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2-27-03 (1:09am) Listening to Tom Collins and the Cocktail Shakers. I'm taking a break from finding places for all my junk in the new apartment (cottage) to get this crap updated. I haven't missed not updating this all the time. It's been a nice break. Everything is out of my old place and now I am in my 4th place of living on my own. Nobody has been responding to my "Wanna fuck?" away message on AIM (New AIM name I'm sometimes on: wwwjoshcomicscom , tell your friends). Handed out some stuff at the Voodoo Glow Skulls show and the highlight of the night was Aaron Mutha Fuckin' Buss singing a VGS song on stage. Actually, Zack threw a lit cigarette butt at a bum and that was pretty exciting. Annie gave me a bunch of suits that were her grandpa's and they all fit me! I've never had a suit perfectly fit before so I think I'm going to wear this hep one to the comic convention this weekend. My skinny aquabatman painting that was hanging up at the Emerald sold for $100! I hope some of the stuff I have hanging up at the Xchange will sell. I really hope I'm going to have a table at the convention this weekend. I read it's all filled up so I hope I've been reserved some space. I'm a lot cooler than some of those fat comic fucks. Zack suggested I have a "Win a Date with Josh Sullivan" contest on the site so I think I will. One or two or three winners will win a date to wherever as long as it's someplace I don't hate and I'll probably pay for dinner and some sort've other activity. All zero people out there who are going to enter this contest can e-mail me or post on the message board. Joe and I had the "Win a date with Josh or Joe" contest at the Globe awhile back and we ended up getting a ton of phone numbers. I'm off, fucker fuck fuck. -josh- 2-24-03 (part 2) (11:51pm) Listening to Treephort. We went to Zack's mom's tonight and I ate the best meal I've had in a long time. Zack and I went grocery shopping so I'm happy that I have food in the new pad. I'm so sniffly. -josh- 2-24-03 (2:37pm) Listening to Aks Mamma. I forgot to say that I saw the coolest things at Wal-Mart the other day: the newly updated and childhood favorites of mine, M.U.S.C.L.E. Men! They're called something slightly different, but each package comes with a little fully-pink gruff fighter that looks just like the originals. I need to buy them all. The Jon Langford art shindig was so fun. He played some Mekons songs and Waco Brothers songs and then some solo stuff that he's done. Some guest musicians came up and played an upright bass, a mouth harp, and an accordian! Stu and I walked to my old place and I felt a little sick from drinking the most since my birthday and having a lot of sugar-filled coffee. The caffeine killed any alcohol that was festering in my stomach. I borrowed Zack's car and Stu and I took most of the rest of my stuff over to the new place. I'm finishing up cleaning right now. I took Stu home and we listened to Telegraph and sang along. It felt like we were in Saginaw, heading out to a hall show. I got back to my new place and stayed up all night finding places for all of my junk. I slept really good and now I bid you farewell. -josh- 2-23-03 (4:27am) Listening to some bullshit on the radio. 
That's how I dressed up for tonight's Less than Jake show. Earlier, I spent time moving stuff over to the new apartment and then we went to Wal-Mart and I bought a lot of stuff. Anywho, the LTJ show was a lot of fun. I got crushed like crazy in the front. I also got to meet Jeff Gill face to face. Everyone was looking at me like I was a complete weirdo with my drawn-on facial hair but then I gave them comics and were happy. I was surprised at how receptive everyone was to the books and at how many people hounded me for stuff. A lot of people said "I love Josh's stuff. I go to his site every day." not knowing that I was me. Ha! After the show, I stood outside with all my buds and watched as girls got taken away in ambulances and we handed out flyers. I gave away easily a thousand comics and flyers in 10 minutes. Zack, Corrine, and Pam all helped out, too. I was running to work and Tracy was kind enough to give me a ride so I wasn't late. Work was so much fun and everyone thought I was nuts because I worked most of the night in my face paint. I'm going to finish up some junk here and then finally go to sleep in my bed at the new place. Check out the new pics I put up. Broken Lines #3 is out and it's amazing! Jon Langford art show at the Globe later today! -josh- p.s. Daily art is being done but I'll scan it all later. 2-20-03 (part 3) (10:28pm) Listening to Let's Go Bowling. I didn't end up going to the art show because Brian's car died and I couldn't find a ride. It's ok, though, because I felt real shitty. I've been having chest pains and I've felt nauseous so I'm trying to take it easy but that's hard when I'm moving stuff. Being shirtless is so great. -josh- 2-20-03 (part 2) (3:01am) Listening to Alkaline Trio. I finally got everything ready for this art show. I somehow managed to lose my favorite shorts and my favorite pants even though I haven't taken any clothes over to the new place. Fuck, I'm really busy...I hope people buy some of my stuff tonight. -josh- 2-20-03 (1:11am) Listening to Colossal. I'm trying to put together my last batch of regular books for the art show later today. Come on out to the Dunedin Brewery tonight and support us artists! Here's a fun list of things I've been thinking about lately: I miss: My dog, Ruckus When Stu and I were kids and we took trails and tracks to get places Reading influential comics Holding hands Chad's Olde James Towne Hall shows Shorty's Three C's, my home and comic shop work for almost 4 years Lisa's ingenuity and outlook on life in person Yelling at churches and grocery shopping with Nick Grocery shopping with Stu Bike riding and thrifting with Patrick Making movies and dub-overs with Patrick Being a kid with Rusel and Lydia Fishing with my dad Jokingly yelling at Jen while attempting to hit her with a broom Having my hand not hurt when I draw comics Doing comics for fun Waking up early to watch Northern Exposure when it could only be seen at 3am Calling up and harassing infomercial operators Coming home to someone who says "I love you." My Graphic Arts and Computer Technology classes Running in the fog with Jason People I don't stay in contact with because they can't make the effort Crying and unleashing whatever I bottle up Putting on god-awful plaid suits with Stu and driving around whipping firecrackers at things Throwing cereal out of the car window Being 18 years old Having everything be new to me in St. Pete Being truly in love The early days of my books My first apartment Riding my bike to the Gulf Fighting Lou My station wagon, the best car ever Having Brent be around to look up to me Beautiful dreams I could fully remember My once-excellent memory Every single moment of driving to Detroit to see a show All of my past comic convention experiences The drive to be famous by the time I turned 20 Watching "The Little Prince" on Nickelodeon at 5:30am when I was 4 Having Jon Fritz and Chucky Averill be my mentors for so many childhood years Finding Evan Dorkin books I didn't have 1997 Having a huge crush for 4 years Graduating high school Living a life without stress When you'd be on AIM and you would never see anyone have Away messages Hours-long AIM conversations with Mandy (made life way more bearable) Selling comics to my friends in school 2-19-03 (part 2) (1:13am) Ok, I scanned it. Atom and his dog, Books:  2-19-03 (12:49am) Listening to Atom and His Package. The show was so fun tonight! I gave Atom a comic and talked with him for a bit. He signed something for me that I was going to scan but I'd rather read and make you feel that I don't like you. I got more of my junk moved into the new place. I took a break just before Brian picked me up to lay and look at the stars. I made some new friends at the Orpheum. I hugged Cristy Road a lot. Some people recognized me as "the comic guy" (always an awkward feeling). I gave comics to pretty girls and ugly guys. Time for noodles! -josh- 2-16-03 (10:49pm) Listening to Hum. I'm reading "The Wizard of Oz" online. You can read all the Oz stuff L. Frank Baum wrote by clicking here. I took Slap over to the new place and she totally loves it. It started raining and I looked out the front door and it seemed like I was in France. I might head over there in a little bit to put together comics in the big empty place. -josh- p.s. "There is only one thing in the world I am afraid of." "What is that?" asked Dorothy; "the Munchkin farmer who made you?" "No," answered the Scarecrow; "it's a lighted match." 