Friday December 30, 2005 -- 3:52 p.m.

Last night we had the first guests ever at our new joint! Fred D. and Caroline! It was awesome, and truly wonderful to see them again. I didn't take any pictures this time because that probably would have driven them away, but we had a blast. We talked all about school, jobs, art, videogames, church parking lots, and sports disasters caught on tape. And Fred and I are going to work on a woodcut project together, so that should be cool as hell.

This will be the last update for a few days. Rudy and I will be visiting some friends for New Year's Eve tomorrow, and probably just relaxing for the next day or so after that, so I probably won't be back online with news and stuff until next Tuesday or maybe Wednesday.

In the meantime, please close out your lovely 2005 by enjoying this handful of hilarious comic panels taken entirely out of context to be as perplexing and unsavory as possible. You will probably notice a theme, and it may make you think I am quite juvenile, but hey, these are still really funny.

Wonder just who it was that "ruined" their hair...



Seriously, how could the artists just not know what this Batman and Robin panel really looked like?



No comment necessary here.



This one looks harmless enough, right?



But wait...what was that band's name, anyway?



And finally, a fitting conclusion to this exercise in crudeness and gauche humor...



Have a great New Year's celebration, and I'll be back soon!

Matt K.

Tuesday December 27, 2005 -- 7:28 a.m.

I think breakfast today will just be oatmeal and vitamins. Yesterday we went to the Dorothy Lane Market and were going to get some raw pure honey to put in the oatmeal because it came in this cool giant jar with a real honeycomb stuffed RIGHT INSIDE, but we got some handmade Greek pizza with olives and pesto instead. Good for dinner, but not good for breakfast.

Oh yes, another comic book panel from the archive, taken out of context and therefore utterly perverse. Or are you simply projecting?



Matt K.

Monday December 26, 2005 -- 5:54 p.m.

Today for breakfast Rudy and I had juice, vitamins, and pie. It was awesome.

Now please enjoy this next hilarious comic book panel taken out of context.



Matt K.

Monday December 26, 2005 -- 8:59 a.m.

Just to show that I'm not a hopelessly sentimental and maudlin fool around the holidays...



Matt K.

Sunday December 25, 2005 -- 1:14 p.m.

Hello! Rudy and I spent most of the last week running around the country visiting some friends and family for the holidays, so now that it is Christmas morning we have nothing to do at all but just hang out together and relax. It is quite wonderful! We both sincerely hope that all of you out there are having happy times with each other, your friends, and your families celebrating however you choose to celebrate.

I have some truly astounding gifts from friends to share with you, but first a bit of actual Spudd 64-related art news. A few weeks ago, Stephanie told me that her friend Burps Liberty, aka Phoebe, way down in Australia was putting together a zine and asking for submissions. You can click here and see some images and information about the zine, and this page changes as the project evolves. Also, make sure you take a look at her art and photography which is nothing short of amazing! Anyway, when I first found out about the project, the zine did not have a title or a theme. I got started on my submissions when the theme of "growing up" was announced, and now the zine finally has a name. The project is called "Friday: the zine" which is quite a perfect title, I think. The call for submissions was pretty broad, so one could contribute anything from drawings to comics to photography to prose to poetry to collage, as long as it was in black and white and two dimensional. I submitted two drawings, and I will let you know if Phoebe decides to use one, both, or none in the zine. The theme of "growing up" was kind of tough for me at first, and I think I may have been a little obvious in my treatment, but I still like the pieces I did. This first one is entitled "Otis the Pillbug Satellite with His Little Brother Caleb."



The second one is simply called "Heliotrope" and revisits one of the themes I am constantly obsessed with, which is that of seeds and their growth into plants. Here it is.



I am going to post both of them in the comic art section of the art page of my site, but I am waiting until I hear from Phoebe about which drawings (if any) she will be using so I know how to properly title and credit them. I would love to know what you all think of these drawings, so drop me an e-mail and let me know. Right now they are in the mail and on their way to Australia, but when I get them back from Phoebe I am going to put them up for trade or sale or something, I think.

