Biggest Mofo EVER

I was browsing the New School website (for what?) when I saw this dude in this bizarre video (that somehow turned into an ad for Apple. Wtf? You can find it at the school's homepage if you're curious)  and I just feel compelled to tell you this story.

One day, when I was still a senior at Parsons (thankful now those days are a-over), I was riding the good old elevator down to the fourth floor. The school elevator is small, slow, and always crowded at the beginning and end of classes. So the dude in the picture comes in with a group of five or six obnoxious people, talking loudly as if nobody's around.

By the time we got down to the fourth floor and the elevator door opened I was at the very end of the elevator and this dude was standing in the very front right next to the elevator door. I said 'excuse me' so he would step out for a second to make way for me to go through but it seemed like he didn't hear me. That's okay, I said it again a little bit louder, and he still didn't hear me, maybe it was just because the other people were talking too loudly. 'COMING THROUGH', I shouted, worried that the door was going to close pretty soon, and this time I'm sure he heard me because the muthafucka turned his head, looked at me, turned his head back, and resumed the conversation that he was having. The elevator door closed and I missed my damn stop. It didn't seem like he had much problem hearing the f-bombs I dropped him afterwards since he tried to give me a lecture on how to be less RUDE.

Later on I found out he is actually a teacher at Parsons. Unbelievable. Seriously.

In memory of my yellow nib holder...

Please enjoy this little experimental three page comic, starring my yellow nib holder and drawn with my yellow nib holder. I drew it maybe about a year and a half ago. It's very Freudian, as I was trying to say something about art and sex but I couldn't remember what exactly. Nonetheless I find it still interesting to look at and I hope you do too.

Worst day of 2009 (so far) - goodbye yellow nib holder

Before I get whiney, Happy New Year to everybody who's reading this blog (how many of you are out there? Three?). I hope you've had a great holiday, I sure am as I'm spending mine back in the big apple.

I was spending my day in the Rockefeller Center making drawings for the comic book I'm currently working on. The Rockefeller Center has a lot of cultural significances and is loaded with art and information, which make it a great place to draw. I've already been drawing for a while and my fingertips were starting to freeze and that's when I dropped my yellow nib holder and it fell into the sewer...

For those of you who don't know, a nib holder is a stick, most of the time made of plastic, which... well, holds nibs. This way you can change the nibs of your pen when they get worn out or change different types of nibs that make different types of marks.

This yellow nib holder has been with me for a very long time, so long that I can't even remember how long I've had it. It holds nibs that are slightly differently sized than the one's you'll find in North American art stores. My favorites nibs are the Maru-pen and the G-pen, which are commonly used amongst Japanese manga artists, especially the G-pen, which is capable of making a wide range of marks like a musical instrument that has a wide range or high and low notes and a variety of tones.

Rest in peace, my beloved nib holder. I guess at least I'll have a whole lot of drawings that we made together to remember you by.