2-16-03 (3:30am) Listening to No Doubt. It is so nice out!!! It got up to 80 yesterday and later on today we're supposed to get thunderstorms. Hotcha! I got the best Buster Keaton book in the mail yesterday that I won on E-Bay. It's one I looked at when I was at a library in San Diego and it has so many great pictures I want to draw. I packed a little for the move and then I drank some, which made me sleepy so I took a nap until I had to go to work. I had so much fun bopping around and showing off my muscles. Man, I'm in such a good mood. -josh- 2-15-03 (12:11pm) Listening to Lawrence Arms ("Light Breathing" is so great to scream). I woke up early and it's in the 70's right now and I'm strutting around nearly naked to enjoy it even more while my windows are open. I made it through Valentine's Day without getting too depressed over not having anyone to share the day with. I made a comic about love and The Globe that's taped to the counter there. I wish I could eat more. I'm going to turn into a Josh-nothing soon enough. Some of you might remark that I'm already nothing. The Busdrivers are playing their last show ever at Goldstar tonight. I have 2,500-3,000 comics I have to put together. I'll do that today as I wonder how many people wanted some kisses from me yesterday. I already know the answer to that is none. My stomach feels like it's in knots. Slap is staring at me waiting to get my cereal milk. Yeah, I might need to puke. -josh- 2-14-03 (4:49pm) Listening to Reel Big Fish. I updated the catalog page with all the flyers and books I have available again. I was making copies and asked this old creep if he wanted me to clean up his mess of papers he left on the floor and he flipped out and told me I wasn't getting into heaven. I told him at least I'll be clean. There was a car accident where I had been three seconds earlier. I have a new painting up. I'm hungry. -josh- 2-13-03 (11:30pm) Listening to Thumper. I now have 5 paintings hanging up at the Xchange in St. Pete. Stig and I spent the evening hanging stuff. I'm going to attempt to paint tonight, too. I have to do some new stuff for the Dunedin Brewery art show that's next Thursday. I got Buster Keaton's "The Cameraman" in the mail today. I haven't seen it since I saw it at Tampa Theatre awhile ago. Arghh...I have some art that's due tomorrow. Oh well, I'll get it done. -josh- 2-12-03 (7:27pm) Listening to The Know How. I framed some of my paintings and I'm exhausted. I made a cool thing with the "Obey the Giant" stencil, a frame, and some plastic wrap. I'm going to take a pic and put it up in a few. If no one will buy it, it'll look nice as a decoration. I'm also breaking up the set of the 12 people so if you want one, head over to the Paintings page and let me know who you desire. So tired yet so much to do. Smooches! -josh- 2-11-03 (part 2) (10:24pm) Watching TV. I'm attempting to frame some of my lovely paintings for the art show coming up (yeah, I know, artsy). Fuck this stupid rut I was in. I'm over it and I'm over a lot of stuff in general. I'm not going to feel sorry for myself anymore. I won't get anything done if I keep at that. To my friends, I love you. If you are one of those assholes who wants to hinder my life in any way, you can turn and walk away and keep your distance from me. Bling bling! -josh- 2-11-03 (4:45pm) Listening to The Velvet Teen. I think I just try too hard for everything. I want everyone to be happy and I myself always have a look of despair on my face. I'm sick of getting people's attitudes, getting treated like shit, and having to put up with dumb people. Sometimes I think about riding my bike right into an oncoming semi or riding right off into the Bay. I'm tired of paranoia, exhaustion, and overworking myself. I'm losing more and more of my much talked-about energy all the time and I hope I'm not sinking into a depression. I hate some of you people so much. I can't drive myself insane. -josh- 2-10-03 (part 2) (10:13pm) Watching Mexican TV. I started packing up a little bit. We put the deposit down on the new place. I finished up my comic for Tampa Bay Grind #3. I'm drained and not in the mood for anything. Stig and I are going to the Xchange on Thursday to talk to the owner about an art show there. Arghhh! I need a vacation. Moving and living in a new place will help add excitement to how fuckin' dull I am. I'm so jealous of how content Slap looks at taking over my bed. -josh- 2-10-03 (4:11am) Listening to Man...or Astro-man? Stu and I laboriously put together the rest of the Chauncey sets tonight. Him and I have been drawing and I did a big, stupid painting of a robot. I need sleep because I ache. -josh- 2-9-03 (part 2) (9:06pm) Listening to Slapstick. I took down the post that Erin started and that ended up becoming a battle of everyone against her. If she wants the full wrath of everyone on the board and she starts more shit, it goes right back up. I'm not feeling too good and I have so much to do... Brian and I went to Tampa Theatre to see Buster Keaton's "The General". It was lots of fun and the third BK movie I've seen on the big screen there. We sat way high up and it was amazing. I need lots of massages. I think I'm going to have a nervous breakdown. -josh- 2-9-03 (4:40am) Listening to Lawrence Arms. For anyone who doesn't know, there's a battle being fought on the message board. Check it out. Zack, Melissa, and I are getting a place together. I hope it works out cool, which it should. This apt. is actually a little cottage behind this one apt. building and I'm happy that Slap will have more room to wander around. We'll all be saving money because we all want to buy houses. I won't have to miss Tony because the place is right by my apt. now. I think I'll be getting more art stuff done, too. I went down to the big fat show with Joe and we were greeted by Maegan and her pals wanting my autograph. Hi everyone! I felt like Telly Savales for a minute as I wrote out my name and drew lame stuff like Chauncey on the back of the punk comic. We then realized that Joe locked his keys in his car so Andi was awesome enough to drive us out to Seminole to get a spare key and drive us back. We got inside and we hung out with Zack and Neal and yelled at some screamo band and demanding ska. We also bothered Phil and Sam a few times. I kept waiting for Katt and Allison and they got there while Bum Ruckus was playing. It was so great as I gave them the biggest hugs and Katt lotsa smooches. She probably wanted me to leave her alone but hanging around her for the short time tonight made everything better. I had to go to work and it was super busy. It's raining now and I'm real tired and hungry. I want to cuddle and all I have is Slap. I'm a fucking lame bitch. I love you. -josh- 2-8-03 (4:56am) Listening to Colossal. It's official...Big D and the Kids Table is playing here at Fang-Shooey's new CD release show on April 6th! I also get to tag along to see them play in Orlando the next night. I sold a few more Chauncey sets, which is a relief. Big ska show tonight at the Xchange. I need to be up in 4 hours so I might just stay up. I've really been missing Katt even though I just saw her on Monday. I'm happy that I'll be seeing her at the show tonight. I get so giddy when I think about Kathleen. It'll be great going to the convention with her. I FINALLY got my Less than Jake cereal box. I gave Erin the limited edition shirt because I promised it to her as a Christmas