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Last moments in L.A.

Posted on 08.02.09 under Uncategorized

After a couple of meetings with Hollywood people, we got down to creating wheat paste posters and fine-art silkscreens at John Carr’s studio.

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Images were taken from Issues 3 and 4 and combined or isolated to compose these prints. This is printed on an existing test print of another artist’s print = collabo print!

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Alex, aka Alessandro, works on imperfections on the film with an exacto knife blade.
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The working system in Hollywood is something like this: one person performs a task and 40 or 50 people watch him. In this case we only had 3 or 4 in the audience when John taped off the screen.
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Demonstrating the roller technique for applying a medium-large wheat paste poster.

Here’s how they do it on the back lot of Universal (enter Lankershim Blvd.)
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Notice the people standing around as Eva pulls on a rung on the terrace. It was supposed to break off in her hand and then (in post) cut to a stunt person falling onto an airbag. This was surprisingly difficult to do and took an hour or two.

The view of the video tap monitor. Here’s Kyle McLachlan and Dana Delany discussing a letter of great import…
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With thanks to my good friend, Michael Negrin ASC, the DP for Desperate Housewives.

Dog Eater posters/art now printing

Posted on 07.31.09 under Uncategorized

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Bombing Shepard…
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Spectre holding film for print 3.

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Print on the light table for instant registration.

dog eater wheat paste posters

Posted on 07.29.09 under Uncategorized

Going to be printing some wheat paste with John Carr and Alex in the next day or two and introduce DOG EATERS to LA.

This is the studio we’ll be using.
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John studies a recent Shepard Fairey paste up.
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Comicon, Day 4 (Sunday, July 26, ’09)

Posted on 07.27.09 under cosplay, San Diego Comicon 2009

Left the hotel at 5:30Am to catch an early flight to LA… Kinda burnt a bit crispy… SD Airport has free wifi, which is very, very nice. However, it’s a bit slow for the amount of images I’m trying to upload.

Here are the last day’s images of Comicon.
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Went the back way (on the “boardwalk”) to the convention center. It’s a nice walk!
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Was hoping to get some wholesale Tokidoki’s from Strangeco for the Junie Moon shops in Tokyo, but they were sold out of the ones we wanted. Jim was in a lather, stocking goods. Their booth was the busiest in the toy section of the floor.

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Other figures of interest to me:

Kumanogollo was created by Chino and produced by CWC. That’s us!
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John Krisfalucci (Ren & Stimpy) had a booth.
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Munky King had a nice case for Angry Clobber.
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This monster loomed over the customers in the lowest brow section.
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Figure at Radical Comics.
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The creative team for Warriors, the comic book.
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Conan, the bronze. Frank Frazetta.
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Living Doll, middle of three sisters
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Living Doll, youngest of three sisters
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Maladorian couple.
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Silent Hill nurses
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Steam Punkers
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More Steam Punkers
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Don’t ask me silly questions!
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That’s better!
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The walk back to the hotel. And that’s it for the Comicon, 2009!

Comicon, Day 3 (Saturday, July 25, ’09)

Posted on 07.25.09 under cosplay, San Diego Comicon 2009

The day started off with an immediate sighting of a Predator. They hunt in packs (as you know), so I knew that we would be seeing a lot more.
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This particular Predator was passive, but I knew that would quickly change.
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Then another was spotted…
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Then the leader materialized.
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Right behind him, a pod emerged.
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Then, they attacked a helpless con attendee. The aftermath wasn’t pretty. The janitorial staff was going to have their work cut out for them.
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The Predator, who had been quiescent outside, spotted the girl. To her credit, she wasn’t intimidated in the slightest.
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In fact, she seemed more aggressive than him. I heard her whisper sweet nothings into his auditory port.
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This Spartan had the guns, so he didn’t need his sword.

