5/31/11

PUNK DANCE CARD



har har seattle
this saturday you will go to the
maxx clott and profanity hill will be
thar thar seattle
with zines comics tapes and other stuff

and dont forget
this thurs night
we'll be down in portlandia
under the florescence at FLOATING WORLD
for the "aht" show

5/27/11

SKID ROAD TO FLOATING WORLD


A curated selection of Seattle’s finest contemporary drawing.

Remarkably, artists were selected by the unjaundiced eye and not chosen because of their reputation in either the fine art or cartoon art world, ahem.

Artwork was chosen by proximity, spiritual connection and contribution to the Northwest Tradition as pioneered by the likes of Morris Graves, Mark Toby, Peter Bagge and Jim Woodring.

Remarkably (yes, again), the artwork featured in SKID ROAD TO FLOATING WORLD is a mixed miasma of drone drawing, figure drawing, pattern cartooning, metamorphic automatism, cartography, illustration, totem drawing and good ole rain soaked mysticism.

We will also have advance copies of Jim Woodring’s new graphic novel, CONGRESS OF THE ANIMALS, available for sale.


LISTING INFORMATION:

WHO: Skid Road art collective, artists in attendance TBD
WHAT: Art exhibit & book release for Jim Woodring’s CONGRESS OF THE ANIMALS
WHEN: Thursday, June 2nd, 6-10pm
20 NW 5th Ave #101
Portland, OR 97209
(503)241-0227

Artwork on display until June 30th.

Participating Artists:

Ajax Wood Storm
Blair Wilson
CM Ruiz
Eroyn Franklin
Jason T. Miles
Jesse Paul Miller
Jim Woodring
Kelly Froh
Martine Workman
Max Clotfelter
Scott Davis
Stacy Rozich
Stefan Gruber
Tim Miller

Curated by Jason T. Miles

DEEP SEED PRODUCTION VIDEO


you've watched the video
now buy the comic
by maxx clott & tim miller

5/23/11

DEAR DIARY : OLY CON : I GOT MY PMA

(herein lies my report on the olympia comics festival 2011)

quick hour to oly
i blinked and we were there
nutritional burgers at jack in the mctaco
more coffee please
thanks for the free parking
we brought our stuff into the show and set up
routine
i can never drink enough water at these things
regrets about the morning burgers

like most shows it was a slow start
surveying the room i sensed the pma had been brought
i know i was bringing it
i was still smelling the foul fumes from last year
last year was dismal
depressing
brutal

by the first hour there was a nice murmuring buzz and sneaker squeak serenade from all the foot traffic
folks seemed to be digging the mix of mini comics, undergrounds and zines i had to offer
yes! people were buying zines at a comic show (scandalous)
talking talking talking
and selling stuff
i talked horse
no pit stops just a couple of water breaks
i was busy busy
i managed to get out from behind the table one and a half times and checked out only half the show
in real life i'm not one of those people that plays dog and has to sniff other dogs
but at these shows i like to sniff
so i'm wistful about the lack of odor i took in

blink
the show's over
it was a short show
a lil guy
only four and half hours
but i was beat from all the jawing
i was also hungry

quick tally of sales surprised me and more than made up for last years loss
before expenses i took in two hundred and fifty bucks
figger fifty bucks for table / gas / food / coffee
figger minus a hundred for what i pay out for merch
so i made around a hundred bucks in four and a half hours
it'd be cool if i could average that at other shows
success
i had lots of fun
met cool new folks
and made a little scratch so i can re-up my depleted stock and buy new stuff for the hill

a gaggle of us went to darby's to get some eats
i used to work at darby's
it was nice to be back
new owners but still good eaten (i recommend the rueben)
when i worked there i'd show up early in the morn after working graveyard shift at toys r us
after walking in the door and taking my coat off
someone would hand me a mimosa and a spliff and away we'd go
i was the dishwasher
(when i told this to dylan he sed being a dishwasher is the common bond between most cartoonists (that and alcoholism))
i'd wash those dishes buzzed and sleep depped until three when
i'd then go to the spar bar and continue drinking and dance to the juke box until
i had to go back to toys r us and work another graveyard shift
and then i'd go home and take a shower
and then go to darby's to drink mimosas, smoke a lil sweat and wash dishes until three
and then go drink a bunch and finally crash broken
up for three days of obliteration...
it was fun to reminisce with friends about that youthful destructive behavior
but i'm glad i can be energetic and regenerative with my actions today