So as I wrote that part, I was thinking how incredible a feeling it is to know that my little drawings have now traveled all over the world. I know there are copies of "Spudd 64" floating around all over Ohio, some in Michigan, some in Wisconsin, and some in New York. I've gone to several small press shows so I imagine "Spudd 64" is in a few more states that I don't know about too. But "Spudd 64" has now traveled to Germany, where it has a new home in the hands of the ever-amazing Anna and Meeloo of BonGout, it has winged its way to Scotland to a new friend named Sean Michaels, and since I included copies of the first 3 issues with the drawings I was submitting to Phoebe, "Spudd 64" will now be living in Australia too! Four countries on three continents! Not bad for a little self-published hand-xeroxed comic. Thank you to everyone who expressed an interest in my stuff, it really makes me feel amazingly happy.

Next up, as promised, is the Christmas card that was sent to us by my dear friend Johnny Ampersand and his brilliant wife Alice. If it wasn't for Johnny, I never would have done a comic of my own, so I suppose that you all have him to thank for my comic and this web site. As you might now, every copy of issue #1 of "Spudd 64" had a hand-drawn cover illustration that was tipped in to the cover. Well, this year, inside their Christmas card, Alice and Johnny wrote "Our Christmas cards this year are inspired by the cover to SPUDD 64 #1...hope y'all appreciate the homage. Please don't sue. Each card is unique-collect 'em all!" Which was absolutely awesome. And of course, the card was super cool too, so take a look at the one we received.



I think Johnny should collect all his drawings and just publish a sketchbook. I know I'd buy it, although I am fortunate enough to own several pieces of original Johnny Ampersand art so I am a leg up on the rest of you. Anyway, thanks for the card, Alice and Johnny! This year we got quite a few unexpectedly cool cards from friends like Alice and Johnny, Dara Naraghi, and our old pal Kristine K. as well as much-appreciated e-mails from my boy Todd Michael B., Kyle Wallace, and of course Stephanie W.

Now, on to more about Ms. Stephanie W.

I put this little web site up in early May of this year and very soon after received an email from Stephanie. She lives in Brooklyn and found out about me and "Spudd 64" through Optical Sloth. The timing was pretty amazing, actually, as I got her email (the very first I ever received at the www.spudd64.com e-mail account) mere days after the site went up. Stephanie was so breathtakingly kind, supportive, and friendly from the very beginning that I was almost suspicious. But only almost. Stephanie won me over immediately with her genuine niceness and creativity. Rudy and I were in New York City last July, and we are actually able to meet Stephanie and her fiance Kevin and they were even more amazing in person. Our only regret about the entire thing was that we didn't live closer, but we will be in New York again next June for MoCCA so we will definitely be seeing them both again. Stephanie has been staggeringly generous to Rudy and I, and has shared all kinds of comics, zines, and art that she has tracked down there in New York as well as stickers, buttons, and art of her own creation. And Christmas has been no exception at all. This past Thursday, a lovely box arrived from a very very tall UPS delivery driver, and I was very good and waited to open it. And wow. Stephanie has outdone her own kindness again. I guess there was a BonGout show at the Cinders Gallery in Brooklyn so she was able to visit and actually see their amazing work first hand. So lucky! So far, all I've ever been able to do is email back and forth with Anna a bit, and order a few of their books online. And while she was there, she picked up the following amazing things to share with me on Christmas. First is truly the most intensely visionary and surreal calendar I have ever seen. Totally silkscreened on superthick and sturdy paper, this marvel was forged by BonGout and designed by the one and only Grits Gries, a mysterious and shadowy force in the world of art and comics whose named has popped up in conjunction with Paperrad and Retard Riot even while details remain murky. This is way more than just a calendar though and I'll be holding on to the art for a long time. Here is the cover...



And here is a sample of one of the months. I have chosen June, since that is the month of my birthday and hence the best month ever.



Sorry that the bottom part of the calendar part got cut off, my scanner is not large enough. June was also awesome because it was all about Fully Buckminster, and I have a secret crush on Buckminster Fuller and his big geodesic-dome shaped head.

Stephanie sent a letter with the package, and in it she mentioned that she had a hard time choosing which BonGout book to send so she followed her instincts and chose "Tajga von Zawatskip." I am pretty certain that Tajga is actually the artist and that Meeloo and Anna have worked with her/him/them. Anyway, Stephanie simply could not have made a better choice as Rudy and I absolutely melt for Tajga's art. Here's the cover and some images from the book...









