Wednesday, August 31, 2011

GETTIN' THE LED OUT

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When I was 14 I had my first great love affair with Rock and Roll. And it was with Led Zeppelin.
Aside from the occasional Neil Young record or The Who, I listened to Zeppelin exclusively from my freshman year in high school through my junior year or whenever Nirvana's Nevermind came out.

Growing up in a religious fundamentalist, strict household, I was grounded to my room quite a bit and I spent endless hours drawing with Zep on my Walkman headphones. Of course that was illegal too, as Page had made a deal with **Satan (which was a bonus for me) but the plain fact was, they rocked!
** Jimmy Page lived in alleged Satanist Aleister Crowley's house, whose autobiography I relished, hidden inside my school text books, better to get busted for reading that at school than at home!

In fact, Rock and Roll in general was forbidden, being the devil's tool and all. I spent large portions of my meager paper route money replacing cassette tapes that had been confiscated and thrown out by my mom.
Looking back 20 odd years now, I realized two things, John Paul Jones was probably the coolest thing about that group and despite the overtly sexist, borderline racist tones, they still rock!




Saturday, August 27, 2011

ROCK BLOCK

As the winds are picking up and Hurricane Irene is bearing down on us, I finished a little image for our block party announcement. We have a great bunch of folks on our block and the party is lots of fun.
The event acts as a marker for the official end of summer so, its also a bittersweet one.

Monday, August 22, 2011

SMELLS LIKE FALL TODAY

Fall is my favorite time of year, and this one is gearing up to be a good one. A detail of a book project due this Fall. Hope to show more soon.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU ABSENTMINDEDLY DOODLE WHILE ON THE PHONE

Oskar turned 4 last week, and we are still recovering from his superhero birthday bash. And he got his first tattoo. Guess what it says? I LOVE MOMMY

Thursday, August 11, 2011

STOP SNORING BERNARD AT THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS

Found out yesterday that not only did Bernard get into the 2011 Original Art Show at the Society of Illustrators, he won the Founders Award to boot. Not bad for a little guy who naps and snores all day!

In all seriousness it is an honor to be listed among so many great people including Lane Smith (who received a Silver Medal) who inspired me way back in high school with the True Story of the Three Little Pigs.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

POPSICLE BROTHERS

It's so hot this summer, my little guys have developed a 3 to 4 popsicles a day habit. Gonna be a intervention here before school starts.