epic comic preview

right now im working on an epic comic anthology, the sheer scope of it is hush-hush for now, but here is some previews for you.

some character design



surprisingly this is the 3rd draft of the script, which is more or less the 'final draft', i do usually change some parts when i actually start penciling it, but this is how i usually work... extremely loose and sloppy.

this is cover desigin part-way done. the borders are all cut off cuz the page is top big for my scanner, but you get the point.

watch out for this epic book to be released at the brooklyn comics and graphics fest! december!

BEST FIND EVER

So i'm lucky enough to live by 2 awesome stores that sell old cheap comics across the street from each other, mostly books and philly aids thrift. they both get 'new' boxes of donated comics seemingly at least once a month. earlier in the month i was shockingly surprised to see someone donated a large collection of 70-80s marvel comics, i got some original jack kirby monster comics, a near complete run of howard the duck, and the daredevil comics that frank miller did when he introduced elektra and all the ninja stuff, all for about 3-4$ each which i thought was the ultimate find (ive been reading howard the duck all month long). but yesterday i was digging through the 50 cent bin at mostly books and my first awesome find was an issue of bone #7, only 50 cents! if that wasnt cool enough i found the best most obscurely awesome comic ever, MICHAEL JACKSON AS CAPTAIN EO IN 3D!!!
AND IT CAME WITH 2 PAIRS OF GLASSES UNOPENED!!!!! FOR 50 CENTS!!!

i must say, i remember owning a ninja turtles comic in 3d when i was a kid so i havent experienced original blue/red 3d in a long time, and i am blown away! its actually really fucking awesome looking. it basically makes it look like you can see the different planes of vision with space between the characters and the background. why dont they still make comics like these???


so whats it about? well on the cover it says its based after a movie that GEORGE LUCAS and FRANCIS COPPOLA MADE! what? how come i never heard of this? well it apparently was only released in disneyland, disneyworld, and the epcot center. upon some googling i found out it played from 86-90 and it actually got re-released this year! the story is so simple stupid. we start off being introduced to the 'rag tag band' in the middle of a space dog fight, its michael as captain eo and a few furry creatures (one named hooter whos ongoing joke is he eats everything) and a robot too (that later turns into a drum set)
their mission is to give a gift to a supreme leader of some unnamed planet. they end up crash landing on the supreme leaders planet by accident and get arrested. upon being arrested for trespassing michael tells the leader (a very clive barker looking monster girl) he has a present for her, which is of course a song and dance. she gets mad and tells her guards to kill them so while dancing michael apparently can shoot lightning from his hands and kills all the guards. he then goes on to kill the supreme leader, all while singing his song with the verse 'we are here to change the world!'.
it ends with some woman, who we dont know who she is, that just appears after the leader dies and smiles. the end.
so basically he goes to a planet, kills the leader, and replaces her with a new leader that isnt a hideous monster. sounds very american.


my head was to big for the cardboard frame so i had to tape them to my glasses to get the full effect

this is one of the funny parts, captain eo is being called by his superior, being nagged that hes late so hooter throws a big melon at the screen and michael does his patented 'hoo hoo!' COMIC GOLD!


this is apart of the dog fight in the beginning where the outrun the ship chasing them and make it crash and get destroyed killing all of its passengers, then michael screams 'woa!'


and this is the end, the first panel is the supreme leader monster being vaporized followed by the inexplicable woman appearing to end the comic.

its actually wonderfully drawn in realistic way, and 3d shots of all the space craft is my favorite part, all the ship parts are detailed and it looks like it goes back in space. its drawn by Tom Yeates.

BEST 50 CENTS SPENT ON A COMIC EVER

Bare Knuckle at SPX

my new book ive been furiously drawing for the past 3 weeks is now complete!

a 4 color, 10 page, beat em up classic called 'bare knuckle' referred to previously at 'super mega punch'

heres the cover and a preview of what kind of action is in store!

ill have these bad boys ready for spx this weekend! so watch out!