Freakishly good, huh? I'm not sure Stephanie realizes how pefect the book is, since Rudy and I actually have 3 art prints that Anna and Meeloo screened for Tajga that are in line to be framed next and hung in our bedroom. Check 'em out...

This one is called "Ghost"...



This one is called "Mosquito"...



And this last one is called "Tiger"...



All so good it makes one quite delirious. Stephanie, you have no idea how my Rudy and I worship this mysterious Tajga.

As staggering as that embarrassment of riches seems, I saved the best gift for last. The FMIII Buddha Machine, issued by Staalplat Records, although Stephanie says it is also available from a remarkable site called Forced Exposure which looks very interesting and I am excited to check out. Anyway, back to the FMIII Buddha Machine. First, have a look at the box and the machine itself...





So simple, yes? Okay, so much of this information is paraphrased from Stephanie's lovely letter since I have been spending way too much time simply listening to the Buddha Machine. This is the first in a planned series of self-contained unit releases from Staalplat and contains 9 looping ambient tracks that run continuously. They parallel the ambient tones and chimes that fill Buddhist monasteries and are meant to help the monks focus on meditation. According to Stephanie, these units were actually manufactured by Buddhist monks in China, perhaps to assist in fundraising for their temples. But here is the coolest part. According to an exploded view diagram of the FMIII Buddha Machine on the web site, each unit actually contains a small Buddha figurine that serves no mechanical function other than to imbue the unit with a touch of both humanity and perhaps divinity. Here is the diagram...



I owe Stephanie a nice long email, but I must admit that sitting and listening to the Buddha machine is an immensely serene and soothing experience, and I have fallen in love with it already. Thank goodness it is battery powered, since I can already foresee traveling with it quite a bit.

And last, Stephanie included this CD of music from Brian Eno and Cluster which I am showing off here mostly to continue sharing Stephanie's art, which she is still far too hesitant to admit is marvelous.



So wow, what an absolutely phenomenal Christmas I have had. My friends and family are so kind and generous that sometimes I don't even know how to feel, I am so ridiculously fortunate. Thank you to everyone who has shared kindness, warm wishes, laughter, friendship, cards, messages, and gifts. I am truly lucky to have friends like you, and deeply thankful for everything.

And to all of you, have a wonderful holiday weekend. Rest, relax, spend time with those you love, and don't worry about anything. Rudy and I will be spending the next 2 days drawing, knitting, watching movies, playing games, and eating our Christmas meal of pasta, pie, and Orange Lavaburst flavored Hi-C. Talk to you all soon!

Matt K.

Thursday December 22, 2005 -- 12:17 p.m.

Some more art, and something to think about. Rudy and I also framed one of Tyler Stout's pieces, the gig poster for Lyrics Born, but the framing place cut the glass slightly too small so we won't have that one for a few more days. Pictures will follow. In the meantime, here is the second piece we framed and hung, a longtime favorite of Rudy's called "Bunny Headphones" by the wonderful duo Kozyndan. Here is the print itself...



And here is the framed piece ready to be hung...



It's probably going to hang over our small but ever-so-loud stereo. Quite adorable, I think.

Way back in April of this year, when I first thought about creating and uploading a web site of my own, I spent a great deal of time thinking about the design, the interface, and most importantly, the content. I decided to keep the focus on my own art and comics as much as possible, but also to see this site as something like my own apartment. I could do what I wanted with it because, in the end, it is my site. The only two things I really wanted to avoid posting were thoughtlessly negative comments about anything or anyone and political ranting. There is far far too much of both of those things all over the internet, and I wanted to make sure I kept my site an enjoyable place to visit, and one that welcomed everyone regardless of their politics.

So you might be able to figure out what is coming next.

No, thankfully, not some venom-filled diatribe against some other artist or publisher or something like that. That will probably NEVER happen. Instead, it is something vaguely political. I will sidestep the issue by keeping my own thoughts and opinions to myself, and simply post something that I found absolutely fascinating.

As you may know, the school district of Dover, Pennsylvania, has been involved in a court case regarding the inclusion of the theory of intelligent design in the high school science curriculum. The case generated a great deal of national attention and seemed to increasingly polarize several different factions. The case was recently decided, and the judge ruled that intelligent design can not be included in the high school science curriculum. Rudy forwarded to me a portion of the court's ruling in the case. Read on...

