NEWS & UPDATES


Here's where you can check on what I'm up to when I'm not out on a sheep's blood binge.

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6/12/09 SHOW AT ART.LES.NYC GALLERY First off, thanks to everyone who came out and supported at MOCCA! Tonight I'll be participating in an art and entertainment extravaganza in the picturesque backyard gallery space at Art.LES.NYC. 202 Rivington St. Suggested donation at door. Also exhibiting will be Daniella Day & Amy Chace. Performances include Jessica Delfino, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, and the Gorgeous Ladies Of Bloodwrestling! 8-12 PM.

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3/30/09 RUBBER ROOM RATS AT CRAMPS TRIBUTE The Rubber Room Rats will be summoning the ghost of Lux Interior at a Cramps tribute at Otto's Shrunken Head, with our friend and compatriot Charles Cudd filling in on guitar. El Muchacho and the Undead also pay homage, and there will be more details to come. Otto's, of course, is at 538 14th street between Aves. A & B. Show starts at 8, The Cramps are eternal.
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3/21/09 WELCOME TO OUR NIGHTMARE AT DON PEDERO'S I'll be displaying some paintings and selling Too Negative comix at this multimedia spectacular(That means there are artists AND bands. And alcohol.) curated by Xtene from Skum City! A number of works from the Gallery sections of this site will be on display in person, and a new piece, "The Groom Is A Virgin" will be debuted. Don Pedro's is on 90 Manhattan Ave. in Brooklyn, a few blocks off the Montrose Ave stop of the L train.

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9/18/08 MIGHTY MUTTS ANIMAL RESCUE BENEFIT My new band, Rubber Room Rats, is going to be part of a benefit for animal rescue at Otto's Shrunken Head on 14th between Ave's A & B. $10 suggested donation.

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I was interviewed on Hannah Neurotica's Zinecore Radio Program. Listen to it here:
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3/08 INTERVIEW ON INKSTUDS PODCAST There's an interview with me up at Robin McConnell's INKSTUDS podcast HERE.
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4/07 ANTAGONIST ART MOVEMENT/NEW YORK WASTE ART SHOW I'll be in an art show at Niagara Bar! 112 Ave A, @ 7th street.
Artists include:
Crazy Glenn Wernig, Lucky Lawler, Justin Melkmann, Vickers Bastard Gringo, Luke Palermo, Jenny Gonzalez, Corninna Mantlo, James Smith, Alex Brook Lynn,Shaun Reily.
Performances by World War IX, Ming Dynasty Kevin Mullen and Matty Down starting at 10 PM
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3/07 NEW SONG DEBUT I'm going to be performing my first original song in two years as part of a performance/ritual at Shadowlands Saturday, March 17th:

http://www.nycdarkevents.com/
Saturday, March 17 - Shadowlands - Bring Back the Snakes! 11-4am - www.nycdarkevents.com NYC Dark Events presents a Serpentine Celebration of the Spring Equinox, a party for Pagans, Witches, Goths, and other Magickal Beings. We're gathering at 11-13 Doyers St, 3 blocks below Canal off Bowery. Closest train- the 6 to Canal St. Walk East on Canal, go right on Bowery, right on Doyers. It's the little crooked street that looks like it's straight from China. We'll open with the Invocation and Blessings of the Dragons presented by Kyklos ton Asterion Coven, then continue the party with host Gentle, DJ/VJ Xtine and DJ Myke Hideous, and a special appearance by Maiiah, Snake Dancer. SHADOWLANDS is BYOB- for those who don't know, BYOB means BRING YOUR OWN BOTTLE (so you don't have to buy overpriced club drinks!) You may carry your own flask, or drop your bottle with our lovely Mixtress Kayla for safekeeping. Entry- $10. 18 and over, 21 to drink. Dress in reptilian finery - black, green, scales, patterns - all Black is the MINIMUM- you MUST BE DRESSED UP in order to gain entry.
My friends Anton and Boogie will be accompanying on guitar and bass.
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10/06 TOO NEGATIVE AT SERIALIZER.NETModern Tales family of comics websites after a long hiatus, and Too Negative will be one of the comics featured there! Also on board are Nick Bertozzi, Tom Hart, Sam Henderson, Jen Sorensen, and Eric Miliken, who will mastermind the whole thing this time around.

