Joseph and I on one of our many, many trips to the back of local DVD rental store, Video Hut, we were just expecting a typical 80's Conan rip off. Little did we expect the cornucopia of delights "She" had to offer. A robot Frankenstein with an exploding head, a cult leader with telekinetic powers, a fat hairy guy in a tutu, lepers, nazis, cowboys, knights, and quite possibly the strangest and most annoying character in film history: Xenon. Like the bastard child of Robin Williams and Groucho Marx, he literally stops the movie dead in it's tracks with horribly unfunny schtick, and is possibly the most memorable thing in "She". Watch the embedded clip and just see if you can tolerate him for more than 12 seconds. I bet you can't. Anyway, "She" is streaming right now on Netflix, so grab your swords and Sandahls (heheh), and give it a watch!

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 8-SUPERMAN IV

2011-10-23T10:54:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to Classics of Crap, where I take a look at some of the most notorious cinematic stinkers of all time, and illustrate them. Last week, I examined the movie that killed the Batman franchise, (for a while, anyway). This week, I think it's only fair that I look at the movie that killed the Superman franchise- the odious Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.

I was 9 when this movie came out, and was already a die hard Superman fan. This movie holds a special place in my heart as the first movie I can remember walking out of thinking it was a horrible, horrible disappointment. So now, nearly 25 years later, how does it old up? Not well, I'm afraid. The effects still look incredibly bad, even worse than the original Superman made 10 years earlier. The jokes aren't funny, but much unintentional humor comes from hammy performance by Mark Pillow as the evil Nuclear Man. I blame schlock-merchant producers Golan-Globus for slashing the budget so far as the director had to recycle shots of Superman flying over and over again. So, should you watch this? Sure, it's 90 minutes of goofy, awful fun. Best part? When Nuclear Man kidnaps Star 80 and takes her into outer space. Where she can breathe. WTF?

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 7-BATMAN & ROBIN

2011-10-16T23:29:00.000-07:00

Hey batfans! Welcome back to Classics of Crap. Today I'm shining the bat-signal on the Citizen Kane of bad superhero movies-Joel Shumacher's Batman & Robin. This movie is such a heaping pile of fail, it's tough to know where to even start. From the notorious Bat-nipples, to Mr. Freeze's endless ice related puns, this movie sucked the life out of the franchise so hard that it took years for it to recover. I think it's safe to say that the suits at WB deserve a lot of the blame for this one, making Batman so over the top and campy just to sell merchandise that it turned off just about anyone who saw it. Luckily, Batman is an extremely durable character, so this awful movie is just a speedbump in an otherwise great film series.

The zenith of Batman & Robin's total insanity is a point midway through the film where Batman pulls out his bat-credit card, and says, "I never leave the cave without it". Akiva Goldsman didn't win an Oscar for this screenplay, but a few years later, the Academy realized their mistake and gave it to him for a Beautiful Mind, as an apology.

So, grab your pink gorilla suit, and fire up your dvd or blu-ray. (Robin wants a blu ray player. Chicks dig the blu ray players) For extra fun: have a shot every time Mr. Freeze makes a terrible pun!

Chhh chhh chhh ahhh ahhh ahhh

2011-10-13T19:31:00.000-07:00

A quick doodle after work to get into the Halloween Spirit! BOO! >:}

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 6-FASTER, PUSSYCAT! KILL! KILL!

2011-10-13T00:11:00.000-07:00

Hey, bad movie fans! Welcome back to another exciting edition of Classics of Crap! Today's bad movie is the Russ Meyer Boob-sploitation masterpiece, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! It features a wildly colorful cast, anchored by a snarling lead performance by the terrifying tower of ta-ta's, Tura Satana. I just watched this movie for the first time this week, and it was incredibly entertaining. The acting was rotten across the board, and the 'driving' shots looked phony as hell, but it was always luridly fascinating. So should you watch this flick? Well, if you like busty babes, sexist hillbilly grandpas, and neurotic bodybuilders, you should come to my house for Thanksgiving some time. If you want to see sexy 60's girls on bikes screwing and killing their way across America, you should rent Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

This week's sketches

2011-10-09T15:38:00.000-07:00

Here are just a few bonus sketches I did this week...See anyone you recognize?

