SHARK TANK

Some sketches for Height's new project: Shark Tank featuring him, Lord Grunge, Mick Free and Brendan Richmond http://sharktank.bandcamp.com/

ROCK & ROLL HOTEL 12/10/10

Flier made from one of my drawings for an Imperial China show at Rock & Roll Hotel 12/10...

http://impchin.com/  http://www.akslaughter.com/ 

2011 CALENDAR PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The unexpected commercial success of the first calendar, and all of the legal wranglings associated with a project of that magnitude prevented the already controversial 2010  calendar (Steve Boone 12 Months of Uncut Dick) from seeing the light of day, but we are pleased to announce that all camps have agreed to put aside these differences for the sake of the art. 

You will not have to white out the days on your 2009 calendar again, in order to use it for the third year in a row because the 2011 calendar is almost here! Steven Boone 2011 Cauliflowlendar!  You are going to wish that 2011 was forever.

* Note that the calendar is not 3-D. I was going to make it 3-D but figured everyone would have a headache by March.

HALLOWEENS

Quick holiday sketch done while wondering wat pomp julle?

GAS GIANTS

Last night I dreamt that I lived back in my childhood home. One night from the front porch I could see Saturn and Jupiter massive in the sky, 3 to 4 times the size of the moon. I ran in to get my mom, dad and Pop to come see. By the time they all came out, the planets appeared bigger still, close to the horizon, and began to flicker and pulse wildly. I tried to take some pictures with my crappy Blackberry camera phone, but neighbors had gathered and were crowding the shots. Some of the blue planets also seemed to be falling in line, but it was mostly about Jupiter and Saturn.

FROSTY

Drawing of a dog I knew briefly.

BRIDGE

Here is a picture I took of a bridge coming home from DC (slightly shopped).

Last night I dreamt that I lived with some friends and family in a luxury resort home, seemingly some place tropical.  It was a tranquil environment except for a 12 foot tall ravenous bear that kept smashing through the fences and walls to attack us.  Her cub was very fond of me, and would show up anywhere I went, follow me to the store, into the bathroom, etc.  Hyper-protective mama bear, wasn't feeling it. 

I think I had six or seven coffees today.  It's awesome! 

Eventually, I had to find the bear's cave and draw some peace-offering-type images on the wall for her to understand my intentions and keep her from attacking the resort.  There was a bridge to the cave, the next island over.

EVENTUALLY

scraps and pavement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj6QilYg5VA

THE GREEN LINES

reality is not a very useful word to chainsaw-cat

this is a jesus & mary chain song

HEART-BONE

This is a detail from a larger composition in progress...

BACK IN THE HAT

rabbit person on a bike

LIKE

I think all the shows on BBC America should be made with American people doing fake British accents. Don't touch the grill.

WWFF

"It is usually just WWF. It also usually just has one head... I've taken some liberties." -- in response to angry and confused young people on Deviant Art.

FISH BOX

Sketch for series of upcoming paintings based on some recurring dreams I've had about fish in buckets and boxes...

PHOTOGRAPHY

I made a tumblr account for my clunky-appless-cellphone photography.  I don't think these warrant regular updates on here, or in my gallery, but I did want to collect them online.  None have been Photoshopped, color corrected or cropped… just things I’ve noticed sent straight from the phone, like these.(It really is not a great camera... the fake shutter noise it makes sounds more like a cartoon character eating an apple.)

TONIGHT AT THE HEXAGON

Awesome show tonight at the Hexagon now with Witch Hat.
Nuclear Power Pants http://vimeo.com/6893303
Height With Friends http://vimeo.com/13989497
Microkingdom http://www.myspace.com/microkingdom
and Witch Hat http://www.myspace.com/witchhat

I also have some work on display as part of the Hexagon Members show.  Come see all of this.

LAST RESORT

Working on some geometric acrylic paintings, just to get my brushes wet again. Here is a detail from one +shopped.

COMPRESSION SHIRTS

Limited Edition t-shirts I designed for Compression now available. $10.00 in navy, black or brown. Email mikealbi@yahoo.com if you are interested. Compression

HEXAGON MEMBERS SHOW

Though I've had limited involvement with the space this year, the organizers were nice enough to include a few of my pieces in the Hexagon Members Group Exhibition which is up now.  The opening reception is Saturday, September 11th from 6 to 8pm at The Hexagon, 1825 North Charles Street.  Go!  

Also, check this show out on Friday September 17th:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=136893596353342

CHURCH OF VOLTRON

From photos of a glass block wall.

SEW BELOW

Taz above, sew below. About acting like a spaz, then putting things back together.

MASSES

IMP CHIN AUGUST SHOW

Patrick from Imperial China asked if he could use one of my cartoons for a show flier when they come to Baltimore next month, so I said sure, then jumped ahead and made a full-blown flier for them. They are dope. Check them here, [link] or Saturday August 14th at the Metro Gallery in Baltimore. [link]

UNCOVERED

Here is my recent interpretation of the cover of Appleseed Book Three, Volume Four by Masamune Shirow that I originally purchased in 1990.  I submitted it to Covered, who passed, but it was a fun exercise. You can see the original cover here.

GORILLA FACE

BEST OF JUNE

I've posted another full month of daily-ish entries to my webcomic, http://www.itastesound.com/. Here are few of my June favorites:

FUZZY ANCHOROUS

Recent collaboration with Colby Brocht. He won't be driving until he's 45.

SCOTT THE MOUSE

HEIGHT WITH FRIENDS

This is a quick unsolicited design I made for my favorite rap group, based on the flier I did for their show in January, inspired by their show that I helped host last week (near complete recording)...

BEST OF MAY

http://www.itastesound.com/

ELFBYSS

DREAMS DON'T ALWAYS COME TRUE

Height With Friends "Dreams Don't Always Come True" from Friends Records on Vimeo.

Show next Friday at The Hexagon

NEW PAINTINGS

Here are a few paintings from my November show, that I recently parted with. Acrylic and markers on canvas.

RAIMBOW, 8" x 10"

BOTTLE CAT, 24" x 30"

SORRY DOOR, 24" x 30"

INSOMNAMBULISM

http://www.insomnambulism.com/

I.T.S. HIGHLIGHTS

Here are some of the more popular entries from my first few weeks of daily webcomicking at www.itastesound.com. It also appears to be developing a following of high school girls on the Facebook page. I guess that means I should nix the comic ideas I had involving the c-word for now.