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Color Ink Book #8 released

happy brnad crayons

Color Ink Book Issue #8 of the black and white art periodical (and coloring book for grown-ups) is now available direct from the Brothers Washburn. This issue features 11 pages of my creatures, along with 89 pages of amazing art from Alex Pardee, Been Deleted, Pale Horse Design, Femke Hiemstra, Jon McNair, MGX Factory, Tom Haubrick, Travis Lampe and Workhorse.

color ink book

There is a special limited edition that was released during SDCC featuring my own cover art which is available for $15 here.

The regular edition features a cover by Alex Pardee and is available for $10 here.

1 COMMENTin Updates on 08/16/10

New Shop! Androids back in stock!

Hey everyone, there is a new shop! We’ve added the new Creatures DSV t-shirt, along with a hearty helping of Android goods (coming tomorrow – more information here!). Please check it out and thanks for all the support!

4 COMMENTSin Updates on 08/10/10

2010 Comic-Con preview roundup!

Are you ready for The 2010 International Comic-Con in San Diego?! Me neither, but I’ll be there anyway. Here is a quick roundup of a few places I’ll be and what I’ll be doing!

Wednesday through Sunday during most of the convention:
Dumbrella, Booth 1335/1337
Selling merchandise and chatting with fans!

Thursday, 11:30am-12:30pm Panel room 3
Dumbrella discussion panel where we answer questions and bullshit for an hour (it is usually fun and occasionally accidentally informative).

Friday, 11am-12pm
Color Ink Book, Booth #5569
Signing the new issue and doodling.

Here are some of the goodies available from me at booth 1335/1337, including the new Creatures DSV and CopperBot Android T-shirts, Android collectibles series 1, and introducing Android Collectibles Do It Yourself edition. Oh yes and angel/devil panties are back for your lady

6 COMMENTSin Updates on 07/19/10

Cafe Grumpy x DZ x Crooks

I teamed up with Chicago-based artist and master of plush Lana Crooks and my sister & brother-in-law’s Cafe Grumpy to bring the logo I designed to life in these super cute plush grumpy coffee beans! Much like real coffee beans, each hand-made plush is a little different with its own personality.

bean with bag

Each 7″ bean comes in its own hand sewn and screened jute bags.

Bean in Bag

There is even a rarer “green bean” edition!

two beans

There are not too many to go around, so hopefully you can get into one of Cafe Grumpy’s NYC locations, or snag one online starting Wednesday.


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1 COMMENTin Updates on 07/12/10

Color Ink Book @ SDCC2010

color ink book

Break out your crayons! A new issue of the black and white art periodical Color Ink Book gets unleashed at booth #5569 during the 2010 International Comic-Con in San Diego. Produced by the Brothers Washurn, this issue features artwork and limited edition covers by Alex Pardee (75), Andrew Bell (50), Femke Hiemstra, (50) Travis Lampe (50) and Workhorse (50).

NO COMMENTSin Updates on 07/07/10

Expedition 6 (5 years later!) & DSV-1 prints

Expedition 6

Blast from the past! This artwork was originally a 6 foot tall piece for my 2005 show at Kidrobot in NYC. I’ve had a ton of requests for a more manageable size reproduction over the years, so here is a 18″x36″ 4c lithograph, signed and numbered, edition of 200

The Print Club members have been enjoying this for a few months, but now it is available to everyone else in the Dead Zebra Shop and in a few stores around the world / internets (if your favorite toy/specialty shop carries my items, they might have this in stock as well, just ask!)

dsv-1

Also available only from the Dead Zebra Shop, the prequel to Creature DSV-2, predictably titled Creature DSV-1. A 2 color letterpress on cream colored lettra paper.

NO COMMENTSin Updates on 06/21/10

The Art Hustle trading cards – preview

Here’s a preview of The Art Hustle trading cards! I knew I wasn’t going to cut it in sports, who knew I would still get my own trading card? This is a really fun / silly project put together by the cardhacks. Cards feature photos of artists with some stats on the back, art cards, and mixed in are signed cards and original artwork cards.. and possibly some stale bubble gum? Check out the impressive Series 1 roster!

1 COMMENTin Updates on 06/18/10

the birds have landed

After UPS decided to play rugby with the first set, a fresh batch of the screamin’ bird screen prints for the Poster Cause Project finally came in for me to sign/number.

I took a few angle shots to show off the background cage detail.

All profits from the sale of the print go to Action Against Hunger. They are set at $60, but for the next few hours you can get 40% off with code “LAUNCHED”.. even though that will lower the money going to charity.. just saying.

2 COMMENTSin Updates on 05/21/10

Birth of an Android (Part 4)

Sorry for the lack of creature fun lately, lots of good projects cooking! More updates soon, but speaking of cooking…

Things get messy as we delve into the details of pouring hot liquids into metal in part 4 of the behind the scenes series.

NO COMMENTSin Updates on 05/10/10

Massive search engine upgrade!

This was planned and in the works for a while, but it is finally upon us, we have added tags to over 1,800 creature drawings! We’ve also improved the search results page to display full posts for most categories, this might take a little longer to load but you will be able to find what you want a lot easier.

Most older creature tags are somewhat generic, you can search for things like “fat“, “blood“, “sitting“, “melting“, etc. For example, here is a search for “baby”. Want to search for a specific date? Just enter it in MMDDYY format.

There is a search box on the lefthand side of most pages, go nuts!

1 COMMENTin Updates on 05/03/10

Skwaking for Hunger

poster cause project

SKWAAAAA. The Poster Cause Project produces posters and prints with the proceeds going to a number of reputable charities. They’re now offering screen prints, starting with my piece above!

It is a 4 color 18″x24″ print. (the dark grey you see there is a texture printed under the black, in case you are color counting), signed and numbered edition of 50, with 100% of the profits being donated to ACF/Action Against Hunger. Please help support a worthy cause, and get some nice art for yourself in the process!

They are currently up for pre-order at $65 (includes shipping), and are due to begin shipping on May 16th, 2010.

2 COMMENTSin Updates on 04/28/10

XFUNS No. 47

XFUNS magazine is a really nicely put together bilingual (Chinese/English) art magazine out of Taiwan. They feature a ton of great artists and designers, and for some reason they recently featured me! I have an 8 page spread and interview in the new designer toy focused issue, along with the likes of Michael Lau, Flying Fortress, Nathan Jurevicius, Ron English, mr clement and many others!

Andrew Bell spread

Andrew Bell spread

Their English site seems to be down, but Google Translate does a decent job of the standard site.

1 COMMENTin Updates on 04/27/10