So this past Thursday I was featured in a local paper called the Current. Full page interview, in the center spread next to a full page interview with Queens of the Stone Age, which was the cover story. So anyone who picks it up to read the QOTSA interview is going to see my interview as well. Awesome. Maybe they'll even actually read it.

The interview is on page 12:
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(It helps to have friends who write art columns for local papers, haha.)

In other news, Grand Theft Auto 4 is out now. I hvae yet to play it, but I have taken note of the inevitable controversy surrounding it. The most interesting piece of controversy is from, of course, Mr. I Hate GTA himself, Jack Thompson. Apparently he wrote an email to the mother (or attorney, depending on whose account you belive) of Strauss Zelnick, the chairman of Take-Two Interactive, the developer of the Grand Theft Auto games. The email can be found here:
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Ridiculous. I actually just finished penning a letter to Mr. Thompson that will be posted as an open letter, in addition to being mailed to him. Of course it will fall on deaf ears, but I think it needs to be said nevertheless. I'll post it later.

Last, but not least, I want ideas of people (celebrities, historical figures, etc.) to draw in my sketchbook while I am at work. So far I have Budd Dwyer, Paris Hilton, Daft Punk, The Blue Demon (Mexican wrestler) and Subcommandante Marcos of the Zapatistas. Clearly it is a combination of douchebags (Dwyer and Paris) and awesomeness (the rest) so anyone you want to suggest is cool.