present. The glow-in-the-dark skeleton bobble head it came with is real cool. The records were a great treat and the box is top-knotch. I have so much to do and so little Josh and so little time. One of my paintings sold to a guy in Connecticut off E-Bay. Mwah! -josh- 2-7-03 (12:19am) Listening to Big Lick. JoEllen e-mailed me and things are better now for me. I have a horrendous headache though. I just put some more paintings on E-Bay. They're ones that I've never listed so it'll be exciting to see the response they get. I felt like such a loser earlier when I ordered pizza and was just sitting on my floor alone in the silence as the cat stared at me. Thankfully, I have my comics to keep me company. I think I completed five more things off my list of stuff to do. Someone come over and give me massages. I feel like an old man. -josh- 2-6-03 (part 2) (5:41pm) Listening to The Dead Milkmen. So far, today was one of those days where I just could've exploded and gone ballistic. I got yelled at again for something small and fairly meaningless at work. I just held my tongue, thought about it, and then wrote a note about it expressing why I consider myself not to be a butler to the rest of the Globe. Then, I was riding home and got a flat tire. Howie was kind enough to take me to go get air in it and then everything was ok. The weather is amazing and it's helping me to feel a lot better. I am incredibly stressed and on the verge of breakdown from so much (work, comic work, art show/zine/convention work, and site/computer work) that sleeping so long last night is what I really needed. I have so many books to put together and I'm turning down everyone's offers for help because I'm so anal about how they're assembled that I have to do it mostly myself. I can't wait until I'm rich and a full-time recluse. In addition, Sarah Dyer (of Evan Dorkin and Sarah Dyer) wrote this in her journal that sums up perfectly the life of a comic artist/creator: "Friendships are work, and when you work as much as most self-employed people do, the hours left over to put into your personal life sometimes just aren't there. And that is the problem. It's very common in our industry to have these sort of friendships, people who you genuinely consider to be good friends of yours, but whom you see only once every year or two, and exchange perhaps christmas cards and a note or two with in between conventions. People try hard to stay in touch, but it isn't easy when you're all scattered about the country and all working up to 80 hours a week. It's a problem I don't even know how to address—there's only so many hours in a week, and you've got to divide them between work and sleep, eating and taking care of yourself, spouse/significant other and family, and then social life and recreation…it's just very difficult when you're not someone who works 40-50 hours a week and then is done with it. I'm grateful that we do what we do, and that we work together, and that we can choose which days we want to do what. And usually I only think about the financial costs of our choices (we are wholly responsible for our own social security payments, for example; health insurance is a huge burden on the self-employed; and choosing to work on our own projects keeps us from building up any savings most years). But sometimes the personal costs become evident as well. Like today." Check out her site: www.jinjur.com to read more. I need to make it with this comic and art shit soon. -josh- 2-6-03 (9:18am) Listening to The Infamous Shoeless Joe. Fuck...I just slept 15 hours. I really happy I set my alarm before I went to bed. I needed it, though, because of all the nights I couldn't go to bed while I was working on comic stuff lately. I spent another three hours at the copy shop and now there a thousand more of the 6th free mini-comic and a bunch more flyers. Now, I have to go to work. -josh- 2-5-03 (3:57am) Watching Chaplin films. The Catalog has been updated with the rest of the Chauncey covers as well as the robot flyer. I hope you like this site still. I spend more time on it than I do grooming myself (and it shows). Smooches! -josh- 2-4-03 (part 2) (10:03pm) Listening to Alkaline Trio. I fucking hate AOL Instant Messenger. I'm sick of looking at your precious little Buddy Profile and reading your horrible Away messages. A bunch of you know my AIM name and some of you can't get the hint that I hate talking with you so I started blocking you. That didn't help anything as AIM still managed to annoy the shit out of me. A handful of you know my other AIM name but I still have to look at a bunch of people in my Buddy List that I detest anyway. I am now using my third AIM name to somehow redeem any Internet socialization I might want to. If I chat to you, don't tell anyone my fucking name. Don't come on under a different screen name and act like I can fucking tell who you are. Don't fuck with me on AIM acting you're a badass when I could kick your ass in real life. You people hide behind your 'cute' little names but you can never own up to your stupidity you spew to me on the computer in real life. Go to hell, AOL Instant Messenger. You get to be the subject of a hate-filled article I'm writing. I think I'm going to use the comic title Bill Nord gave me awhile ago: "AOL Instant Messenger Needs to be Punched in the Fucking Shoulder". -josh- 2-4-03 (7:51pm) Listening to Man or Astroman? Katt and I watched all the dating shows last night like "Blind Date" and the new one, "EX-treme Dating". It's EXTREME!!! She left and I stayed up all night going through my comic originals and picking out the ones I want to make copies of. I took a little nap and then went to work. Stu and I hung out at the copy shop and I made 50 copies of every Chauncey book and I am selling them as special sets for four bucks. Buy one, sucka! I'm one-fifth of the way done with everything I want to print up so I have to go back again a few more times in the upcoming weeks. Stu-ee and I then got pizza and talked shit about people. Ok, go fuck yourself. -josh- 2-3-03 (part 2) (6:18pm) Watching "The Simpsons".  when nightfall comes, it's time to throw flour on yourself Lisa sent me this picture, a Charlie Chaplin postcard, and a CD of Bulgarian ska! I miss her dearly. I also got a great Buster Keaton book in the mail today. I then mailed off the stuff to Marco and now I'm catching up on e-mail stuff and art/comics I need to mail off tomorrow. Skadios! -josh- 2-3-03 (4:26am) Listening to Tricky Dick. I just spent forever trying to get some nice chunks of packing tape off the roll because I'm sending stuff to mail to Marco in Italy and paintings for Nick in Saginaw but it was without any luck. My fingers hurt so bad and now I need to go buy some more tape. Why can't stupid CVS be open right now? I'm making myself go make a bunch of copies today for handouts at shows and then promo stuff for the comic convention. Slap is so damn cute right now as she lays in a pile of papers and CD's on my bed. I have the new Comic of the Week up. I'll do the Daily Art later. I think I should get some sleep. -josh- 2-2-03 (part 2) (5:01am) Listening to Fighting Hellfish. I don't even really remember doing this but a bunch of people voted on me so that's funny: Josh's Face the Jury picture. I forgot to mention that I picked up my Less than Jake ticket and was happy to find the Independents' "Back from the Grave" picture disc! -josh- 2-2-03 (3:49am) Listening to Slapstick. Well, I got to say what I had to say to Stu tonight and it was a little scary. I told him we had to talk and how mad we are all about his drinking and then I made him write out everything he wants in life and sign and date it. I told him to keep that with him in his wallet until he has all those goals met. I was shaking but in a good way. He spent a few hours writing stuff out and I hope this helps to change him around. Zack and I talked about how acting like the parent isn't always fun. Him, Brian, and I care enough about Stu to not give up on him and I kept drilling that in his head tonight. Becky has flip books for sale at the