February 28, 2010
MANY EXCITING NEWS!
The fourth issue of 1-800-MICE with a smashing cover by Rebecca Bird is now available to order in the shop! For wholesale inquiries, please contact diamondsnout@hotmail.com
SEE
ANIMATED COMMERCIAL HERE!
Note:
none of the scenes in this video actually transpire in the comic book.
Sorry.
A
collaborative zine with MARC BELL has been released through Nieves books.
Marc's work is very inspiring to me and it was a great pleasure to collaborate
with him.
"Kelp Stingray is a book of drawings by Marc Bell and Matthew Thurber. But it is also much more than that. Much more. It is an examination of SPINE SPHERES and ICON ERASERS. Of MEGACONES and the hatred of them. In the pages of Kelp Stingray, one can read about political points of view (ARTISTS SHOOD BE THE FIRST TO GO “USELESS”) and discover new products (JOSEPH BEUYS CHAIR DESIGN). A handy Afterword written by Josef Boys himself describes the story of Mike and Glen and their involvement in the creation of a popular hit single by the musical recording artist LOCCYOG. KELP STINGRAY IS THE RETURN OF THE INSANE KLOWNS OF THE 90’s and also includes a cameo appearance from the FAT RAMONES."
FINALLY...Paulo Patricio in Portugal has published an accordion book of drawings in his Le Sketch series. These are teensy, beautifully designed objects which can be found for free at comic book stores all over the world. Or: send a S.A.S.E. for a copy WHILE SUPPLIES LAST:
Harry
Lauder Fan Club
P.O.
Box 145, Van Brunt Station
Brooklyn,
NY 11215
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December 7, 2009
Here is a new minicomic that debuted at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics
Festival last weekend, called "The Inner You Tube". It's available
in the shop for 3 smackeroos.
Ambergris
will perform at the Dubious Liftings festival show in Hadley, Massachusets
next Saturday.
And....
check out Victor Cayro-curated art
show Friday, Dec. 12 at 282 Broadway in Williamsburg!
October 16, 2009
Ambergris show tomorrow (Saturday Oct. 17) at the Silent Barn with Witch Hat and Popped Blimp. 915 Wyckoff, L train to Halsey st, Ridgewood Queens.
October 2, 2009
I collaborated with Kevin Huizenga on a 9-page story for the new Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" comic book, edited by Sammy Harkham. Our story is called "The Call of Vegulu" and is a satire of H.P. Lovecraft and organic food marketing. Please check it out if you love horror...comics...the Simpsons...or all of the above...
Also:
Drew a flyer for this upsoming CMJ show for Stereogum/the Believer.
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September 20, 2009
NEXT WEEKEND
Friday
September 25::::Ambergris
performance in Providence Rhode Island with Annex Theater of Baltimore
performing "BEOWULF",
and Barkley Dog!!! At: Waste Not Want Not, 232 Westminster
THEN
Sunday September 26::::SPX festival, Bethesda MD.
ALSO
Pictures of the show at Open Space HERE
ALSO
reviews of 1-800-MICE: by Nick Gazin of Vice
By Jason Levian of Floating World Comics
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September 13, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out for the release party on Friday.
Rob Clough has written a really great and thoughtful review of 1-800-MICE on his blog. Please have a gander.
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September 5, 2009
Lab
Door/Ozone Shelf
Group show with Andrew Liang, Eamon Espey, Matthew Thurber
opening in Baltimore at Open Space tonight (9/5/09), 2720 Sisson st.
Performances by Ghost Life and Ambergris
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August 29, 2009
1-800-MICE #3 OUT NOW!!!!!
See the INFO PAGE for details.
Release party September 11, 2009 at Desert Island Comics.
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May 23, 2009
THIS WEEKEND MEMORIAL DAY SHOW!!!!
AND
New
huge silkscreen print available, made for USAISAMONSTER's final show on
May 9th
very bright
ALSO:
I have some drawings in this magazine from France.
http://fredericmagazine.free.fr/
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Beginning April 22 I will be teaching a class on Cartoon Storytelling at the 92YTribeca. Here is the website: click on "Classes" for more details. The class is once a week for six weeks and meets from 7-9 on Wednesday night. Learn the basics of constructing a comic story and develop your cartooning powers in this intensive laboratory-like course.
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I have a two page comic story in this lovely anthology from Australia, based around the idea of a fake bookshelf.
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Please check out Rebecca Bird's painting show at Kopeikin Gallery if you are in Los Angeles. Up until April 18.
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WILD WEEKEND APPROACHING! Saturday 3/7 is the Yoo Doo Mart, a newly sacrosanct meeting of publisher tribes in the Cake Shop, Lower East Side, NYC. 12-7.
And on Sunday, 3/8 the first Ever Scroll Bowl, organized by William Varner, an attempt to breathe new life into this dottering, Methuselan art form of narrative scrolls, after the downfall of broadcast TV perhaps the only entertainment that will endure. at which Ambergris will perform in some capacity and with scroll of course
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NEW TAPE AVAILABLE
#2 FROM THE BOOKS ON TAPE LABEL
"POTLATCH, I GATHER"
Side one recounts the exploits of Sherlock Holmes in a never-before-heard adventure. The weirdly recumbent detective is forced to use all his powers of deductive logic to try to pass an impenetrable barrier covered with spikes and onions. On side two, faithful renderings of songs by Thinking Fellers Union Local #282. Photocopied covers with hand-painting. Edition of 150.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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I will be in a group show in Austin called "Warren Oates in the Economic Crisis of 2008". The show opens January 17th at Okay Mountain gallery. More info here: organized by Dave Bryant
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MUSIC!
Thanks to Patrick Hambrecht and his Cuniglius record label, the Ambergris albums"Paid in Foam" (2004) and "Extremitrees"(2007) are now available online as MP3s.
AMBERGRIS RECORDINGS ON AMAZON
