| About that guy who died |
[26 Jun 2009|04:11pm] |
My 2 favorite Michael Jackson songs:
Leave me Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5KAJw4y8wE
The song and the video are amazing. All the insane stop motion and collage stuff, the men in suits with dogs heads, the giant Michael strapped to a rollercoaster, so great.
Who's lovin' you?
Here's a shorter version with a weird/adorable intro from the Jackson five:
Listen to the pipes on that friggin kid!
I mean honestly, grown professional singers can't sing like that and here is this amazing little kid just belting it out effortlessly. It's pretty amazing.
Like with a lot of artists, I like to think that he was a genius when in came to music but kind of crazy when it came to life. When you live like that you tend to live inside your art, feeling like when you make it that's the only time you are a real person.
I don't mean to get mushy, the death of a guy who spent way too much money on animals, music videos, sparkly gloves and declared himself the KING of Pop doesn't mean we need to make him a martyr or a myth. He did however make some very amazing music that I was obsessed with for the first half of my life.
Man, I must have watched MoonWalker about 5 million times. I used to listen to Dangerous while going to sleep! And that album was the cheesiest!
It's strange to witness the death of someone like this because it makes me feel for once the passing of time the way I think about my parents feeling it. They were alive when Elvis died and Jimi Hendrix and John Lennon. They've seen people come and go and it's a weird feeling to feel that now too.
My birthday is on Monday and I guess it just makes me feel old, haha.
John Campbell pulled out an excellent comic by the by:
http://stereotypist.livejournal.com/131545.html
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| Holy smokes! It's ah-me! |
[21 Jun 2009|01:11am] |
HEY! Check out this excellent drawing ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) therealferret did of yours truly!
Also check out her other art huh? It's pretty cool:
http://www.therealferret.deviantart.com/
I have been trying to project myself into people's brains lately, I guess it's working! She even got the color I was thinking of! Now I have a new goal, everybody, I am going to try to get into your DREAMS. Relax, I am just going to jostle a few of your windows, crow bar a few of your cellar doors, nothing to have night terrors about.
ALSO, maybe you noticed no Thursday Chester this week or last? That is because I have SO MUCH WORK TO DO. I'm doing a comic for the Popgun anthology and I am so past my deadline it's crazy. But stay tuned because there will be more shit up her sooner or later. Hot damm I wish I had all the time in the world for just comics, you know? Who are you people who don't have day jobs? I mean honestly, what is your deal. Because it is a pretty good one.
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| Psychiatric ward comics |
[12 Jun 2009|03:15pm] |
I would like to point you in the direction of some FANTASTIC comics Darryl Cunningham has been making.
Darryl worked in a Psychiatric ward for a long time and his comics are about those experiences. They are very lovely and touching.
I've been following his work for some time and I think it's all quite wonderful.
Red the rest on his LJ here:
http://tallguywrites.livejournal.com/
Also check out his John of the Night comic, it's fantastic!
Read the whole story right here! :
http://www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/sam-john/
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| MOCCA MOCCA MOCCA |
[09 Jun 2009|11:38pm] |
Hey, Mocca was awesome this year.
I shared a table with my homies and we kicked it for real.
I am reading a lot of bitching about the event in general and I really don't get it!
Sure, it was hot but it was hot at MOCCA last year too! This year was really nothing but improvements for me.
Last year we got stuck on the 7th floor of the Puck building and it got HALF the traffic that downstairs got because no one knew there was more con up there! Plus there was no A.C up there and we all melted to death.
The Puck building was pretty but that is pretty much all it held for me.
It was very small and cramped and the bigger MOCCA got the more claustrophobic it was to walk around downstairs. I remember thinking I would be pissed to be down there and get my table blocked by the mob of people just milling about not moving.
The Armory was a great WIDE OPEN space in a MUCH MUCH MUCH better part of town. At the Puck there were barely any eateries around that didn't cost an arm and a leg. It was mostly boutiques in the area, so getting lunch or dinner with a big group was annoying at best. This year there were about a billion wonderful Indian restaurants and diners. Plus I didn't have to lug shit cuz we were able to find a lovely cheap hotel right around the corner.
There were some definite organization problems this year, but I cut them some slack for it being their first year at a new venue. I can see how people were annoyed that they opened an hour late on Saturday, but honestly it didn't hurt things much.
Anyway I had a great time!
