Awesome lazy Thursday

Today wasn't as productive as I had hoped. Had way too much fun for a Wednesday last night & really paid the price. Drew a bit, inked, & scanned, but really had a hard time with the writing. Total block. Times like that, it's just better to fuck off & go back to it later. Coffee & a double-bill screening of PSYCHOMANIA & DAWN OF THE MUMMY really stirred the creative juices again & the icing on the cake was that I found 2 & half 7-11 taquitos and a bag of Sour cream & Onion Ruffles in the freezer!? I have no memory of this, & while that does concern me, there was fuckin' taquitos! (note to self - gym tomorrow)

Stymi, my free-reign pet Squirrel, stopped by on the patio & I fed him some pistachios. He's a pretty decadent guy so I try to spice things up a bit for him. Occasionally he gets garlic croutons when we're out of nuts. Great day. Everyone was a winner at Chateaux Chromium.

*if you're wondering why my Indiana Jones mannequin has no pants, it's because I'm waiting on a WESTED LEATHER order.

CHROMIUM DIOXIDE Special Edition with CAULDRON "BURNING FORTUNE" release

That's right, gang. We've sold the fuck out! Not really, we're all good pals & we decided to help each other out. We'll be swimming in the loot soon enough! 8 pages focusing on the band, the process & all other shit, CAULDRON.

Buy it!

NEW SHIRT DESIGN

COMING in 2011.

CHROMIUM 4!

Soon bask in the sweet pink neon of MIDNIGHT CHAMPAGNE ! Everything's done & I'm presently doing lay-outs. Perhaps, I'll even proof-read this one. I dunno. Can't promise. We're far too steel for that. Really excited about this one and the experience making it was a total laugh. First issue to come with sleazy fold-out color centrefold.

Costume Finished

Ha! Fuck you! Told you it'd be done. After months & months of painstaking research & money Ifinally finished this bastard off. I know, I know. I'm a nerd. I've accepted it a long time ago. So has my poor girlfriend. Just check out that sexy GQ pose on panel 4! God damn that's the one they were screaming for.

CHROMIUM III COMING SOON!

So, here's the cover! As usual we're having a lot of laughs making this thing. But more than laughs we're also suffering quite a fuckin bit to bring you the finest of toilet reads.

We've packed so much into this thing that some of it is already spilling over to the the 4th issue. Not gonna give away any secrets, but it's a rad read, if I may be so bold. Nothing life changing or awe-inspiring, I'm afraid, but you know...same old Chromium shannigan-isms.

Anyway, it's coming in late April, early May. So there. Get ready for issue 3 - "SCAZZARD'S REIGN: RETURN TO SCAZZARD.

TAKING A BREAK FROM ART & WORKING ON A POSITRON COLLIDER...

Ok, so apart from slave labor duties of writing & drawing for CHROMIUM, I usually kinda like unwinding with a few casual sips & work on another geeky passion of mine - props. I know, I know, start the shit flinging now. I get enough crap from the gang, girlfriend & the folks already, so pull up a chair and take part in the judgement. ahaha, fuck you, my good friends. keeps me sane & I guess it was a bug I picked up when I was directing & designing sets for plays in University.

Anyway, latest project is a full scale, 100% screen accurate Proton Backpack from one of my favorite films of all time, GHOSTBUSTERS. No! Not Ghostbusters II. That just sucked.

Anyway, something that I wanted to do my whole life. I used to strap my mom's vacuum on my back when I was a kid in a book bag & scope the house looking for weird shit. Well, I figured I owed it to my 7-year old self and finally make one.

I've been working on this for a while now because it's really gonna take a lot of time & cash to get this bastard rite & ready. The shells are all made from vacuumed pack shell. Each segment of the pack is divided into lots of small, mind-boggling parts that have to be spray painted, aged,

glued, screwed & wired. I got the blueprints, like a lot of other prop builders, from the actual production designs & websites. Most of the exact parts are available

from any hardware, army navy surplus or electronic shops. Special lights have

to be ordered online, as well as the sound effects mother boards & speakers. In total, the pack, gun, lights, uniform, & trap will be waaaay over $2000. I know. Fuckin crazy. It'll be worth it though. Chicks'll dig it (ahem).

Anyways, thought I'd share this shit with you bangers, because I know damn well there's a lot out there wh

o'd like to have one too. Drop Me a line if yo have any questions with this stuff.

And yes, CHROMIUM III is coming along quite nicely.

WORK PLAYLIST:

MASSACRE - From Beyond

RATT - Reach For the Sky

MIDNIGHT - Farewell to Hell

JUDAS PRIEST - Sad Wings of Destiny

BENJAMIN ORR - The Lace

SUMMER JOB - Soundtrack

PROJECT BEER OF CHOICE: Bohemian

BACKGROUND MOVIE: TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000

Keep it greasy - Philthy