CRAIG MCCRACKEN! I’ve been wanting to scream that out for a while. I’ve been following Craig’s work since he first showed up on the Space-Ghost hosted ‘What a Toon’ which featured the debut of the first PowerPuff Girls short, as well as Craig wearing a scuba mask and flippers while winning the fashion portion of the contest. (Don’t ask.) So when he agreed to be a part of this season of the Invitational, I realized…
The time has come! All of Nakatomi’s He-man prints from Mattel’s Under the Influence: He-Man art show are going to be available Monday morning around 4am CST in the Nakatomi Store. For ‘Bound Before the Right Eye’ we’ll have the regular edition (pictured above), along with the Glow in the Dark (mock-up of the glow below) as well as the METAL edition (below as well.) (Please note- this is a digital mock-up of the glow-…
Pit bull rescue is something near and dear to my heart. Between me and my wife, we’ve rescued well over a dozen stray and abandoned cats and dogs from the East Austin neighborhoods where we’ve lived over the years. On one occasion, we found a Pit Bull/ Lab mix wandering a warehouse complex North of San Antonio. We took him in, and tried to find his owner, to no avail. So, we got his shots…
Black Cat Bones Gallery in Puebla, Mexico has commissioned this print from Tim Doyle as part of their Superhero art show. He had previously created the sold-out ‘En Los Arboles’ print for their Twin Peaks tribute. If anyone knows Doyle, they know He loves him some super-heroes. So when the opportunity came up for him to participate, he took the hidden pole down to his secret lair and banged this out (now, that just sounds…
This print is insane. Take a look at this- IT’S ON RICE PAPER! Just beautiful. International terrorist arms dealer, or slave to the torments of unrequited love? Who says a modern chrome-headed man can’t be both? This stunning seven color, artist pulled screenprint from Jacob Borshard’s ’80s Ukiyo-e’ series casts Destro in a moment of tender contemplation among fresh sprung cherry blossoms in his garden. This print is a follow up to Jacob’s amazing The…
Clint Wilson loves Todd Barry. He was going to get a tattoo of Todd Barry’s face on his face, but I had to explain to him that he would have to go bald to really pull it off. Now he’s waiting for a few years so his hair can catch up. So, when Clint got the chance to do this poster for his New Haven CT show, he jumped at it! This 18×24 hand-pulled silkscreen…
In the year 2000, Tina Turner’s Superbowl Halftime show will end with her ascending to the right hand of God to judge the living. Jon Smith, a longtime friend of the site finally has his first release! This hilarious and timely silkscreen print is a send-up of the 1968 Esquire magazine cover featuring another beset-upon celebrity, Muhammad Ali- Now if we had to bet on a fight between the two now, I’d have to give…
It’s midway through Jeff Kleinsmith‘s glorious month of residency at the Nakatomi Invitational. He was nice enough to sit down with us for some hard-hitting questions while providing some bone-crushing answers. Mr. Kleinsmith is one of Seattle’s most innovative designers – besides being the long-time art director for Sub Pop Records, Kleinsmith is a celebrated freelance designer and has produced a plethora of concert posters and art packages for a multitude of bands. BIAFRAH WINFREY:…
At Gallery 1988 right now, they have new prints by Tim Doyle up in their “Under the Influence: He-Man” art show. The prints are available right now directly from the Gallery, and you can contact them here- GALLERY 1988. Any unsold prints will be available from us some time after the show closes (Although, you really should get ’em from the Gallery!) Who doesn’t love He-Man. I sure do. Well, to be clear- I love…
For those of you who don’t know, ‘A Life Well Wasted’ is with out a doubt, the best video game podcast in existence. The week the first episode came out, it was the number one downloaded podcast on iTunes. It’s a pretty big deal. You can listen to it for free over HERE. And one of the great things they do over there is for each episode, they have artist Olly Moss create a print,…