THIS FRIDAY

Ill hopefully get my shit together in time to hang a few pieces up in this show! i'll be there with comics for sale!

COUNTDOWN TO SPX!

SPX IS COMING! SEPTEMBER 11 AND 12TH!
ill be tabling with my partner-in-comics Ian Harker and soon it be friend Cody Pickrodt
THIS IS WHATS UP
the first image is a 'how to' of making a 8 page square comic from a 11x17 i emailed to ian while we were talking about the book were putting out together for SPX. i figured id post it on the internet cuz i spent 10 minutes making it.

another NEW BOOK ill have is Abstracted Comics, a 10 page full color book of all my abstracted comics you may have seen this past summer hanging at pterodactyl, last drop cafe, and currently at 1601 (10th/tasker, philly bitches)

this is a few page very early preview of what im working on with ian, a square, one panel per page, comic based after 'beat em up' games of yesteryear like bad dudes, double dragon, streets of rage etc. this is going to be 10 pages, full color, and when you flip the book youll get a ian harker comic of the same mythos, also 10 pages, i think, maybe more.

this is going to be 4 color, screen print-style, so much more detail will be added!


BUT WAIT! THERES MORE!

I will also have extra copies of the PACC anthology, SECRET PRISON 2, INK ANSWER #1, Inhabitants, my usual Pat makes drawings 2, untitled blue book, and boot legs.

BUT WAIT AGAIN! Remember WASTEDLANDS? ya know that webcomic i did for a few months last winter and gave up on? yeah that one! well ill have that FULL SERIES COLLECTED! for only a measley dollar you can get this story, without an ending, which you can read for free on the internet, and keep it for yourself to cherish and have forever!

SOO ALL THOSE AWESOME BOOKS BY ME! PLUS MORE FROM IAN AND CODY!
SO LOOK OUT FOR US! ITS GOING TO BE A FULL FUCKING TABLE!

SECRET PRISON BACK COVER

heres what i did for the back of secret prison 2 (i also did a comic inside which ill post later on once more copies get distributed)

and here it is in print, i really like it better on newsprint then computer screen.

PACC Aftermath

so i figure i might as well do a post about PACC, since, ya know, its my baby project.

this year exceeded my expectations so far. last year was a success but still had a lot of slow moments, this year i was literally running around the whole damn time like a mad man, and when i had a chance to sit i was actually selling comics! who'da thunk it?

it was great to have a 'big' small press publisher like secret acres get a table, but it was even better the fact that they came super early and helped me set up the tables. i wasnt sure if they were kinda shocked that it was super DIY having the star exhibitors set up the tables but by the end of the day when they were rolling in sweet comic cash it didnt seem to matter.

i was surprised at the huge amount of foot traffic we had, all day long, there wasnt 5 minutes gone by where nobody was coming through the door. last year the first hour and a half only like 2 people showed up, this year we had people comin in before all the exhibitors were even set up! my future-goal was to have people travel to come see pacc, ya know, a few years down the line when i get big enough names, but i reached that goal this year! i had a family (literally husband wife and kids) come by and tell me they drove from virginia for the day just to check it out! i was stunned! oh and kids, like literally, there were kids at this thing! hah! i dunno, i guess the whole stereotype is comics are for kids, but when you make books like mine and you hang out with cartoonists like the philly comix jam scene the last thing you think of is kids+comics.

of course being philadelphia, and the rotunda's lack of AC, it was a sweaty day which i think helped with the DIY atmosphere. im sure other, more heat sensitive people, would say otherwise though.

