in the back

June 9, 2009 by mikebertino

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here’s another spot fer SF weekly.  this one is about the city screwing this woman out of her job running an antique fair so they could make money off of it.  in the end it was a waste of their time anyway, and the woman got squeezed out needlessly.  talk to y’all soon…

house party!

June 1, 2009 by mikebertino

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haven’t had much time for blog posting lately, but here’s a fun piece I did recently.  been working on illustrations, and a few other projects, including a show at the riverside art museum with the likes of Taylor McKimens, Travis Millard, Souther Salazar, Megan Witmarsh, Rusty Jordan, and several more.   also, the new shitbeams is comin down the pipes.  i’ll post more info as i get it!  below is one of the several spots i’ve been doin for the SF weekly the last several weeks.  this one was about a city council member getting a boot on his car.

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beans & franks

May 4, 2009 by mikebertino

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I’ll be doing some weekly spots for Justin Page at SF Weekly for a while.  I’m really excited to be doing this on such a consistent basis.  This week’s spot is on the topic of non-trannies attending the tranny job fair.

revive the dead! no, the other dead…

April 28, 2009 by mikebertino

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above is a spot in this weeks SF Weekly about the remaining grateful dead reuniting for a tour.  -AND on other news, my website has been revamped and the print shop is sporting 3 new prints (as promissed before).  also I super slashed all the prices for those of you as broke as I am!  be sure to click on the thumbnails to see the full image…

the best crashes come to those who wait

April 24, 2009 by mikebertino

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The above image is one of several new prints that will be availlable on my website within the next two days.  Other prints will include the two paintings I’ve posted recently here on the blog.  I’ll also be refashioning my website and updating it with new work, so keep in touch!  and don’t forget to come out to Chinatown on Sat if you’re a LA peep!

the beat grows on…

April 15, 2009 by mikebertino

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Just got another chance to push the limits and create something that was really interesting to make.  This is for upcoming show currated by Jonathan Belli on April 24th and 25th here in LA, in Chinatown.  Should be a really fun show with some great artists including Erin Althea and Daniel Gibson.  Press release for that is HERE. Hope to see you there!

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Also, here’s a two page illustration/spread I did last month for the super great Sarah Garcea at INC magazine.  It just hid the stands so I’m now able to stick this up here.  I should also mention Sarah was a really great to work with!  Super nice and cool!

fenced in

April 2, 2009 by mikebertino

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first time i’ve had time to paint anything crazy in a while.  the babies have taken up my time for personal work over the last few months, but this Exquisite Corpse piece for Chronical Books gave me the perfect opportunity to do just that.  There are a bunch of really amazing artist participating in this, and I’m honorred to be a part of it.  Thanks to Julia Rothman for putting it together!

keep your job

April 2, 2009 by mikebertino

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here’s one for an article about the lengths people are going to keep their jobs, for Don Besom at Business Week.  always my pleasure to get to work with Don!

growing babies, sketchbooks, comics, portland bound… and pure magic.

March 29, 2009 by mikebertino

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Scarlett and Juniper are getting bigger and they’re unbelievably cute.  Here’s a few pics of them and some sketch book doodles.  Also, the bottom image is the title of a new comic story.  The other big news is that Erin, our babies, and myself are moving to Portland Oregon this summer!  We’re really excited to be moving to such a beautiful city.  The music is great there too! At the bottom of this post is a link to one of the most amazing things I’ve seen in a long ass time.

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click me to see the magic!

black & white and bird poo all over

March 24, 2009 by mikebertino

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above is a small spot for SFweekly on the topic of musicians twittering nonsense instead of playing actual music.  working on 4 other project this week, so more post coming shortly…