All Together Now...

i have a piece in the gallery nucleus beatles tribute art show “all together now”  this saturday july 7th along with many other great artist!  opening from 7 - 11.

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wet hot american summer

COME SEE ART! Camp Firewood show at gallery 1988 venice is tonight in santa monica from 7-10 pm hosted by David Wain! It's a tribute to the 10th anniversary of the comic send up Wet Hot American Summer.

should be fun!

-a

wet hot american sketches...

here's my sketch for a piece i put together for an upcoming tribute to Wet Hot American Summer art show at gallery 1988 venice this friday. (click the image to make larger)

the three b's: Beetlejuice

here's my third b. Beetlejuice. more info about the show in the near future!

-a

something meaty afoot...

here's my piece from the meat show. it's all pencil.

oh and you can now ask me whatever you'd like on my formspring.

-a

GR2 post it show 6! saturday night

i have about 12 post it's for sale at the GR2 post it show 6 this saturday night. you can see some of them here.

AND here's the info on the show.

Art show opening Post-It Show 6 at GR2 December 11 - January 12, 2011 Reception: Saturday, December 11, 6:30 - 10:00 p.m. GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 gr2.net (310) 445-9276 Giant Robot is proud to present Post-It Show 6 at Giant Robot 2. Curated by artists Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson in conjunction with Giant Robot, the show is slated to feature roughly 2,000 works by noted contributors for only $20. These pieces will be on standard-sized 3" x 3" Post-It notes. (Larger sizes of 4" x 4" and 6" x 6" will cost a bit more.) The pieces will be cash-and-carry, making it a great chance to find one-of-a-kind yet affordable holiday gifts.

Thus far, the ever-expanding list of contributors includes the following:

Trevor Alixopulos, APAK, Nick Arciaga, Andrice Arp, Jordan Awan, Ana Bagayan, Scott Bakal, Derek Ballard, Jesse Balmer, Lynda Barry, Gary Baseman, Niv Bavarsky, Lou Beach, Melinda Beck, Drew Beckmeyer, Mike Bertino, Tigerlily Biskup, Tim Biskup, Nicholas Blechman, Cathie Bleck, Jill Bliss, Jon Boam, Aaron Brown, Jeffrey Brown, Chris Buzelli, Tad Carpenter, Lilli Carre, Christine Castro, Ako Castuera, Martin Cendreda, Ching Ching Cheng, James Chong, Kevin Christy, Chris Cilla, Greg Clarke, Angie Clayton, Frieda Clayton, Fernanda Cohen, Patricia Colli, Dave Cooper, Jordan Crane, John Cuneo, Kelsey Dake, Eleanor Davis, Luke Davis, Skinner Davis, Vanessa Davis, Bob Dob, Seth Drenner, Josearis Espinoza, Edie Fake, Korin Faught, Jesse Fillingham, David Fishel, Cam Floyd, Nina Frankel, Shannon Freshwater, Future Colors of America, Nicholas Gazin, Susie Ghahremani, Cody Griffith, Matt Groening, Steven Guarnaccia, Peter Hamlin, Andrew Hem, Pam Henderson, John Hendrix, Jaime Hernandez, Ryan Heshka, Seonna Hong, David Horvath, Mina Horvath, Rama Hughes, Nick Iluzada, Jordin Isip, Theron Jacobs, Yellena James, David Jien, Levon Jihanian, Hellen Jo, Aya Kakeda, Kevin Kawula, Sun Min Kim, Kinoko, Kozyndan, Nora Krug, Travis Lampe, Anderson Landbridge, Zohar Lazar, LeMerde, Justin Lovato, Bill Main, Ben Marra, James McShane, Jason T Miles, Keiko Murayama, Julie Murphy, Mark Murphy, Gary Musgrave, Alyssa Nassner, Tom Neely, Tru Nguyen, Anders Nilsen, Saejean Oh, Ming Ong, Martin Ontiveros, Nathan Ota, Dave Plunkert, Jason Polan, Mimi Pond, Jarrett Quon, Luke Ramsey, Ron Rege, Jesse Reklaw, Martha Rich, Pat Roberts, Paul Rogers, Souther Salazar, Brooks Salzwedel, Ben Sanders, Britt Sanders, Rob Sato, Aaron Smith, Owen Smith, Sonny Smith, Raymond Sohn, Christina Song, Zack Soto, Bwana Spoons, Becca Stadtlander, Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Shirl Sun, Daria Tessler, Jeremy Tinder, Jesse Tise, Mark Todd, Shark Toof, Twerps, Edwin Ushiro, Jon Vermilyea, Chris Von Szombathy, Ben Walker, Bruce Webb, Steven Weissman, Gillian Wilson, Leslie Winchester, Ben Wolfinsohn, Calvin Wong, Connie Wong, Andrew J. Wright, Christine Wu, Ping Zhu, Jaime Zollars, and more...