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03/06 TOO NEGATIVE IN NY WASTE Starting this month, Too Negative strips will be appearing in the NY Waste , NYC's downtown dive bar punk rawk paper. Pick it up free at places like Otto's Shrunken Head, Marz Bar, or anywhere else with a decent jukebox. The March issue also has a nice write up of Too Negative #8 and pictures from the Punk Rock Comics Show last month.
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02/06 THE 3rd ANNUAL TERRIBLE TOY FAIR I have a sculpted piece up in the Terrible Toy Fair, "Cletus The Pickled Fetus". It's currently on display at CB's 313 Gallery thorugh March 11th. Here's a shot of the piece, which is simultaneously more gory and candylike in person:

Here's the official page for TTF 3:


http://www.dollhaus.org/artists/TerribleToyFair/3/TerribleToyFair3Info.htm
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01/06 PUNK ROCK COMICS SHOW 2/11 I'll be participating in this show at the Bowery Poetry Club with a whole new issue of Too Negative!

More info at the World War IX web site:
http://www.worldwarix.com/
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01/06 18TH INDEPENDENT ARTS FESTIVAL, BELGIUM In April, The 7 current issues of Too Negative will be part of an annual arts festival but together by a collective called Sztuka Fabryka. To see it in the program, go to http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be/festival/program04.htm

  • Or to learn more about Sztuka-Fabryka in general, here's the main site: http://www.sztuka-fabryka.be

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    09/05 TOO NEGATIVE IN FREE COMICS NYCPick up a copy of Free Comics NYC, a local freebie paper dedicated to, well, free comics. There's a short "Too Negative" strip in it. Hell, even if you're not in NYC, you can see it here: http://www.freecomicsnyc.com/ Tons of cartoonists in there, including Mort Todd, Evan Dorkin and Vickers Gringo.
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    09/05 WEBCOMIC TELETHON FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE KATRINAI just finished a one page strip, not Too Negative, but focussing on the refugees.The Telethon will occur September 13th-14th, click on the banner to visit the site!
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    08/05 TOO NEGATIVE IN APOGEENot sure when it went live, but you can see the classic Bongwater Buddhist strip at Apogee Magazine here:
    http://www.apogeemag.com/comics/comics.html
    Lots of other comicky goodness there too.
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    07/05 WARNING: MAY CAUSE UNUSUAL SIDE EFFECTSThe newest issue of Pop Trash Magazine is up, with a new Too Negative comic strip---in color this time! Go directly to that link: http://www.poptrashmag.com/index.php?category=5&article=46&issue_id=6 It looks like there was a little mixup--it's listed as Shannon Wheeler's "The Big O", while his comic is listed as "Too Negative". But trust me, this is the one! (P.S. You see Dahlia's tits in this one, so it may not be safe for work.)
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    07/05 HEY, AT LEAST READ 'EM FIRST!!! Well, after a sucessful Mocca and much other hecticness, finding the time to update can be a problem...I've told you all about Too Negative in "Education of A Comics Artist, which is out now, and about the dirty little 2- romp in Smut Peddler also out now and getting ready to head out to San Diego Comic Con as we speak, while I stay here and storyboard bee cartoons...but another place you can get a new Too Negative strip is in Sophie Crumb's new anthology zine T.P. Also includes Fly, Jason $hithead, Ed Piskor, Julie Klausner, Adam Suerteand Sophie herself, natch!
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    06/05 NEGATIVE POP TRASH

    The new monthly online magazine PopTrash will feature a monthly Too Negative comic in it's humor section. PopTrash is focused on the seamy underbelly of creative NYC, so as such, Too Negative is very much a part of that.
    http://www.poptrashmag.com

