For a BIG version of this comic, click HERE!

This summer-sweet three color artist-pulled screenprint features Creebobby the Platypus and Helena Sandbox in a ukulele laden, stolen-bicycle killer turtleneck, 16 panel epic!

Limited to 50 signed and numbered copies.  Print measures 14″ by 18″.

This special Creebobby Comics print was created to accompany Jacob Borshard’s musical collaboration of the same name with Sweden’s Helena Sundin of ‘Cake on Cake’.  The MP3 can be had for free at: http://www.creebobby.com/summer.html.

Print is in hand and ready to ship, and is for sale in the Nakatomi store HERE.

Take a look at the close up of the killer printing on this:

-alex fugazi

]]> http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/03/10/summer-will-have-its-way-printfree-mp3-from-jacob-borshard/feed/ 0 http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/03/10/nine-fixd-by-kristian-donaldson/ http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/03/10/nine-fixd-by-kristian-donaldson/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:46:45 +0000 Alex Fugazi http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/?p=1590

Kristian Donaldson is a REALLY GOOD comic book artist and designer out of  Dallas.  Having worked with Brian Wood on DMZ and Supermarket, Peter David on Fallen Angel as well as an upcoming book from Vertigo, Kristian is truly- the tits.

When he contacted Nakatomi to print his posters for last week’s STAPLE! comic convention here in Austin, and we saw the art, we knew we had to grab him and squeeze him and love him.

Ahem.

Nine Fixd is going to be the first of many that Kristian is bringing to the site…we can’t wait to see what’s next!

This is a 4 color 15.5 x 24 print, signed and numbered by the artist in an edition of 50.  (Only 30 left at the time of this writing).

You can see Kristian’s EPIC portfolio here- ProdigalNine.com.

Print is available NOW in the Nakatomi STORE.

-alex fugazi

Great Minds Think Alike.

A few weeks back, I called Omar Hauksson, and I said “I want to do a Zombie Jesus print for Easter.  Do you want to create the image?”

And Omar said- “I already have one made.”

That means this print was…destiny.

Romero 3:16 is a 16×22 silkscreen print, in a hand-numbered edition of 150, and is in hand and ready to ship in time for you to have in your undead hands in time for the most blessed of holidays- ZOMBIE JESUS DAY!  Brought to you by the Monroeville Serigraph Company of 1976!  (I heard they have a great mall in Monroeville…Google it!)

Available now in the NAKATOMI STORE!

And while you’re at it, we only have a small amount of Omar’s “Just say No to the Bollocks!” Sid and Nancy Reagan print left!

-alex fugazi

…but remember, fools seldom differ.

This Saturday in Austin, TX is the annual STAPLE! Independent Press Expo- Austin’s ONLY comic book convention. (At least until Wizard World Austin starts…in case you haven’t had your fill of broken down 80’s TV and porn stars yet)

And as a part of the Expo, Nakatomi will be splitting a table w/ The Intergalactic Nemesis- which is the Live-Action Comic-Book featuring art from Tim Doyle!

If you come to the Expo, you’ll be able to get a sneak peek at the deals we’ll be offering up the following week at the Flatstock poster show as part of SXSW.  Not only will we be selling prints (with no shipping charges, eh?) at special convention prices, but we’re also bringing out the archives of some of our past sold out prints!  Want to get your hands on the sold-out ‘Sea Also Rises- Squid’ print?  Or the dearly departed ‘White Dragon?’ How’s about the last 3 ‘Change Into a Truck’ prints?

The VERY last copies we have to sell will be available at Staple, and any remaining will roll into Flatstock the following weekend.

And, make sure you stay for the performance of The Intergalactic Nemesis, featuring art from Tim Doyle!  What is this performance?  Well, take a gander at this handy video of Chapter Two, which was performed at the Alamo Drafthouse recently-

STAPLE! should be off the hook this year- between the guest of Honor, Guy Davis (Hellboy: BPRD artist), the con itself,  as well as the Live-Art show after-party,  it should be a rollicking good time!

And, if you’re not doing anything FRIDAY night, come rub shoulders w/ the STAPLE! guests at the Austin Books Pre-Party!  I’m told there will be free booze, so wake up grandma, and get thee ‘doon!