We have concluded that it is not, and moreover that ID cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents. Both Defendants and many of the leading proponents of ID make a bedrock assumption which is utterly false. Their presupposition is that evolutionary theory is antithetical to a belief in the existence of a supreme being and to religion in general. Repeatedly in this trial, Plaintiffs’ scientific experts testified that the theory of evolution represents good science, is overwhelmingly accepted by the scientific community, and that it in no way conflicts with, nor does it deny, the existence of a divine creator.

To be sure, Darwin’s theory of evolution is imperfect. However, the fact that a scientific theory cannot yet render an explanation on every point should not be used as a pretext to thrust an untestable alternative hypothesis grounded in religion into the science classroom or to misrepresent well-established scientific propositions. The citizens of the Dover area were poorly served by the members of the Board who voted for the ID Policy. It is ironic that several of these individuals, who so staunchly and proudly touted their religious convictions in public, would time and again lie to cover their tracks and disguise the real purpose behind the ID Policy.

With that said, we do not question that many of the leading advocates of ID have bona fide and deeply held beliefs which drive their scholarly endeavors. Nor do we controvert that ID should continue to be studied, debated, and discussed. As stated, our conclusion today is that it is unconstitutional to teach ID as an alternative to evolution in a public school science classroom.

Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court. Rather, this case came to us as the result of the activism of an ill-informed faction on a school board, aided by a national public interest law firm eager to find a constitutional test case on ID, who in combination drove the Board to adopt an imprudent and ultimately unconstitutional policy. The breathtaking inanity of the Board’s decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial. The students, parents, and teachers of the Dover Area School District deserved better than to be dragged into this legal maelstrom, with its resulting utter waste of monetary and personal resources.

Like I said, an absolutely amazing read. I am curious as to what the fallout will be and what will happen next.

Matt K.

Wednesday December 21, 2005 -- 5:29 p.m.

Back again, and with awesome news! Remember how I mentioned art just a few hours ago? Well, it's here! The best housewarming gift EVER from our awesome friend Sean McKeever. As you all know, this year Sean and his pal Mike Norton created a character called "Gravity" for Marvel Comics and did a miniseries as well. We always had a blast hanging around with Sean back when we lived in Columbus, and we don't really anticipate that changing much now that we are one short hour away. Anyway, knowing of my love for Galactus and the Silver Surfer, and Rudy's undying affection for Hello Kitty, Sean had an idea and Mike brought it to fruition. Here, without further delay, is Hello Kitty as Galactus together with her faithful herald, the Silver Surfer.



That is actually a digital photo of the piece. It was too large for our scanner, plus it has been framed already. Here is a photo of it framed and leaning against one of our bookshleves (see Rudy's Ugly Dolls and her Red Flyer from Friends With You?), ready to be hung...



It will be the first piece we hang in the new apartment. Enormous thank-yous to both Sean and Mike for what is truly one of the best and most thoughtful gifts we've ever gotten. You'll both have to come by and see it hanging on the wall.

Matt K.

Wednesday December 21, 2005 -- 3:18 p.m.

The weekend in Virginia was quite a bit of fun. Long car trips can sometimes be a real drag so I brought along a few things to read. Since I am always a little wary of putting expensive hardcovers in a backpack that will doubtlessly be thrown around, heaved in a trunk, and left to bake in the sun-filled interior of a car while the passengers eat at some roadside Burger King, I took along some things that I felt were kind of disposable. I was very pleasantly surprised by how unexpectedly good they were. Actually, I was rather shocked since I did not expect much at all from any of them. First up is Scott Pilgrim volumes 1 and 2 by Bryan Lee O'Malley, published by Oni Press. I believe the actual titles are Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (book 1) and Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World (book 2). Anyway, my friend Stang had been bugging me to read them for months, but pretty much only because he visits Warren Ellis' web site endlessly and loyally, and apparently Ellis liked the books a lot. Knowing that Warren Ellis liked them was enough to make me want to never, ever even TOUCH the books, let alone read them. I wasn't too crazy about the art either since I am not really all that fond of manga or manga-influenced American comics. It's funny. Now that I've typed all that, I can't even remember why I finally decided to read them. Hmmmm....oh yeah! Zack Soto's new comic "The Secret Voice" recently came out, courtesy of the always excellent AdHouse Books, and Soto included a brief list of things he had been reading that he was really wild about. I had read a number of the comics and graphic novels on his list, and I liked them a great deal. Soto absolutely RAVED about "Scott Pilgrim" and since it seemed like our tastes were pretty similar I figured it would make a decent car-trip read. I know...that whole thing is about as lame as looking into something simply because Warren Ellis recommended it, but there are so many differences between Zack Soto and Warren Ellis artistically, aesthetically, personally, and stylistically, that when you get right down to it things are not really the same at all. Anyway, "Scott Pilgrim"...