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    04/05 "SMUT PEDDLER" #3 LINEUP DECIDED And it will include a steamy 4 page "Too Negative" comic definitelyfor adults only! Smut Peddler is a compilation of eclectic licentiousness edited by comixxen Trisha Lynn Sebastian. For more information visit the official website at Saucy Goose Press.
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    03/05 "TOO NEGATIVE IS NOW EDUCATIONAL?!? It's official--artwork from Too Negative #5 (Devil Dahlia in her luchadora getup) will be used in a forthcoming book called ?The Education of a Comics Artist: Visual Narrative in Cartoons, Graphic Novels, and Beyond.? , from Allworth Press. The book, which is compiled and edited by Michael Dooley and NY Times art director Steve Heller, should be due out in bookstores next month.

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    03/05 MAULED! #3 RELEASE PARTY SATURDAY, MARCH 26th! Days after spring makes it's debut, so will Mauled #3! If you are in the NYC area, please join us for one doozy of a release party:
    Saturday, March 26th at 9:30 PM in the Charleston Bar ,174 Bedford Ave (@ North 7th street),Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY(right across the street from the L train)

    Free copies of MAULED! #3 will be available. And I'll be on hand and easily cajoled into signing my 2 page story in them. Dig the book here!

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    11/04 2- STRIP IN HILLBILLY SEX #6The newest issue of recent Xeric winner Nick Jeffrey's "Hillbilly Sex" is now available with tons of so-wrong-it's-right funny satire a short interview with Peter Bagge, and guest artist comics by myself(Too Negative) and Tea Krulos(Riverwurst). So if you're an adult, at least chronologically, email nickjeffreyhogan@yahoo.com for info!

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    11/04 RIVERWURST #5 OUT NOWNurse away that post-election hangover with the hair of the Bush that bit ya! Riverwurst # 5 is out with a whole Bush themed issue including a 4 page "Too Negative" story guest starring Dubya himself as a near death O.D. leads to his harrowing of Hell! Also in this issue are more funny comix by Riverwurst publisher Tea Krulos, recent Xeric winner Nick Jeffrey, Slowpoke's Jen Sorenson, Dan Hernandez and lots more! $3 Riverwurst P.O. Box 511553 Milwaukee, WI. 53203 http://www.riverwurst.com *Riverwurst #5 also makes a lovely parting gift for Asscroft. Not as lovely as a pair of marble statue titties, but lovely nonetheless.
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    10/04 A SEASON IN HELLI'm curating/decorating and performing in October 30th's "Schoolhouse Roxx" night at P.S. 122(150 1st Ave)!!! From the press release: Part gallery exhibition, part post-modern haunted house, "A Season in Hell" features artwork by more than a dozen New York-based artists. Mz. Pakman frontwoman Jenny "Devil Doll" Gonzalez will install the artworks and design additional atmospherics, creating an interactive experience for the audience and musicians. The installation will change from night to night to compliment the tones and attitude of each headlining musical group. " This much hyped event is the most ambitious project I've undertaken to date:in addition to recreating "Hell's Halfway House" from the Too Negative comix, I'll be performing 3 sets with Mz. Pakman plus an act with my rats Twitch and Hypatia


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    10/04 HOUSE OF 12 RELEASE PARTY OCT 15 Hot on the heels of our huge debut at SPX, we're having a blow out at Jigsaw October 15th! Come on out and drink until your CENSORED turn to Gin! Jigsaw is at 556 E. 11th St. near Ave.A.


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    10/04 HOUSE OF 12: FILTH debuts at SPX While I will not be physically present at SPX this year,(moving instead), I'll be there in spirit--and in the latest issue of House of 12, which will make it's debut this year in Bethesda! This is the highly anticipated Filth book which some of you may have seen a sneak preview of if you were at Mocca in June -- well, here's the genuine article!


