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Hey all, trying to catch up with my blog. Back in June my boyfriend Daniel took me to see STRIKEFORCE:Live at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.

We’ve been to the UFC in Vegas, and King of the Cage a few times in Highland at the San Manuel casino. We saw a simulcast of UFC  111 at a theatre in Burbank, and when I heard that Strikeforce was doing a show in L.A. I knew what I wanted to do for my birthday, but sadly, Daniel said he couldn’t afford tickets so we went to see another UFC simulcast (ufc 115) the saturday beforehand instead.

Well the fucker tricked me and totally surprised me with tickets to Strikeforce as well. Not only that, but the seats were 4th row.

Fucking shit.

4th row!

Now the closer you get you can’t see any ground action because of the raise of the cage floor, but we got to see a lot of MMA stars close up who were walking past the front row and saying hi to fans. Jens Pulver in particular was very friendly and spent a good amount of time hanging out and talking to people. Dean Lister walked by close enough to touch. Handsome fella.  Gabe Ruediger looked pretty cool with his facial hair and these guys all look a lot bigger in person, like bulgey. Jason Miller had a mob all over him.

A lot of the bigger stars had seats up behind the stage near the cameras, of course.

I took a few shots of Robbie Lawler fighting Babalu, but the cage actually makes the images look pixelated.

Lawler in the white trunks

All in all a great time, and we were able to take the subway there. Cool!

In a few weeks is a fight at the Palladium, which I can walk too.

Can’t ask for more than that!

So this was the first time I had done all 4 days of the convention.  I had fun, worked the booth half of each day, and discovered that my comics have a devoted following. I’d have to say my biggest moment was when I meet a guy who had Doug’s necklace of Mitch’s mummified finger replicated as a prop and was wearing it at the convention.

Thanks, Zach! Coolest thing ever.

More comicon reportage to follow…

I have an order in that will arrive in time for comic-con next week, my 6th t-shirt design. This one has Feral on it, and for the first time… the Ghost Skater!

Check it out, droogies!

Hey peeps,

So I decided to support Inked-up by advertising with them. I stalled while working on a new logo… picking something to represent yourself artistically has always been tough for me. Let me know if you like the design, I may replace the current obake/skull design with it.

So I thought it was high time I pimped Inked-Up.com, a homo-centric social networking site focusing on tattoos and piercings. If you are gay and tattooed, check it out!

It has really taken off lately and fills a void, IMHO. Kudos to Anoki for starting the thing in the first place! I am impressed.

I want to see many many more of my clients on here!

Sammy smiles

It’s been a little more than a year since I adopted Sammy, my pitt/pointer mix. I can’t believe how far he’s come and what an amazing dog he is. Obviously I am very thankful that I got him, and for the people who fostered him and the rescue that took him in before I gave him his forever-home, as they say.

I want to give some props to the Fresno Bully Rescue and the great people who work there. Check out their website and help them out if you can

Hey all, been busy moving my domicile from a duplex in West Hollywood to an apartment in the Hollywood Hills. Be Right Back.

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Check this out! I knew I was going to be mentioned in the Pride ‘09 magazine in an article on queer cartoonists penned by Justin Hall, but I had no idea I was going to have a full page of art work, and that the magazine was  nationally distributed! Honestly, I thought it was just an S.F. local thing. Then I discovered that it was that same mag that has Rachel Maddow on the cover, and an interview of her done by Joe Jervis a.k.a. JoeMyGod. That actually does make me proud. Thanks for the hype, Justin! I am very happy with it.