Greetings From The Funhouse!

Two for the road

2007-11-25T11:12:00.001-08:00

It's been a busy few weeks here at the Funhouse. Big ups to my man Darrick at the SF Weekly for these.

Halloween on The Castro. Hopefully I'll get to do another where the guy is pissing on a yule log for Christmas on The Castro this month--

Sister Spit, a touring group of female artists and slam poets...

New one with dogs

2007-11-16T13:44:00.000-08:00

From Canoe and Kayak Magazine.

At last, the SF Weekly!

2007-10-01T20:01:00.000-07:00

I did a spot for the Night & Day section. I've been waiting 8 YEARS for them to call! Pick it up this Wednesday. For extra credit, write the editor and tell him how awesome it is.

Santa Fe Reporter - Roswell UFO Festival

2007-07-09T17:15:00.000-07:00

Happy Holidays from The Funhouse!

2006-12-13T00:58:00.000-08:00

Three for the road

2006-11-01T15:49:00.000-08:00

Cliff Face Comics ( http://www.clifffacecomics.com/fredo.html ) did a review of three of my books (there's no date so I know not when). Check it out.

Stumptown!

2006-10-31T19:27:00.000-08:00

"Yes, Stumptown has come and gone" slurs Funhouse mainman Fredo "and I have little in the way of money or comics to show for it but the memories...oh the memories!" You can also find some pictures here.

"Sales were just so-so." he continues "Guys, no more Friday/Saturday cons, okay?". SPX reportedly suffered from this as well. "Can't complain though, I jump at any opportunity to go to Portland. Everything was pretty well received. Of the few comics I got there, Bad Grades by Carla Yacenda and Fathers and Sons by Elijah J. Brubaker stand out."

Portland has become the land of cartoonists in the last few years. Ranks have swollen with the recent relocation of Jesse Reklaw, Andrice Arp, T. Edward Bak, Zack Soto and others. The city is also home to industry heavy-hitters Dark Horse, Top Shelf and Oni.

IN OTHER NEWS

Circus Peanut has been pulled from the Funhouse catalog

Rarely has a comic turned heads and then stomachs like this book. The fall-out has landed directly on that lousy nogoodnik, Dirty Sanchez. "Do sumpin' wif elves and leather", he wrote in a leaked internal memo "Dat shit is funny to me, an' I know funny! I am Dirty Sanchez, yo!". Well guess what else you are, Dirty. Fired! That's what! Pack your bindle and hit the bricks!

Until Dirty's position is filled, the incomparable Phil Legris will step up handling quality control as well as creative direction. "What's another hat?" he was quoted as saying earlier "I already wear The Funhouse Fez, Bowler and Beret. Just throw Sanchez's Sombrero on top after you take it to the drycleaner.". What a trooper! Among projects he'll be assisting on are the long awaited B'Nau-5000 #2 and Black Sheep #3. Stay tuned.

Until next time, BOOYAH!
Percy Gondwana

SPXcetera

2006-10-19T18:25:00.000-07:00

SPX went relatively well. Sales on BlackSheep #2 were healthy, though hardly staggering. This is due to a couple of things: Greater D.C. is a considerably more conservative area than my own Bay Area or New York (where my sales are always much better) there were also issues with traffic flow (or lack of) in the convention center itself. For most of the first day only one door was open at the far corner of the hall. The few people who made it all the way around to our side were pretty well picked clean. They opened two more doors on the second day, which helped considerably. Still, Friday sales (and, really...a Friday con in that area is just foolish) were so abysmal that the rally on Saturday didn't make up for it.

The new location is far from ideal as well. It's several stops up in White Flint and doesn't have half the accoutrements that the old location does. The closest restaurants were Arby's and McDonalds. Locating essentials like beer proved to be
pretty difficult too.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't all bad! I really enjoyed hanging out with my friends and table mates, Geoff Vasille (Trackrabbit) Joe Sayers (Thingpart) and Justin Decarlo (Hypertoast). I also got to meet a few people that I've encountered only in the pages of anthologies and online like Onsmith, Eleanor Davis and Kaz(imir). There's more but I can't remember them right now through the haze of beer.

IN OTHER NEWS

Dirty Sanchez has been released from his contract in the Funhouse Quality Assurance Department for reasons that I can't discuss (seriously, don't ask). Stay tuned for the announcement of his replacement.

Former Funhouse Quality Assurance Fictitious Person Dirty Sanchez

BlackSheep # 2

2006-10-08T12:09:00.000-07:00

Premiering at SPX.

October events and WIPs

2006-09-25T12:38:00.000-07:00

Howdy!