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    8/04 TOO NEGATIVE IN KATALOGUE MAGAZINE There is a 1 page Too Negative comic in the latest issue of the Canadian magazine Katalogue. Described as "pirate radio for the page", this issue centers around a "self service" theme and involves Dahlia and Killbaby visiting an Abbie Hoffman style "Free Store", sorta. Katalogue is available at
  • Book City,
  • 501 Bloor St. West
  • and
  • Uprising
  • 60 Kensington Avenue in Canada, or visit them online at http://www.katalogue.ca


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    8/04 TOO NEGATIVE IN PUSSY MAGAZINE The long awaited Summer Fun issue of P5's "Pussy Magazine" is finally available and features a new "Too Negative" story about a heatwave in Hell! And Tim Kelly also has a new comic about beating the heat in this issue! Other comics in this issue include Abby Denson's "Jamie Starr", stuff by Mike Goetz, Billy Syndrome, Peewee Miwie, Tami B., various clip art and public domain odds and ends, and...ummm, well that's all the comics of note!
    Ordering info: $4 to
  • P5's Pussy Magazine
  • 287 Bedford Ave. #12
  • Brooklyn Ny 11211


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    6/04 MOCCA ART FESTIVAL 1 WEEK AWAY!!!!! The annual Mocca show at the Puck Building will be next weekend, June 26th and 27th (incidentally, that's the same day this world was cursed by my unholy presence, feel free to bring unholy PRESENTS!) and I will be dividing my time between the House of 12 table and traversing the floor. Either way it's the perfect place to pick up the latest issue of TOO NEGATIVE,get a sneak peek at House of 12 v. 3, and find out how me and other cartoonists have clothed Jason Little's newborn Baby Zelie. The Mocca Art Festival is put on by the Museum Of Comics and Cartoon Art. Click HERE for more info on the show and events around it.

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    5/04 Too NegativeCafe Press Store Open For Business!

    Just click the banner and...

    Support This Site
    I started up a shop where you can buy Devil Dahlia shirts and panties! (though unfortunately they only offer panties in women's sizes--where's my liscensing deal with MANties.net??? Someday...) In the meantime, keep checking back at the store--I'll be adding new merchandise and designs soon!

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    5/04 Too Negative #5 Now Available!!!

    "The Fall" story continues in the latest 2- comic! Ordering info, as always, can be found here.
    Also, check out the latest review of Too Negative at Silver Bullet Comics!

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    COMING 6/04 HOUSE OF 12 VER. 3.0

    In the Filth issue of House Of 12 you can read a 4 page story featuring Devil Dahlia and Akie, Force Bertha and her problem child Brandon, which will leave one to ponder where the real filth lies. The whole anthology will debut at the Mocca show June 26th and 27th in NYC, but in the meantime here's a sample panel

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    4/04 RIVERWURST COMICS

    I've got a full color Too Negative strip on the back cover of Milwaukee-based comix anthology Riverwurst, edited and published by cartoonist Tea Krulos. You can order this lovely full sized anthology, which also features Candye Kane, Dan Hernandez, Jen Sorensen and others for $4 from Riverwurst/PO Box 511553/Milwaukee, WI, 53203

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    2/04 TERRIBLE TOY FAIR II

    You just can't get me out of CB's Gallery---This year Emma Louise's wildly sucessful Terrible Toy Fair show moves there, and both me and Tim Kelly have pieces in the show--he's got a diabolically done up 2XL and I've got a hand made doll of Too Negative's Killbaby Kill as well as the original Mz Pakman dolls as seen on the cover of Oy Gevalt Live! Speaking of Mz. Pakman, guitarist Lisssa also has her now legendary doll pornos in the show.

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    2/04 9TH ART ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

    A roundtable discussion of humor comics I participated in last fall is up for all to read at Ninth Art

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    1/04 WICCAN CARTOONIST DRAWS JUDEO-CHRISTIAN BIBLE VERSES!!

    That's right--in an effort to promote tolerance and love amongst all difference creeds I have jumped on board the legendary illustrated Bible project being organized by Flaming Fire and promptly began to draw the verses that depict cannibalism. See for yourselves!