Secret Prison 2 took the con by storm as well as Dirty, 2 projects which im heavily apart of, and both are free. so i was super pumped about that, since i had no real 'new' book. i guess this was the debut of inhabitants at a comic con though.

im not sure the head count but im estimating in the 500's of attendees, one of which includes local legend (and PACC alumni) Charles Burns

it was a fun all day success, which was supposed to end at 6 but the room was so packed no one really left til 630.

i also learned some more about organizing shows and have a boatload of awesome ideas for next year to make it much bigger and better!

overall it was totally worth the 4 months of work. it paid all my summer bills! yay! no more debt (lies)!

its also really weird to be like a person-to-know type of deal, getting a lot of publicity and random emails from people. but now that its over ill have to wait til next summer before people start giving a shit who i am. it is definatley the type of thing i wonder constantly 'well these people know who i am now, but do they read my comics? appreciate my art? or are they just trying to network with a organizer of a comic con?' OH SELF DOUBT! i did sell out of my small stack of inhabitants early in the day and was kicking myself for not bringing more.

heres a pic of me pretending nobodies taking a picture of me talking what makes a man dress up like a bat? and secret prison 1 cover artist Jacob Yeager



MORE RECAPS HERE
SECRET ACRES
CURLS STUDIO
PLASTIC FARM (VIDEO!)
STEVE STREISGUTH
and my THANK YOU post at the PACC site (WITH LOTSA PICS!)

TERRIBLE REVIEWS

so i used to work at this vegan friendly pizza place called gianna's for 3 years here in philly. bored, looking through yelp.com i found a bunch of reviews, specifically targeting me and about how much of a rude dick i am, here are some highlights!

....The customer service was terrible too, the guy working was so unfriendly and kinda rude. Won't be coming back!

I have been eating here on and off for the past five years. Gianna's offers tasty food and terrible service. The restroom looks like a stadium bathroom after a triple overtime Eagles loss to the Cowboys.
If my rating was based solely on the food, I would give Gianna's four stars because their vegan food is usually pretty good and they come up with interesting combinations for pizza toppings. The vegan tomato pie with vegan beef and garlic is fantastic. That being said, it's hard to overlook the fact that you are normally treated like a hindrance instead of a customer. The restaurant could also use a thorough visit by Mr. Clean.

It's a dump inside like most pizza places, and the people that work there are so rude, it was a big turn off. I'll just be getting delivery from there now on and not dealing with the clowns that work in there at the register from now on.

2 friends from out of town wanted to go here because they saw the place on a food TV show. We showed up and were shocked at what a dump the joint is. Filthy, rag tag dilapidated chairs. And worse yet, the staff was just a bunch of bitchy hipsters. Seriously, they made us feel SO unwelcome that we left and went somewhere else. I would never go back to this place.

They are rude beyond belief. Oh I'm sorry to be so bothersome while I give you my money.

First off, I would have given this place a 2 or a 3 but they get 1 star for their rude, unhelpful staff (sorry, were we not hipster enough for you?) and fairly dirty interior. Seriously, would it kill them to clean? I'm surprised the health department hasn't been by recently. Trust me, I'm no stranger to divey places that are rough around the edges, but this place needed a serious cleaning.

First I see a highly patronizing, crabby sign that says something to the degree of, figure out if you are a vegetarian or a meateater and order accordingly. And no, you can't return your sandwich if it's wrong. I don't understand how there are love notes to this place in loopy handwriting next to this sign.

Then, the conversation with the went like this with the underage cashier:
Me: what kind of cheese do you have?
Him: mozarella, cheddar, american, provolone, cheese whiz, vegan, etc.
Me: okay, I'll have cheddar on my gigi special (that's the vegetarian cheesesteak which btw, turned out sort of bland and I'm sure full of dye and chemicals.)
Him: oh, we're out of cheddar
Me: (thinking it was retarded of him to mention cheddar when they were out of it). Okay, American.
Him: fine. drink?
Me: a water please
Him: oh we're out of waters too. Sorry!
Me: okay, a Sprite I guess.

Then I proceeded to order a vegan peanut butter cupcake, but it slipped out of my hands and crashed onto the floor. Because of the earlier sign and the ditziness of the cashier I didn't go back to get another, or even have the balls to ask for a free one - explaining my clumsiness.

I find the staff, while never quite rude, definitely not friendly and don't seem to give a damn that someone is a paying customer. It's definitely not a matter of "getting what you give," as I'm never rude, sometimes overly considerate and apologetic if I'm taking more than a few seconds. I just think it's their personalities.

