THE 6TH CIRCLE

I'm doing a daily strip over at the PORK MAGAZINE site "INTERNET PORK". It's called "The 6th Circle", inspired by Bil Keane's death & my weird feelings about people hating on him on the day of his death. I've never been a fan of The Family Circus, most of the daily comic strips I've been into were published at least 30 years before I was born, with the exception of PEANUTS & GARFIELD when I was a kid, oh, I liked the FAR SIDE also. Anyhow, despite the Family Circus' milquetoast view of life, I feel a weird cartoonist's loyalty to Keane, in that he was a real cartoonist, unlike so many so-called cartoonists of today. So, in a strange way, The 6th Circle is a tribute to the Family Circus, it takes place in the hellish world of my Monsters, Weirdos & Creeps & the jokes are maybe even worse than those in the Family Circus.



I do the labels for a series of barrel aged craft brews from OAKSHIRE BREWING called HELLSHIRE. It's a collaboration between their Master Brewer Matt Van Wyk & myself. Here's a bunch of the beers at the opening event.

And I just knocked out 30+ characters for another card series.

Nucklavee, take 2.

Back in November of 2009, I was originally brought into EBD because Robert Adam Gilmour found my horrible drawing of the Nucklavee and helped me identify it(I had drawn it after reading about it, but then forgot where I had read it). On June 17, 2010, I posted here that I was working on a new version, because I so hated the first version. Well, I got sidetracked, but here is what I worked on today at work and then finished up at home tonight:

 It's only been maybe a half hour since I finished it, and there are already things bugging me about it, but I'll let it sit and see what I think tomorrow morning.

Art Show

Here are some pics from an art show I participated in opened yesterday, it was at Little Berlin, here in Philly. The show was entitled "The Western Lands." It was a "post apocalyptic" vibe, the aftermath of cardboard cities.

New 6 page submission for C'est Bon magazine

Bargulf & friends

Yop!

Here's some of the linoleum I made recently. These are made on a bad lino, but with a good tool ! This lino is clear so i dont see my drawing anymore when I start carving

The Taste Of Water

Currently working on a nice assignment: a page for a collection of comic summaries (adaptations) of Dutch films. Some old, some recent. It wild be a sort of coffee table book-like compendium. Last year we had a similar thing on Dutch literature, which was quite succesful. So it's nice to be in this boat.
Anyway, I picked De Smaak van Water/The Taste Of Water (1982) by Orlow Seunke. It is not a widely known film although it got quite some recognition and awards when it came out. It was inspired by a story by the Hungarian writer György Konrad. It is a touching small story about a once-cynical social worker who starts caring for a severely neglected child. I liked it then and I like it now. Don't know if this page does it justice. The final version of it will be in full colour.

Totentanz

A mural that I did in the Rumkammerat gallery in Copenhagen, situated at Nansensgade 35. If you happen to be in the area, check http://www.rumkammerat.dk/eng. Until November 19, I am exhibiting original pages from Sine Qua Non (of which th Danish edition was released there on October 28) plus some other stuff, like scraperboard art from my other books Bestiarium and 1348.



An interview about Sine Qua Non and other projects can be found here:

http://nummer9.dk/artikler/doden-er-overalt-men-livet-gar-videre/

[fuck depression]

[yes I'm perfectly fine]

[random party]

[my glasses of indifference]

[say nothing]

[hungry princess is hungry]

[what I see when I look in the mirror]

[what are you trying to say?]

[you are so funny]

[I am not sick]

Hello
Here's a new linoleum print... To be right it's made of PVC (plastic), given by Ludovic Levasseur. I love that material, really hard and neat

This could be a kind of tricky creature, like those in the abyss, this one chase drugs dealer by imitating krokodil addict

Army of God

I have been working on a record sleeve for the Amsterdam-based outfit Army Of God. It's kind of 1980s-styled wave (which I like). If that's up your alley, the main song can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z9TTU9mF7A
The record should be out soon. I was given total artistic freedom (yay!), so I did a little twisting on the classic pieta.

