Evening, succubi

We’ll be at the MOCCA Festival this weekend, sharing a table with our biggest star Benjamin Marra. Table A17. Come by for your initial, complimentary lesson in how to be cool.

Their link, with directions, etc…

-THOMAS

The 3rd issue of Mammal Magazine has finally arrived!
It took us three years, countless sleepless nights, and four knife fights.

This issue’s theme was FEAR! and is packed with terrifying work by
Les Kanturek, Devin Clark, Jim Cooke, Jenny Herbert, Tom Raski,
Jim Bauer, Dan Meth, Benjamin Marra, Tom Forget, Matt Dorfman,
Claire Donner, and Joe Spix.

So, come join our celebration of publication completion!
It’s the Mammal Magazine Issue 03 Release Party!
Wednesday, February 9th
Night of Joy (667 Lorimer St . – Corner of Lorimer and Meeker Ave.)
8 pm

See you there!

- Mammals

Evening, children.  Like a reverse Santa, we’ve been dropping bundles of MAMMAL all over town, and it seemed an appropriate time to list some of the fine retailers carrying the book.  For your convenience, you can now find it at:

Cosmic Comics

Desert Island Comics

Bergen St. Comics

St. Marks Bookshop

Spoonbill and Sugartown

In addition, you’ll be able to score copies at this Saturday’s (12/4) annual BIBLIOBALL, put on by the foxy ladies of the Desk Set.  They’re a group of librarians who plan consistently excellent events that give to sterling causes.  This year’s Biblioball benefits LIT, a program providing books to incarcerated youths.  It’s more than worthy, and it’s certain to be a rip-snorter of a good time.  By all means please check it out.  They’re holding it at the BELL HOUSE this year.

That’s all we got.  Go forth and conquer!

-THOMAS

Well, my hungry cannibals, it’s finally here.  MAMMAL 003 debuts at this year’s New York Comic Con, October 8-10.  We’ll be at booth #654, so come find us to have your mind molested.  We’re ready…with rubber gloves and tongs.

Dominate!

-THOMAS

Destroyers and Ravagers,

I was frankly stunned to see that we haven’t updated since December.  I thought, “that’s not that long ago, right?  It is.  Long ago.  Fuck!  Well during that time, MAMMAL 003 was being knitted together like an enormous healing scab.  I’m pleased to say that it’s finally FINISHED AND AT THE PRINTER.  I just received a dummy today.  If you enjoyed 001 and 002, this one should turn your crank.  Since those previous issues, our crew members have been busting ass on all sorts of other work, but we’ve got a colored excerpt of Benjamin “NIGHT BUSINESS” Marra’s loving homage to N.W.A.-style Hip-Hop, GANGSTA RAP POSSE, new, truly insane illustrations from UGLY AMERICANS (doing damage on Comedy Central) creator Devin Clark, and disturbing explorations of dark neuroses from Dan “Meth Minute” Meth, among others (myself included).  SO!  We expect it will be available to y’all by October, with the debut at New York Comic Con from October 8-10.  We’ll be in the small press section – - look for us and we’ll have fresh, hot issues for you.

Dominate!

-THOMAS

Hello cannibals!  I recently had the privilege to contribute art to the totally awesome Richmond, Virginia-based skate zine BORN UGLY. Friend-of-MAMMAL Jim “Barf” Callahan was kind enough to include one of my “Boring Meeting Drawings” in issue #4. You can order it from them or read it in convenient pdf format at their site. It’s really pretty excellent and will make you want to take out the board you haven’t used since all of your high school buddies got driver’s licenses.  Take a look when you have a chance, and make sure you take a look at some of Jim’s illustration and comics work. The dude is keeping the torch lit for ultra-sick graphics!

Thrash,

THOMAS

Hello Rabid Rabble!

While the MAMMAL dwarves, kidnapped and drugged, continue working on the layout of said mag, I found time in my globetrotting playboy schedule to make the cover for MAMMAL #003: FEAR!   Yea, though ye walketh through the valley of death, thou SHALT fear our EVIL!  Actually, the issue is a lot more multifaceted than that, with fear examined in ways whimsical as a juggler and serious as a coronary, all of it personal to us.  I’ll be putting together a logo shortly, but for now, here’ the raw finished art.  I was aiming for a nice 70′s pervo-euro-horror comic/movie poster vibe.  Did I get it?  You tell me, readers!  WARNING!  Some of you may not have ever seen…a breast…before.  I recommend you sit down before looking at this…

Love and scabs,

THOMAS

The chilling, titillating, altogether thrilling cover for MAMMAL MAGAZINE #003: FEAR!!!

Good day, kind citizens!

I Recently had the honor of painting a poster (which will also be a magazine ad) for ODYSSEY BMX.  Our main man over there Jim Bauer art directed it and was both patient and helpful while I was cramming 12 of his pro riders (such as Aaron Ross, Adam Banton, Chase Hawk, etc.) into the composition.  His idea and my intention were to give it the same feel as an 80s action-movie montage poster.  Kind of an homage to Drew Struzan (I did my best – - he’s…a “little” better than me.)  Jim debuted the poster at a BMX convention over the weekend, and was happy to report that all 500 copies he brought flew off the table.  I’m really excited about how it came out and will update again once I know which magazines it’s appearing in.  RAD!

This is one of the copies of the poster, signed by 8 of the 12 riders!

THOMAS

Gahan Wilson's poster for SPX 2009

Greetings, Savage Youth!  MAMMAL Magazine is currently gearing up for our appearance at the SMALL PRESS EXPO in Bethesda, Maryland this weekend 9/26-9/27.  You’ll know you’re near us by the overpowering stench of wild creatures that follows us everywhere we go, but just in case we’ll be at table E15.  In addition to the usual MAMMAL books and merch, BENJAMIN MARRA, esteemed co-founder, will be flogging his morally flawed and nitro-exciting comics GANGSTA RAP POSSE and NIGHT BUSINESS.  If you’re going to be there, by all means seek us out, as we’ll be dispensing meaningless platitudes disguised as deep, eternal wisdom for any who seek guidance.

Demons are real,

THOMAS

Hey rabid ones – - Here’s a glimpse into the creative process!  It’s my drawing for the cover of MAMMAL 003: FEAR.  We’re hard at work getting this new issue done, and it’s my turn at the plate for the cover.  I’m about to slather this bad boy in acrylic, but first I wanted to post its skeleton.  Enjoy!!!

-THOMAS

My Drawing for the cover of MAMMAL 003