Month: June 2010
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The Alien’s Perspective: The art of self-promotion (Frost Park S3Ep12)
“All art is self-promotion.” Overheard yesterday at Frost Park, while I was touching up my purple-coated alien pirate, the quote was a perfect summary of how things went down at 2010’s twelfth chalk-off. Self-promotion has always been a staple of Frost Park artwork, from websites written next to drawings and my ever-present alien avatar to…
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R.R. Anderson draws Adam the Alien action figure
Today I received the honor of being immoratlized by the great cartoonist and founder of the Frost Park Chalk-Offs, the mighty R.R. Anderson. Anderson draws a Tacoma-centric political cartoon called The Tacomic. Throughout the Tacomic’s four years of existence, the “Tacoma Action Figure” has been a recurring theme. Anderson uses the feature to portray significant…
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The Alien’s Perspective: Frost Park Season 3, Episode 11
The Frost Park Chalk-Off was in full force today, after weeks of low participation and rainy weather. Arriving a little bit late, I initially had some difficulty finding a good place to chalk. many of the choice spots were already filled, some by the usual Frost Park veterans and others by faces I didn’t recognize.…
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The Comic Critic Presents Seldom Seen Films
If my video production has seemed sparse lately, this is why. I’ve been working on some promotional videos for my friend Mark Monlux‘s new book, The Comic Critic Presents Seldom Seen Films. The book is a collection of select installments of Mark’s movie reviewing comic strip, The Comic Critic. The comic strip provides quick, humorous,…