my haul:

jagoff by al frank published by teenage dinosaur

i'm a big tad martin fan so i'm always happy to see and read new comics by al frank

we rode with the clowns by steven stwalley, maximum traffic, ed devour, chelsea baker, harry bell, roldo, bob vojtko, brad w foster, bruce chrislip and steve willis

instant classic

the 2011 cartooning class giveaway special! by madison and aki kurose middle schools

comics like this always help me to look at things differently
which is a very good thing

glitter tooth and the godly goop by pylon prometheus

stoned stoner jams
this was free

untitled by calvin wright

crass doodle mania circa bored in tenth grade math class
this was free

one great taste by marc palm and max clotfelter

classic new wave mini comic by two classy guys

a matter of life and death by tom van deusen

just diving in
looks awesome

bad breath #2 and #3 by josh juresko

haven't read these yet but the look great
classic style executed in a similar vein to eric haven

untitled by joel skavdahl

this might be my favorite thing i got
wonderful drawing merging in and out of narrative
joel's had work in smoke signal
this zine is beautiful
reminds me of a mash between bruce bickford and orc stain
but really its own beautiful thing

ebbits #0 by michael s liven

wonderfully complete and exhibits a mature graphic style
impressive for a first

untitled by drew miller

awesome silk screen zine
edition of twelve!?
i feel very fortunate

void is god #1 by cullen beckhorn

fascinating and welcomed addition to the burgeoning onesheet form

stun nuts #2 by chris cilia

cilia is one of my favorite artists
and stun nuts is my current favorite series
very happy to get this tract from 2002

too dark to see by julia gfrörer

beautiful personal fantasy stuff going on here
consequential
go get it now!

5/16/11

YO YO YO

this saturday may 21st
profanity hill will be tabling at
stop by table 5 and say hi
bunch of new stuff for you to check out

5/13/11

PORRIDGE SOBS



DEEP SEED and SAD SACK scribe and nicest man you've ever/never met, TIM MILLER has started a blog dubbed OATMEAL TEARS... so far so good TIMs put up a bunch of awesome totem drawings that i recommend you peep directly... TIM is also the sole ink dipper for the up and coming soon to be screen printed PROFANITY HILL #2

5/11/11

VIBES NOTES


is there inherent worth in the hand made?

or what is meaning?

what is right or wrong with being creative because one is feeling creative?

what could be more meaningful?

"art for art sake"

creativity and hand made art, in my opinion, are a humble pairing of beauty and positive energy.
i much prefer human inspiration finding hand made artistic expression as opposed to the destructive organization associated with governments and corporations exerting their reach.

there seems to be an aesthetic authority, an aura, attached to hand made art.

i am almost always interested in folk expression...

(maybe "folk art" is a better more popular term than "hand made art" but there seems to be unnecessary baggage with "folk art" leading me from a broader, richer and more mysterious path.)

...hand made art, by it's nature, acts as a container and distributor of energy from the hands of the maker to the hands of the reader (don't forget reading is making too).

i typically find containers of human idiosyncrasy almost as beautiful as nature.

5/10/11

WHATS IN THE BOX?

between 52nd and 55th on the east side of the ave theres a weird black newspaper box with a white z on it (although some turkey put a sticker over the z)

put yer stuff (like yr zine or art or whatever) in this box and take some stuff from the box

last week i made my offering... but i didn't take anything (the only stuff to take was a box of crackers and a rolled up coke bill)


5/5/11

DONT MESS AROUND WITH JIM



jim blanchards cover for this weeks the stranger

5/4/11

SACRED AND PROFANE by Justin Green



SACRED AND PROFANE
by Justin Green
44pp / BW / 10.25 x 14
$5.00

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
this is it!
one of the greatest comix of all time
by one of the true visionaries of the form
JUSTIN GREEN
within the oversized newsprint pages of this illuminated manuscript
you'll find one of my all time favorite comics of all time:
WE FELLOW TRAVELEERS
equal parts slapstick and oblique narrative
brimming over with personal autobiographical symbols and master draftsmanship
the result being a jungian casserole of empathy and pathos the whole collective unconscious can enjoy
think marx bros by way of bosch
would you like to know more?