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 5-GHOULIES

2011-10-09T15:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to Classics of Crap, where every week I take a look at one famously bad movie and illustrate it. This week's film is Ghoulies, a 1985 cornball witchcraft-meets-Gremlins type of movie. As a kid, I was deathly afraid of the cover art on the VHS tape, which depicted a little green bald monster popping out of the toilet with the tagline, "They'll get you in the end". For years I was terrified that these creatures would come grab me while I was relieving myself. I was a more than a little disappointed that at no time in Ghoulies does anyone get attacked while on the john. And, to add insult to injury, that Ghoulie on the cover never even wore that outfit in the film!

To think I was even afraid of this movie! It's little more than a hodgepodge of different 80's horror conventions. It borrows the scary clown from Poltergeist, a tongue attack that would feel right at home in the Thing, and much more. The villain is laughable, and fatally for the film, the Ghoulies barely do anything. They could have left them out completely and the movie would have been more or less the same. But, the film has it's merits. It's often really funny as the cast of 40 year old "teenagers" attempt to conjure occult spirits, and it has some of the wildest overacting I've ever seen on film. It's streaming on Netflix as of this writing, so you can summon up Ghoulies right now!

Afterwords, check the toilet twice for monsters, just to be sure.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 4-Birdemic

2011-10-02T01:28:00.000-07:00

Technically, the full title of this movie is called Birdemic: Shock and Terror. And boy, oh boy, they weren't kidding. It's only SHOCKING how TERRIBLE this movie is. If you haven't yet heard of this flick, it's a relatively new movie that has quickly been adopted as one of the best cult movies of the past decade. I think of all the movies I will profile on Classics of Crap, it's probably the most amateurish. Sound levels are all over the place, and there is no coherence to the editing or even the writing. BUT, as with most so-bad-they're-good movies, it's utterly hilarious. The signature scene, which I chose to illustrate, is a bit where the "heroes" fight off the "killer birds" with the only weapon they have around: a bunch of coat hangers. The killer birds, I'd just like to point out are just animated gifs, cloned again and again (a technique i used for my drawing, hehe). Also, the birds are apparently filled with explosives, since they inexplicably detonate upon impact. (huh?!) So anyway, I'd highly recommend Birdemic, as it features some of the best bird-on-human violence I've ever seen, as well as some of the most hypnotic hovering eagles ever shot on film. And the best part is, they're making part 2--in 3-D! Good lord! *Choke!*

ClaSSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 3-Showgirls

2011-09-26T00:42:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to this weeks edition of Classics of Crap. Today's drawing is of the 1995 stinkbomb, Showgirls. Believe it or not, I actually paid to see this movie in the theater. I was 17, and since this was one of the first mainstream Hollywood movies to be rated NC-17 and given a wide release, I expected nothing less than the sexiest movie of all time. I was pumped, nervous and excited. 2 hours later, I sat befuddled. I had been had. Showgirls was a total let down, possibly the UN-sexiest movie ever. I slunk out of the theater, disappointed.

Years later, I was talking to a friend about what a crappy movie it was, and he suggested I see it again, but this time, with a different frame of mind. He was totally right. Watching it again, I finally got the joke. On the VIP edition of the DVD, the commentary by David Schmader was hilarious and reassigned this movie as a camp classic. It remains one of my most beloved 'bad movies', every frame bursting with tacky, glittery awfulness. For my illustration, I really wanted to highlight some of the "what were they thinking?!?" lines in the movie. They are taken out of context, but in the film, they are howlers. If you haven't seen Showgirls, slip into something more comfortable, grab a pole, and give it a spin!

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 2-THE ROOM

2011-09-21T23:44:00.000-07:00

Oh HAI, guys! So for this edition of Classics of Crap, I wanted to share one of my newest favorite bad movies, Tommy Wiseau's, The Room. I first heard about The Room as it was making headlines here in LA for being a popular midnight movie. I found a copy of the dvd and gave it a spin. It was amazing. After watching it about 5 times, I went to the theater on Sunset where it was playing and got to see it live, with Tommy himself in attendance. He was running up and down the aisles, shaking people's hands, signing autographs, obviously having a great time. His Hollywood dream had come true.

