Recycled Trash

Just finished putting together this sleeve design for a forthcoming 7" by trashy British punks The Unreleasables. This is actually an old drawing which I have updated and kustomized for this sleeve. You can find the original version in the archives of this blog if you care to dig around a bit. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Hamzig 4p-i-g

The current issue of Roctober has been out for a couple months now so I guess it's okay to post up this latest Hamzig installment as published therein. If you haven't picked up Roctober #48 yet, get over to www.roctober.com and grab it, cuz it's yet another king-sized cornucopia of the wildest weirdness (un)popular culture has to offer. Should have some more new stuff to post in the next few days so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Wylde In The Streets!

Here be thee all new Wylde Oscars T-shirt design. These Aussie garage rock champions are gonna be touring Europe later this year so save up those Euros to nab one of these must-have fashion accessories when they play in your town. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Rock Madness!

I drew this poster back in 2002 for a benefit show featuring a bunch of Winnipeg's best rock'n'roll combos. Squareheads singer and local rock legend Anthony Bueno was the instigator of this madness, which included the debut performance by local heroines The Quiffs. A bunch of these bands appeared on the Winnipeg Riot! compilation so dig up a copy of that CD if you wanna get a taste of what these shows were like. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Super Rock Team-Up

Here's a poster I finished a few days back for a cool upcoming show featuring a bunch of bands associated with Winnipeg's only rock'n'roll record label, Transistor 66. This piece was inspired by a few hours I recently spent perusing a bunch of mid-'70s Marvel comics that I bought when I was a kid. That may seem like a pretty oddball thing to be influenced by (especially considering how terrible most of those comics are) but never fear, without a doubt I'll find something even more inane to pay homage to in the not-too-distant future. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Santa's Booze Blast!

Here's my 2010 Xmas card. Hope you kids are having a swingin' holiday season. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Kreepy Kristmas

This sepulchral Sanata was drawn a few years back for my old pals The Independents. It was used to hype a Christmas merch sale on their website. More weirdo Christmas stuff coming up tomorrow so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

God Kills

Here's the first page of one of the stories I drew for the first issue of Nix Comics Quarterly. Sorry I can't post the whole thing but we do need people to actually buy the mag so we can keep putting out new issues. This is the longest comix story I've done in several years and my first ever attempt at coloring a multi-page story. I had a lotta fun drawing this and hopefully I'll be contributing more stuff to future issues of Nix. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Nix For Kix

Here's the cover art for Nix Comics Quarterly #1, due out in January 2011. I'm also gonna have 5 pages of comix in this issue, all written by Nix editor Ken Eppstein. I'm just finishing a 4 page story called "Man Loves, God Kills?" which I think is the best comix work I've ever done. I'll put up a sample page or two once I get 'em all wrapped up. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Trippin' Out

Here's an old drawing that I recently recycled into a poster for my friend Oscar (of well known Spanish rock'n'roll zine Kick Out The Jams fame) to use in promoting his garage rock radio show. The original black and white version of this drawing can be found in the archives of this blog if you care to dig around for it. Should have some new stuff for you in a couple of days. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

From Hell They Came

This one was drawn back in 1998 as the poster for the first ever Misfits show here in Winnipeg. Due to a miscommunication between the promoter and myself the posters were never printed, though some photocopies of the art were made and given away at the show. Otherwise this has remained unseen until now, so here it is in a newly scanned and colored version. Also on the bill for this show were local legends The Horribles with their street-tough brand of horror punk. If I remember rightly the photo of singer Andy O. that's on the cover of the Horribles CD was taken at this show. Anyhow, keep an eye out for more regular posting here from now on and in the meantime and in between time... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

She's My Vampire Girl

Here's yet another drawing I did for The Independents. This was the CD label art for the Live From Murder Beach album on Amp Records. This drawing started a tradition of Merinuk drawings of sexy monster girls which have appeared on most Independents CDs since this one came out in 2003. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

It's A Long Way Back To Germany

I thought I had posted this one long ago but apparently not. It's a poster I did a couple years back for one of the shows on Electric Frankenstein's 2008 German tour. My idea here was to combine rock poster art with comix, an approach that I plan to keep experimenting with. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Full Moon Arise

Here's the tray card art for the Full Moon Arise CD by The Independents. This one came out back in 2003 on the Fastmusic label. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

More Trash

Here's another logo/drawing for Ottawa blues/garage trashters The Middens. This one will be made into some snazzy buttons certain to add a touch of elegance to your choice of formal attire whether it be tuxedo, straitjacket or birthday suit. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Vinyl Fetish 2

Another poster for you today. This is the sequel to the first Calgary Music Collectors Show poster I posted awhile back, promoting another record convention which my friend mark is putting on next year. Prime pickings for Western Canadian wax hounds. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

The Demon's Claws

My old buddy Brian, drummer with the Demon's Claws and a bunch of other happening Montreal combos, asked me to design this poster for the release party celebrating the new Claws LP The Defrosting Of Walt Disney. Kind of a different style for me but I'm pretty stoked about how it came out. Also on the bill for these two shows are rockabilly maniac Bloodshot Bill and Brian's punk rock side project Genital Hospital. I should have some more new stuff for you in the next few days so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Let's Have A Party!

Hey kids, today is the one-year anniversary of this blog, so pour a beer and celebrate! Back when I started this thing I decided that I would do a post a day for one year and somehow or other I actually managed to stick to that schedule all the way through. From here on out I'm gonna drop the post-a-day rule. New work will get posted as soon as it's done and there is still a fair sized pile of worthwhile older stuff to scan and put up here but updates are gonna be a bit less relentlessly regular in the future. Please do keep an eye on this space for more wild weirdness coming at you when you least expect it. Oh yeah, today's image is the last of the wacky parody T-shirt designs I made for a local upstart entrepreneur back in the '90s. Scroll down a ways if you want to see the other two in the series. This one was printed along with the Merinuk interview that appeared in Dig It! magazine back in the late '90s. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Severed Head

Ew, gross, a severed head. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

The Mule And The Pussycat

Here's another of the half dozen of so illustrations I did for Pussycat magazine back in the mid-'90s. This one illustrates editor Mark's pugnacious interview with the bass player of bluesy alt-rock combo Mule. I thought all of these Pussycat drawings came out pretty well but this one is my favorite. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!