Jaime Zollars: A.P.E spotlight #5

(The photo in keeping with the squid theme.)

This guy had a great buisness card. Rounded edges, soft color around the edge with a little dancing bug. Damn. It made me go to the website . . . gun to the head, kidnap my first born made me have to go to the site.

What did I find . . . a lot of haunting paintings.

Oh and it appears he has a blog www.paperforest.com
all about folding paper and stuff. Cool things you don't know how to do, but that would make you cooler, like folding a paper flute of Oracina from Legend of Zelda. Yeah, it will make you cooler, trust me. Do it.

Axelhoney: A.P.E. Spotlight # 4`

Very cute, haunting art work. The think I remember most, other than the crazy, cool buisness cards were the little figurines. They haunt my dreams.

2006 Spring Social [Updated]

It's that time again. It’s the 7th Annual Spenard Spring Social. This Saturday, April 29th at Fiori D'Italia, nessled deep within Spenard. Doors open at 8:30 p.m. and its limited to 100 people, so get there early. The best part, I'm MC'ing again this year. I may even prepare a head of time.

At this point, I'm not sure who's playing [update: see the flier], but I've been probably six years running and it's always been the my favorite show of the year. It’s intimate, and consistently good with at least one surprise every year.

Picture a house party with all your musician friends trying to one up each other over and over. That is if you knew musicians and they were your friends, and they invited you over to their homes. So, if you can pull yourself away from your World of Warcraft for an hour or so, tell your mom going going out and head down to Fiori D'Italia.

I started playing around in Illustrator, trying to come up with a logo for the new Mt. View Arts and Cultural District [MACD, pro. "Mac-D"].

Here's two attempts.

Jory John's "Big Stone Head"-A.P.E. Spotlight #3

I had the good fortune to meet Jory at A.P.E. and he was the MC at the Truth Serum book release. The man defys description, or rather, I would rather you be intregued, search him out , meet him, then buy his t-shirts and mini-books. He would like it better that way.

From the mouth of Jory, from his blog at BigStoneHead.net:

What the wind has been whispering, lately
"Clean your sheets. Cleeeeeean your sheeeeeets."

This day in "Tied to the Train Tracks" history
In 1867, some dude was tied to the train tracks

Where babies come from
Intercourseland

Check out his hilarious comics in the archive section and buy an "Explore" t-shirt for your mother. As Jory put it, "It's about living your best life. It's a metaphor."

Nicolette Davenport -APE spotlight #2

I picked up a few stickers from Nicholette Davenport's booth for $0.50 a piece and just got around to checking out her website. A lot of great illustration work in a variety of styles, but best of is the Random Thought Generator, which pumps out pearls of wisdom like: "I need to be a better big sister and stay in contact more" and "Night-driving with Papa and his crew on the west side years ago is one of my favorite memories".

The site isn't complete, but it appears to be regularly updated with new artwork and blog posts.

Laughing Squid -A.P.E Spotlight #1

Pulled completely at random from the large pile of business cards and postcards in my stack from A.P.E., the first card is the Laughing Squid, "underground art, culture, and web hosting from San Francisco and beyond."

It’s appropriate that this was plucked first, as Squids were the "shit" this year, showing up randomly in comics, artwork, and t-shirts everywhere. Like Unicorns last season and the perennial Monkeys and Robots that have inspired artists for centuries, Squids and Octopus are on everyone's mind this year. I succumbed myself without realizing it, as I'm always the forefront of the artistic community . . .um . . .in the world. You, dear reader, are not.

Check out the Laughing Squid postcard series to stay abreast of the latest in squid artwork. You simply must. When you are fully immersed in the squid lifestyle, send away for some free Laughing Squid logo stickers, telling everyone you are in the know, for a little while at least.

The final word on the Truth Serum Release Party

Well folks, this is it. The authoritive report on the Truth Serum release party, complete with unreleased schedules, pictures of yours truly taking command of an audience and bending them to my will, and other, less captivating happenings. Read away if you dare.http://theuniversityofmyopia.com/bookrelease.html

Also, see the enticing window that is currently exposing the masses to the gospel of "Truth Serum" http://theuniversityofmyopia.com/window.html 

More about A.P.E.

I found some more great articles about the A.P.E. experiance

Comic Book Resources has a great overview about the number of mini-comics and new finds at the event and it links to an article at Sean Maher's Quality Control with an expansive series of blog posts about what was there. Great reading if you weren't able to go or if you're curious. 

Best of YSL #28- For the new strips, see Pixelstrips