the abandoned well...again..

some of you (like there's more than me reading this) may be familiar with the abandoned well. and if you are skip to the link. if youre not...read on...

The Abandoned Well is a randomized story of Absinthe, Murder, and Sex. Each line of text is accompanied by a black and white pen and ink line drawing, the cards can be 'dealt' out to create a different story every time. Decks are signed and numbered with a strict limited edition of 50 decks. The original drawings were first shown at the Experimental Gallery of Salem, MA in October of 2009.

Part of the show was a contest to see who could decipher the original 26 line story hidden with in the cards. As of Jan. 28th, 2010...no one has solved it.

This Deck (no. 46 of 50) will include an original script with notes and handwritten edits.

ebay here.

neil gaiman/amanda palmer/the oil boiler

i am trying to generate funds for a new play in kansas city called "the oil boiler" and to do so i am selling this...



go here to ebay.

it is the original painting for the NG/AFP poster in NYC.

whether you can bid or you forward this on to someone who can, all assistance will be greatly appreciated. the play involves a jazz band, a hit man with imaginary friends, puppets (YES!!! PUPPETS!!!), and a conversation with god (and god has a nasty vocabulary.)

quick note

here are the images i just completed for jeanann verlee's upcoming book RACING HUMMINGBIRDS that will come out in march on WriteBloody press.

FRONT COVER


BACK COVER

too much going on to think straight

quick quick update.

THE OIL BOILER is officially 200 times bigger than originally imagined. it started out as five people getting drunk and reading lines at some bars openmic night. and now, we're applying for grants, we have a 400seat space, a director, a musical director that has performed with The Blue Man Group, a jazz band with some of kansas city's best up and coming jazz performers, a set designer....its HUGE! look for it the first weekend in MAY.

RACING HUMMINGBIRDS

i am now doing the cover for author jeanann verlee's debut book for WriteBloody press called "Racing Hummingbirds". if you don't know her work, you should. its like being punched in the face for the first time, it hurts, but somehow very intriguing and you step into the next punch, and then the adrenaline gets going and then you're fighting back and when its all over you find yourself all exhilarated.

ok, maybe its just me.

but, go, look, read. http://jeanannverlee.com/

time to go to work.

i think i've forgotten something

oh yes, to update this.
sometimes there are somethings that get so burried in the 'todo' list that they become lost and not done. unfortunately this blog is one of those things right now.

quick notes:
ZOEY VS. MT. FAMA is available now! new children's book available through lulu.com. go, preview, purchase, enjoy.

THE OIL BOILER



is an absurdist/surreal play i wrote recently that vaguely deals with free will vs. destiny, schizophrenia, puppets, hired killers with issues and jazz. we're currently in preproduction right now. script re-writes, set designing, casting etc. but its going to be incredible. working with some very talented people like: christian hankel, erin mccrane, jeff freling, shay estes, cody wyoming, and james pastine. more very talented people will be added to the list shortly. all of them eclipse me in the area of talent and i am honored they are taking the time to work on this with me.

HATTER M.
working on new pages for a new webisode. another webisode is already at the letterer, waiting on a proof.

sculptural book...more on that soon.
cheers.

trying to keep my head above water

i don't know how many times i have started a new one of these and then have trashed it because i couldn't complete a thought. so, i'm going to make it easy, and just list all of the projects i am currently working on and what they're up to and then maybe sometime next month i will be able to collect my thoughts enough to sound halfway intelligent.

SEASON TO RISK 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY: probably my favorite local band is getting back together for a short tour (and rumor has it, a new cd). here's the poster i illustrated for the tour.




ZOEY VS. MOUNT FAMA: a new children's book that i co-wrote and illustrated IS FINALLY AVAILABLE!!!! go here to see a preview and purchase.

THE OIL BOILER: this a new play that i have written and i am currently in the process of developing it with christian hankel and erin mccrane of Alacartoona fame. its odd, dark, makes very little sense on the surface, characters say "fuck" or "fucking" a lot, curse at god, god curses back, defile puppets, and shoot each other. its going to be wicked good.

HATTER M: yes, it is back. last year i did a 'webisode' that ties in to the graphic novel that ties in to the Looking Glass Wars trilogy. well, just completed another webisode and have started on the pages for a third. keep checking back for links once it is up, or just go to the LGW website.

SCULPTURAL BOOKS: not real sure what this is going to be, but i have an idea. it will involve drawing, paper, things coming off the wall and one of a kind books that people can display as artworks that are read off of the wall... and at least one of them will probably involve robots and/or someone saying "fuck" a couple of times. god i love that word.

(the)MEDICINE THEORY: we are trying to finish up a new cd. we had planned on having it out in august, but that didn't happen, then we added a bass player and decided to add his parts to the cd. so that is what we're doing. it will be out for many people to ignore very soon. hopefully.

DEVIL GOSSIP: julie m. tate is an author from chicago, or oklahoma, or...well, she's from where ever she happens to be at that moment but i think she refers to chicago as home. currently discussing cover concepts for her next chapbook of work.

i think thats it...for now. oh and if you think the world is coming to an end it might just be because i finally joined facebook. yes after years of talking down about it i finally succumbed. i think that was the 8th sign of the end of the world.

cheers
tyson

pththhpptt....

i have been swamped.
burried in work.
i so enjoy being so busy with working on projects that i don't have the time to even think about updating this, which i haven't since the middle of october.

i think anne would have been happy for me too.

anne winter was, well i can't say she was a good, close, friend, i don't think i've spoken with her in five years, if not longer, but i can say she was a good and important friend. i met anne in the mid 90's (96 i think)and she became instrumental in my band poster portion of my career. and when i started 'art whore' in '97 she was a wealth of information on selfpublishing and contacts for questions she couldn't answer. probably without her support and occasional prodding, both of those endeavors would have been very short lived.

she succumbed to an illness, a disease, just a few short weeks ago, and although i had not spoken with her in such a long, long, time her presence is duly missed.

for more information, and how to help her two kids please go to:http://www.anniewinter.org/