Yauh!
Gonna make this quick, gotta get back on my grind.
I broke away from coloring for a second to do a little bit of sketching
here and there. Nothing big. I'm dying to do more drawing.






The top three were from my trip to L.A. during the summer.
Last one I did yesterday. gold star for me.


Old character (and Evil DJ Cap'm Hook's
original nemesis) Deejay Poppyseedgluvs.
Redone with a Comeups hat.

Here's a quickie flyer I designed for my homie Maker.
It's his Birthday Party tonight! I better see you there.
Mr. Motherfucking Dibbs will be there.
Cain't go wrong.

Deeds related characters.

and here's some color work I've been on.
First, the Earthworms' new album cover.
Drawing by Foodone, finishes by Jose G

line work

colors.

and here's a couple peeks of what I've been working on for the past couple months- Magic Pickle by Scott Morse. Dropping next summer
from Scholastic Books (Graphix)
Scott and Scholastic asked me to add color to the Magic Pickle graphic
novel, which was originally published by Oni Press.
I should be done with it this weekend.

Next stop- Smileytower!
Be sure to check my profile page to keep up on my live art and
DJ gigs.
Oh, and subscribe to my blog. I promise I'll be your friend :)
Have a fun and safe Halloween weekend.
Peace,
Jose
a/k/a/ crazy pickle arm. Gammaay some canday!!!

Contents of this blog, © 2007 Jose Garibaldi, except
Magic Pickle © 2007 Scott Morse and
Earthworms image  © 2007 Jim Mahfood

I was effin around with some Super Mario Brothers sketches while I was
waiting for my gigantic files to save.

I finished the Mario and Shy guy designs in Illustrator, b.g. is paint and
Photoshop...


Though I have a gang of Deeds/Teen Heaven pages I'm bustin on,
I have an itch to do an SMB comic. Something proper, unlike the lame comics(see below) and cartoons from back in the day. I think it'd be fun,
don't you?

Hope you're having a good midweek. Happy Birthday (monday) Joey
Potts, (Tuesday) Maggie, (Wednesday) Ian, and (Friday) Jason.
Once-A-Month's B-day party tonight @ Darkroom, Inel-A-Thon
tomorrow @ Lava.
Peace, See Ya Later*

Jose G

Whattuppers? Sorry for the slow updates, workin my grind as usual.
 In addition to the coloring/comic/flyer/etc work, I took part in a group art
show last weekend called "Get Fit" at the south side 32nd & Urban
gallery. There was a great turnout, thanks to all who rolled through.
If you couldn't make it to the opening, no worries. The show's open until
May 23rd.
Here's the piece I contributed, titled "Fight Series No. 6: Hold The
Mayo". It was inspired by Olivia Newton-John (though that isn't her in
the painting...)

Acrylic on illustration board, 20" x 32"
It's selling for $560.00. If you'd like to buy it, please contact the fine
folks at 32nd & Urban Gallery -
3201 S.Halsted Ave. , Chicago IL 60608
thirty_second_urban@yahoo.com 
312-846-6569

Other than that, still working on the Deeds/Teen Heaven comics. More details as I get closer to completion. Live art in Aurora on May 25th.

Hope you're all enjoying life. Sun's out, bitches!!!

peace,
Jose G.

I tried to bulletin this link, but the damn shits won't post.
Anyway, I've been interviewed, check it to see what I'm up
to and what type of coffee I drink.
Thanks to Jason for naming me artist of the week!

http://wearduringorangealert.blogspot.com/2007/03/artist-of-week_28.html

Yeah. This weekend, if you're in St. Louis come check us out at the Atomic Cowboy. Info is on my front page.

Hope you're all doing good. gonna keep it light. No new sketches or art.
At least not today.

Laters,
Jose

just letting the ink fly...

Thanks to everybody who came to District 13 last Saturday.
The show was a huge success. If you missed out, you can go this
Saturday from 2-6 pm. Or if you can't make it, check out the
Photos/ Pricelist here:
(IM)Paired Visions Flickr Page

Peace and Chicken Grease!
Jose G

Contents of this blog are ©2007 Jose Garibaldi

RANTLERS! BILLIONS OF UM! WHOAH!!!!!
New York was the shit. Thanks to Actual Fact for putting us up in his
crib. Thanks to Pickel for his massive hustle to put us on at the
Showroom. Peace to the Formula Crew, Sket, Jim Koch, The Mimobot
gang, Brook, Jen, Jim, Sara Martin, Static, Joe M, Whitney and Kirby,
and all you knuckleheads I kicked it with. NYC is lovely, and I'll have to
go back.
Why do I suck at taking photos? I got this fucking digital camera (which
I bought mostly for phot ref and snapping pics of textures)
Anyway, here's what I took of my trip...

L-R- ActFact, Ryan Wax, Joey Potts

The ThunderDog party at The Showroom. DJ- Pickel, Merk and Chad
Live Art- Jose G, FoodOne, Joey Potts, Jim Koch, Sara Martin

















Me, Sara Martin, Jim Mahfood and Joey Potts











Rest In Space, Space-Boy...

The Scumbag scale (0 = Scummiest, 10= Least ) starts with MP and
ends with Intel. Bone courtesy of FoodOne
...And as a bonus, special surprise guest, Gloomy Bear creator Mori
Chack! I saw him at the end of the night, and he was kind enough to
add to the mural...





