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One of my favourite comic/graphic novel series is Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez. Mr. Vasquez, also the creator of Squee!, I Feel Sick, Fillerbunny, and Invader Zim, draws, or maybe spews is a better word, the black comedic horror-filled world of Johnny, a deranged serial killer.

I think we’ve all felt like Johnny at some point in our lives. Don’t even try to deny it.

View a full panel from Johnny the Homicidal Maniac.

View a full panel of Happy Noodle Boy, a comic within the comic.

You can follow Jhonen Vasquez on Twitter or read his blog.

All images © Jhonen Vasquez and used without permission.

And the trees are stripped bare
Of all they wear
What do I care
-excerpt from October, by U2

It’s that wonderful time of year again and I thought I’d celebrate this month by posting a different scary/Halloween-y/October-y image each day.

I’ve started off the month with one of my own. If you are into cemetery photos you can find many more on my site.

Happy October to everyone!

Join us at the Bell House on June 29 at 7 PM for a FREE Night of Rock celebrating the launch of two new local Brooklyn-based businesses – King Killer Studios and xtrapulp, and the 4-year anniversary of a third local business – Realty Collective.

The evening will feature 5 bands, tacos by Calexico (first 50 tacos are free!), and we’re also going to hold it down with an actual free raffle. That’s right, show up and you can win stuff. Stuff!! Will be raffled!!

What else have you got to do on a Monday night other than keep it local and go bananas at a raffle?

You will raise the devil horns to these bands:

Wounded Buffalo Theory
Kabona Zombies
Mike Hunchback and the Weird Fantasy Band
CONDO
In Musth
Dj sets by Robot Hot Dog

More about the event online on facebook.

In celebration of Francis Bacon’s 100th birthday, the Met is hosting a special exhibit from May 20th – August 16th.

“The first major exhibition in New York in twenty years devoted to one of the most compelling painters of the twentieth century, Francis Bacon: A Centenary Retrospective features some 130 works–sixty-five paintings and as many archival items from public and private collections from around the world–that span the entirety of the artist’s full and celebrated career.”

Check out this awesome poster (and web design) that Deanna did for the Lighthouse International Film Festival:

The Lighthouse International Film Festival was founded by a collection of filmmakers, film critics and film industry professionals who share a passion for film and wanted to create an event aimed first and foremost at film enthusiasts. The 2009 festival will present feature films, 20 shorts, documentaries and family films, as well as panel discussions with leading film industry professionals. Taking place on Long Beach Island, NJ — one of the East coast’s most popular surfing destinations — the festival celebrates four days of new, exciting and challenging films in honor of Long Beach Island’s historic Barnegat Lighthouse.

We’re hoping to get an OrangeYouGlad beach house for this event – it promises to be a fun-filled weekend. Come on down to LBI and check out some films, panels, parties, and the beach!

when you have a dad who does this every day:

Check out even more cool lunch bag art.

John Mortimer, creator of Rumpole of the Bailey and writer of several screenplays such as Bunny Lake is Missing and John and Mary

Andrew Wyeth, painter

One of my fav blogs (actually a tumblr site) this isn’t happiness^TM includes the above picture with the question “Why is Franklin sitting on the other side of the table all by himself?”

Good question.

Peanuts did get a bit loopy in the latter years of Charles Schulz’ life but the Thanksgiving special was created in 1973 so I wonder what he was thinking when he put Franklin across the table from most of the gang.

Although I haven’t watched this since I was a kid, another good question is, why didn’t I notice this when I did watch the special?

Saw this random painting outside a Chinese takeout place on 4th ave. Neat huh? I asked the owner if I could have it (looked to be placed on sidewalk as trash) but she said she needed it. Wonder if she actually uses it as a drawer. Anyway, I thought it was nifty.

Wishing everyone a fantastically spooky Halloween!

Check out this year’s OrangeYouGlad Halloween promotion.
More cemetery photos can be found here.

Check out this gallery of Shepard Fairey’s “Hope” poster parodies.

The Alfred E. Neumann one is another fav of mine.

I found a link to some great alternative card ideas on plime.com. One of my favs (and the story of my life):

inside of card

I really should buy the creator a drink.

Remember these drawings from oh so long ago? They’ve been “lol”-isized. Good for a couple of laughs. Reload the site to see more.

Hat tip to plime.com

My new “must visit everyday” site – Skull-a-Day:

Photo courtesy of Skull-A-Day

I haven’t yet decided which of my skull pics I’m going to submit – too many to choose from!