Yes, I haven't posted a damn thing since July, but that's a good thing! Too busy to blog = productivity, after all. A case in point: here are a couple of pages from the upcoming BlackSheep for the second part of Neighborhood of the Beast:

YES! I promised this since last June...yes, I meant to do three issues a year...so sue me. Events just haven't worked out as I'd planned. Fortunately I've now regained my momentum. I've been burning the midnight oil to premier this at SPX. Stay tuned for more previews. I'll be tabling with the incomparable Joe Sayers and the formidable Geoff Vasile. I'm planning to chase this release with the completion of the long-awaited B'Nau-5000 .

Following hot on the heels of SPX I will be at Stumptown, table #16 in the Bay Area ghetto. Come by and say hello.

Eddie Vedder can SUCK MY DICK!

2006-07-17T17:44:00.000-07:00

This one's for a Stranger article on the pros and cons for Pearl Jam. I was trying to go for a religious painting feeling, thus the fiery eyes and triangular layout. I think it's one of my better portraits, though I still don't feel like a proper caricaturist...

Updates at PAF

2006-07-04T01:40:00.000-07:00

I've just done a pretty massive update at The Funhouse. First one in MONTHS with new art and a new look. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Circus Peanut

2006-06-02T13:31:00.000-07:00

Here's the cover to my MoCCA-only mini Circus Peanut. It previews material from the next BlackSheep coupled with some reprints from various anthologies. The concept is thanks to Vanessa, who brought home an individually wrapped circus peanut and mentioned that it would be cool to paste one to each cover (one of the stories is called "Circus Peanut"). Now if I could just find a local suppy of them! I have some on order but I doubt they'll make it in time for the con.

A random bit out of my sketchbook

2006-06-01T18:57:00.000-07:00

I've only just returned to the Land of Doodle after many months away. I keep feeling like I'm not doing it right even though the point is to just stay loose. I'm pathetic. Anyway, here's one I don't hate.

Ketchup

2006-05-02T17:30:00.000-07:00

Here's a roundup of a few of my last illo jobs

Happy early St. Patty's from the Pope hisself!

For an article on The Pogues reunion in the New York Press.

Van Morrison

For the Dallas Observer

Half past a monkey's ass--

This one's up for an article on the rather unpleasant phenomenon of "monkey butt" for Bike Magazine . Those of you who aren't in the know as to what monkey butt is, its a close relative of jock itch. From what the article says it sound pretty unpleasant. Fortunately I don't have a problem with it. I often complain about how dry my skin is but now I think I'm lucky!

THE MOVE

2006-04-11T22:01:00.000-07:00

I've decided to move my blog here. Hopefully this will encourage me to post a little more often. Meanwhile, here's the old news. More as it comes.

Saturday, 25 June 2005

Black Sheep and MoCCA
June 11th and 12th was the MoCCA convention http://www.moccany.org/index.html at New York's Puck Building. This was my first year tabling and I must say, I was not disappointed. There were a great many off-the-street attendees and an unheard of mix of men, women, young, old...a few crazies, but that's to be expected at a comic convention. Sales were healthy but, as we were 3000 miles from home in the city that makes San Francisco look affordanle, the take home was negligible. I did get to hang out in my second favorite city during some of the hottest, most humid days of the year (it even made MY hair curl)and we met Joe Coleman: You can view the rest of the pictures here: http://www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoView.jsp?&collid=813709895203&photoid=713709895203

I debuted my new book Black Sheep at MoCCA. It's been in the planing stages for more years than I care to mention, much of it predating the first Shpilkes. Here's the press release.

Black Sheep is my new thrice yearly series. It continues the one-man-anthology format started in Shpilkes but features a new and infinitely more pronounceable title. This issue features part one of the six chapter "Neighborhood of the Beast". Our hero Ivan apartment hunting. His limited budget forces him to the wrong side of the tracks and over his head. "Neighborhood of the Beast" explores the darker side of suburbia that popular culture ignores. "Visually this is Fredo's strongest representation...His storytelling ability really emerges." - Matt Holdaway from Poopsheet 32 page mini with a 4 color silkscreened wraparound cover. Get it here: http://www.altgeek.net/route/store_index.htm http://www.altgeek.net/route/store_index.htm

Now be good boys and girls and go order a copy or two. I need the closet space.

Friday, 17 December 2004

Welcome to PAF News!
Yes, I've had the link up for days and I haven't posted a fucking thing. What cann I tell you? There hasn't been any news! Here's some old news: I'm the featured artist at the Cartoon Art Museum's Small Press Spotlight. I had a Halloween themed opening on October 11th. You can check out the pics here: Small Press Spotlight