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dirty

you should all check out the new FREE Philly-based art magazine, dirty, which i art directed.
it has 3 pages of comics by my friends Beth Heinly, Ian Harker, Box Brown, James t. Arnold, and of course me.
as well as artist features of Brad Haubrich and Steve Streisguth.

it was a fun thing to put together, and they came out super sexy! nice thick glossy paper with a sewn binding!!

Fellow Philadelphians, watch for it at all the cool coffee shops, bars, record stores, and art galleries! ITS FREE!!

for the rest of the world you can view it online here

Seduction of the Innocent

my good friend Lance Hansen just released a new book of pinups featuring girls reading comic books called Seduction of the Innocent. I was lucky enough to be apart of this project and the only way to see my contribution is to buy the book here!

heres the blurb:
We are very excited about our newest art anthology, Seduction of Innocent. Seduction of the Innocent is a collection of Pin-ups, by various artists, of pretty girls reading comics. Artists include: Art Baxter, Jeffrey Brown, Ivan Brunetti, Tony Consiglio, Dylan Horrocks, Danny Hellman, Sam Henderson, Dave Kiersh, Peter Kuper, Walter Minus, Johnny Ryan, David Yurkovich and many, many others! Beautiful cover image by Seamus Heffernan!!

Official PACC Poster

as many of you know, im the head organizer/boss dude of the philly alternative comic con.
its august 8 and the contributor list is siiick. all the top mini-comic makers of philly will be there! check out the full contributor list at the PACC SITE HERE

CHECK OUT THE YEAR 300 MILLION

this is my new webcomic updated every monday at www.inkanswer.com
new strip up now! (its not the one posted here!)
and while your at it go ahead and browse the 100+ comics ink answer has, its updated on an almost daily basis!

MYSTIC MONSTERS

COME TO MY MOST EPIC MIND BLOWING ART SHOW EVER!!!




me and my good friend Adam Fergurson (hes actually the guy under luckys face in my profile pic) are currently working on a full on installation-mural-art-photo-insanity show at Pterodactyl!

its going to be called MYSTIC MONSTERS

and it will have

1 BP Oil Leak installation made of thousands of feet of vhs tape

2 abstracted comics

3 full wall mural of mystic monsters

4 found photos

5 re-appropriated advertisements

6 an 8 foot collaborative drawing/collage

7 a collaborative triptych done on vellum

8 full wall of adams work

9 wall of comics by me

10 opening night dj dance party!

its going to be massive and span every media!!

go here for the facebook page

HELP FUND SECRET PRISON 2!!!

Secret Prison 2 is going to be the hottest tabloid of the season, but we cant print it without your help!!!

Go to the Kickstarter page here to donate money

if you donate you can get copies of SP#2 and some of our past tabloids or buy yourself an advertisement!!
all the artists (many of which will be at PACC!!) are in and they are as follows:
Pat Aulisio
Derik Badman
Art Baxter
Box Brown
Josh Burggraf
William Cardini
Simon Gärdenfors
Ian Harker
Kristoffer Kjølberg
Benjamin Marra (Featured Artist)
Jose Mochove & Rusty Rowley
Luke Pearson
Kelly Phillips
Cody Pickrodt
Bob Pistilli
Tommy Rudmose
Mike Sgier
Doug Slack
Steve Teare
Cyn Why

go here for the secret prison blog

Hive issue 4

i just got the new issue of hive, a somewhat quarterly anthology and it is AWESOME. i thought it was going to be a mini-comic xerox type zine, dont get me wrong i love xerox zines, i make them all the time, but i was pleasantly surprise to see it as a full length 100+ page perfect-bound book with a heavy-stock paper 2 color screen printed jacket! im super stoked to have some work in here, which i contributed a 3-page excerpt from inhabitants. the highlights of the book include work by Noah Van Sciver, Hurk, Iain Laurie, and Malachi Ward. You can check it out and buy it here at grimalkin press!

