MEAT! show at meltdown this thursday.

I have a piece of work in this show called "meat" at meltdown comics this thursday. Meat inspired artwork featuring the work of:

Michael Kupperman Charlyne Yi Brandon Bird Carlos Ramos J.R. Goldberg Julia Vickerman Myke Chilian Layron Dejarnette John Olsen Richard Lee Britt Sanders Jhonen Vasquez and me!

it's a great lineup of artists and i'm a little frightened about the special meat-themed cocktails that will be served at the show by Drinks with Alie and Georgia

this thursday march 3rd from 7 to 10 at meltdown comics.

-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...

CTN Expo this weekend!

I will have a table at the CTN animation eXpo this weekend in downtown burbank. I won't be at my table on friday but I will be selling and signing stuff saturday and sunday. Saturday i will have special guest star Phil Rynda the lead character designer on adventure time sharing my table with me! please stop by if you happen to be at the con.

table 77

-a

long beach comic con...this weekend

i will be at the long beach comic con this weekend sharing a table with my good friend Chris Bennett. we will be at table 1504 in artist alley.

Long Beach Comic Con
October 29-31, 2010
Long Beach Convention Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802

-a

a.p.e. 2010 this weekend!

i will be sharing a table with my friend liz walsh at this years alternative press expo this weekend in sunny san francisco. I'll have a lot of different high quality prints. tshirts and comics even. including my new graphic novel Escape from Dullsville.

table 704. stop by if you're there! right next to phil rynda and lfw

-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

whatats been going on...

it's been a while since i posted any art, so here's a quick post to give you a sneak peak of things to come.

this is the pencils for a page from a story i'm working on for the Hot Rod Horror vol. 2 anthology called "tunnel".

(i'm almost done inking the whole thing)

i'm also doing three pieces for and art show in L.A. called the 3 g's. Gremlins, Goonies, and Ghostbusters. below are the pencils for my ghostbusters piece.

also you can now follow me on twitter, if you dare!

-a

san diego comic con

i'll be at the san diego comic con friday and saturday... mostly walking around. but i will be at the SLG booth a little bit and hopefully at the popgun booth (if there is one!). be sure to check out the adventure time cartoon network panel on friday at 11:45 in room 6a/

fanboy radio...

I'm excited to announce that i will be interviewed live on Fanboy Radio this Sunday! David Hopkins and Scott Hinze were kind enough to invite me on the air this weekend for their june indie show. We'll be talking comics and art. You can listen live to the interview on KTCU on 4 pm Pacific time Sunday, or you can download Fanboy Radio as a podcast trough itunes, or stream it on their website.

hope you listen in!

-a

lights down low...

patrick biesemans and Zack Bateman came over the other week with to shoot some video and ask me some questions. they put together this awesome film for a series they are doing called lights down low!

Lights Down Low: With Andy Ristiano from Lights Down Low on Vimeo.

round 4...

you have one week left to email me a picture of yourself holding your copy of ESCAPE FROM DULLSVILLE, so i can draw a sketch of a character from the book for your very own. here is the 4th batch of drawings.


just look at these happy readers!

morgan wanted magico and the weird bug from the infinity scope, and wa-la he got em.

van asked for the beatnik nordine.

andrew wanted some sort of nautical themed drawing. perhaps this scene happens in the next graphic novel.

matty asked for ralph burton the trucker, i threw in the burger cart for free (hold the mayo).

thanks guys!

-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.

Escape from Dullsville on the way!

hey everyone.

if you pre-ordered my book Escape from Dullsville through amazon all those months ago. you not only helped to get the book printed but you should be receiving your copy in the mail in the next week or two. I've already received reports of people receiving their copies in the mail.

If you haven't ordered the book and feel like taking a look at a preview of the book look no further than this link right here.

and...
If you recall, I promised a free sketch to anyone who was kind enough to purchase of the Graphic Novel so, the balls in your court. All you to do is email me a picture of yourself holding your copy of Escape from Dullsville, the name of the character from the book you want me to sketch, and an address where you want me to send the drawing, to the email that is listed in the back of the graphic novel. I'm assuming it's going to take me a little while to get all these drawings done for everyone so please be patient!

you have till april 20th to get me a photo.

thanks for buying my book i hope you like it.

update:
looks like amazon is currently out of stock of the book, but you can also order the book from SLG directly here.


-andy

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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preview copy of escape from dullsville!

there it is...i received an advance copy of my new comic Escape from Dullsville in the mail the other day. boy am i psyched. the book weighs in at 1 pound 288 pages and boy do those pages smell great.

one month till you all should start to receive your copies!

-a

interview on SLG radio.

dan vado interviewed me on his podcast.



-a

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.

-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