a night in the tiki room...

just did this quick piece for a tiki art show they are having at SLG's boutiki gallery in san jose. friday november 5th.




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origami vinyl presents:

attention all L.A. peeps.

The folks down at Origami Vinyl were kind enough to let me hang some art up at their shop for the month of october.

it will be all Album Art and Post its.

the openings next thursday.

thursday october 7th.

from 6-9

at Origami Vinyl

1816 sunset blvd

in Echo park

hope to see you there.

-a

ATTENTION L.A. area friends! 3g show opening this friday!

show poster by jorsh pena

the autumn society and gallery 1988 present 3g : artwork inspired by Gremlins Goonies and Ghostbusters.

Show opens this Friday SEPTEMBER 3rd!
Friday, Sept. 3rd
7-10 pm

Gallery 1988
7020 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90038
ph: 323-937-7088
hrs: tues-sun 11am-6pm
e-mail:gallery1988@aol.com

below are my finished pieces. (i changed them all a little bit) i'll be selling a limited edition of prints at the gallery. if you want to see more about the show visit the autumn society's site.

thanks. hope i see you there!

-a

the second g: Gremlins

here's my second piece for the upcoming 3 g's (gremlins ghostbusters and goonies) art show at Gallery 1988 (in LA). the one below is for gremlins.


one more to go!

-a

the first g: ghostbusters...

here is my first of three pieces for a for the upcoming 3 g's (gremlins ghostbusters and goonies) art show at Gallery 1988 (in LA). the one below is for ghostbusters. thanks to Joe Game for inviting me to participate in the show!



more to come.

-a

art show and wondercon wrap up...

This past weekend was a busy one! phew! i'm still reeling from it. First off i had a most excellent of art openings friday and saturday night at Mission: comics and art. Thanks to everyone who came to either or both opening, all the bands that played, the dancers, and leef for hosting the opening at the gallery. The show should be up till the end of the month so stop by if your in the mission. also that weekend was wondercon. sold a bunch of prints shirts and books. thanks to everyone who stopped by the table. here's some pictures.

here' s the mission:comics and art gallery.

the other side of the gallery featuring 314 of my post-its.

shy grape opened up the night.

followed by the Agents of Venus playing songs off their new album.

then i joined Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound on my theremin.

the evening ended with Black Eagle trust rockin out a set. (i don't have a photo of them playing just yet. i should have one soon.

here's a few wondercon pics.

you know your at wondercon when undead pirates are on the escalator.

i was asked to draw old school quicksilver on this astonish x-men cover

there were reports of wondering vidiots by wondercon local Josh Ellingson. (photo by josh)

that is all for now.

-a

wondercon 2010...

Hey! wondercon's this weekend at the moscone center. if your in San Francisco and down with comic conventions stop by my artist alley booth: AA082. I will be there selling books, prints, and t-shirts.

where i be

and don't forget my gallery show opening at mission: comics and art on friday and saturday.

art show music and wondercon!

Type:

Music/Arts - Opening

Start Time:	Friday, April 2, 2010 at 7:00pm
End Time:	Sunday, April 4, 2010 at 12:00am
Location:	Mission: Comics and Art
Street:	3520 20th St. Suite B
City/Town:	San Francisco, CA
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hey everyone!

I'm having an art opening at in concurrence with the comic convention Wondercon.

stop by for the TWO Wondercon after parties

PARTY 1. ART!!!
Friday April 2nd.
7:30pm - 11pm
Opening Reception and “Escape From
Dullsville” book release party and art show opening.