HTRK

 I went to my first gig since Goblin in febuary, I rarely go to gigs anymore. HTRK have a new record out which I dont have, but I have the first two and they are great; one of the members died about a year ago and they are down to just two members now.

 A support band called Standish/Carlyon were really nice and atmospheric but when it got to HTRK, the sound levels were not right and some of the instruments just werent picking up, I felt sorry for the singer because it was her instruments and voice that was not picking up and she looked really uncomfortable not knowing whether her drum was going to work when she struck it and trying to sing loud enough. It looks like they gave up after 6 or 7 songs, which were able to create a pleasing enough swamp of sound but didnt have the impact they would have if everything was working. I really hope this didnt take the wind out their sails, it might have been the first date in the tour.

 I selected the song that got me hooked and I hope it will hook you too. It was produced by Rowland S Howard. 

A Star-nosed Moleman

A quick and silly sketch.

hyel introducing post

hi!
i'm a little bit nervous to introduce myself.. because i'm not good and english..

anyway! i'm hyeyeol just call me hyel! and lived in seoul korea, good to see you!
um extually i've never thought about that my works are comprised in art
because i studyed comics and still studying comics..
beginning of my works are just junk for my desire

but now i'm so pleasure to join this interesting group.

i'm inspired by Ukiyo-e japanease style tattoo(Yirejeumi) that gives me strong impression only use line and face.
and i usually draw about Thanatos and eros especially the eros of narcissism and often contain mythicalness.
so my works are almost having symmetry structure like mirror.

the reason of the main characters of my works are having abnormal bodys
means perversive share or spurt of desire.

PORK #4

To answer your question, PORK is not a webzine, but has always been intended to be print only. I use the web to promote the magazine to people & so they can read it if it is not available in their city, which is mostly the case for anyone outside of the USA (shipping fees are very expensive!). PORK #4 had an a print run of 8000 copies & we only have a couple hundred left!

Poor Fifi wants to murder humanity

Okay, here's Fifi (say hello)
A linocut made sometimes ago
I used 5 plates of lino, grand luxe!
I need to try to cut x colors in a single plate, but I also like doing like that, it give possibilities to work it again & to print this image like a silkscreen, cheaper than a classical print

[ceremony]

[Ceremony]

PORK #4 ONLINEZ NOW!!!

Open publication - Free publishing - More cool

INSIDE: Shannon & the Clams, Personal & the Pizzas, Cyclops, Wax Idols, the Hamburglars, John Casey, Ben Lyon, SMILE & the rest of the usual stuff! Plus new photo comics!!!

Moleman

Just a drawing I did during my stay at Alkbazz's extraordinary bookshop, after Quentin Mabuse who did a version of Flemish painter Jan Gossaert (1478-1532, sometimes also called Mabuse). I suppose the fur coat got my attention.

Monsters, Weirdos & Creeps Series Two!!!

For juvenile delinquents young & old, Monsters, Weirdos & Creeps are 27 depraved & deranged characters exploding from the trash can psyche of Sean Äaberg. For just $1 you get five randomly selected cards, each in full color on surprisingly stiff card material. On the fronts you get a Monster, Weirdo or Creep & on the backs you get 9 comics, 9 Wacky Mix-Ups & 9 puzzle pieces which construct a goofy scene of craziness. Each wrapper is even krammed with all kinds of kraziness! These are guaranteed boredom killers!

Check out this flickr gallery to see what you're getting into!

La Part Du Diable

Legendary underground publisher Le Dernier Cri has released a new book: (D)EVIL, for the exhibition La Part Du Diable which can be seen until 1st of November in Le Comptoir du Livre, a gallery/artbookstore in the centre of Liège, Belgium (20 En Neuvice, close to Liège Palais railway station). Participants are Benjamin Monti (B) who organised it all, Anne Van der Linden (F), Francesco Defourny (B), Pakito Bolino (F), Matthias Lehmann (F), Marie-Pierre Brunel / Yokogaga (F), P’tit Marc (B) and yours truly.





This is one of the drawings I submitted:



It's a combination of the classic 'so above, so below'-posture of Pazuzu (and God and numerous angels) and corporal punishment, in a Romanesque Vesica Piscis shape.

SANS TITRE