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I just finished up the Shitbeams on the Loose cover!  The book will at the printer tomorrow.  More news on that coming soon.

This was tons of fun to do…

My thredless select shirt came out today! 10 layer silkscreen shirt with art on the front and the back.

So, I haven’t posted anything new in a while on account of how busy I’ve been, but I have a chance to post now, so I’m hopping on the opportunity.

Just finished up 2 images for the very cool Randall Leers over at BusinessWeek. The first is for an article about interviewing young people, and the second is about rising misdeeds in non-profits.

I did this next piece a little while back but didn’t post it till now due to lack of time. Anyway it’s is my contribution to the second Fantagraphics Beast collection. My beast is the Dullahan. There are some really amazing artists in this book including Jaime Hernandez and Brian Chippendale. I’m honored to be a part of it.

I’m currently finishing up some final touches for my friend Jared Mees’s Album cover/packaging. Should be a really rockin album!

Also, I’ve been working with the super great people over at White Noise on a project in which I drew a bunch of flowers. Very interesting change of pace from my usual type of work. It ended up being surprisingly fun to work on. Here’s some examples of that:

Man this is a long post! Next thing is I currently have 5 pieces in a show up in Portland at the Pony Club Gallery. My awesome girlfriend, Erin Althea is also in the show, as are several friends/super-cool artists. I don’t have any scans of my new works for this show, but I’ll post them as soon as I get some…

So back to work for me. I’ve got a ton of work ahead of me in the near future including a show in NY and a new comic. That being said I’ll say goodbye for now and leave you with this sample page from the Below Us story I did for the anthology mentioned below…

I just finished a new 6 page comic story for an anthology put together by my pal Rusty Jordan. The book is called Shitbeams, and the roster for the book includes some awesome tallents: Ron Rege Jr., Matt Furie, Drew Beckmeyer, Dave Nuss, Rusty Jordan, and many more. I’m super excited to see the final perfect bound book. Here’s a couple sample panels and a detail of a bigger panel from my contribution.

When this book comes back from the press I’ll be sure to list more info about where to find it.

sent this half-pager off to URB yesterday for an interview with rapper bun b…

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Thanks to everyone who made it out to my show! Despite the rainstorm outside it turned out to be a really great show and turnout.

I have to apologize, my girlfriend and I only managed to take a couple of pics just as the show was starting. Booze and friends kinda stole our attention away from documenting the event. What I have I’ll leave here for you…

All of the new work from the show has been added to my main website (mikebertino.com). Anyone interested in buying any of the remaining work please feel free to email me at mikebertino@yahoo.com or Bob Kato at  info@thedrawingclub.com with any questions.

just finished this job for kory kennedy over at runner’s world.

Claudio Parentela runs a few different art related sites, and he just interviewd me for his newest art blog. read it here —>

http://diabeticdew555.blogspot.com/2008/01/interview-with-mike-bertino.html

book by its cover reviewed my comic, and
i’ve got a 5 page spread of drawings in the latest issue of swindle magazine.

info on my upcoming solo show. along with this show will come an updated website and portfolio, so stay tuned!

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it without a sense of ironic futility.”
Errol Morris

The Heroes of Non-Fiction
New work by Mike Bertino, exploring the nature of self-reinvention and the growing cultural demand for self-made protagonists.
By removing the line that separates fact and entertainment, expertise and the uneducated, Bertino layers commentary and insight on a generation raised by cartoons, videogames, and media. He creates a world so overloaded with cultural options and noise, all information is equalized in strength of voice and merit.  A world where aesthetics and charisma determine truth so harshly, that self-worth, cultural-history, and reality give way to interpretation and a void of intellectual neglect.

“A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them.”
Jim Morrison

thedrawingclub.com 

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on other news… I’m working on a piece for the new fantagraphics Beasts book. the new book has some really awesome artists in it! AND- I just spent a week in portland. pics and news from that coming soon.