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    1/04 MZ PAKMAN'S NEW CD NOW AVAILABLE!!!

    You can get it HERE

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    1/04 LEGAL ACTION ART SHOW AT CB'S 313 GALLERY

    Mz. Pakman played to a raucous crowd of cartoonists in order to help the sad clown, but just because the party's over doesn't mean you can't check out the art---it's up till January 31st. I have two pieces in the show.

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    9/03 HOUSE OF 12 #2 TO DEBUT THIS WEEKEND!

    This weekend at the Expo (aka SPX) in scenic Bethesda, Maryland Cheese Hasselberger will be debuting his latest publication,House of 12 Ver. 2.0 at the show, Sept. 5-7. Also, check out a really good review Too Negative got at Sequential Tart

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    6/03 YOU DON'T NEED STARFUCK'S TO HAVE A MOCCA BLAST!

    It's the time of year for Indy Geeks that's almost as magical as SPX! :) The 2nd annual MOCCA show is this Sunday, June 22nd in the Puck Building on the corner of Lafayette and Broadway, and I'll be well represented there. You can see me intermittently at the House of Twelve table, where I'll not only have the new 2- #4, but I'll also have work in other great comics debuting at the show like Manual Comics MAULED! (true accounts of zoo mishaps) and a collaboration with Tim Kelly in his new book Free Summer Franks, also debuting at the show!

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    6/03 2- AVAILABLE IN QUIMBY'S

    In the Chicago area? 2- is now being carried in the legendary Quimby's at 1854 W. North Avenue. Stop on by!

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    6/03 BROAD BLAST FROM THE PAST!

    Over 6 years in the making, Friends of Lulu has finally released a slick little anthology called Broad Appeal, which contains an old 1 page strip I did back in my Kronikle Komix days! This may be the best place to see it, since the original was destroyed in an illegal apartment basement flood (not much you can do with those... For more info go here

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    4/03 RIOT INTERVIEW!!

    I'm interviewed in Liz Worth's zine RIOT about Mz. Pakman. It's free. To get a copy write to Riot! C/O Liz Worth/ 157 Delta St./ Toronto, Ont./ M8W 4E4 CANADA

    Speaking of Canada, on an unrelated note police arrested some terrorists attempting to blow up a bridge between Canada and Detroit, Michigan. Could the highly unlikely events in 2- #3 be coming to pass? I doubt it, but I just thought I'd mention, heh heh...

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    4/03 COLLAPSE IN NEW JAPANESE ANTHOLOGY

    The translated version of my 9/11 benefit story is in a new Japanese anthology called The Frontier Of American Comics. The book with a cover by James Kochalka, runs the gamut from Aaron McGruder's Boondocks to Tony Millionaire's Maakies and everything in between. To get a glimpse of the Japanese "Collapse", go here.

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    4/03 NEW PUSSY MAGAZINEI illustrated the back cover of the newest issue of Pussy Magazine. The most recent issue, which has an old-skool video game theme, also has comix by Tim Kelly and Abby Denson.

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    3/03 2- REVIEWED IN ROCTOBER MAGAZINE, MORE LEGAL ACTION Issues of Too Negative recieve glowing praise in the latest Roctober magazine, along with Tim Kelly's Zook and Max Ain't What They Used To Be. Other cool stuff in the magazine are a remeberence of the late Joe Strummer, a hilarious interview with Snoop Dogg, and a cyberpunk evaluation guide.

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    3/03 NEW MZ PAKMAN ALBUM RECORDED!!!! Mz. Pakman spent the weekend at Lab Rat Studios recording their next album, which has a whopping 14 tracks!

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    2/03 MUTILATED TOYS ON DISPLAY AT TERRIBLE TOY FAIR! I have some stuff on display at Dollhaus Salon's latest group show, The Terrible Toy Fair, as does my sweetie, cartoonist Tim Kelly and Mz Pakman drummer P5. The Dollhaus Art Gallery is located at 37 Broadway (between Dunham Place and Wythe Ave) in Williamsburg

    www.dollhaus.org For directions and map.