This warrior also kept his sword sheathed in his codpiece.
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But more powerful weapons were called for. This dude stepped out of the shadows, his gun slung low.
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A portal from the Star Wars universe opened and a couple of enforcers stepped through.
The public disturbance was snuffed before it had a chance to get too serious.
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But as usual, law enforcement took it one step too far.
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They traumatized a couple of innocent bystanders.
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These two guns came too late.
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Doppleganger Batmans
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The answer to the question of the day: “Where’s Wally?”
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Vlad…
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And his blue-haired sidekick.
Just outside the booth, another gang arrived.

The gang from Crackwood, looking to recruit some actors for the next wacko film.
Who should show up next was…
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Pris again! This time incarnated as her favorite character from FireFly.
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Believe it or not, these two are Black Dog Clan members. But not Dog Eaters!
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These three wanted to be a music group and a TV reporting team and couldn’t decide what to do first.
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When ever the Hero 108 booth babes were slow and looked lonely, I stimulated interest in them by taking photos with them. Soon photographer would swarm them and they’d be happy again.
In transit to the Namco/Bandai game area to meet Isaac for a bite, I came across…

A voluptuous version of Catwoman, and…
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This forest creature with impressive forearms.
Isaac was playing a game somewhere. While waiting for him to show up at the Tekken area, I spotted a couple of:
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Namco Girls, and:
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Their colleague, who you may recognize from yesterday’s post.
Isaac and I had sandwiches, cokes, and shared a bag of chips from the Cafe Express and I was surprised that the total came to $25!
After eating, I left Isaac to play more games (he had spent all his money on books and all he could do was something for free) and I went back to Independent Publishing.
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Right across from Cafe Express, this booth almost made me lose my lunch. I had a brief conversation with them and the guy gave me attitude. Imagine, a Blythe imitator pretending he knew more about Blythe than I did. Put me in a black mood for about 5 minutes!
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This is either Aqua or Iguana-man — or something with a finned Mohawk.
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Two random semi-hotties
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I shot an unflattering pict of this green Trekker yesterday and I called out to her: “Second Chance!” She was part of the captain’s chair shoot that people were lined up for but posed for me by herself when I explained the situation. “Why did you post it!” she asked. Umm, well, I’ll post this one, too.
I saw a crowd of people in front of this man.
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I think he was signing but it seemed that everyone would rather shoot a photo without having to pay for the merch. At least that’s what I did. Spock was happy enough to show emotion, though.
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Male Ghostbusters.
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I think he was looking for a “Cursed Pirate Girl.”
Came across these Black Dog Clan members from last year.
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Lucky Legendary! They were stoked to see the first 3 issues in color.
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Two of the Luckies
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A take on the Grim Reaper.
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Getting slow around the booth again.
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Across the aisle at 12 Gauge. Looks like there’s something to shotgun.
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Yugio character and his pal.
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Yugio characters
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This Shadow Hedgehog was so endearing, he was on TV twice so far during this Comicon!
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I call him, Swatman. His wings snap open with the yank of a cord!
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Creative Team of Warriors, the comic/graphic novel
I took the Suicide Girl challenge and went to their booth to see what they had to offer.
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Then Stormtrooper Elvis showed up and the crowd went wild!
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Looks like Stormtrooper Elvis can have his way with any of the Suicide Girls!
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Aren’t they lovely!
On the way back, the always seductive Sideshow Collectibles had a “Moroccan” at the counter.

I wonder if he’s authentic…
Had to stop and take some shots of these dinosaurs.
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And Felica —
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From Vampire Nights (Japanese title)
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Is this Orc from Lord of the Rings?
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Steam Punk with Roman influences?
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Nice glasses!
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I call him, Red Hammer!
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The Stunt People. These guys are the first ever Black Dog Clansmen ever inducted into the Clan.
Suddenly, in front of the Stunt People’s booth…
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A lacquered-masked samurai!
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Some kind of Viking in attack mode.
On the way out…
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About to throw his mighty shield.
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And that’s the end of Day 3.