MR. CELLER'S ATTIC by Noel Freibert



MR. CELLER'S ATTIC
by Noel Freibert
12pp / BW / 8.75 x 11.25
$6.00






gooey gore-fest from mister fiendbert's nayborehoodrat peel yer flesh
ole witch's brood come forth and take thy mantle
ghastley's true spawn
medieval spawn
4 color screenprint cover
1 coller bone screenprint inside cover
that isnt wall paper glue
its yer goo
200 made



5/3/11

ARDENT VEIN THURS MAY 5TH MARS BAR

ARDENT VEIN (ajax wood storm)
THURS MAY 5TH
MARS BAR


PINES #4 by Jason T. Miles


PINES #4
by Jason T. Miles
44pp / BW / 5 x 7.5
$3.00








2011 : WORKBOOKS 1-4 : CHRONOLOGICAL : SPAIN : EVENSON : GRANDAROOFTOPS : SANDIEGOSALVO : ILLNESS : INDOORPICTURES : SNOHOMISH : SCIFIOBLIQUEAUTOBIODEGRADABLE : FANTASYREFLECTION : IMAGINARYGEOGRAPHY : EXPERIMENTALBIOLOGY : DANGERROOM : KENMORE : ALOHAQUEENANNE : SOLONG


5/2/11

THE LEGEND OF WOLFMAN by Armando & Joanna Zegri


THE LEGEND OF THE WOLFMAN #1
by Armando & Joanna Zegri
36pp / BW / 7 x 10
$1.50










awesome obscure underground comic from 1973
beautiful drawing reminescent of matthew thurber
drawing and story is very vibed out
everything swirls and vibrates
hummmmmmm
i love hippy comics
and i love monster comics
match made in america



SORRY SHEETS by Eroyn Franklin


SORRY SHEETS
by Eroyn Franklin
28pp / BW / 7 x 8.5
$5.00









ssssslllllooooowwwww comic
eroyn's first multiframe-per-page comic
and its a slow burner
fresh
articulates the movement of minutia
dust settling
we need more slow comics


GO NAKED #1 edited by Gary Panter


GO NAKED #1
edited by Gary Panter
60pp / BW / 8.5 x 10.75
$8.00










one of my all time favorite comix anthologies
seems like a secret anthology
dream anthology
a time traveling map
like a bizarro alternate reality version of weirdo
a must

contributions from the funk punks: mark beyer, bruno richard, gary panter, goro fujii, george hansen, j.d. king, wayne white, kazimiera prapuolenis, savage pencil, ed nukes, jocko levant brainiac, bryon coley, ric heitzman, mark newgarden, georganne dean, Art Spiegelman, jay cotton, robert williams, matt groening, mark mothersbaugh, charles burns, joe clower, mark marek, ken brown, byron werner, runt, flick ford, stephen kroninger, k. krytter

(rumor has it there's been a completed GO NAKED #2 patiently waiting for print)








MY BEST PET / FEEBLE MINDED FUNNIES by Noel Freibert & Lane Milburne


MY BEST PET / FEEBLE MINDED FUNNIES
by Noel Freibert & Lane Milburn
36pp / BW / 7 x 8.5
$7.50

SOLD OUT (but not a sell out, ma-an!)

awesome split
screenprinted cover
all killer
no filler
personalized gore stories by two contemporary ghouls
find out what happens in the basement
and meet pukeball
will make you fall in love with comix all over again
ahhh




MILDRED PIERCE #4 edited by John Bylander & Megan Milks


MILDRED PIERCE #4
edited by John Bylander & Megan Milks
84pp / BW / 8.5 x 11
$8.00

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

comedy and the grotesque is the topic

news reviews essays interviews comix about: cult horror films, queer cartography, sean samoheyl's theatre of discomfort, pippi zornoza, a real asshole, thomas bernard, klaus kinski, brother theodore, homicidal lesbian terrorist, wangechi mutu's mutating women, lady arm wrestlers, jimmy joe roche, sabrina chap, fu-manchu, barf and more

great content brought to you by: edie fake, eamon espey, daniel moseley, bonnie kaserman, ellen nielsen, gerry mak, leeyanne moore, billy hunt, marc baez, john berndt, vicky lim, zach hazard vaupen, joyce kuechler, ed choy moorman, james tadd adcox, noel freibert, carrie fucile, jason t. miles, jake hostetter, d'metrius rice

dont come across too many zines of this caliber