Globe of me in my Batman outfit eating a banana. They're going fast so get yours soon. -josh- 2-1-03 (5:01am) Listening to Recess Rejects. I had such a great little afternoon yesterday. It was really warm out so I went down to the Bay and ate pineapple and drew at a picnic table. I drew up the rough draft for the comic that's going in Tampa Bay Grind #3. I also drew up some more art and logos for Stamp'd and Recess Rejects. Did you get my latest newsletter of all the places I'll be appearing and handing out comics? If not, join my e-group, with a handy submission form on the homepage of this very site. I met some nice guys tonight who really liked my books. Stu was really drunk and has yet to find a permanent place to stay or a new job. Brian and I are both going to have seperate interventions for him. I almost punched him in the face tonight for him being so drunk and obnoxious. I yelled at him and he just clammed up. This is the same bullshit I yelled at him about last year when I kicked him out. He drives me up a wall. Thanks to Marco for bidding on and buying a bunch of my original art off of E-Bay. I'm off to bed, methinks. -josh- 1-31-03 (2:38am) Listening to Tricky Dick. Lauren is 24 today. Man, time flies. I got the jam comic back in the mail today that Joe Kletz and I are doing. It's only 3 panels (2 more by me and 1 by Joe) from being complete. It looks really good. I really have to come up with a comic for Tampa Bay Grind #3. I think I'll just go ahead and do the rough draft to a short strip I have an idea for. Slap is really fuckin' annoying. Enjoy this last day of January. These words go in the archive after tomorrow. -josh- 1-29-03 (part 2) (8:48pm) Listening to Bim Skala Bim. I updated the Art page with a few more rarely seen things. I got a bunch of Bim Skala Bim and Mashin' up the Nation CD's today. They're taking me back to when I was a strapping young ska fan instead of this old man I've grown into. Like the "Posse" pic? Print it up and make stickers of it. I'll be bigger than Andre the Giant. Actually, thanks to Katt for giving me the "Daniel has a posse" and "Mr. Miyagi has a posse" Fueled by Ramen stickers. They were quite inspiring. I have the Andre the Giant stencil I need to spray-paint on some wooden board Zack gave me. Speaking of Kathleen, we had a lovely date of pizza and a movie last night. I'm quite smitten with her. It looks like I'm going to be having stuff at an art show coming up on Feb. 20th. I should get back to work on the art I'm doing for Broken Lines #3. -josh- 1-29-03 (2:44am) Listening to The Gaslight Addition. I just added today's art and I wanted to waste a sentence of complete bullshit. -josh- 1-28-03 (part 2) (7:19pm) Listening to Punch the Clown. I got a new Comic of the Week up. I bought a bunch of awesome vinyl today. Mmm...candy. -josh- 1-28-03 (4:01am) Listening to Colossal. I spent the whole day yesterday burning CD's for my pals in San Diego. I also managed to finish cleaning my closet and keep up on Daily Art. There's a couple random new pics up to chronicle my aging process. I'm knocking off about one or two things a day on my to-do list. I only have about 59 more things left on it. I'm never going to have a true vacation. -josh- 1-26-03 (8:09pm) On the phone with Stu's dad. My hair looks really cool. We took a few pictures but the full modeling thing is coming up in a little bit. I rehashed an old STASH column for the new Vertical Composition entry that should be up tomorrow. I'm halfway done with a new Comic of the Week. Fuck the Super Bowl. I think it should be the last one. Instead of watching football, I actually accomplished a nice amount of stuff so far today. Fuck you. -josh- 1-25-03 (5:49am) Listening to Lawnmowers Gone Awry. There is a lot more original JoshComics art up on E-bay. Hit the auctions link above. Tonight at work, Renee said something about bare walls and I thought she was talking about bare balls so I felt like a fool when I realized she didn't. I'm glad my balls have been warm through this cold even though they are bare. I have to send out a new newsletter now and then I'm going to bed and then my hair gets cut professionally for the first time in ten years. -josh- 1-22-03 (8:00pm) Listening to Lawrence Arms. I just put up a bunch of junky new buddy icons. Less than Jake and Voodoo Glow Skulls are playing shows here soon. There's lots of good stuff coming up so I better make a lot of comics to hand out at the shows. I have to make flyers and freebies for the comic convention, too. Skadios! -josh- 1-21-03 (4:40am) Watching "Amelie". I want to go and stand in the rain in France. I've come to that conclusion after watching "Happenstance" and now "Amelie" again (both with Audrey Tautou). I hate that I always have so much I want to type on here and then I end up forgetting it. We continued our Ed Norton film fest by watching "Fight Club" after renting that, "Happenstance", and "Wet Hot American Summer" in which Bill Nord interned for. After I get done typing this, I'm going to take pics of all my new paintings and possibly throw the set of twelve on E-Bay. The music of "Amelie" is so enchanting. I think I want to buy the soundtrack. I just cleaned off my computer table and I can type somewhat good for a change. I think I'm over being sick. I was throwing up so much last night and I couldn't fall asleep because of coughing so much. It's finally starting to get warmer here again. I really need to get cracking with a bunch of things I have to do. My job list is getting incredibly long and backed up. I'll yap more at ya later. -josh- 1-19-03 (7:03pm) Listening to Suburban Legends. Tracy and Mike came over a little bit ago and we recorded some voices for animations. I'm trying to clean up my apt. Zack accidentally broke my door but now it's all fixed and now I don't have to use both hands and all my weight thrown into it to open the lock. I sure fuckin' hope the Simpsons are going to be on when I turn on my TV and not any fuckin' football shit. I hate football. -josh- 1-18-03 (6:18pm) Talking to my mom on the phone. I felt like such an old man at the show last night. There were so many little kids there and I kept yelling at them because they kept running into me. I'm off to go work on some more art stuff. -josh- 1-17-03 (6:34pm) Listening to Baxter. I should be taking a nap before the show but I woke up hacking like crazy and then I threw up. I'm almost 100% Josh, though. Katt and I continued our Ed Norton kick by watching most of "Primal Fear" last night. I want to see "Fight Club" again now, too. I continued my Ed Furlong kick by watching "Pecker" for the billionth time and then a little bit of "American History X" again before I zonked out this afternoon. My set of 12 paintings is done and they just need to be polyurethaned. I'm planning on using the images for a 2004 calendar and then selling off the paintings either as a set or individually. Go check out E-Bay for the original to the third punk comic and a devil painting up for auction. Cough, wheeze...josh! 1-16-03 (7:26pm) Listening to Less than Jake. I put a couple new things up on E-Bay. It looks like the second punk comic original will be going to a bidder in Italy! I slept and drank a lot of liquids and now I feel almost back to normal. It was nice and warm today but then it's going to get cold and miserable again. Go to the Rude Squad/Fang-Shooey/Bum Ruckus/Gaslight Addition show tomorrow night at the State Theatre. I'll be handing out flyers before I go in to work. Skadios! -josh- 1-15-03 (part 2) (9:07pm) Listening to The Broadways. All the Daily Art entries have been updated. Brian and I are thinking of starting an Internet radio station. I'll keep you posted on how that goes. I'll have the batch of my twelve paintings up in a few days. I want pizza. -josh- 1-15-03 (12:19am) Listening to Dillinger Four. Last night, I hung out at the Globe with Brian and caught up on my daily paintings and my sketchbook stuff. I went home and chatted with Mandy all night and took a short nap before work. I started feeling like crap and work went by fast. A