For more info, head on over to- http://www.staple-austin.org/

OOoohhhh- what’s an article on a Comic-Book Convention w/out an out of context photo of some weirdo in a costume-

AHHHAHAHAHHA.  Whoo.  That’s actually really rad.  Effort is for losers.

-alex fugazi

Jim Mahfood’s art will wreck you like a shark with nunchucks! (Yes, that shark has nunchucks, and he will wreck you.)

Jim’s graced the Invitational with a shirt/poster set that will smack you around and call you silly.   Jim is a art MACHINE, designing murals for the Sarah Silverman Show, drawing CLERKS comics for Kevin Smith, as well as publishing his own Grrl Scouts, Kick Drum Comix, and my personal favorite, STUPID COMICS. Jim’s on-going autobio web comic, Los Angeles Ink Stains can be seen at www.foodoneart.blogspot.com

Check out the shirt!

That shirt’s got nunchucks too!  AAAAH!

Jim’s shirt and poster set are available RIGHT NOW in the Invitational section of the Nakatomi Store, and through the end of March (or when 100 copies of each are sold, whichever comes first!)  The print, “Aqua Nunchucks” measures 18×24 and is hand printed and numbered!

See more of Jim’s work here- 40OzComics

and pick up the Shirt and Poster HERE!

-alexfugazi

And since we loved the image so much, we’ve also released it as a text-less art print!

See BIG BIG images of these in our Flickr Feed!

Both posters are 12×24 GLOW IN THE DARK screenprints, signed and numbered by the artist and printed right here in Nakatomi Print Labs.  The Gigposter is in an edition of 35 (with 25 going to the band, we will only have 10 for sale) and the Art Print is in an edition of 75, and we will only have 45 of those for sale.

Both are available right now in the Nakatomi Store.

And while we’re at it, here’s The Appleseed Cast performing a song from their album ‘Low Level Owl’-

For those of you not following us or Doyle on TWITTER or FACEBOOK, or even the new web-app that lets you stare at us as we sleep, you might not know that Tim Doyle is doing all the art chores on the trans-media comic/play/ live-action Graphic Novel, The Intergalactic Nemesis!

Issue one is already drawn and printed, Issue two is at the printer’s right now, and he’s wrapping up the last few pages on issue 3. Coming this Labor Day, the entire live action play/ comic presentation will be performed at the 2400 seat Long Center for the performing arts here in Austin!  That’s a lotta nuts.

Here’s a snapshot of what this is going to be like, but on a smaller scale, as chapter one was performed at the Alamo Drafthouse a few weeks back, with subsequent chapters to follow monthly at the Alamo-

Well, what’s this post all about now? Well, that image of Mysterion the Magnificent above is Doyle’s  latest print, and the first print for Nemesis! Mysterion is one of the villains from the book, and he’s a stage magician/ mesmerist with BAD intentions for our heroes. And doing a gigposter in the style of the magician adverts of the time (1930’s) just made TOO MUCH SENSE.

If you’re interested, the whole printing process is documented in our Flickr feed, starting HERE!

The print is the most technically proficient print we’ve ever done, and I think it shows- the over printing, transparent gray, metallic inks- the whole thing came together beautifully, under the keen printing hands of Nakatomi print-labs technician, Clint Wilson.  It measures 12×24 and has an edition of 300,  signed and numbered by Doyle. The prints, and the comics are available right now in the Intergalactic Nemesis store HERE. The poster retails at $30 a pop, and is in hand for immediate shipment!

And while you’re at it- check out the cover to issue 2- Yikes! The colorist, Lee Duhig, KILLED on this!

-alex fugazi

]]> http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/02/24/the-intergalactic-nemesis-print-and-comic-book-available/feed/ 0 http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/02/16/oh-archie/ http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/02/16/oh-archie/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:41:31 +0000 Thunderlips http://thestuff.nakatomiinc.com/2010/02/16/oh-archie/ Archie comics are completely wholesome, right?

This is from an actual Archie cover from the 80s, untouched. In the name of Jughead’s crown, how did this make it through editorial?

Love that Dan DeCarlo pinup girl art on the secretary, though.

No Bonus – A Pixel-Perfect Love Story

Flashing lights in every color, shrill beeps and heavily-distorted blips crashed his brain. A throng of pushing, desperate humans buzzed around in an electronic hive. It had been over twenty years since Gary “Gremlin” Garbos had set foot in an arcade, and he had forgotten how much he loved the chaos.

