Matt provides accounts of two separate book cover assignments that were killed while running the editorial gauntlet here and here.

Some things are just too over the top even for Mammal (crazy as it sounds). With the release of first issue I thought it would be interesting to show one of the pages that didn’t make it into the final cut. After much debating and many copy revisions, it was collectively decided that a [...]

Interview with Zolton Zavos at the arts and culture blog Lost at E Minor last week. Check it out here. – Benjamin

Going to be in this show out in South Cali at the end of the month at the JFlynn Gallery. It’s a show of, like, ornament-type objects for Christmas trees. Below is an example of what I’ve came up with. The ornaments made from drawings that I do on the subway that I call “fantasy [...]

Here’s the idea for the cover of the next ish of Mammal I submitted to the bros … – Benjamin

A couple weeks ago I found out the web show I created for Comedy Central, 5ON, was one of the four nominees for “Best Animated Web Show” in the inaugural TV Guide Online Video Awards. You can go an place your vote…FOR ME!… here . Sadly, the actual ceremony, which would have taken place [...]

Matt only began reading books by Norman Mailer this summer. As such, this past weekend brought with it some mighty bad news.
photo by Neal Boenzi for the New York Times. 

Check it out: Did a 4-page, gatefold illustration for Rolling Stone’s 40th anniversary issue recently. It’s titled “Indie Rock Universe” and basically it’s what Indie Rock would look like if it was a universe with planets. The ish is only out for another day but you can check it out on the Rolling Stone website [...]

With much of the planning credited to Devin’s dogged determination, the Mammal 001 Launch Fiesta went off like gangbusters last week. We expected a whole five people to show up and instead were received by 30 or more, some of whom included some old friends we hadn’t seen in years. A modest turnout maybe, but [...]