kind old woman remarked that her lunch I made her was excellent so that put me in a real good mood. I went to Star Booty to visit Lee and I got the latest Arcade Inferno demo off of him. I then went to Daddy Kool to buy the latest D4 CD. I got home and took another little nap still feeling like crap. Brian came and got me at 8pm and we ventured off to Clearwater and I felt really good. We got to the radio station early and I sat around and drew all sorts of crap. I got on the air around 10pm and it went pretty good. Did anyone tape it? Stu, Erin, JoEllen, Tracy, Dan, Joe, and Marck all called which made me feel good. Thank you, Holleywood and Brewski! We had a lot of fun. The Brian and I bought some Checker's because "You gotta eat!" and then we went to the Globe for a few minutes. I'm home now and I feel a little crappy but it's just probably a lack of sleep. Mwah! -josh- 1-13-03 (6:27pm) Listening to The Indecisives. Daily art is being delayed because my scanner is buried under a shitload of papers. I changed around my apt. yesterday and it's way more roomy and more comfortable. Kathleen came over and we drove off to 7-11 so we could buy Slurpees and a large amount of sugar to fill up my tiny man-child body. We watched "American History X" and I drank Coke and ate candy and chips. I just woke up a little bit ago and that is also my breakfast. I'm really well-rested and I feel amazing. Moving my bed around helped so much in making me stay asleep for more than twenty minutes. I should go take a shower. Brian and I are going to the Globe. Then, tomorrow, I'll be on the radio. -josh- 1-12-03 (3:41am) Listening to Aks Mamma. Tonight, Phil told me he really likes my daily words so that gave me a little confidence in what I write in here. I'm going to start working on my writings and get more entries of my column out there. I got most of the money for the "Stu Fund" to get him back down to Florida so I bought his plane ticket today. Everyone is really happy that he'll be here in 11 days now. I'm going to try to rearrange my apt. without stubbing anything or losing a limb. Water! -josh- 1-10-03 (4:27pm) Listening to Colossal. Hi! I'm really happy. I'll tell you about it in a bit. Last night, I went bikeriding and took Slap with me as I went to the Globe and did some new comics. I went home and called Brian who said that we're going to pool our money together to buy a plane ticket to get Stu back here. I couldn't sleep at all and then I was almost late to work today. Becky and Diana also said they'd throw in money and so did Erich but only if Stu mows his lawn. I got my Evan Dorkin Exceptions stuff and him and Sarah Dyer sent me a bunch of other stuff, too. I got home and my CD's from Chicago were here and then I called Stu's dad to tell him our plans and then I called my dad and my sister and had a really good conversation with them. Congrats to her on her engagement! I might've patched things up between her and my mom. They haven't talked in a year. My back hurts and my insomnia is killing me. -josh- 1-9-03 (3:11am) Listening to Assorted Jelly Beans. I just added today's daily art and I'm about 75% done with my new secret painting that I'm turning in for the art show on Saturday. The watercolor paintings are coming along nicely. All twelve will be done on the 15th. If anyone is interested in the set, e-mail me. I feel bad for Slap because she isn't having any cat sex and my music is blaring so loud right now while she's trying to sleep. I'm off to go watch "Pecker" again and do some watercolor bullshit. -josh- 1-8-03 (8:18pm) Listening to Scared of Chaka. You'll love the suicidal tendencies of today's daily art character. I'm officially on the list for the Orlando comic convention that's happening the end of next month/beginning of March. Slap is in heat and it's driving me up a wall. My bike almost just fell on her. -josh- 1-7-03 (10:11pm) Listening to The Honor System. I had such a great time last night. I couldn't sleep so I sat around in my underwear reading my Dan Clowes collection I just bought. My mattress is pulled onto my floor and it's so comfortable to sleep on. I went to work and it was pretty busy. I had the pleasure of finally meeting Bask and it turns out that he's a big fan of Chauncey and my books. He asked if I wanted to have something in his Ring of Fire 4 art show so I'm working on a new painting right now to be included in it. I'm also keeping up on my people watercolor paintings as well as my daily art. Go bid on the stuff I have up on E-Bay. I might be listing to the set of 12 people paintings as an auction. I sold a few more paintings so that's pretty exciting. I'm getting ready for me being on the radio next week. It's on Tuesday night, Jan. 14th so tune into www.uptowndowntown.net if you aren't in the Tampa Bay area. I might be playing a new Fang-Shooey song as well as a new All Ages song that ChadAges sent me earlier today. Guess who needs a hand massage? I'm off to paint. -josh- 1-6-03 (5:16am) Listening to Skarmageddon 4. Every page has been updated. A brand new Comic of the Week is up, more daily art, and I even made some Buddy Icons. No disrespect to Josh Griffith and his awesome Icons that's he's made for me but I just wanted to see what kind of stuff I could come up with. All the new paintings are up. Yesterday, Bred came over and recorded a bunch of lines for the BTTF parody animation I'm doing. I'm doing a series of people marker/watercolor paintings on canvas board (one a day for twelve days) and I'll be selling the set of them for $20 apiece or $200 for the set. Let me know if you want them. I have the first two up now. I have such a bad headache. I love you. -josh- 1-4-03 (8:48pm) Listening to The Velvet Teen. Everyone's been calling me and it's so great! I've heard from Jason and Karissa and a bunch of my other friends. Zack and I went to the comic shop today and I bought a Dan Clowes book and a Jhonen Vasquez one. Check out the comic I did in the latest issue of Tampa Bay Grind, available at the Globe. Skadios! -josh- 1-2-03 (7:03pm) Watching TV. For today's Daily Art I drew Time-Bob and his brother, Puckitt, who appeared in the first story arc of "The Josh Sullivan Adventures" in 1997. It's marker and watercolor. I've decided to stop drinking and the subsequent smoking cigarettes that seems to go with the drinking. I finished Buster's book so now I have to start reading something new. I need a nap. -josh- 1-1-03 (11:11pm) Watching "The Simpsons". I'm working on keeping up on the Daily Art again thanks to Erin giving me a cool, new sketchbook. I found out all the info about me being on the radio. Check out the message board for that post. -josh- 12-31-02 (part 2) (8:00pm) Listening to TreePhort. I'm really fuckin' bored because it's pouring and I don't want to ride my bike in the rain. So, here's my end of the year soliloquoy for you to vomit after reading. This was another year I managed to screw up and piss off more people. I can't believe I actually made some progress on my comics and even moreso on the paintings. I've got three more that I just did, in fact. I made a lot of new friends this year and a lot of other friends have seemingly vanished. I'm excited now because I have a much clearer idea of how I'm going to succeed with all this artistic bullshit. Thanks to everyone who keeps in touch and those who lay around all day doing nothing without even saying hey can go die a shit death. Ok, I'm done with this...reflecting on things is depressing me. -josh- 12-31-02 (1:30am) Watching "Northern Exposure" and downloading Bipeds songs. Well, it's fuckin' New Year's Eve. I have to remember to call my mom for it is her birthday. Sunday was lots of fun because Katt and Allison and I watched in amazement of the complete dolts on the Gameshow Network and then I developed a new crush on Nipsey Russell. Today, I was going to work on getting a bunch of stuff to mail off but I fell asleep and everything was thrown out the window. It got up to 75 degrees today so I wandered around on my bike before the Globe party at JoEllen's. Becky and Todd picked