As he made his way through the pulsating mass, the old pros ignored their games to witness the return of their prodigal brother. He grinned in amusement at his own homecoming, a rebirth that no one could have anticipated. He was once the King of the Arcade, having earned the awe and respect of his peers around the nation. The Gremlin was once known for destroying every machine he touched. Satisfied with the reaction, he stepped to the admissions table where an old friend held court.

“Gremlin? Is that you?”

Gary grinned at Tony Tapper. “You know it. How’re you, Tone?”

“Me? I’m cool as Ice Climbers. But where the hell have you been?”

Gary’s grin turned sour. “Nowhere, Tone. I feel like a scumbag for not calling or visiting, but… you know. So I’ve been hiding.”

Tapper was there when it went down, and he understood. “It’s alright. All you missed is the bad times. Whatcha been playing?”

Gary grabbed a sign-up sheet from the table and started filling it out. “Same games. Ms. Pac-Man. Donkey Kong. Discs of Tron. All the classics.”

Tapper nodded in agreement as Gary shoved the paperwork to him. “What’s this?”

Gary looked at Tapper quizzically. “What do you think? I’m entering the tourney.”

An alarm went off in Tapper’s eyes. “You are? Why?”

“It’s the Lone Starcade Shootout. They haven’t done it since the last one, when I… when I let us all down. How could I miss a chance at a comeback?” The Gremlin flashed what was once his famously impish grin, but the thrill of overcoming his fear lost its charge when Tapper looked up to him with a grim face. Gary started to suspect something very bad was going to happen.

“It’s just… no one knew you were going to be here, Gary.” Tapper was choking on what he was trying to get out, but Gary already knew what was coming.

“She’s here, man. We invited her, and she flew in from Maryland. I’m sorry.”

Gary got the extra life kicked right out of him. He couldn’t breathe, and he held onto the table just to keep standing. It was in this state of panic that he saw her. Veronica Do. She was milling about in front of a Crystal Castles cabinet. She was older, but Gary recognized her as soon as he knew to look. She had strands of silver in her dirty blonde hair, but she was the same pretty girl that ruined his life. And she noticed him, too. Thankfully, she quickly turned away.

Tapper interrupted the chilling moment. “Hey man… are you really going to do this?”

Gary had to store up the nerve. “Yeah, I’m signing up. I’m not going to let her win again.”

The shaky confidence he walked in with had been burned away with her glance. Now he walked amongst the younger video drones like a confused old man. The kids must have thought he was someone’s dad. They had no clue that he was a second year inductee to the U.S. Video Game Team. He still had the stupid jumpsuit he wore to all official competitions, though he was unable to squeeze into it now. It’s for the best, they’d laugh me right back into submission.

His fellow arcade rats whispered to each other as he worked each round. Snide comments about former glory and choke artist turned into declarations that he was better then anyone they had ever seen… including his younger self. And through each round, he avoided her and she avoided him. Maybe it was guilt that kept her away. Why would she come back?

The Gremlin thought back to the last time he had been to the arcade. It was for the original Texas Showdown, and for her. He had heard the buzz about the hot little number in the Northeast that was being hailed as the Princess of Power Pellets. He read features about her in Blip Magazine. He was eager to see her play. When else was he going to meet a beautiful girl that was almost as good at video games as him? He watched her demolish every sweaty, nervous boy she faced, and he was smitten. They were finally introduced right before facing off for the championship round.

Galaga was his best game. He had no doubt he would make her look bad if he played to the best of his ability, so he held back. He allowed his first ship to be stolen by the Boss Galaga so that he could retrieve it for double firepower. He aced every Challenge Round and scored high for an early lead.

Veronica looked amazing behind the controls. She patiently allowed the diving ships to approach for a higher score. She was good, and Gary was glad he didn’t have to hold back on his next turn. She conquered multiple waves before dying, then flashed him a smile that was a smirk as much as it was sexy. He had no response, because no girl had ever grinned at him like that before. Gary started to get nervous.

They traded turns back and forth. The Gremlin was giving his all. No matter how far he got, Veronica kept up. Then she surpassed his score. He risked his last ship for double firepower again, and was playing catch up when she hit him with an atomic bomb.

