Colorful monster (link roundup)

Big flying monster by Guy-Pascal Vallez. Lots more monsters on display at his site.

And a few more links:

1. Where the Wild Things Are/Godzilla party invitation.

2. MODOK vs. Lucha Libre by Jim Rugg.

3. Tricked-out golf carts.

*Previously: Llama golf caddy.

*Buy Where the Wild Things Are toys at eBay.

Afrodisiac in Vietnam and....as a duck

New Afrodisiac art by Jimm Rugg. The notes say:

The crew behind Street Angel hits the ghetto with the Afrodisiac - in SuperColor! There’s cats, gats, spats, and feathered hats…action as big as a Georgia ham and wool so fine it'll blow your mind! Lock up your daughters, come hell or high water, cause here comes the king of the concrete jungle!

Available for preorder for $10 at Amazon.

*Previously: Delirium desktop wallpaper by Jim Rugg.

*Buy wind-up dinosaurs at eBay.

OC Weekly cover by Jim Rugg (link roundup)

Cover story by Jim Rugg for the OC Weekly. The tease for the featured article says, "Cancer wasn’t killing Jack Jessee fast enough. Did that drive his wife to hire a hit man?"

And a few more links:

1. The new issue of XBox Magazine features Bioshock 2. Cover scan here, and more scans will be uploaded.

2. An isotope called technetium-99m, is used in more than 40,000 medical procedures every day in the US to test for cardiac disease, cancer and kidney trouble. It mostly comes from a 51-year-old reactor in Ontario, which has been shut down due to safety problems. Here's a semi-alarmist article about the problems that shortage might cause.

3. Since the original winner of the Steam Crow giveaway never responded, I was forced to choose a new winner. "marshman" was randomly chosen and hopefully has received an email from me.

*Previously: LA Weekly cover by Jim Rugg.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Jim Rugg cover for the LA Weekly (link roundup)

The cover of this week's LA Weekly is by Jim Rugg.

And a few more links:

1. The Ashley Wood toys are really too expensive to have problems like this.

2. Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus starring Deborah Gibson and Lorenzo Lamas. Stills of the monsters here. Via.

3. While exploring the site of The Asylum, makers of the Mega Shark movie, I found this giant nigiri.

4. Some people create custom Thing action figures. Other people create custom Thing televisions.

*Previously: Shark plane.

*Learn how to make sushi with these books at Amazon.

Jim Rugg draws a US Attorney

The Pittsburgh City Paper features a cover story about a US Attorney and the various people she prosecuted, including a hardcore pornographer. Jim Rugg drew the cover illustration.

*Previously: Criminal District Attorney, the pulp comic.

*Buy trophy heads at eBay.

Resident Evil Blood Drive Posters (link roundup)

One of several Resident Evil-themed posters Jim Rugg created for a Capcom/Iam8bit/Red Cross blood drive this Friday in Los Angeles.

And a few more links:

1. The Watchmen Last Supper.

2. Rich Page has more stickers available.

3. MODOK by Fred Hembeck.

4. This gets my early vote for best story of the year. Criss Angel apparently recently purchased two illusions from Lance Burton.

*Previously: New York high school principal hires black magic practitioner.

*Buy magician posters at eBay.

Madman pinup by Jim Rugg

This is a small part of a colorful new Madman pinup by Jim Rugg.

*Previously: Madman paper toy.

*Buy Madman toys at eBay.

Street Angel: the movie

Film student Lucas Testro turned Jim Rugg's Street Angel into a movie:



You can watch a trailer and see various stills here (it features ninjas and Dr. Pangea, the world's deadliest geologist). And if you live in LA, there will be a free screening at USC's school of Cinematic Arts main dubbing stage on Friday, February 20th at 7:30 pm.

*Previously: Delirium desktop wallpaper by Rugg.

*Buy Jim Rugg comics at eBay.

Trash collecting robot of the future

To further commemorate my oldest boy's trash truck obsession, I asked Joe Alterio to draw me a "futuristic, trash, collector." Here's what he came up with:



You can order your own monster or robot illustration by Alterio here.



And while I'm talking commissions, here's a retelling of The Hills Are Alive by Jim Rugg, featuring zombies:



Contact Jim to request a commission.


Finally, I'm jealous of Vy Tran's sketch collection





*Previously: Lego robots.

*Buy toy robots at eBay.

Jim Rugg draws J. Jonah Jameson

Jim Rugg completed this J. Jonah Jameson illustration for Kevin Church's J. Jonah Jameson collection.

*Previously: Delirium desktop wallpaper by Rugg.

*Buy Jim Rugg's "Street Angel" at Amazon.

Calvin & Hobbes playing video games

Jim Rugg has been soliciting commissions lately. Above is one half of his drawing of Calvin & Hobbes playing video games. Click through to see what the game looks like (it involves Hobbes as an evil ninja).

*Previously: Delirium desktop wallpaper by Jim Rugg.

*Buy comic books by Jim Rugg at Amazon.

Street Fighter poster by Jim Rugg

Jim Rugg's site.

*Previously: Jim Rugg's poster for NES game "Pro Wrestling."

*Buy Street Fighter action figures and collectibles at eBay.

"Afrodisiac Meets Dracula," by Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca

If you have a magnifying glass handy, you can read the entire comic here. Via.

Delirium Desktop Wallpaper (by Jim Rugg)

See the whole image here.

Jim Rugg poster for the old NES game "Pro Wrestling"

Click through for more art by Jim Rugg.