me up and we partook in good food and good drink. We went for a walk to Driftwood, where I saw the craziest Christmas display in the whole world. A Satanic Teddy Ruxpin greeted you by talking about Jesus and there were many other things like Christmas dinosaurs and Christmas flamingos. I got dropped off at 11pm, pissed around on the computer, fell asleep for an hour, and now I'm super-alert. Happy No Year, you fuckers! -josh- 12-29-02 (3:22am) Listening to The Velvet Teen. Hi kids! It's so cold here. I was supposed to go to Allison's dad's wedding today but I didn't so I stayed at home and read BK's autobiography, wrote some letters, and watched Northern Exposure. I got all dressed up later on in the evening to go to Becky and Alexis' debutante ball. I stopped by the Globe beforehand to drop my stuff off and my great pal Katy was there also getting ready to go to the ball. She looked so damn hip dressed up as Audrey Hepburn. I love Katy because she talks more shit than Stu and me combined and can get away with it. We decided to be each other's dates to this shindig and wandered over to The Coliseum. We sat there and played Battleship on her phone and made fun of everybody. Then, we ate food and wandered aimlessly (recklessly for me while I kept bumping into the rich) about and then went back to The Globe. I had to work so I changed and hopped around all night. My thighs are cold. I need someone to come warm them up. -josh- p.s. I'm going to be on the radio talking about my comics. More info later! 12-28-02 (5:23am) Listening to The Recess Rejects. Speaking of RR, I might be doing art for them. I just got to 30,000 hits. Thank you for your support on this mess. I'm going to bed. -josh- 12-27-02 (4:07am) Listening to Stamp'D! On Christmas, I didn't see one damn person...it was so great! I stayed at home and read Buster's autobiography and ate French toast and slept. Zack and I caused trouble at Publix today. He's picking me up a checker tie so I can wear it to Allison's dad's wedding and the debutante ball. I doubt I actually will wear it because I'll look like a little ska bitch but I'm really happy I'm getting it after searching for one for 6 years. My art is done for Broken Lines #3. Hopefully, I get to mail off a bunch of the stuff I have laying around my apt. I love you. -josh- 12-25-02 (part 2) (5:45pm) Listening to Superdot. Here is the Christmas I believe in as written by Aaron: The real story of Christmas begins 40 billion years ago on a planet a lot like earth. On this planet lived three intelligent races: the Midgets, the Midgets in Robot Suits, and the Robots. The planet was divided into thirds: the Western Hemisphere was for the Midgets, the Eastern and the Southern parts for the Midgets in Robot Suits (they won the South from the Robots in The Great War of Time Period: Type B. 444456738-011) and the Northern for the Robots. They all lived peaceful enough until about Time Period: Type B. 63347-010, when the Midgets in Robot Suits began waging war on the Midgets. This was because the Midgets were in control of all the natural resources left on the planet and the Midgets wouldn't give it to them because in the Midget equivalent to our Bible the god figure or the "Willow" as they call it, teaches against all technology, robots and robot suits included. Now, the Midgets in Robot Suits were the second most powerful race on the planet so the war was basically a slaughter of innocent Amish Midgets. The Midgets in Robot Suits had all sorts of weaponry like deathrays and flame guns and disintegrator rayguns. The Midgets had big sticks and corn. The Robots were angered by all this because they were a peaceful but still ass-kickin' race. So they decided to go into Midgetonia and help the poor little Midgets. When the leader of the Midgets in Robot suits learned about this he was furious. He immediately sent an elite force to Robotica and had millions of citizens and women and children slaughtered. The Robot leader (who was elected by the poor in a big smelly uprising) then got so mad he went to his war advisors and told them to build a super weapon to vanquish the Midgets in Robot Suits. And they did, it was to be a one robot flying sled. It was to have twelve flying mutant dog-beasts pulling it as well as using their lazer beam eyes to fend off Midgets in Robot Suits. Also, it would have two fully operational flaming ball of death juice cannons. And a fully deathray/ flame gun/disintegrator raygun proof cabin. And so the leader of the Robots waited until the dead of winter on Dec. 25 or Time Period Type A. 13342-000 and rode his death mobile over the ugly holes of the evil Midgets in Robot Suits and destroyed them all. So began the tradition of Christmas, but now, instead of dropping flaming balls of death juice he drops presents and instead of a kick ass robot we have an overweight child molester. Nevermind. Christmas sucks. Thanks Aaron! Peas out! -josh- 12-25-02 (1:55am) Watching the Christmas episode of "Northern Exposure". I'm really bored so I decided to update this bullshit while I eat a large amount of oatmeal. My hair is getting long and this time I have no desire to cut it. It might get cut for this modeling thing I have to do in a few weeks, though. I didn't sleep at all last night and I jetted off to work in the 75-degree heat in the morning. JoEllen let me leave early and I got home and called up some of my friends. Skater Dan boarded over with some beer and we drank while I set the stages for the "Back to the Future" animation I'm working on and Zack came over, too, while we watched BTTF1. They left and it started pouring and it was stormy all night. I went outside and a toad wanted to come back upstairs with me. I am the most boring person in the world. -josh- 12-24-02 (part 2) (9:39am) Listening to Lawrence Arms. Three years ago today, Stu told me he was going back to Michigan after we had just got down here to begin our adventure. Two years ago, Lauren and I were making the long journey driving to visit everyone in MI. One year ago, it was still really hot and Stu and I were preparing to figure out what we were going to do on Christmas. Right now, I better get off of here before I'm late for work. Ha ha ha! -josh- 12-24-02 (1:13am) Watching BTTF 3. Here's some new buddy icons courtesy of Josh Griffith. Thanks Josh! 
12-23-02 (11:04pm) Sitting in silence. Oh, how Christmas Eve taunts me by only being 56 minutes away. I can't wait for 2003 to be here. I was really shocked and bummed to read that Joe Strummer died. I don't have cable anymore so I didn't know until I saw on some site later on this afternoon. For anyone who goes to the Globe, you know I play "London Calling" at least once every week or two. I have such a small pile of papers remaining that I have to go through and everything in my apt. is organized. I'm so bored that I feel I need to have everything in order for the start of the new year. I watched all three Back to the Futures with all the commentaries so that comes out to me seeing each movie three times each now since I got the box set last week. I am such a fucking loser. See how Buster Keaton looks on the home page? That's how I look. I'm off to bumble around and probably eat some more. That's all I've been doing the past few days. I never go out so all I can think of is to eat. -josh- 12-22-02 (part 2) (4:58pm) Listening to Bum Ruckus. I added some pics from the art show and I updated the paintings page to show you what's still left. New Comic of the Week is up! Thank you Cameron and Dave. Skadios! -josh- 12-22-02 (3:59am) Watching TV. Evan Dorkin's Fun Strip this week is so great. Fuck Christmas! I did pretty damn good at the art show. I sold about 8 paintings, my robot shirt I made, all the stickers, some comics, some prints, and even the Chauncey skateboard deck! A lot of people came out to it and a lot of people didn't. Don't say your going to come to something if you don't really plan on it. Ren came all the way down from Orlando to see my junk, so fuck all of you in St. Pete who can't get your lazy asses downtown. I have a few pics