1969

Pilote Special Summer edition, commemorating its 40 year-old anniversary.
Last year, there was a special anniversary issue focused on 1968, but this time, for the 1969 issue, the authors were asked to work on erotica, hippie nostalgia and such...
Judging by the cover, there's a great selection of comics artists, not to say the cream of the crop of the french comic scene...


My modest contribution to the mag...



More detailed views here...

Grosso Gadgetto - self produced

He has a meth lab inside his head.


Inspired by a famous propaganda poster from the WW2.


The printed result.



12'' vinyl record for the local Abstract Hip-Hop band Grosso Gadgetto. That was released last November, have to mention that the recording and mastering job on this slab is quite impressive. 500 copies were pressed, don't sleep.

No More Seasons pt. 2

Well, Eight months without posting anything on this blog...
It's time for a little summary of the different activities done lately before the end of the year, the end of the zeroes, the turn of the decade... Be sure the next decade will be full of good surprises.

About the picture above, well, the Cd sampler went out, the printing quality is Okay, meaning the colors are bright and not so distorted compared to the original drawing, and the four bands featured on the record are doing fine.

Pizzza / Nunc Est Bibendum / Apraxie / Tête De Cerf
Available for 5 Euros - mostly in mailorder lists or some bookstores in Paris...

" No More Seasons "

CD and booklet cover. Click to enlarge.

Design for the CD.
Cover design for an upcoming CD sampler featuring 4 different independent Hip-Hop bands. Bands featured are Apraxie, Nunc Est Bibendum, Pizzza and Tête De Cerf...

Book Sign... pt.2

This character is supposed to represent the famous dead painter Paul Cezanne...

...who lived and worked in the beautiful and posh city of Aix-en-Provence...

A nod to the cover of the latest comic book drawn by Tanxxx...

Hand-made T-shirt design made on the spot.

Book Signatures

Dedication doodles done during the Bd Aix festival / comics fair.
Lines are quite loose, this is what you can call "drunk drawing"...
the three last pictures are a nod to the G-20 summit happening the same week-end, where the world leaders were busy finding solutions to refuel the global financial system... Alleluia.

pt.3

This piece of work had been realised within 4 days last March, inside a nine square meter wood cubicle.
Most tatoo material is sourced from Sidney Snoeck pictures took in the Bilibid Prison in Manila.
Check this beautiful series of Philippine Gang tattoos, which are quite raw, kitsch, intriguing and beautiful at the same time.
Click on the following link: my sarisari store/gang-tattoos/

9 m2 pt.2

9 m2

Flyer for an exhibit happening in the nice and posh city of Aix en Provence from March 25th to April 25th.
This time the paintings are focused on gang tatoos. This exhibit happens for the Aix Comics Fair along twelve other exhibits scattered all over the town. more info about the fair here: www.bd-aix.com

Black Screen Calendar 2009

Cover for the silkscreened Black Screen calendar, and despite the economic downturn we face this year, its 100 hand-made copies had been sold-out.


This young lady appears on the June page from the calendar.
You can click on the picture to fully appreciate the details...

Brave New World, again

So, 4 months later, here's the remaining pictures from that exhibition...

Brave New World pt 3

Closer views from the paintings done in Poitiers.
Acrylic on cardboard.
15 paintings were done on the spot between October 19th and October 23th.

Brave New World, Poitiers, pt 2

Views from the exhibit,
Paintings are melt with comic pages and propaganda posters with layers of a beautiful brown tape...

Brave New World pt 1

Preparing the exhibition.

Keep Dreaming...

Two pages for a collective album tackling great achievements done under 8 years of Bush administration...
In this sarcastic story, the Republican candidate wins the election, we'll see the result in three weeks, but who knows, american people are capable of doing incredible things!!!
No offense for U.S. citizens there, but, as far as i remember, the slandering campaign against France led by some U.S. and British media back in 2002/2003 was really funny too...