New Work! Phantom Troublemaker vs. Zombies!

Mrs. Troublemaker was nice enough to commission an original painting from me as a Christmas gift to her husband, the Phantom Troublemaker.  "Well what do you want?" I asked.  "It's totally up to you.  It just has to have the Phantom Troublemaker in it".  I thought about it for a few days, did a few sketches, and then the idea hit.  Once it did, I knew exactly what I was going to paint.  I was very flattered to be asked.  And once I had the idea I was excited to see it completed.  Now that Christmas is over, I can finally post it.  It was definitely one of my favorite paintings I've done in a while.  And I'm very glad to hear he likes it.  It's acrylic paint on a 16"x20" canvas.

I used myself as the model for the body and zombie hands with my wife as the photographer.  She also came up with the idea of using a graveyard as the background.  All in all I was very happy with the end result.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everybody!  Check out Comics Alliance 150 comic book Christmas covers to get you in the Christmas mood.  Thanks for a great 2012!

Happy Holidays

I've just added a couple of new prints to my Etsy shop.  I have a couple more to add soon so check back.  It's the holiday season and the Belligerent Monkey has plenty of offerings that make the perfect gift.  Please check out my Etsy shop.  Thanks!

Earth Station One - The 3rd Annual Holiday Gift Guide

I was happy find out that the fine folks over at Earth Station One included my Etsy shop in their annual holiday gift guide.  You can check out the full list and download their podcast HERE.  Good friend of the monkey Phantom Troublemaker joined the ranks of Earth Station One a while back.  They had a large presence at Dragon*Con this past year and recorded a bunch of their panels.  Go to their main site and check out their podcasts!

And more importantly check out my Etsy shop!

Re: ICE Holiday Shopping Spectacular

Thanks to everyone that came to the Indie Craft Experience (ICE) Holiday Shopping Spectacular this past weekend.  I had a great time. Sharing the space with Third Half Studios and Urbnpop was a huge success and I hope to do it again next year.  Nothing better than spending the weekend with friends.  For those people I talked to about commissioned paintings or purchasing something at a later date, please send me an email. 

This was my last show of 2012 so huge thanks to everyone I met this year!  Next stop 2013! 

Indie Craft Experience (ICE) Holiday Shopping Spectacular 11/17-11/18

This weekend I will be at the Indie Craft Experience (ICE) Holiday Shopping Spectacular!  The event will last both Saturday and Sunday (11/17 and 11/18) 11 am - 6 pm both days.  There are free totebags by Urbnpop given out to the 1st 250 people in line both days. The Facebook event page is here.

I'll be in roughly the same spot as last year.  This year I am teaming up with the awesome Third Half Studios and Urbnpop folks and we are going to have our own mini-pop up shop.  We'll be in the back in spaces #78-80.  All our stuff will be displayed together so come check out the Belligerent Third Half Urbnpop Studio Monkeys! (circle c!)

Check out the full list of vendors.  Creative Loafing recently gave it the Best Event award in their Best of Atlanta 2012 issue.  Check out the article here.


And here's a quick video in which the folks at ICE tell you WHY buying handmade is great…and it includes info about the Holiday Shopping Spectacular.




Why Buy Handmade This Holiday Season! from Indie Craft Experience on Vimeo.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everybody!