It's a bit hard to describe these delightful little adventures in a way that won't sound twee, precious, or ridiculous. Scott is a 23 year old Canadian kid in a hilariously bad band named "Sex Bob-Omb" with loads of girl trouble. As the first book begins, he is dating a 17 year old high school girl named Knives Chau, but soon falls for the elusive and mysterious American roller-blade delivery girl Ramona Flowers. He weasels out of things with Knives (which causes no end of headaches and melee later) to pursue Ramona, but he soon finds out that in order to date Ramona, he will have to defeat her Seven Evil Ex-Boyfriends in one-on-one combat. It's a strangely bizarre mix of laughably awful teen/young adult drama, romance, and martial arts action with heavy elements of videogaming thrown in. For example, upon defeating the second Evil Ex-Boyfriend, a pile of coins appears (shades of Super Mario) and an "item" pops up. It is a "mithril skateboard" that adds to Scott's stats, but since he doesn't possess the "skateboarding skill" he can't use the "item." Like I said, it sounds pretty ridiculous, but it was quite a bit of fun to read, and I am anxious to see volume 3, Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness.

Next up is the collected edition of all 12 issues of Demo by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan. I believe Brian Wood writes while Becky Cloonan provides the art. Demo contains 12 separate but thematically linked stories of young people coming to terms with strange new abilities. I know, sounds like the X-Men, right? Well, not really. These tales are a great deal more sensitively done, concerned primarily with the inner realities of the characters rather than some spandex-fueled slugfest. Wood's writing at times has all the subtlety of the poetry of a disillusioned high school sophomore, but his scattershot approach yields far more hits than misses. Cloonan changes the style of her art from issue to issue, and succeeds amazingly well in maintaining a strong sense of artistic identity melded to a fluid aesthetic. She runs the gamut from profoundly manga-influenced art to heavy inky brushwork, and most of the time it really gives each story legs. I was very surprised at how much I enjoyed reading this collection and other than the last issue, which was some extremely purple verse coupled with perhaps the least interesting art of the book, I will doubtlessly return for future re-reads. Oh, almost forgot, here is the cover...



The weekend in Richmond was a lot of fun, and full of all the strangeness and wonder I associate with my big Filipino family. Friday night was Rudy's grandmother's huge 80th birthday party and tons of people came. There was lots of awesome food, and even a super-cool pig's head that I found in the kitchen of the hall...



...cool, huh? Saturday was "Christmas" for us all, and then that night Rudy's uncle and aunt (or tito and tita) took us and the whole rest of the family plus about a hundred assorted friends to a holiday dinner dance that was being put on by the health care organization they work for. Even though there were easily a thousand people there, most of whom were on the dance floor, the Filipino contingent STILL managed to take over a big chunk of the real estate and start line-dancing. It's amazing. They can line dance to literally anything at all. Rudy's dad had a few too many glasses of wine that night, and we could all hear him yawning (very vocally!) late into the night Saturday. A good time was had by all.

In the meantime, we still managed to get most of our belongings unpacked and put into some semblance of order. I will end this all with a few pictures.





There's a few more, but you'll all just have to come over and experience the place for yourself sometime. Consider this an open invitation. There's not a lot of art on the walls yet, but that will be changing very very shortly. Stay tuned.

See ya tomorrow,

Matt K.

Thursday December 15, 2005 -- 2:10 p.m.

Well, I am off to Virginia to visit family for Christmas this weekend. Just when I was finally getting caught up on things, another 4 day delay in emails and phone calls. December has been maddening. It will still be good to see everyone though, and I am sure I will have time the following week to catch up again. In the meantime, now that I am FINALLY connected to the internet, send me an e-mail if you want to know the new address and telephone number and stuff like that.

See ya soon,

Matt K.