About the movie--A personal story about a man who thinks of himself as a giving lover, only to be betrayed by his girlfriend, The Room is horribly amateurish production. Plot threads and characters appear and disappear without notice, and the acting is flat across the board, save for some over the top outbursts("You're tearing me apart Lisa!") I cant even decide what is the best part of the movie. Is it watching Denny get chewed out by Lisa's mom, the headspinning flowershop doggie scene, or watching the Brittany Spears-esqe Juliette Danielle moan in ecstasy as she clutches Tommy Wiseau's gefilte fish textured back? If you haven't walked into The Room yet, I highly recommend it. Just bring a framed picture of a spoon with you.

CLASSICS OF CRAP: VOLUME 1-TROLL 2

2011-09-18T17:52:00.000-07:00

Hi guys! I'm starting a new feature on my blog called Classics of Crap, where I draw some of my favorite "so bad, they're good" movies. Kicking off this event is Troll 2, a movie I discovered one fateful night flipping around basic cable stations in the early 90's. I had seen and enjoyed the first Troll a few years earlier, so I figured, why not. After sitting through the whole thing, waiting for an actual troll to show up (Spoiler alert: they never do), I logged this one away as just another disappointing experience. After moving to LA, I met one of my best friends, Joseph, and he told me of a similar experience. As we watched it again, we discovered out opinion had completely changed. Suddenly, Troll 2 became a unintentionally hilarious comedy. Apparently, some other people thought so too. The "Oh my godddd" clip has been viewed on YouTube millions of times, and Troll 2 still plays at midnight screenings all over the country. So, remember kids, Nilbog is Goblin backwards, and remember to eat the ice cream. It's nice and creamy!

I'm Still Alive!

2011-08-31T19:24:00.000-07:00

Hey guys-this is embarrassing, but it's been SO long between posts. It has been a combination of freelance jobs, which unfortunately, I can't share, work being crazy busy, and working on personal art projects, which, again, I'm not ready to share just yet. I still keep up with my sketchbook, so here are a couple of doodles I like. Thanks for looking! More artwork coming soon!

Don't Go to Sleep!

2011-02-07T17:04:00.000-08:00

Here's a little bit of fan art for my favorite horror movie of all time, the original Nightmare on Elm Street.

Piles o' Doodles

2011-02-05T07:42:00.000-08:00

Hey Guys! I haven't posted anything in forever, so I apologize for that. Late last summer, I was promoted to Lead Artist at my job at Nickelodeon Virtual worlds, and that has proven to be quite stressful and has taken a lot more out of me than I had anticipated. I started to slide on my personal sketchbook drawings, doing maybe one doodle a week. So, my new years resolution for 2011 was to start drawing more, and what I'm posting is just the beginning. I've done 100 or more pages that I'm not going to post up, cause frankly, they aren't that good, and I hate scanning. So, anyway, sorry again for the lapse, but I hope you'll see something you like here. Thanks for looking!

Eat Your Veggies...Before They Eat YOU!

2010-10-14T19:03:00.001-07:00

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. Been insanely busy. Hopefully I'll get back on my regular posting schedule soon. Enjoy Zombie veggies!

Bunny Boy

2010-09-02T15:54:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I was just making up this story in my mind about a little kid who LOVES rabbits so much, he dresses like one and ultimately ends up pulling all but his front teeth out. Hope you dig it!

It's Not Over Til...

2010-08-31T10:02:00.000-07:00

Another in my mermaid series...was going to do a full painted version of this, but I decided I was going be lazy instead. Idk, maybe I'll paint her up in the future...

Part of your world

2010-07-26T19:12:00.000-07:00

The third in my series of unconventional mermaids. This time it's a half eel, half nerdy girl. I am mainly doing these as a way to practice painting in photoshop, a new skill for me. The nice thing is, the more I do of these, the quicker they go...Viva la progress! Hope you like this one...

Feelin Crabby

2010-07-19T19:39:00.001-07:00

My second in my strange mermaid series...This time it's a half crab/half woman.

Imma Bite You

2010-07-14T16:37:00.000-07:00

I'm really trying to wrap my head around digital painting. This is I think my 4th attempt at it. I still have a lot to learn.

