What Time Is It?

Just for fun, I've been taking a spare hour here and there to create some cut paper collage portraits of various characters from Adventure Time. I really like the wide range of character types and the overall design aesthetic for the show, and the characters are something i can replicate pretty quickly and easier with a pair of scissors and some paper.

None of them have backgrounds yet, but they will and then will wind up on my online store where they will be available for purchase. These will be very cheap with the bulk of them in the $15.00 - $20.00 range, and only a few being slightly more expensive.

I'm not sure exactly when they'll be made available, but I'm hoping to do so before the end of October, so keep checking back. In the meantime, if there's a particular character you're interested in please let me know. I've made around 40 of them so far.

500 Monsters

My companion blog, The Grim Gallery, reached its 500th post today. This is a blog I created in order to put all of the monster and horror images I've accumulated over the years out into circulation for other monster lovers to enjoy at the rate of one image per day. That means that as of today there are 500 monster pictures for you to look at.

Next Up At The Bottleneck Gallery

I'll have a piece in  "Can't Beat Em, Join Em: The Zombie Show" at The Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. The show runs October 5 - 28, perfect for Halloween. Proceeds benefit the American Red Cross.

For those of you who can't make it, I'll be featuring my piece here on opening day.

In One Week...

At midnight, October first my 7th Annual Countdown to Halloween will begin. Every day in October I will post seasonally appropriate material leading to the holiday itself. You can investigate my past six countdowns by visiting the archives to the right and clicking on the month of October in the years 2006-2011. Also by clicking here, or, on the severed head to the right, you can visit the Countdown to Halloween website and see the hundreds of other blogs that will be participating this year, as well as those who took part in year's past. You can also register there to participate in the Countdown to Halloween yourself, if you would like to do so.

NBC To Bring Midnight, Mass. to TV

It's been officially announced, so now I can tell you as well. NBC has bought the rights to my comic book series, Midnight, Mass. which was published as two mini-series through DC's Vertigo line. This is the third time that this has happened and hopefully this time will be the charm that sees this come to fruition. I'm a bit more hopeful this time with the talent involved.

You can read more about it at Deadline.com .

Talk Like a Pirate Day

Ahoy, matey!  Today be the 10th Anniversary of International Talk Like A Pirate Day.  Reckon t' conduct all o' yerr affairs o' t' day, be they business, or social in t' appropriate manner o' speech, that bein' of a seafarin' hearty. 

Strange Kid Comix #3 - Sneak Peak

Here's a look at a few of the panels from the first page of the story that Glen Brogan and I contributed to the forthcoming Strange Kid Comix Magazine #3.

I'm a huge fan of Twin Peaks and it was with great pleasure that I finally was able to tell a story set within the framework of that television series, a thrill augmented by seeing Glen's dead on visual interpretation of that world. I owe a debt of thanks to Strange Kid founder, Rondal Scott for making this possible.

Way back when I was writing The X-Files comic book series I had planned to include a story in which Mulder and Scully attended the retirement party of Gordon Cole, the FBI Regional Bureau Chief played by David Lynch in Twin Peaks. This would have also included cameos by other FBI agents from Twin Peaks including Albert Rosenfield and Denise Bryson, the character played by David Duchovny. Unfortunately, The X-Files comic was brought to an end before I got to this story.

Strange Kid Comix Magazine #3 was made possible through the generosity of contributors via Kickstarter. If you'd like to pick up a copy, there is still time to make a donation through the Strange Kid Kickstarter campaign which has more information about what's included in this fun issue.

"More Than You Imagined" - Art Now Available

For those of you who live too far away to see it in person, the Bottleneck Gallery has posted all of the artwork for the "More Than You Imagined: Art Inspired By Premium Cable" show on their website. This includes my Tales from the Crypt inspired piece which can also be viewed by scrolling down to the previous post. The show runs through September 28 and proceeds from all sales go to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

Bottleneck Gallery Preview

Here's a look at the piece I did for the "More Than You Imagined: Art Inspired By Premium Cable" show which debuts at the grand opening of the Bottleneck Gallery in Brooklyn, NY tomorrow night.  Sales from the show will benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation.