Steven Streisguth

Hey all! August has been a pretty busy month so far. Recently I was asked to be a part Pterodactyl’s first art mag, Dirty, along with Brad Haubrich, James Arnold, Box Brown, and others. You can check it out online here. I knew they were going to be printing a lot of these things, but I’ve been seeing them everywhere. Everyone at the Philly Alt Comic Con was walking around with one. There’s a stack at TLA, and a stack at Vox Populi, and a stack at Artist & Craftsman Supply on Market, and I even hear rumor there’s a stack in Club Risque.

Also of significant note, this past weekend I got to sit behind a table at my first comic con, the Philadelphia Alternative Comic Convention. Lawrence Burns, Jimmy Arnold, Pat Aulisio and I got together our first professionally printed collection of comics, Ink Answer, Issue One. Cover below:

50 of your favorites from InkAnswer.com (plus a few print exclusives). 32 Pages total, 8.5×11. Glossy covers. Free slice of ham in every issue (just kidding).

Available online for $6 (shipping included). Just send us an email at InkAnswer@gmail.com, and we’ll get a copy over to you right quick.

PACC was an awesome experience. Got to meet a lot of people, work on a lot of jam comics, and generally had a great time. I picked up a copy of Monsters by Eisner-nominee Ken Dahl, hung out with the Philly Comix Jam crew, traded for a sweet custom drawing of a pigeion/squirrel cross breed from Cyn Why, and met the talented Lance Hansen (who cracked up reading the dirtier of our Ink Answer comics). Also met the ladies behind Sticky Comics, who drove all the way up from DC (which isn’t nearly as far away as I thought). Got a hefty dose of inspiration, and I’m looking forward to seeing everyone again at the next comix jam.

Special thanks to Pterodactyl and Fireball Printing for printing Issue One in less than a week, and for making a ton of magazines, and generally kicking ass. Can’t recommend them enough.

Check this out tonight! Free Show!

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Some work from a recent (and still up) show at 1601 Bar, and more from an upcoming art magazine (more info to come soon). Mixed process, as usual. The really tall print of the power lines has an accompanying detail shot. Computer monitors don’t take kindly to really tall images.

There is really nothing better than cruising the highway in the summertime. Windows down music up, baby.

Portrait of Frank Zappa I drew for my pops for Father’s Day. Apostrophe is still one of my all-time favorite albums, and it took me so long before I finally realized what a great collection of Zappa’s work my dad had in his record collection.

Tryin’ out a few one-off designs, possibly for the upcoming Punk Rock Flea Market next month. Here’s a taste.

Did some live painting with my buddy Nose G over at the BBoy BBQ in west Philly this past weekend. Stood out in the sun all day, got dehydrated, and was totally wiped out, but I had a blast. It was an honor to be on the same wall as so many older heads who totally killed it over the course of the afternoon. Some of the pieces were cleaner than a vector file, and I have a lot more respect for the work after watching it be constructed. I was the only person painting with tubs of acrylic paint and a brush, and I fought with that cement wall all day. If I get the opportunity to go back next year,  you better believe it’s all gonna be aerosol.

Photos nicked from LiveFromPhilly‘s Flickr, and NoseG‘s Flickr.

Fresh new blog, same address. Sorry for the downtime. Things are still slowly getting worked out with this new website; I need a masthead and a section for shirts. Take a look at the sections for sketches and collaborative projects on the left. I’m looking into making some dropdown menus over there, so things can be filed away nice and clean.

Also, here is the piece that I made for the short-lived Made in America show this past First Friday. Inspired by growing up in Jersey around lots of highways and diners.

Finally got around to rebuilding my website with Indexhibit (in the middle of the night, of course). The link to blog.streisguth.com is a bit out of whack, but the main URL (streisguth.com) is working fine and dandy. I posted photos from my show over at TrickGo, and will be posting more content more easily than before. Please check back in the next few days to see what’s up. I’ll make a point to announce the grand re-release on Facebook when it’s all up to par.

Get excited for this show; I sure as hell am.