The subject of the piece is based on the idea that there are many different varieties of mermaids, this one is half shark, half woman, instead of the traditional half fish, half woman. A tip of the hat to my friend Kristen for drawing something that inspired this! :)

2010 Sketchbook

2010-06-23T16:21:00.001-07:00

The cover of my new sketchbook! It will debut at comic con next month, where I hope you all can get a copy. It's a limited print run, and it is filled to the brim with awesome sketches, caricatures, colored pieces, and some surprises. You can't afford NOT to pick this one up! My partner on this book is the super talented Shane Corn, aka Maizekid! His stuff is dope! We each have 20 packed pages in this sucka!

Cleaning lady rivalry

2010-06-22T13:57:00.000-07:00

Just a little something something I pulled out of my ol' sketchpad...It made me laugh to think of these 2 cleaning ladies, always competing with each other...

Doodle-licious!

2010-06-14T13:46:00.001-07:00

Here's some more pages from my sketchbook, drawn while sitting in a coffee shop in Burbank.

Massive Sketch Dump

2010-05-31T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here's a few of the dozens of pages from my sketchbook that I've been too busy(lazy) to scan and post. Well, not so much a sketchbook as a bunch of looseleaf sheets of white paper clipped in a binder...but you get the idea. I hope you dig these....thanks for looking!

News

2010-05-12T13:37:00.000-07:00

Sorry, I've been MIA for a while--been working on a bunch of projects I can't really show yet. BUT! Stick around. My very first sketch-art book is coming this summer and will be offered for sale at San Diego Comic Con as well as thru this website...Lots of sketchbooky art, colored finals, never before seen crap, and more! It'll be a joint book with my talented artist friend Shane Corn, who will also be bustin out the goodies for ya! Take care!

Something Fishy's Going on...

2010-03-31T16:57:00.000-07:00

Just one of those days...

Grindhouse

2010-03-22T18:26:00.000-07:00

This was done a year or so ago as a tribute to one of my passions, Grindhouse cinema. Hope you dig it, you jive turkey!

I'm lovin' it

2010-03-09T17:29:00.000-08:00

This is something I doodled a while back and am just getting around to coloring it--

Handout

2010-02-25T13:52:00.000-08:00

Hey, what do you know--my 200th post on my blog! WOOOOT. Here's a sad looking guy waiting for someone to notice him as they walk past...

BFF's

2010-02-19T17:06:00.001-08:00

For some reason, this image popped in my head and I had to get it down...

Nummy num nums

2010-01-26T14:11:00.001-08:00

Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Been really busy working on some personal works, some commissions, etc. etc. etc. But, had a quick minute to whip up this kid eating monster slug thing.

Popcorn Mania!

2010-01-07T14:51:00.000-08:00

In 2006, I worked alongside director/actor Bob Balaban to create a set for a series of shorts that ran on Cinemax and IFC. I created tons of black and white flats for use as background objects, which they picked from. My favorite pieces weren't chosen, namely a cityscape and 20 foot high volcano, but hey, that's show biz. In addition, I helped construct and paint the enormous popcorn set the actors stood in. Bob Balaban was a really nice guy, and after we wrapped, he had me concept on his next project, an animated show called "Hopeless Pictures". I would love to work with him again. Anyway, I just found these shorts online and thought I would share them with you. Go to http://www.wsfilms.com/director-bob-balaban.asp and click the shorts with popcorn...

Happy Holidays 2009!

2009-12-24T11:19:00.001-08:00

Hey guys- thanks for reading my blog this year and all your great comments! Here's my interpretation of Mr Hankey, the Christmas Poo. The woman is...not sure, just bein gross, I guess. Hope you all had a great 2009 and here's to a fantastic 2010!

Last tarzan, I swear

2009-12-16T17:28:00.000-08:00

One more Tarzan for you crazy kids...

Bizarre Iron Man

2009-12-09T17:58:00.000-08:00

Waiting for Marvel Comics to approve my Iron Man trading cards, so in the meantime, here's a crazy looking Iron Man for you...

What's this?

2009-12-04T19:29:00.000-08:00

So, I guess I was imagining Tarzan rooting through Jane's things and finding something completely foreign to him. Hope you dig it.

