Book Inter-Re-View: Kustom Graphics

Kustom Graphics: Hot Rods, Burlesque and Rock 'n' Roll
Author: Julian Balme
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Korero Books
Cover price: $39.95; Release date: April 28, 2008

Things here in the UK can be a little tame.

Therefore, isn't it any wonder that the missus and I seek the need to look further a field to satiate our somewhat lowbrow interests? I say this, not because I'm some kind of deviant (albeit desirable), but because as I've often stated in my past reviews that the UK, Britain, England offers very little compared to the likes of Los Angeles, America, or the World in general...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Lowbrow Study: Coop Inter-Re-View

To the British, Coop is underground. The artist known as 'Coop,' Chris Cooper, has created many an artwork you wish you had done first. Famed for his portrayal of voluptuous devilish women reminiscent of the classic pin-ups of the 1950s and '60s Raquel Welch, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophia Loren, and the dirty-work of Russ Meyer, Coop has managed to bring his artwork into the fore. His cigar-smoking Devil Head has become a trademark of sorts, ensuring Coop's place in history...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Ronnie Wood UK Art Exhibit

I am very, very excited about Ronnie Wood's forthcoming art exhibition and have been a follower of his work for a few years now. His work is energetic, confident, and captures the world of music that has been part of his life for so many years beautifully. Intimate, poised, and although has expressionist undertones, Wood definitely carries his own style with an uncompromising grace very much missing from the world of contemporary art today. He knows that art isn't just simply an idea, that it is within your heart and isn't simply the 'shock and awe' factor, but that he really values the gift he was given.

After the jump, see the press release for the exhibition at the Richard Goodall Gallery in the UK later this year...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

Conversations with GoD: Matt Haley

On the eve of this year's San Diego Comic-Con International, Geeks of Doom had the chance to pick the brain of one of the Con's premiere talents, Matt Haley.

Haley, a comic book creator and cover artist, as well as the creative consultant and artist supreme for the SciFi Channel's reality series Stan Lee's Who Wants To Be A Superhero?, not only gives us the scoop on drawing superheroines like Batgirl and what it is he'd do for a good bottle of Scotch, but also an EXCLUSIVE look at the production art from the upcoming second season of Superhero.

****...continue on to this interview at Geeks of Doom