The ladies only drink and draw was excellent, even thought there was less drawing and more drinking. I didn't take many pictures but here are some from the party:
( BEHIND THE CUT! )
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| Ladies, please. |
[01 Jun 2009|09:13pm] |
Hey Lady comic book artists, are you going to MOCCA? Then you should come to the ladies only Drink and Draw party Friday night.
I will be there!
Make sure you flash them your vagina at the door! And WATCH OUT I hear they can spot a fake real easy.
Anyone going to be in the Lexington Ave. area and want to head over together?
As for the show I've got We Can Fix It copies and Chester prints and crap lined up, I have no idea where my table is yet but hey, all you have to do is look for the table that gives you the biggest boner.
I'll also be speaking on a panel on Sunday about graduating from SVA! The most radical art school in the city.
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| CHESTER CONTEST RESULTS!!!!!!!! |
[26 May 2009|10:18pm] |
Ladies and Gentlemen Madames and Monsieurs I present to you the WIN A DATE WITH CHESTER contest results!
Oh me oh my! Let me tell you, there were so many entries and so many wonderful things!I cannot tell you how hard it was for me to choose! If I could I would award many many more but you know, then it wouldn't be a contest... it would just be a me giving things away party.
First here is an entry by my wonderful eric mrcolossal , who is disqualified because he has sex with me.
OH also because he already has access to all the prizes. I'm glad he IS disqualified because I love this one so much it would have made things very hard for me! (heh, hard.)
Talented boy isn't he?
Chester looks SO GOOD in a bowler hat!!
( Come on under the cut for the rest!!! VERY NSFW... )
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| 100 PAGES OF CHESTER 5000! |
[21 May 2009|01:24pm] |
yesssssss.
Chester is 100 pages old today! In Robot years, that is not too much though.
And in cartoonist years too! But still, I am proud of him.
New Page!
Read the rest here:
http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/
( ...100th page, UNDER THE CUT for filthiness... )
Some people have expressed distress, so I am extending the Chester contest until tomorrow!
FRIDAY is the VERY LAST DAY to get those Chester contest entries in! I will be compiling them and choosing a winner with my esteemed dude of the hour mrcolossal over the weekend.
Let me tell you, these things have made me blush, they are SO dirty.
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| New missing link found! |
[20 May 2009|03:24pm] |
This is a freaking awesome Archeological discovery!
They've dug up a brand new animal that looks to be a link between lemurs and primates, right at the beginning of our human evolution.
It's got everything you could want from a Human ancestor:
"The lemur-like skeleton features primate-like characteristics, including grasping hands, opposable thumbs, clawless digits with nails, and relatively short limbs."
Opposable thumbs? Nice! Everybody knows those are the best kind of thumbs.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/05/090519-missing-link-found.html
The big plus for us is that Ida looks pretty darn adorable.
Wouldn't it suck if they found some super nasty thing that we are related to? I guess if you go back far enough, you are bound to find some crazy barfing six dicked snot-fish.
Here is a meme for you, DRAW THAT THING.
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| New Chester! |
[18 May 2009|10:42pm] |
NEW NEW NEW
Read the rest here:
http://jessfink.com/Chester5000XYV/
( ...UNDER THE CUT for naughtiness... )
Ok dudes! The deadline is Thursday! There can only be ONE TRUE WINNER!
Oh...wait actually...three winners. BUT only ONE of them can win a DATE with the Chester character of their choosing!!!!@##@&*@**!!
I will be compiling them this weekend and posting those suckers next week! Get them in while this shit is hot.
Once again, they don't have to be dirty, just because I am a filthy human being doesn't mean you have to be!
Info here:
http://finkenstein.livejournal.com/138276.html
Let's see what else...OH did I mention I will be at the Mocca festival this year? It is the first con I ever went to and it is THE BEST also. Sorry other cons, my heart belongs to Mocca.
Molly Crabapple did the art for the con this year and it is some classy business.
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| Mother's day, and LOVE! |
[13 May 2009|02:13pm] |
Hey I made this for my Mom for Mother's Day.
It was a super rush job but I am up to my elbows in work.
In case you are wondering, she collects tea pots, hence all the paintings I have made for her in the last few years have involved tea. If anyone looks back on my work it is going to look like I was totally into tea. Thanks Ma!
Also, I've been meaning to post about this, I did the artwork for 2 of my favorite people's wedding invitations!
They are the cutest comic book couple EVER and it was a total honor to make this for them!
Congratulations tedprior and jessica_monster! I love you!
If you do not know them, you should check them out because they are amazing. We have been internet friends for a long time and even though I have never met them in person they are some very good friends of mine. I'm so happy for them!
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