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    2/03 TOO NEGATIVE #3 AVAILABLE! The third issue of 2- is out now! Click the thumbnail of the cover to get more info on that:

    Also, 2- #2 has gotten some good reviews, including this one you can read online at the Almost Normal Comics review site. (Scroll down a bit to the 4th review)

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    11/02 MZ PAKMAN INTERVIEW IN NY WASTE A bit late in the month, I know, but I didn't pick up the thing till last night. Anyway, this month's issue ofNY Waste has an interview with Mz. Pakman by Karol Khaos, as well as some cute pics she took of us backstage at The Continental! You can pick up the Waste at CBGB's, Marz Bar, and other places. Click on the pictures for larger versions!

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    10/26/02 , 10/31/02 - KILLABRATION! AND SHOW WORLD Mz. PakMan will be playing two Halloween themed shows, 1st on the 26th at the Good/Bad Art Collective on 383 S. 1st St. in Williamsburg, along with the Psychos and Nick Bertozzi's Misfit's tribute band, The Thrilling Chilling Sounds of the Haunted House. Then on Halloween Night, catch us at the old Show World in Time's Square in Vic Thrill's Multimedia "Miss Prostitute New York" event! Along with the bands and Rev. Jen's Art Stars, witness a genuine prostitue beauty pageant! And with enough beer I may work a pole for old time's sake!! For more info on these and other Mz Pakman news go to our site

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    10/26/02 - FUCK FASHION AT DOLLHAUS! I will be a bloody mess of a model in the "Anti-fashion Show" for the "Fuck Fashion" Pussy release party at Dollhaus, 37 Broadway, Williamsburg NY. I also have some comics and illustration in the latest issue of Pussy. For more info on Dollhaus (a dreamily macabre space I could live in) visit www.dollhaus.org

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    10/1/02 - MZ. PAKMAN IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE Mz Pakman's newest single, A+ In Evil is on a Halloween themed compilation called "Rotten To the Core", and is already getting airplay on WFMU! Other kickin' Brooklyn bands on this comp include The Psychos, Vic Thrill, Jeffrey D., The Scurvy Pirates, and more. For further info/or to buy it, visit www.ranchoculero.com


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    9/02 - My comic from 9/11:Emergency Relief was published in the "Manga Honcho" section of the Japanese magazine "The Book and the Computer" I got to see my artwork with Japanese word balloons! Scans to come...


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    1/19/02 9-11:EMERGENCY RELIEF In Stores! Actually it hit comic stores about two weeks ago and should be in Virgin Megastores and other booksellers by the end of the month. This Thursday we had a signing for the book at Midtown Comics in NYC, me and the other creators ended up signing 500 copies! That's why I couldn't sign this till tonight!

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    12/21/01 LORD OF THE COCKRINGS at COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS This Friday was the premiere of Nick Zedd and Reverend Jen's new movie, "Lord of the Cockrings", in which me and Abby have bit roles. I frolic about as a topless elven maiden, which is not nearly as D&D as it sounds. If you're in the NY area, keep your eyes peeled cuz I'm sure they'll be screening it again.

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    11/24/01 T-shirts available at ANNA SUI boutique A little ratty told me that my first T-shirt design for Anna Sui is now being sold at her boutique at 113 GREENE STREET in NYC. And probably at other places where Anna Sui stuff is sold.
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    9-11: EMERGENCY RELIEF Anthology Benefit for NYC Now that all my loved ones are present and accounted for (thank you Mother), I'll be lending my pen to this comic anthology organized by Jeff Mason of Alternative Comics. It'll be an autobio story of how I felt and what I did when this travesty occured in my city. To read the official press release, roster, and see the cover art for the book visit the official page here: 9-11 Emergency Relief
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    MZ PAKMAN INTERVIEW IN BRUTARIAN QUARTERLY Brutarian Magazine #33, the "Cool Horror Fiction Issue" has a full feature article interview with my band, Mz. PakMan, plus profiles and pictures of all the band members!


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