Jose G and Mori Chack

Gloomy Bear
That was a helluva night.

The day before I left for NY, I was called by Mad mag to provide the art
for a two page article called " Mad's Teacher Translation Guide". It's
all done (was up past 5:30 am last night finishing it) and I'll post the
issue and date as soon as I know.
Since I haven't posted much art lately, I figured I'd post sketches from
the last Mad article I did, from the Feb. 07 issue.








If you want to see the final art, cop that ish from your local bookstore...

Saturday, March 3rd, Chicago IL, District 13
1706 W Chicago Ave, from 6pm-10pm

Be there, sissieeeeeeeessss...

A preview of my collab w/ Nick Bach for Impaired Visions
(to see the finished version, hit the District 13 Gallery tomorrow)


Some flyer art for the Double Up, March 16th, Darkroom...

Bound to be more than ten shits worth of fun...

Aaaand a little sketch to take you out...

The Lenny6000

Peace, and Merry Tweekend!
~ DJ Tamale G

Blog and contents are ©2007 Jose Garibaldi

gonna keep it simple this week.
Here are the images from the last few live art shows I've
done.

From New Year's reprieve @ Sub-T, Jan. 11th, 07
Joey and Peabe killed it that night. It's always a good time
with those dudes. Pugs, Static, Rope, Once, Intel all killed
it on stage.


From the Save Darfur tour @ Abbey Pub.
Thanks to Caesar, Revise, Morf and all the acts-
Visionaries, Sleep, Grayskul, Vakill, Pickel...



From the Come-Ups night @ Sub-T Jan. 24th, 07
Big up to Pickel, Maker and Superstar DJ Intel.
Rest in space, Space/Boy....

Yeah, as you can tell the painting has been lacking as of late.
I think it's time for a live art break. Just a little one.
Gotta restore my juices. Burnout's a motherfuckaire.
Plus, I've got a slew of illustration work, ideas to pitch, and my
 pet project

The last couple of weekes have been fun. Maybe too much fun.
I do have another show coming up soon-

Don't miss out. Last time was a blast. Plus it's BYOB again.
Seriously, if you missed it on the sixth, you owe it to yourself
to go on the third. I almost wish I wasn't painting that night...

Did you pick up the new issue of MAD?

Guess who got to rock three full pages of art on the inside?
Here's a taste-

or should I say sniff?

Have a good weekend, everybody.
Happy Birthday, Oliver!!
Happy Birthday, Tara!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM!!!!!

Peace,
Jose Gee
all work on this blog is ©2007 Jose Garibaldi, with the exception
of  MAD magazine, of course...

Yeeah! Happy New Year!
Got some pics before I get into my New Year's musings...
I did FOUR live art gigs in little over a week. One of them out
of state. Mah bones is tahrd!
Live art from Marshall McGearty's 12/22/06





I was challenged to do a painting in 30 minutes. I did this in 15...

Live Art from Morseland- 12/23/06

I had to paint on panelling, since Home Depot was out
of my usual board....

Live art from the Atomic Cowboy, STL- 12/27/06
Didn't take many pictures. Hopefully Jim or Mike will
send me some. Great night! Earthworms fuckin killed it!

got too drunk to finish this one. I'm embarrassed.

Live art from the Empty Bottle- 12/30/06
hell yeah! Black Sheep!









Don't know about you, but I think 07 could be a good year.
I'm talking personally, because global warming and war are still
motherfuckers...
I'm trying not to get into this big rant about how shitty last year
was. It wasn't even all that terrible. I had good times with some good
friends. Met a lot of new people. One in particular who brought me
out of a serious funk. I lost some loved ones ( R.I.P Dad). Lost a lot
of money (gotta do better this year!). Painted a shitload. Created
some of my best work ever. I am disappointed I didn't do more, but
when you feel down, the last place you want to be is chained to a
drawing board or computer. Thanks to my peeps who put a smile
on my face during the tough times. Traci, Brandy, Katie, Jake, Sara,
Jason, Sang, Tony, Ryan Wax, Joey Potts, Won, Julie, Rose, MP,
Shane, Stalnos, Christine, Mahf, Rift, Emily, Pugs, MTM, Carl,
Adam, Jamie, Josh, Bob R, Joe F, Laura, Maker, Tarin, Rod and all
the Scumbags around the way. I love my homeys.
And of course my crew. Jim, Mike and Dave.
Jackie, Jessica, Paul and Mom- We start this year one person gone,
but twice as strong. I'm sorry we don't get to spend as much time
together as we should. I guess we're each on our own grind. But I
take comfort knowing you'll be there when I need you, and
know that I'll be there just the same for you .
Pops, I miss you much. I always wish you could see me painting
on stage with some of my all time favorite acts. I know you're
proud of your kids. You've never kept secret.

love Jose.
oh yeah- Oliver and Elliot never cease to put a smile om my face.
Oh Oh- and I'm not about to get into my top five, top ten albums of
the year but I will say this. Number One on that list would be
Haiku's Blew. It's the album I listened to the most, and it
pretty much defined my whole summer. Thanks to Tony and Rod
for that one.

here's some new Mad for Kids art.


and to prove 07 will be a good year...
shhh.

Shhhhhhhhh.

SHHHHHHHHHHH....

see you in the funny pages.

p.s. tomorrow night....