from the art show I'll throw up in a little bit. The digital camera was giving me trouble. I slept all day on Saturday and I'm going to be working on convention paperwork, submission packets, and all sorts of other unenchanting bullshit today. I'm so fuckin' lame. -josh- 12-20-02 (1:40am) Listening to Bum Ruckus. The big fat ska show tonight was so great. A lot of little quarreling with some people aside, I had a pretty good time. I'm in love with Bum Ruckus. Mitchell told me that Fang-Shooey might play with Big D and the Kids Table and BR in Miami and they'll let me tag along and I was so happy. I drank a nice amount but it didn't do anything. I'm becoming immune. I showed off some of my stickers I made for the art show and I sold a couple too. I saw where I'm going to be set up in Goldstar and it's really perfect. Goddamn, I can't wait til this week is over and I can work on becoming a recluse on a desert island. -josh- 12-18-02 (8:50pm) Listening to Alkaline Trio. Arghhh...back pain! I just made the 100 robot prints for the art show and now I'm aching. Yesterday, Stu hung out with me at work and then we went to Office Depot so I could buy protective sleeves for my comic packs. We then went to Best Buy and I bought the "Back to the Future" trilogy and I hugged it and I couldn't take my eyes off of it while we were in the car driving to Burger King. Our slow as usual service at BK provided me with another Simpsons watch and we ate our food in the parking lot. This drifter guy came up to us and started talking about wanting money but a piece of spit had flown out of his mouth right onto Stu's cheeseburger. I started bitching this guy out, and seriously yelling at him to get the fuck away from us. Stu thought I was just joking but I was going to get out and pop this motherfucker right in the jaw. Geez! We then went to Zack's to pick up Stu's stuff and we lugged it down lots of stairs and we kept looking at some homeless people like Thomas, the only homeless man we know who has a yard. Stu still had a MI license plate on the car and this homeless midget lady asked him what part of Michigan we're from and he said Saginaw and she got all scared and said, "Oh, I don't want to mess with you!" and ran off. We took Stu's boxes for a nice trip on US 19 where we were stuck in so much traffic, I fell asleep. We went up to Holiday so Stu could store his stuff at his dad's friend's house. Why is he storing it? It's because he flew back up to MI this morning and now I'm without my best friend for awhile. Hopefully he comes back soon instead of the two months he's thinking he'll be up there. So, we threw his junk in this garage and the neighbors kept staring at us. Stu gave me his Bad Manners record and I dreamed of becoming Buster Bloodvessel. It was Deja Vu all over again though because this was the house that we were at when we had first arrived in St. Pete and the night before Stu had left when he decided he was going to stay in MI back in 1999. We drove back to St. Pete and we said bye to each other and I watched Back to the Future and drooled at being so happy. Jen, her brother, and Nolan then came over and that was great. They left and I watched the rest of the BTTF trilogy while I painted my punk guy painting. I finished that up at 5am and then I passed out. I went to work, got out of work, went to the store, bought some alcohol, the cashier thought I was 16, told her "I wish" and then went home. That was today wrapped up into one sentence. Now, I'm going to be putting the pics of my new paintings in a little bit. Peas out. -josh- 12-16-02 (8:33pm) Watching Northern Exposure (tape 4). I haven't slept since I wrote the last entry yesterday. I popped in my Northern Exposure tapes and just started working on books. I finished up everything around 8 o' clock this morning. I then took off into the cold to Albertson's and bought toothpaste, spray paint, and an extra bike tube. I came back home and got my originals and went down to Mail Boxes, Etc. after I went t the post office and got paint stuff from Stu's parents for Christmas and my Big D/Melt Banana split 7". I was at MBE for 4 hours making copies and folding and cutting everything. I made 500 books. Some lady wanted me to bang on her car starter with a pipe and she gave me $5 even though I told her she didn't have to. A guy was interested in my comics and told me he was working on opening a marionette museum and that he needed people to work with marionettes. I have to call him about that. I sure do love puppetry. I got home and sat outside for 3 more hours putting together the rest of the comics and drinking with Tony and Todd. Now, Stu and I just got done eating pizza and I'm typing this. I think I'm going to pass out from lack of sleep. I sure am typing fast, though. -josh- 12-15-02 (5:35pm) Listening to Jawbreaker. Hey, kids! There's a new Comic of the Week up. I slept twelve hours today, which is really shitty because that just cut down the time left I have to get comics done. I know my body is telling me that I need to slow down but I can't until this week is over. Here's the status on my books for the art show: Chauncey #11, DJC #8, and Stick-People Scum-Bags #8 are all done; I have fourteen panels to ink for Josh Sullivan Adventures #21, 2 pages to ink for (Not So) #16, and all of Mini-Comic #34 to complete. I'm trying to get these done by Tuesday so I can make copies early so I have enough time to put them together. There's also a big ska show at Goldstar on Thursday (Dec. 19th) with Fang-Shooey, Rude Squad, Bum Ruckus, and Treephort. That is going to be so fun! Go to the art show on Friday, you! Bid on the stuff on E-Bay and you'll be supporting my pop habit. love, josh! 12-14-02 (6:33am) Listening to The Impossibles. I just made a bunch of my robot prints on 48lb. gloma for the art show. I'm still deciding whether to sell them or to just give them away. I inked most of JSA #21 and then I have the comics all lined up that are going into Mini-Comic #34. I just have to ink 3 or 4 pages and (Not So) #16 will be done and then I can make copies of everything. That's going to be a great big pain in the ass putting all that crap together. I need to go to bed. -josh- 12-13-02 (4:40am) Listening to the rain. First off, MSN needs to be sued because the MSN Butterfly is the exact combination of The Tick and Arthur from "The Tick". Ben Edlund would make a fortune. Anywho, I just got back from a strange jaunt through the pouring rain. I wasn't going to go wander around but my tiny man legs started walking and I ended up down at the Bay where I felt like I owned the place. No one is out and it was so spooky wading through the puddles and alleys that are turning into streams. Let's catch up on my little comic and art world. The art show is next week at Goldstar/Jannus Landing and if you're in the Tampa Bay area, you better get your ass to it. I have friends coming up from Sarasota even for it. I'll have a gazillion paintings, new comics, and some other cool surprises. Check out www.cerebralartsfest.com for more into. I got commissioned to do a really cool painting which is about halfway done. I'm working right now on inking JSA #21. I am so fucking boring. I can't wait to have all this shit done and I can start working on my big Saved by the Bell animation as well as the other animations planned: Stick to the Future and Chauncey and the Chocolate Factory. Peas out. -josh- 12-10-02 (part 2) (11:24pm) Listening to Bim Skala Bim. I forgot to mention that it rained all day yesterday and we got 5 inches so I slept all day. I have 5 new paintings up, including my 50th one so far! There is also a pic of my hand injury inflicted by Slap. Bid on the Punk Comic #2 original and the Skelly Man painting on E-Bay! -josh- 12-10-02 (7:36pm) Listening to The Streets. Today is 3 years since I left Saginaw. Good riddance shit hole! The art show starts at 7pm on Dec. 20th and there's a $5 cover for music and stuff! I thought it was 6pm. I got my bike fixed and that cost a pretty penny. I really hope I sell some crap at the show. I got four new paintings