New Work - Zombie Johnny Cash

Here is a new piece that I finished just in time for the upcoming Days of the Dead convention.  The painting is acrylic paint on a 16"x20" canvas.  A print of the painting is listed on Etsy and is ink on 8.5"x11" Strathmore textured paper with a white border.  I also have it available as a hand pressed 2"x3" refrigerator magnet (just ask for availability).

New Work - Boba's Sticky Fingers

Here's a new painting I recently finished.  It's a Star Wars take off on the Rolling Stones album Sticky Fingers.  The painting is acrylic paint on a 12"x12" canvas.  Working on the prints now...

The Bands of the Belligerent Monkey

My whole life I've enjoyed music. My father and brother are both insanely talented guitar players. One of my earliest memories is of playing my dad's guitar. Since I was a teenager I always wanted to be in bands. But there was just one problem.  And that is my complete lack of musical talent. I tried guitar first and then switched to bass because I figured it was easier with less strings and less notes. Unfortunately the switch didn't make up for my lack of rhythm or tone deafness.

These issues didn't stop me from being in a bunch of bands. They did however make sure that every one of them were fake. While there was no chance of these actually being a real band, I still liked coming up with ideas, logos, and names for them. Here is a brief rundown of some of the bands.

Priority Male : This was a 3 piece grind core band. We would play every show in nothing but speedos. We talked about practicing once. Here's the logo:

The Immortal Lee County Killers - The Comic

As I said before, I did a little art for the Immortal Lee County Killers.  You can see the 7inch cover and flier here.  The last thing I did was a little mini-comic.  It was a simple/cheap black and white comic on 8.5"x11" copy paper folded in half.  Here are the scans.  Click on the image to get it full size.

The Immortal Lee County Killers

The Immortal Lee County Killers were a great band from Auburn, Alabama that I knew when in was in college.  They described their sound as "the real punk blues" and they were great live. They put out a bunch of 7-inches and some full length albums on Estrus and Homo Habilis.  Their 1st album (The Essential Fucked Up Blues) was great and still remains one of my favorites. Here's one of my favorite songs off that album:

You can read up on them here.  I drew a few things for them including flier, 7-inch cover, and comic book.  The flier and 7-inch cover are below.  I'll post the comic later.

The 7inch was Train She Rides out on Homo Habilis Records (2000).  It's a song about a guy who got in a fight with his girlfriend, gets drunk, passes out next to some  railroad tracks, a train comes along with his girlfriend on board, and he gets his thumb chopped off as it runs by.  I was told it was based on a true story but I never saw the thumb that was supposedly kept in a freezer for many years after the fact.  The remix version on side B was pretty great and worth tracking down.