Gary was firing at the swooping attack formations when Veronica whispered to him with a hint of growl. The words were sweet and sinister and like nothing he had heard before.

“After this, do ya wanna fuck?”

He looked to her in shock. “What?!?” Then he heard the static screech and boom of his world exploding behind him. He turned back around to see the dissipating pixels that used to be his last ship. He hadn’t caught up to her score. It was over. It was all over.

Gary was standing in front of the Galaga machine, reliving the awful affair when he realized lots of people were looking at him. He had made it to the final round. The contest was almost over, and he was one match from reclaiming his glory.

Tapper looked at Gary nervously. “You okay, bud?”

The Gremlin shook off past traumas, unaware of the new one. “Yeah, I’m fine. Who am I playing?”

“Me.” She stepped from behind Defender. She stared at him this time, looking as furious as he felt. “Hello, Gary.”

Gary Garbos felt dizzy. The sweat on his skin did little to cool off his rage at the cosmic injustice of it all. What had he done to deserve this besides be good at Xevious?

Gary never expected to have a chance to recite the response to Veronica he had over-practiced for two decades. And he never would, because Tony was quick to interrupt the reunion.

“Thank you everyone for joining us tonight! There’s been a lot of amazing matches and thrilling rounds, but now we have our two finalists. Re-introducing… long-lost video game all-star Gary “The Gremlin” Garbos! And joining him for a round of Galaga is returning Shootout champion Veronica “The Princess” Do! Give it up for two of the all-time greats!”

The applause that used to give Gary the energy boost he needed to bring home gold made him numb instead. Everything was in afterimages, as if the world had screen burn. Unable to see the crowd through the haze, he turned to face the machine. It was probably the same damn one.

Tapper turned to Gary and murmured. “Hey, champion gets first player. Sorry, man.”

And that was it. The Gremlin was ready. He was going to kick that thieving bitch’s ass all over outer space.

The match had begun, and the hushed crowd struggled over each others’ shoulders to see Veronica destroy wave after wave of evil bug aliens. She fired perfect shots, moving back and forth between kamikaze Butterflies. Veronica moved her whole body into kill shots, bucking her hips to the base of the cabinet. Gary wondered if the change inside jingled with each thrust. He didn’t have to see the screen. Instead, he watched her motions. The way she held the stick, the way her fingertips danced over the FIRE button. He watched her force her will onto the machine. She didn’t play Galaga so much as she fucked it into submission. When a stray shot finally blasted her ship apart, she slapped at the stick and spun around to look away. Then she looked to him, exhausted.

“Your turn, sport. I warmed it up for you.”

Things were getting much clearer now, and Gary knew what he was going to do. He smiled back to Veronica. “Thanks.” He gave the crowd a nod, and turned to the machine.

“You and me, baby. Let’s do this.”

Gary’s ship welcomed each attacker with shots placed directly at their center. The crowd buzzed with every perfect round. His was a game of finesse and near-perfect hit percentages, even on the hardest Challenging Stages. He destroyed all the Scorpions for extra bonuses. Veronica had waged a hellstorm engagement of the enemy, but Gary was a more subtle assassin. He grinned as he cleared each stage, until he misjudged a dive and ate exploding bug death. After comparing scores, he looked to Veronica serenely.

“I did better than you.”

Anyone in the crowd that didn’t know about the bad blood was now being told by the old pros. As the finalists traded turns, the room got hotter with anticipation. Veronica was visibly shaken when a buzzbombing Bee smacked into her last ship, but she finished with a strong lead. The Princess looked to the Gremlin. “Think you can beat that?”

Gary looked at her with the first excitement he had felt in years. “I do. And you do, too.”

Gremlin grabbed the stick and steadied his fingers over the button. He went in shooting, and bugs turned into numbers as he zapped them out of existence. He was a dying planet’s only hope against an unending horde of aliens. He knew he would die in the cold, black emptiness of space. But he was determined to destroy as many of the bugs as he could before they finally overwhelmed him. Gary was approaching redemption when she did it again.

“You ruined my life, you know.” Again, a low whisper. But unlike the sultry proposal she had distracted him with before, this interruption came with a choked sob.

“WHAT!?!” This time, Gary kept his eyes on the screen.