ABSTRACTING COMICS CLOSING SHOW

FRIDAY JUNE 25th!
CLOSING SHOW FOR ABSTRACTING COMICS
at THE LAST DROP
1300 PINE STREET
STARTING at 7 pm

I will be there heckling people into buying comcis and cheap prints (only $15!!)
the arts been hanging all month and its still up now so if you cant make the closing stop by anytime between now and then, grab a cup of coffee, and admire my abstracting comic capabilities

BUY INHABITANTS NOW!

Get my new masterpiece 33 page comic INHABITANTS now!



and if you buy now you will not only get Inhabitants but also a free copy of Bootlegs!
my 38 page, dirty in every way, super hero book!

WOW OVER 70 PAGES OF COMICS!

BUT WAIT! THATS NOT ALL!

you will ALSO get the first issue of SECRET PRISON! the famous 16 page newspaper tabloid featuring Philadelphia's finest cartoonists!

HOLY SHIT! 3 BOOKS FOR THE SMALL PRICE OF $10 (plus shipping)!!

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?? BUY NOW!! I NEED TO PAY RENT!!

or you can just buy inhabitants by itself here

also this is the 100th post!

PACC 2010

check out whats happening with Philly Alternative Comic Con 2010! full exhibitors links are up on the side bar!

wastedlands 1-10 and 11-21

here are the first 2 parts of wastedlands abstracted and colored

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TONIGHT!!!!

Come to Pterodactyl and celebrate the release of the new comic by Pat Aulisio, 'Inhabitants'

There will be full comic art covering the wall from beginning to end with comics by
Hawk Krall
Ian Harker
Box Brown
and Lance Hansen

Later in the night there will be music by Living, Breathing, Singing, Screaming; Major Major; We the People; and Josh Craft

3237 Amber Street
North Philly

Directions by Car

From South Philly:
Take I-95 N to Exit 25 for Allegheny Ave. Head west on Allegheny Ave toward Frankford.
Turn right just past the Rite Aid onto Amber St. (one block before Frankford).
Pterodactyl is located on the south east corner of Amber St. and Willard St.

From West Philly:
Take I-76 E to I-676 E to I-95 N. From I-95 take Exit 25 for Allegheny Ave.
Turn left at Westmoreland St. Turn left on Richmond St. Turn right on Allegheny Ave.
Turn right just past the Rite Aid onto Amber (one block before Frankford).
Pterodactyl is located on the south east corner of Amber St. and Willard St.

Directions by Public Transit

Take the Market-Frankford Line (the EL) to the Allegheny stop.
Walk east on Allegheny 4 blocks to Amber St. Turn left on Amber.
Pterodactyl is located on the south east corner of Amber St. and Willard St.

SECRET PRISON!

the majority of the secret prison tabloids have been distributed! so heres my comic for those that didnt get the chance to pick one up

wastedlands 27

wastedlands 26

The Origins of King Krystal

originally published in taffy hips #7

INHABITANTS IS COMING

Inhabitants Release
MAY 8 @ Pterodactyl Philadelphia
3237 Amber St. Fifth Floor
North Philadelphia, PA 1913

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abstracting comics

heres a new thing ive been working on, taking previous comics and 'abstracting' them in photoshop. im gonna make 10 and have it in a art show this summer, ill keep you posted as they progress.

Mocca Releases

HOLY TABLOID PATMAN!

i will be appearing in 3 free tabloids that will be coming out at MoCCA this weekend in NYC.

secret prison being the philly comix jam/ian harker love child of a tabloid that i have the most art in (the table of contents, a philly aids thrift ad, 1 full comic page, and back 2 color PACC/Yeah Dude ad).

Taffy Hips 7 will have the origin story of king krystal

and smoke signal will have a sea monster get ripped apart by a mountain monster!

ALSO if you go to my table ill have a new issue of 'free comics' (aka xerox sketchbook zine)

smoke signal comics

this is a comic i did for the new issue of smoke signal released by desert island comics in brooklyn.