Swing of the Jungle

2009-12-04T17:04:00.000-08:00

Another quick tarzan doodle...

King of the Jungle

2009-12-02T17:09:00.001-08:00

A quick 20 min sketch of Tarzan. Done in Photoshop.

Three faces

2009-11-24T15:34:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted anything in a while, so to tide you over, here are some quickie faces from my sketchbook. The center guy was drawn while watching Grandpa Joe in the Tim Burton "Willy Wonka".

Who ya gonna call?

2009-11-10T11:42:00.000-08:00

Hi gang! Here's a piece I did for an upcoming charity art show called "Hey You Guys!" If you are in the LA area, please come out to Pasadena on Dec 5 to show your support. Lots of great art, a screening of Ghostbusters, and lots more! The money raised from this show will go to help kid's art programs in schools. For more info about the show and its great cause, please go to http://www.heyyouguyscharity.com/ and check it out. It's a great cause and the show will be a lot of fun! Hope to see you there!

Lasseter Love

2009-10-29T18:27:00.000-07:00

At comic con this year, I don't think I was the only one slightly weirded out by John Lasseter's obsessive love over renowned animator Hayao Miyazaki. So, with all respect to both these giants of animation--here's my interpretation of their relationship.

Tagged!

2009-10-21T13:58:00.000-07:00

I really should stop being so lazy about my backgrounds.

Cereal Monsters

2009-10-07T15:23:00.000-07:00

A blast of nostalgia--my take on Count Chocula, Boo Berry and Franken Berry.

Le Waiter

2009-10-01T17:00:00.001-07:00

A waiter/busboy I saw yesterday while having lunch. Fellow looked he wanted to die.

Cutey Pie

2009-09-29T18:33:00.000-07:00

Here's me trying to draw a traditionally cute girl. I find this drawing very mainstream and boring. Meh. Back to ugly freaks.

A great read

2009-09-28T18:22:00.000-07:00

This is a classic book I found in a thrift store. Or, maybe not.

Broommate

2009-09-25T17:47:00.000-07:00

Just one of the people in your neighborhood...

NERDS!

2009-09-24T17:23:00.000-07:00

If you've ever been to a comic con, you've probably run into guys like this.

Dancing Girl

2009-09-04T11:48:00.000-07:00

A piece I did for my friend, Joseph.

No, I'm not dead

2009-08-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

Hey gang--sorry for the lack of updates. Been working on a project with a friend of mine that I haven't been able to show on the blog. BUT, here's a new piece--a group of swarthy fishmongers...and a slightly off cabin boy. Hope you like it!

Comic Con was a Blast!

2009-07-29T10:09:00.001-07:00

For those of you who made it out to San Diego this past weekend, you should have come to the Nickelodeon booth. Along with 2 of my esteemed co-workers, I was drawing cartoons for the kids to promote PetPet Park, an new virtual online world I'm heavily involved with for my day job. It was a ton of fun and everyone seemed to really like the drawings!

Holy cow! A new post!

2009-06-14T22:09:00.000-07:00

Sorry gang, I *KNOW* I've been away. I actually have been working very hard on a project I can't wait to show you, and haven't had much time to do my own work, but here's a little something I tossed off in the caribbean. (aka work break)

Sorry no new posts lately...

2009-05-24T17:04:00.000-07:00

I actually have been really busy on a ***ToP sEcReT*** project that I can't show just yet. But...hang in there. I should be posting more soon....Thanks for being patient! :)

No brown paper this week! OMG! :P

2009-04-26T15:11:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone--thought I'd put the brown paper aside for a bit and do some traditional marker sketches of cute girls--hope you enjoy them!

Sketch Dump

2009-04-18T00:39:00.000-07:00

Sorry for the lack of updates recently. I did 40 something pages of drawings in the last month, and I just lacked the motivation to scan them all. But...in the interest of sharing, here are some of my favorite pages of doodles. Also, I am putting together a sketchbook for comic con this year of a lot of my work. Is that something you guys would be interested in buying? I'm trying to gauge how many readers I have that would be into a book of my caricatures/cartoons/etc. so I know how many books to print. Drop me an email or a comment if you want to see my work in print! If you can't make it to San Diego, I can offer copies for sale thru my blog. Until next time...take care!

