"Mary Mary, Quite Contrary"

Behold, above is my contribution to Eat Your Art Out IV. This one-night gallery show -- thrown by those badass Angel City Derby Girls -- blasts off this Saturday night at Meltdown Comics, in Hollywood, CA! The artist roster is monstrous, including Jim Mahfood/Food One, Jason Shawn Alexander, Jose Garibaldi, Love Ablan and many more! For more info on the show, check the Meltdown Comics website.

My piece is titled "Mary Mary, Quite Contrary." Measuring at 18" x 24", it's a portrait of Mary Tudor, the notorious "Bloody Mary" of Old England. As Queen, she got the moniker from the outright glut of executions she employed against Protestant dissenters, while restoring England to Roman Catholicism. Ya gotta love the creepy origins of these old nursery rhymes and fairy tales. So many of these simple poems intended to entertain children are, in fact, cautionary reminders of how brutal the world can be.

I took a heap of process photos of this painting, and will post them ASAP. For now, it's back to work!

"Timing and tiger strength. Strategy will put you past."
- King Gum.

Eat Your Art Out - Work In Progress!

Here are some progress shots of my painting for Eat Your Art Out IV -- an incredible one-night gathering of artists and their work, thrown by The Angel City Derby Girls at the Meltdown Comics Gallery. For all the nitty-gritty deets, check out the press release.

For now, I'll spare you the in depth story behind my contribution to the show. But above you can see early stages of my drawing for it, as well as some roughed-in colors. These are the broad strokes. I'm working from a sketch in these, but also allowing myself to stray from the plan. Sketches are cool, but I like to draw from the gut when I start in on a final. If I get it right, my instincts can lead me to improve on the piece from that thumbnail stage, all the way into the final.

"Two. NO! Six. NO! Twelve. BAKER'S DOZEN!!!
I told you that I'm crazy for these cupcakes, cousin!"
- King Gum.

Quien era el mas poderoso?

Hello All!

Here I sit, in the funk den of Food One, rocking The Mars Volta on my headphones, and trying to shake off my Pledge Party hangover. Last night was amazing. Many thanks to everyone who was involved, from the organizers to the fans.

For you kids that couldn't make it, a bunch of people (myself and Mahfood included) took oodles of photos throughout the night. So I'll be sure to post pics from the event on here when I get back to San Frandisco.

In the meantime, I'm off to hunt down some coffee... maybe a nice bearclaw.

Bunker, on the road.

ps-- All done with The Mars Volta... just moved on to the new Subtle album. Incredible stuff, people.

Pledge Party in LA!!!

Hey, after a week of hardly posting, I thought the least I could do was hit you fine folks with 3 posts in one morning.


For anyone who'll be in the Los Angeles/SoCal area at the end of March, we're throwing a badass Pledge Party at Meltdown, to celebrate the release of "Everybody's DEAD" (IDW Publishing) and "Hazed" (Image Comics). It's all going down on March 29th @ Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. Come meet the creators from both books, watch myself and Jim "Food One" Mahfood do live art while DJ Expo rips it up on the turntables. And, of course, get your drink on with delicious Japanese beers from our wonderful sponsors, Asahi!

You'll get extra cool points if you come dressed as a frat boy or sorority girl!

Bunker to the bone!