done, which will be up later tonight and I got another book complete. That's all. -josh- 12-8-02 (2:49pm) Listening to The Refreshments. I had a dream that I told someone that The Refreshments do the theme song to "King of the Hill" so I decided to pull out their CD. If you're an "Invader Zim" fan, the brand new Christmas episode will air at 8:30pm, Tuesday Dec. 10th on Nickelodeon. I might not have my cable by then so I'll probably lose out. I also got rid of my AOL because I got $10/month service from Internet Junction. If you live in Central Florida, you should sign up with them because they are so much better and they aren't the big corporate asses who shove free trial CD's down your throat, up your ass, and in your mailbox. Broken Lines #2 came out yesterday and it's still maintaining itself as my favorite 'zine. Aaron, Janine, and Anthony have really outdone themselves. There's a new EXCLUSIVE art piece drawn by me in it. If you'd like to get ahold of them about the 'zine, e-mail them at brokenlines@msn.com or write to: Cryptic TV Productions, P.O. Box 710, St. Pete, FL, 33731. If you'd like to send donations of any kind, get ahold of them or take your precious little credit card and send me a donation through PayPal and let me know it's for them. This little St. Petersburg 'zine explosion is so great so let's not let it die young or at all. Erin and I are on good terms right now and we're just going to do our own things as she's being such a huge supporter in my quest to get all this art stuff complete. Talk to you all later. New Comic of the Week is up! -josh- 12-7-02 (5:50am) Listening to The Broadways. Ok, I'm getting ready to go to bed and I'm reading the Kurt Cobain journals that Link let me borrow. It's such a horribly interesting read because I used to be a huge Nirvana fan and I wanted to lead a Kurt Cobain life and self-destruct early. I dread thinking about when I was 14 and I wanted to kill myself. I would be working on pen and ink stuff and I would cut my hands open with the pen nib and let the ink mix with my blood and I would get that stuff in my art (by the way, Robert, the picture of the two monsters you have is only one of two or three pictures that are like that. You can clone me someday). I would be sitting in my room and be so incredibly depressed from teen angst and high school bullshit (I'm so thankful starting the comics around this time got me out of that rut) and I'd want to hang myself with Christmas lights. It's eerie because in Cobain's journals there's old comics that he did in there and his handwriting is very similar to mine; maybe because of us both being left-handed, blonde-haired fucks from podunk shit holes. The early entries are real compelling because it shows how hard he was trying to get the band out there and be famous. I'm working my ass off so hard on my stuff but I don't want to go down his path. I want to live to be 150 years old and have a comic shop and a family and three homes across the country. There's a lot of stuff I'm confused about in life right now and that scares me because, for the most part, I always know what I want and I know how to acheive it. So, so, so much of me is looking forward to a nice new start on everything come the first of the year. I forgot to mention that the cat sliced open my drawing hand really bad when she kicked the shit out of me and it was pretty bloody. It doesn't hurt but I have a ton of other little cuts and a burn from a waffle iron that are just making me hate having nerves right now. I want to cry and release a lot of pent-up stress, emotion, and rage. I always hold so much in and most of the time I never express what the hell I'm feeling because I'm too busy trying to entertain everyone. I've treated Erin like crap and right now, with what our current status is, I hope that she doesn't hate me and that we can try to rekindle anything we've had after this art show and after the release of my new books takes away my vigorous work schedule and stress. Maybe it'll be for the better that she's away from my depressing ass self because then I won't have to bring her down to a level of being so fucking irate all the time. I have 13 days before this art show and I have half of Josh Sullivan Adventures #21 pencilled, all of the roughs for Stick-People Scum-Bags #8 jotted out, half the pages fully complete for the big book, nothing done for the new mini, and Chauncey #11 is out and every copy is waiting to be put in the pack that it's going to be sold in. If anyone has a fun injury story to be told, e-mail me about it so I might include it in a comic I'm working on. I apologize for this rotten, somber entry to the Daily Words but it made me feel a lot better and thanks to Becky, Stu, Skater Dan, and Brian for talking with me about everything yesterday. I'm going to bed. -josh- 12-6-02 (3:46pm) On the goddamn phone with Time Warner trying to get my cable disconnected. I hope I can remember everything I wanted to write about on here. On Wednesday, I sat out in the nice 80-degree weather and drew at the picnic table. Zack came over and brought some cool boards to paint on. Tony and I drank and I got drunk so I passed out around 7pm. I woke up just before midnight and worked on comics, cleaning my apt. and painting. I did a new one called "I Hate Cats" and finished it somewhere in the morning when I was watching "Saved by the Bell". I went to work and then afterwards, Stu and I walked around the city in the fog that seemed to engulf everything. We went down to the Pier and sat on top and looked out over Tampa Bay. We walked to my place and I drank a bunch and we ate and hung outside. We then walked to the Globe where I talked shit about everything and had fun. I rode home and Mandy and Jon called me from San Diego. This was the first time talking to her on the phone and it was so great. It seemed like we had just hung out the day before or something. It's cold today and now I'm going to go take a nap. -josh- 12-3-02 (10:03pm) Watching TV. Last night, Stu and I hung out down at the Globe and I drank a ton of coffee for the first time since I was about 7 years old. I was quite the jittery boy but I did finish the roughs for the last three pages I needed for Stick-People Scum-Bags #8 and another comic I did with Josh. Stu, Christina, and I came back to my apt. and she cut his hair while I chased Slap and went through old art. I tried to sleep later on but I couldn't and then I went to work. After that, I went to make copies of a ton of stuff including Dirty Josh Chronicles #8 and Chauncey #11. I was there for 3 hours and then I spent another 3 hours at the Globe putting books together. With my latest books (#109 + #110), I have 14,000 copies of my stuff in circulation. I'm not tired and I should be because I haven't really eaten either. I should go do that now. -josh- p.s. The catalog page has been updated so go check it out and buy some stuff off of it. 12-2-02 (5:25pm) Listening to Telegraph. I've been a busy little Josh in preparation for the art show coming up at Goldstar on Dec. 20th. I'm planning on having my new books for sale there so that pushed my deadline for them up about ten days. I have some of my new paintings up and I'll be selling those as well. My finger is cut up so it's pretty hard to type so I'll keep this short. On Saturday, I went with Zack and Melissa to the flea market and I bought a bunch of cool stuff like a creepy '70s Ronald McDonald doll, a Buster Keaton tape, Lucky the Dog from the Fisher-Price Little People (something I've been looking for forever) and some CD's for Erin. There were so many carnies and hicks out it was vomitlicious. The stench of fish laying out in the sun was so great. We then went to Burger King where I screamed out in joy when I saw a lady who looked like Wayne Newton. I kept singing "Danke Schoen" as we went in and I got some food and a Homer watch. Anyone have an extra 26" back rim for my bike? Mine died and I think I'm going to cry. Yesterday, I rearranged my apt. so now it's a Super Love Dungeon. Gah! My finger hurts! New pics up, too! -josh- |