Veronica continued. “ At the last one. I wanted to see you after the tourney, but you just left me there. I felt like an idiot. Do you know how hard it was to say anything to you? I was nervous, and I blurted out the wrong thing.”

Gary’s hands shook. His shots were erratic, and didn’t hit with the same pinpoint accuracy. Why the hell does this have to happen now? Gary realized she had a new game. He focused harder on the screen, and tried not to hear anything but distorted beeps.

“You didn’t have to be a dick about it. I cried about you for a week. Why do you think I even came to the Texas championship? I had a crush on you! I read all about you and saw your picture. If I’d have known you were going to be such an asshole…”

Not now. Please not now. I’m so close. Gary glanced to the score. Just a little bit longer.

“…I’d have never come here. Do you know what that kind of rejection does to a girl? You didn’t even look at me.”

Gary felt like he was going to blow up into millions of pixelated bits. He tapped out some shots, hitting some and missing others. He was going to lose it right there in front of everyone. Again.

“I hate you, Gary Garbos.”

He whipped around to face her. “Why couldn’t you have waited until after I was done playing? You cheated! Admit it!”

CRAAaaaAAaaAaaAaA4AAaaAAA4aaaaA4SH

It was the end of Gary’s game. Veronica betrayed her ruse by looking past him to the score. Everyone crowded to see how it ended.

Tapper called out to the crowd. “Alright, we have a winner!”

Gary knew he won. He turned around to see his score had just barely topped Veronica’s when his own captured ship crashed into his, scoring a thousand vital points.

The screen was waiting for Veronica to put in her initials for the 2nd place score. She brushed indignantly past the victor to tap the joystick to the right repeatedly, entering “VID.” When it was his turn, Gary “Gremlin” Garbos tapped in his “GGG,” punctuating each letter selection with a commanding slap at the fire button.

“Gremlin is the new Texas Showdown champion!” Tapper celebrated and the crowd erupted. It was a glorious comeback, but Gary knew what would make it even better.

“Veronica…” He grabbed her arm as she was trying to shove past him. “I’m sorry I thought you were cheating.” He tried to look at her with sorrow, but he couldn’t stop grinning at his win. “Do you want to go out for a drink after this?”

She stopped in her tracks, and spun back around to face him. Veronica Do had fire in her eyes, but unwaveringly cool demeanor. “I asked you while you were playing because I didn’t care about the tournament. If I’d have known it meant more to you than a shot at me, I wouldn’t have been there in the first place. Do you know why I came back?”

Gary stammered. The crowd around them grew quiet to hear what they were saying.

Veronica Do leaned in close. “I came here to kick your ass, jerk. For making me feel like a loser. So take your drink, fill your little prize cup, and shove it.” With that, she stormed through the crowd and out of his life forever.

The stunned crowd stared at Gremlin, waiting for him to say something. So he did.

“Anyone up for a match?”

Just say NO to the Bollocks.

Long time friend of the site, Icelandic movie poster artist,  rock-star, and international film blogger, Omar Hauksson (aka Swarez), brings us this amazing pop-culture mash-up from a world that never was!  THIS is the Sid and Nancy biopic that I want to see!  (And seriously, Omar is all those things.  Google that shit.)

This 16×20 screen print is hand numbered in an edition of 200, for just $10, available HERE!

Free Test sheets-

At Nakatomi, we give away a freebie print, normally a hand-bill sized one, with just about every single order that’s gone out the door.  These prints are  something that you just can’t buy on the site, (Like these, or these for instance)-  or even chopped up portrait prints (in the case of the He-Man handbills that we JUST ran out of).

So, continuing that policy of FREE STUFF for you, we’ve printed the same 16×20 Sid and Nancy print in an even smaller numbered edition of 100,  on a variety of Test Sheets!  And- a good number of these are in fact DOUBLE SIDED!

Instead of selling our test sheets (which might be the smarter thing to do) we’d rather just give them away.  (They’re really just the by-product of running a print shop, doncha’ know) So- with the next 100 poster orders on the site, you’ll get one of these babies.  (and don’t worry, when we run out, we’ll have a NEW free print to tell you about!)

So if you were waiting on snagging a print, or on the fence about something- now’s the time, sucka!

We’ll update this entry when these freebies are gone!

-alex fugazi