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Here are a few drawings I did for the Logan Square Literary Review's "A Subversive's Guide to Bicycle Etiquette". It's a short comic I illustrated on flash about the do's and don'ts of urban and street cycling.

This above photo illustrates a 'Do', while the one below illustrates a 'don't'.
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Recently

I have been working on the illustrations for a comic my friend Daniel from the Logan Square Literary Review was working on called "the Subversive's guide to Bicycle Etiquette". This is an illustration for the introduction, more to come!

This is a picture of Captain America. I was walking through the local WalMart looking for puzzles and pita bread when I spotted Captain America searching for action figures of himself in the toy aisle. I was a bit sad to see how such a iconic comic book hero had been reduced to narcissistic shopping at the po-dunk WalMart. He has really let himself go as of recently.

A month ago Jim and I acquired new members to our army of darkness. The one on the left is Ella, we rescued her from a local petshop who had her, 10 of her other brother and sisters, and 3 of her adult counter parts in a ten gallon aquarium with a 4" layer of pine shavings and filth for bedding. Edi, (Edith) is the one on the right who we rescued from a house who had two 55 gal aquariums for 25-30 juvenile rats just hanging around. Not to mention other random rats and creatures stored in equally horrible conditions with about 50-100 flys buzzing around constantly.

Okay, so I've had about of 4 shots of Seagram's. Maybe that last rant was a bit overkill.

Boids

Here is a few illustrations I have started for the Logan Square Literary Review.

I hope you like them.

Dog Whistle

I cannot tell you how much I would like to see this project succeed- because I know it will be an amazing film.
I urge you all- even if you do not have the funds to help to please pass the word along.

Thank you.

Missing my Darkroom

I wish we had more than one bathroom in our apartment so I could dedicate one to being a darkroom. I used to use my parent's small bathroom when I moved back in with them after the Columbus life wasn't for me. The bathroom was so small, I was so cramped and it got so hot in there that I used to work in my underwear. Those were the days.

I enjoy being able to manipulate photos without the use of digital means. The process, the materials and the manipulation is all very gratifying to me. I think that's why analogue photography is one of my favourite art forms and I wish It wasn't so expensive and obsolete.

Now, if you'll excuse me I just killed a pot of Earl Grey tea and I need to piss like a racehorse.

Memories

Left/Right handed and probably drunken drawings from my friend Hannah and I.

More Older Color Photography

Greetings! As most of you know today is supposed to be the day of rapture. Even though this man cannot get his math straight- in fact this man should never do math, ever, again.
Now that those of you who are already well into the supposed time of rapture in other parts of the world- How'd it go? Was it neat?
I get to work a 14 hour shift today It's going to be super great fun.

Before I go cater a baby shower and High School Prom (ugh) I have a few more photos from the Portugal road trip.

This is in the village of Solveira, up in Northern Portugal. The eucalyptus forests do not grow here and it snows, alot, in the winter time.

This is also Solveira- right accross the dirt road from my vovó's neighborhood.
We had to make way for a burro (donkey) carrying a big trailer full of wood.

These stairs are not in use any more- but most of the village is still reminiscent of the wonderful stone work that is seen in most of Portugal's older buildings. This was also in Solveira.

This little house was perched on top of the beautiful mountains of Gerês. This town was wonderful and many people from Spain travel to Gerês and surrounding towns to gain work. Our server was a Spanish woman, her accent was wonderful.


That's all for now, have fun surviving the rapture!