Sketch Overload

2009-03-22T15:17:00.000-07:00

I did quite a bit of drawing this week--let me know if you dig these!

Weekly sketchings

2009-03-14T16:48:00.000-07:00

Here's a week of sketchbook doodles--lots and lots of caricatures! Thanks for stopping by!

Girls Girls Girls ( and terminator)

2009-03-05T09:59:00.000-08:00

This week I drew a ton of sexy (and not so sexy girls). The designs were mostly out of my head and were inspired by pinup girls of the past. Hope you enjoy them!

Street Fighter and more

2009-02-28T15:50:00.000-08:00

My friend Matt has been doing some Street Fighter sketches, and he suggested I do my own take on the characters. I also threw in some caricatures...yep, that's lil' George Lucas down there. Heheh...

Sketchy Goodness

2009-02-21T16:18:00.000-08:00

A few more sketches I did this week. Enjoy!

More sketchings...

2009-02-19T09:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some more sketches I did in the past few days....

Valentine's Day sketches

2009-02-14T14:21:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Here are my sketches from this week, including a few love-themed ones. Hope you enjoy them!

LA MYTH SHOW is a smashing success!

2009-02-10T00:15:00.001-08:00

I had a great time! Here are my pieces I did for the show, followed by a shot of the after party at Citywalk in Hollywood. Yes, I am the guy on the left rocking the fake facial hair. The dude on the right is my friend and super talented artist, Shane Corn. Thanks to everyone that turned out for the show! I appreciate it! Pictures are titled, "Beverly Hills Medusa", "Smog Monster", and "Santa Ana Winds Passing Through".

Sketch-a-palooza

2009-02-09T23:23:00.000-08:00

Here is a batch of new sketches I did this week...enjoy!

Rainbow Barf

2009-02-06T15:21:00.001-08:00

Please don't ask me to explain this.

She wants the candy

2009-02-02T17:58:00.000-08:00

A superquickie done on break at work. My friend shane suggested "She wants candy" as a theme for us all to draw.

I got a green one!

2009-02-01T20:07:00.003-08:00

Mermaid

2009-02-01T20:07:00.001-08:00

Spicy

2009-02-01T20:06:00.002-08:00

Jeff and Friend

2009-02-01T20:06:00.001-08:00

Brown Paper JLA

2009-02-01T20:05:00.000-08:00

Hellboy

2009-02-01T20:04:00.002-08:00

Caveman

2009-02-01T20:04:00.001-08:00

Just because.

Freckle Girl

2009-02-01T20:03:00.000-08:00

I almost didn't post this, cause as soon as I finished it, I realized it looked like a Steven Silver drawing. Drat. I'm trying really hard not to do that.

Come see my gallery show!

2009-02-01T10:35:00.001-08:00

Hey guys! I am participating in the LA MYTH art show this coming weekend! It's a big show, featuring lots of super-talented artists. It will be an amazing night of art, drinking, and a GUARANTEED fight between a Robot Grizzly Bear and a Flying Space Shark.
(*editor's note: this is not guaranteed)

The show is in West Hollywood at Meltdown comics on Sat.
Feb 7th from 7-?
For more info, and a list of artists participating, please go to www. lamyth. com

I hope to see you all there!!!!!

Mod Girl

2009-01-28T17:22:00.001-08:00

Quickie I did on break. Hope you like it!

Cameron Diaz is Hot

2009-01-28T01:10:00.001-08:00

For this and more caricatures, please visit my other blog, Ugly Bits. http://uglybits.blogspot.com/

Pee-Wee and Mr. Buxton

2009-01-28T01:09:00.003-08:00

Medieval Nerd

2009-01-28T01:09:00.001-08:00

Two Directors

2009-01-28T01:08:00.003-08:00

Take the Blue Pill!

2009-01-28T01:08:00.001-08:00

Freaks

2009-01-28T01:07:00.001-08:00

For this and more caricatures, please visit my other blog, Ugly Bits. http://uglybits.blogspot.com/

Changeling

2009-01-28T01:06:00.002-08:00