Escape From Dullsville is 288-page graphic novel, collecting the entire run of his comic Life of a Fetus, plus over 80 pages of never before printed material,

PARTY 2. LIVE MUSIC!!!
Saturday April 3rd.
8pm-midnight

THE LINE UP

Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound
Black Eagle Trust
and Shy Grape

and the debut of Agents of Venus,
playing a rare live acoustic set
in honor of their new CD Boduvt,

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Press release-ie stuff:

Ristaino has been described as the "William S. Burroughs/Charlie Kaufman of alternative comix" by the locally founded arts and culture magazine, Hi-Fructose.

His comic work includes two Graphic Novels - "ESCAPE From DULLSVILLE" and “THE BABYSITTER”, published by SLG, and has been featured in comic book anthologies such as Popgun, Meathaus S.O.S., Nickelodeon Magazine, Spectrum, Go for the Gold, Tales of Hot Rod Horror, Spark Generators, and Pet Noir.

On display will be original comic pages, a wide variety of illustrations, prints, and album artwork for the bay area psych band Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound.


the art will also be on display at mission: comics & art daily Tuesday through Sunday 12 - 8pm.

Mission: Comics & Art
3520 20th St. Suite B
San Francisco, CA 94110
415.695.1545

more info visit:
http://skronked.blogspot.com
http://missioncomicsandart.com

Lucasfilm Benifit Art Auction.

I almost forgot i'll have a piece up for aution at the Lucasfilm Animations Second Annual Benefit Art Auction today friday feb. 5th. Unfortunately, i can't go due to my other art show but i'm glad to have been a part of it.

-a

san jose boutiki art show today!

just a reminder if your in the san jose area tonight come on down for first fridays at the SLG Boutiki art gallary for my art opening with FREE live music.

starting at 8p.m.
SLG boutiki art gallary
577 S. Market Street
San Jose, CA US

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Of podcasts and art openings...

I'll be a guest this thursday afternoon at 2 p.m. PST on SLG's Blog Talk Radio to talk with Dan Vado about the upcoming art shows at the Cartoon Art Museum in san francisco (tomorrow thursday the 28th), the SLG Boutiki gallary in san jose (next friday feb. 5th), and to promote my new book Escape from Dullsville which we are expecting to ship out in early march.

you can listen to the podcast live or download it through itunes. If you want you can call in and ask a question at this number (646) 378-0737.

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Opening reception at the cartoon art museum

The opening reception for my Small Press show at the cartoon art museum is next thursday the 29th.

At the Cartoon Art Museum

655 Mission Street, San Francisco

Thursday, January 28, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm
the Reception is free and open to the public.

hope you can attend!

-a

week of things!

This week was a very busy for me as far as public appearances. It all Started last weekend with Indy Euphoria in Sacramento. It was Sac-towns first Indy comic convention and unfortunately it was scheduled for the same weekend as an anime con, so it was really, really, really slow and lowly attended. But it was still a cool convention to do and i somehow managed to cover my costs of getting out there. Indy Euphoria was also held in this cool building, The Scottish Rite center, which i guess is an uber free-mason hangout. The second stop this week was the "into the ring, sumo style" art show that i did a piece for. Plenty of folks there and Free Saki made for a good time. and yesterday i went down to SLG headquarters for the second San Jose Comics Fest. Pretty cool little quarterly free comic con hosted by SLG. pictures below

me and my brother phil at Indy Euphoria

Convention sketch i did of Brain-e-cat for a girl named kat.Global domination explained in 30 easy steps!

weird two headed mason eagle

me next to my painting at the sumo show.

A slower moment at the San Jose Comics fest held deep within the SLG bunker.

-a

what's happening this week!

two things for this week!

I have a new piece (as seen above!) in the art show Into the Ring, Sumo Style! , a Sumo wrestling themed art show. Should be cool! The opening is this Friday, January 15th at the SOMArts Cultural Center, and I will be there. I hope that if you are in San Francisco that night you can join me and all the other talented folks whose artworks will be in the show! for more info click the links.

get there early to enjoy the free saki!

and...
Saturday Jan 16th (The following day) I will be at the San Jose Comics Fest, A free admission comics convention hosted by my publisher SLG in downtown San Jose. Featuring plenty of great artists. Should be a neat thing to do on Saturday if your in San Jose. click the link for more info!

-a