Fleet Foxes

I´ve been pretty comfortable in my post-rock music shack.
The atmosphere is nice, not many people walking around talking hip and the bands are not in it for the money (i don't think there is any).
BUT its nice to make a holiday once in a while and visit some different houses,
explore some different music to get exited again.

cue FLEET FOXES

Yes, pretty much everyone knows about this band (at least everyone i wanted to get exited for them told me "welcome to three months ago!") but i just found them today (thx antje!) and i´m exited about it.
The music feels honest, the lyrics are interesting and listening to them on myspace makes me want to go paint something in a forest while drinking black coffee (with some whiskey in it).
GOOD STUFF!

Work in progress, BURGER FIGHT!

Had an idea for a small comic while running on Thursday,
here are some early character sketches (with commentary) for the main antagonists of the story:

the beard = not working

trying different head shapes, glasses

getting closer

feeling good about these, doodled on post-it notes while being at work

More Swag

More things i spend my money on:

THE NEW FRONTIER

After ALL STAR SUPERMAN the next Superhero Comic from DC that does not suck while staying true to the genre but without trying to be dark and serious.
Darwyn Cook is able to capture everything right about the Silver Age in his words and his pictures.
His style is fresh while looking kinda vintage and his storytelling is smooth, showing his experience and draftsmanship.
Yes, this is a lot of praise, but i really think that he made something unique and original that anyone could get into.






REX STEELE

I also ordered "Rex Steele NAZI SMASHER" over at Bill Presing´s blog.
It arrived this week and has nice storys about smashing nazis, fluid lines
and Pin- ups by people like Ronnie del Carmen.



JAMES JEAN:

Not buying his second book when i had the chance ("sold out" now of course) is still one of the things that haunt me.
To not get that feeling again and because i wanted something nice to hang onto my wall, i bought the James Jean Postcard book.
Though i know most of the pictures inside, the production value is so high that i cant bring myself to rip out anything now.


AAAAND:
Should you be after some well spent 7 minutes of Internet time or in search for something to watch while drinking coffee:

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Faces on a Sunday

SOME COMIC RECOMMENDATIONS :

Hellboy: The Crooked Man is really good and creepy.
The art of Richard Corben does not fail and the story is interesting and different from the last (boring!) things Hellboy was into.

ALL STAR SUPERMAN #12 came out and ended the best Superman story i have read in a long long time. Frank Quietly´s drawings are amazing and i just wish that he´s getting a better (more fitting) Colorist on his next project.

And if your into gaming or weirder humor, Eegra.com´s Online Comic could be for you!

cool new moleskine, even cooler new gameboy

Not sure why it took me so long to try a Moleskine Watercolor Book, but its great so far!
The paper has a good feel, the mechanical pencil is not going into the paper (like it does on some other papers with tooth) and it takes a good amount of water without getting wrinkled and ugly.

Sitting in a cafe shop with a waterbrush, a small watercolor box and the new book is a good spend sunday afternoon.





ALSO
- enjoying HARD BOILED WONDERLAND by Murakami and HOMICIDE by Simon

- Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the funniest TV Series at the moment

- Webcomics Weekly is good to listen too while drawing. The guys are funny and there is allot of good stuff to learn from them (especially when you´re a cartoonist)

- Some cool AND sexy people gave me a GAMEBOY MICRO yesterday, i cant wait to start playing some ports of SNES Games i never finished as a kid (i spent HOURS today searching for GBA games, they really got rare).

doodling on a thursday

still sweaty

The cold still has me in its tight grip and i´m sweating in my bed while staring at the ceiling.
To not die of boredom, i sketch monsters (the hats and beverage theme has a new showing),
watch old UFC Fights or play BULLY.

I´m also thankful for Shawn Elliotts TWITTER FEED for posting something like this (a video that contains a cat AND a frog that is able to "scream").

For the last days of summer

The last days of this years summer are in,
so why not listen to some great and relaxing old summer music from Okinawa!

Collected and posted by kozy, download it here!

Or if you want to stream it, go here!

(my Japanese has gotten bad, i kinda feel most of the lyrics are about fish)

sketchbook scraps and a cold

I spent the last days writing papers for university and getting a cold, not much fun at all!
Thats why there are no new drawings, just some scraps from the sketchbook.




I also saw EVERY Cutscene from THE FORCE UNLEASHED and its incredible how often the lightsaber-pop-out-sound is heard. Must be unbelievably fun to hit the switch.
Lightsaber out, lightsaber in, lightsaber out, lightsaber in.
God, i wish i had one :(

even mickey has one

sketchbook page and something REALLY personal

random sketches

At the beginning of the year, i wrote in this blog that this year is going to be awesome and "special".
So far, it is.
Nothing major happened, i did not win the lottery and i´m still not able to ink for shit but.. i don't know.. i´m strangely alright with my life.

This really is the first time span since 2000 or so that i´m not constantly under heavy mood swings. Its the first time i really WANT to make comics. The first time i´m able to see myself doing my own comics. The first time that "what should i draw?" is not an issue.
I like working out, eating healthy and i´m often times asleep while the clock hits the 1am mark.

This might be due to my brain getting older and i´m constantly becoming more boring.
Might be because i´m rarely drinking anymore.
Or because the big 3 and his buddy 0 is slowly getting in sight.

But it feels good, something heavy that was laying on my head fell off and most of the "emo" thoughts are gone or at least are lot quieter.

So, i´m still in love with 2008!