I really like the patterns used. It really give this crystalline meets photoshop layers quality about it. That poster about the lost cat nearby, I’m sure its incidental.

This reminds me of Von Dutch somewhat.

Since taking photo of the street art/graffiti around this town for the last couple of years, Abyss is a little bit of fresh air from the usual, complex, freestyle name tags around the place.

He’s got a few pieces there made from (hopefully) discarded traffic signs. This was one of the best ones in my opinion. Check them out at MU.

Just picked this up from the post office today before it closed for xmas.

Originally, I thought this one was sold out and it surprised me when they were not. And I should say that this picture in particular is an inspiration for something I have been working on.

Check out his other work for sale here.

My whole Christmas thing is nearly over. All my shit got sorted out last weekend, meaning I’m not really expecting or expected to do anything except turn up and not embarrass myself or others. Sounds simple.

I’m just wondering what to do next. Normally, when I consider writing another blog post, it’s midnight and I have a truckload of work to do the next day. One problem is not having enough time and fighting the future for it, and the other problem is when you have too much time and then you get to thinking…and that’s when the really trouble begins.

They have been sourcing funds through IndieGoGo. They recently achieved their initial funding goal, but that does not mean that you miss out on pre-ordering a copy for yourself and/or gaining an additional perk with enough support.

These people have heaps of talent and I’m waiting out to see what they have in store for us. There site is here The books won’t be released until March 2012. So I guess, I’ve got to be patient.

(Art by Sam Cavanagh (twitter))

The Skinny
Infinite Kung Fu by Kagan McLeod is a story about kung fu and zombies. And at one point, robots.

The Look
Kagan McLeod has gone to great lengths to capture the look and feel of just about any Shaw Brothers film and graphic novel that got shipped from the East. The cover is a brush-and-pen action shot with the staple bilingual title. The frames and pages are well-paced for both action and dialogue. The numerous fight scenes look like the storyboards for a high-end choreographed fight, sans the wire-fu.

The Story
As the living dead roam the earth, the Emperor has sent his five generals to recover this armour which has been scattered to the corners of the world for a dark and cruel purpose. It’s up to ex-soldier Yang Lei Kung, with the help of the Eight Immortals, to restore the balance to the world. And this can only be achieved through Infinite Kung Fu!

The Verdict
Infinite Kung Fu does to martial arts movies the same thing that Ghostbusters did for the occult and Carnackian ghost stories. I couldn’t sleep one night and read the whole thing through and the line “Rage of the Screaming Centipede!” has been the best name for a kung fu move that I have heard in years. Definitely worth a buy.

Pretty sweet huh? I should start pricing up some frames, because feels like a crime to leave it in storage.

So here’s a list of things I have been up to, without going into too much detail

- Fix a fallen over enterprise backup system
- Fall of my bike and injure myself enough to be concerned about the lump it left behind.
- Go to the CRDL Roller Derby Finals and write a blog post about it and never published it.
- Write scripts for the Beginnings Anthology and fail to get them within the required page length.
- Take care of a co-workers fish and not kill it, so far.
- Miss a friend’s birthday.
- Bought some art from Ben Newman
- Reminisce about my trip to Japan and not publish what I wrote.
- Gain a new book case, but fail to fill it, despite the boxes of books I have lying around.
- Scan in a stack of my drawings to play around with the drawing tablet.

That’s about it.

I’ll write more about the more interesting things a little later.

Here are some photos Ve took while at the match.