Thursday December 15, 2005 -- 7:35 a.m.

Last night I dreamed of forests.

Wednesday December 14, 2005 -- 10:31 p.m.

Well, the move is mostly over. All in all, it went pretty well. There were bumps in the road, sure, but it could have been much much worse. We were ably assisted by Rudy's brother Arnell and our friends Jeff Stang and Sean McKeever and we certainly could not have done it without their help. Especially the murderous task of moving the washer and the dryer up 2 flights of stairs on a cold December day.

We moved without much furniture, and there is where things got complicated. Most of it was delivered on time, but the bed headboard was mysteriously missing. Apparently the furniture store copied the wrong area code when taking down our number, so their attempts to call us and inform us that the headboard we ordered would be late went unanswered. We found out about the delay less than 24 hours before we were supposed to be sleeping in the new apartment, so we ended up spending one extra night back in Columbus.

Of course, the headboard that they actually delivered the next day was also damaged. They didn't even bother to bring it in. Whatever. We had no choice but to plop the mattresses on the ground and sleep that way. It worked okay, but we were quite grateful to finally have the bed that they delivered 4 days later.

But wait for it now.....

Wait.....

Last night I woke up in the middle of the night and wondered why. Then I heard this huge popping crack from the headboard. I was exhausted and depressed because I knew what had happened. I lay there trying to get back to sleep, and I surmised that there must have been a smaller crack first that woke me up, and then the big one. Next morning, sure enough, there was a 4 inch crack in the wood of the headboard. Our apartment is monstrously dry, probably due in large part to the dry winter air. We also have a small space heater in our bedroom to warm it up, so it is both warm and dry, and the stress must have started in on the wood. Anyway, Rudy decided we had paid enough for the bed and she wanted a good one, so she got on the phone this morning and arranged for a new one to be delivered. It will probably arrive in late December or early January, and will be the 4th time we have gotten this headboard. It is turning into a comedy of errors.

But on a more serious note, we are very thankful for what we have and where we live, and deeply grateful for the kindness of the friends and family that helped us through this long, complex, and difficult transition. We have a nice warm home and everything we need, so if a cracked headboard is all we have to deal with then we are luckier than many.

I will have some finished apartment pics up soon as well as the promised conclusion to the radians series, some new CD covers, and some comic art too. We are still getting settled in and trying to find room for all the art supplies.

On a different note, while we were making this transition, I came across this absolutely amazing artist online while browsing the art at GigPosters. His name is Tyler Stout and his stuff blew me away. And the whole thing was really weird too. I was feeling kind of artistically aimless, a bit dissatisfied with the present state of my own work, and hungry for that next jolt. I was thinking about how important music has been, and still is, to me, and I was curious as to how I could inject some of that aesthetic into my own work. And then, almost mystically, I saw Tyler's stuff before my eyes. His web site is phenomenal, and his work runs the gamut from gig posters for hip hoppers and other acts to amazing art prints. Right away I showed Rudy, and we both agreed we wanted some of his stuff hanging on the walls of our brand new place. We were especially thrilled because Tyler had done this mindblowing print for a Lyrics Born gig, and Asian hip hoppers can be somewhat hard to find so we are down with Lyrics. We bought a bunch of his prints, and here they are, starting off with the Lyrics Born poster.



That one is being framed as we speak, and will be one of the first new pieces of art we hang up, although there is a surprise coming that involves Galactus, the Silver Surfer, and Hello Kitty. Stay tuned for that. Now, back to Tyler. This one is called "Welcome Home" and just blasted my skull right off the top of my spine. It reminded me of everything I love about art, comics, space, rockets, robots...you name it. It kind of made me think of my own comic "Pilgrim" too, which you can see if you follow that link and look at the comics. Anyway, here is Tyler's art...



We picked up a few more and I will share some images of them when we get 'em framed up and hung on the walls. What is even cooler is that I e-mailed Tyler to ask about buying some art and let him know how much we dug his stuff and his e-mail back to us was cool as all get out. The guy is super sharp and really supportive of even my own stuff. He's going to be linking to me as well, and I look forward to further correspondence with him as well as more art. So by all means, check out Tyler Stout's web site and if you dig his stuff, send some cash and praise his way. There are links all over this "news" update and a permanent link right over there on the left in case you forget.

See ya tomorrow,

Matt K.