M.I.A.

Hey all, been busy moving my domicile from a duplex in West Hollywood to an apartment in the Hollywood Hills. Be Right Back.

Pride '09

Check this out! I knew I was going to be mentioned in the Pride ‘09 magazine in an article on queer cartoonists penned by Justin Hall, but I had no idea I was going to have a full page of art work, and that the magazine was  nationally distributed! Honestly, I thought it was just an S.F. local thing. Then I discovered that it was that same mag that has Rachel Maddow on the cover, and an interview of her done by Joe Jervis a.k.a. JoeMyGod. That actually does make me proud. Thanks for the hype, Justin! I am very happy with it.

Marginalized Tattoo is a GO!

So it’s been nearly 1 month since I took over this place, and I love it. So much room! I’ve gotten the new biz cards, stickers… I’ll be making tees soon. I am setting up part of the shop to sell comics and art prints as well. As soon as it is all together, I suppose a grand opening is in order. Check out the changes to the website too, my droogies!

june UNZIPPED

Here’s a piece I have in the june 09 issue of unzipped magazine.This is my first caricature for them, for an article comparing the messiness of Britney Spears and controversial twink porn star Mason Wyler. Support the magazine, go get a copy and tell them you love my art!

New Shop! 6-1-2009

So I just signed a lease on my own shop. I’ll be tattooing out of it starting June 1st!
It is a really great space, next to the Faultline bar in Silver Lake. I’ve decided to call it MARGINALIZED.
As well as tattooing, I’ll be selling my own shirts, prints of artwork, and my own comicbooks as well as those of friends.
Hours will be noon til 8pm Saturday, monday, tuesday, thursday and friday. Closed sunday and wednesday, so no tattoos during beer bust

Fighter portrait

Hey Peeps!
After the Tom of Finland Erotic Art Fair this year I was inspired to do some portraiture in my comic book style. This is the first… an Mixed Martial Arts fighter by the name of Nick Diaz. I hope you like

Inkslinger's Ball and Dead Rats

Hollywood used to have it’s own little tattoo convention, the Inkslinger’s Ball. The convention was at the Palladium on Sunset bd, and I have no idea why it doesn’t happen anymore. It was nice to have a local tattoo convention, now we have to get out to Long Beach, or Anaheim, or even Pamona. Not that I really go to many tattoo cons.
I went to the Inkslinger’s Ball a couple of times. The first time was in 2001, just days after 9/11. The attendance was supposedly a little down because no one was flying then. I had driven up from San Diego (where I was living at the time) with my friends Dave Gilstrap and Brian Franey. It was fun, tho Gilstrap, whose ethnicity is something of a mystery, got hassled by some skinheads. In the contest, Gilstrap got 3rd place in tribal with the work I did on him.
My favorite thing about that day was the latex rat I bought. It was cast from an actual dead rat. It even had a few hairs stuck in it! It was the realest looking fake dead rat I have ever seen. I took it to work. I left it in the storeroom by the refrigerator. Soon the ditsy counter girl went for some coffee and boy did she scream. I think I lost points with her that day. I kept it by my station, but clients were getting to freaked out by it. So I moved it to my car. I left it in that little gully between the seats behind the shifter, where change collects. I forgot about it. People would lean in the window to talk, or first time passengers would at some point stop talking… I’d look over and see a look of horror on their faces- they’d found the dead rat.
Ah, good times.
So with in a couple of years the poor thing had deteriorated to small pieces from the heat of a car interior in southern California. Grud, I miss that rat. I wish the Inkslinger’s Ball was still around. I’d go look for another one.

Fake Dead Rat, Rest in Peace.