Mr. Boom-Boctopus

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diskgrunt vs. the mountain

This past weekend I tried my hand at Skiing up at Timberline. This was my first time on skis and I'm left with several scrapes, bruises, bumps, aches and pains. But I did succeed in falling less enough to want to head up again. So watch out Mt. Hood... I'm not done yet!

Pimple Puss and T Shirt Sale

Sorry for the lack of postings lately, I've got two comics in the works and some exciting news about my press coming soon... I hope to have more updates in the next few days. Please enjoy the pimple puss doodle above till then.

Oh... I also want to let you know that my Penguin and Polar Bear T Shirts are now on sale for $18 solo or the pair for $30 in my Etsy Shop. Get'em while supplies last!

Appropriate Attire

There is a lot that can, and should, be said about Lucille Battin, more so then I can put into a small comic. The one thing I would like to add though, is that the kindness and openness that Lucille received the world and those who came into her life is one of the many traits I see carried on in her children and grandchildren. I always feel privileged to have been welcomed into such a loving family when I moved out to Portland on nothing more then the promise of a couch. The Watsons and Battins have welcome me into their homes and lives with the kindness I can only assume they inherited from this loving woman.

In the wash...

Last week was kind of tough. I had to be at work super early on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to help setup and start some webex meetings. On top of that I was leaving work late most nights that week. By the time Friday mornings 5:30am wakeup rolled around I was seriously shower impaired and kept forgetting, as I dosed in and out consciousness what I had washed already. I'm seriously surprised I didn't drown a little...

OnStar branches out...

Beep & Boop Valentine's Special

There are moments in every robots life were the p-ram is blasted out, the preferences dumped and unfamiliar commands are issued as if some crazy love struck admin is sudo’ing thier heart out in a bash shell.This is one of those moments. Beep and Boop bot are meeting for the first time, and the binary floating around them is a flurry of terminal commands ushering in this new love…

Just in time for valentines day, the Beep and Boop Bot shirts are available now in my Etsy shop, singles for $20 or buy them both for $35. Each shirt is hand silkscreened with waterbased inks. And yes, the binary does translate to things like

Boopbot:~ Boopbot$ mkdir ~Library/Application Support/Heart

Your welcome to decode and descramble it all…

Robot Stationary Roundup

Looks like my "Beep & Boop" pocket notebooks were included in this great round up of Etsy Robot Themed stationary goods by We've Got Paper.

There's some great cards and items included in their list, check it out!

Resolution #3

Resolution #3 - Read More

So I've started this resolution off with Malcom Gladwells "What the Dog Saw" , a holiday gift and so far am enjoying it. That said, my yearly reading went from 20-30 books to like 3 or 4 books. I'd like to get it to at least 1 a month. Any must reads you might suggest for me? I also would love some must read Graphic Novels, Zines and indy comics suggestions. Pass'em on!

Resolution #2

Resolution #2: Dance More

CuriousDoodles got me started in swing dancing about 2 years ago and I've been off and on with it since. We just broke our longest off spell ( about 3 months) and had our first night out on Sunday with the Stumptown Dance crew over at the Masons Rite. Now I just need to keep it up...

2010 Week of Resolutions: Resolution #1

Resolution #1 - Floss More

As I ring in the first week of the new year, I'm planning on posting at least one resolution each day. Starting with one I know my Dentist would very much like to see... As I look at this drawing, I think I might need to add manicures and drawing hands more frequently to my list...

POOP

So the other day I made my way down to Reading Frenzy, a Portland indy zine and comic/warez store near Powell Books. I happened accross this rather silly titled book called "Poop" by one Sam Sharpe. What initially caught my eye was the either hand painted or messily stenciled title on the book in blue and yellow paint. It's a small touch but it made me want to hold the book and feel the texture of the paint. Once it was in my hands... the collection of well drawn, single panel comics made me want to keep it. While the name "Poop" may suggest a rather crass book it's really filled with rather witty puns and visual gags covering such subjects as mermaids, luncheons, the counts sex life, vaginas and grocery shopping with Jesus.

Robo Binary Cards Make Etsy Front Page

My 2009 edition Robo Binary Cards popped up on Ety's front page today! A treasury created by NiuTaller featured my cards along with some great bits of geekery like these wooden test tube racks and this pen made from a real circuit board. Check it out!

Holiday Cards Featured on Etsy

I was checking out craftcult.com and saw my Reindeer Holiday Cards were featured on the front page!



I really like the items they were grouped with.

Ummm... Scuse Me...

These adorable "Umm... scuse me..." cards are now available in my shop, 1 for $5 or 4 for $16. They're the perfect way to say " i like you!" or even " i sawry."

Robo Binary Thank You Cards updated to 2009

People really seem to like my Robo Binary Thank You Cards. So I managed to make an updated version for 2009.

These hand silkscreened prints of a Robot humbly bowing are printed on 100% recycled Mohawk Kraft 8olb cover paper using pearl white and black water based ink. The 1's and 0's on this A2 size card when translated from binary to ASCII says simply "Thank You" Each card comes with an Eames Furniture weave envelope. Available as a single card or in a 4 pack via my etsy shop.

Drifting Penguin and Polar Bear T-Shirts

Released during our Black Friday event, my Drifting Penguin and Polar Bear T-Shirts are now available via my Shop and ready to float around your waistlines. Hand silkscreened in black and white water based ink on American Apparel Light Blue Sheer Jersey Cotton T-Shirts with a very distressed feel and soft hand.

Free shipping and available for $20 a shirt through December. Currently only available in Classic Girl S/M/L and UniSex S/M/L.

Herding Your Thoughts Pocket Notebook

These adorable Herding Your Thoughts Pocket Notebooks are now available in my Etsy shop. They make great stocking stuffers and are shipping everywhere for free. Get them while they last!

S.U.N. Holiday Fair

Join me and Curiousdoodles along with several Handmade NW crafters on Saturday at the S.U.N. Holiday Fair
http://www.handmadenw.com/events/#27

The fair runs from 10am till 4pm @ Dexter McCarthy Middle School, 1400 Se 5th St. Gresham OR 97080

And 10% of all sales will be donated to the Schools Uniting Neighborhoods program!