All My Heroes Have Day-Jobs

Proof of Concept. March 23rd, 2024!

2025-03-23T07:37:00.000-07:00

❤️💩💕 Nuggthaniel is a magical talking turd with his own talk show. His sidekick, Seth Sunshine, is an anxious sunflower, & Otis Fly is a grumpy cameraman from a bygone era. Nugg interviews celebrities (on a discarded TV) or anyone/anything he meets, cursed to stay on his block by the wizard who transformed him- but he makes doo.

-Jeaux

3 Days. 3 Targets.

2015-07-21T16:59:00.002-07:00

3 Days. 3 Targets.

The True SDCC Story of one former fanboy's take down of 3 Comic Superstars.

Signed, Sealed, and Dismembered.

"This is a triumph for comic geeks everywhere!!!!!"- Hart D. Fisher, American Horrors

First off, this story spans 20 years. I shit you not.

The year was 1995, my last year of high school.

With Liz O, My Los Animales co-creator and actual high school friend 20 years ago.

I was the the school's “Weird Art Kid”, and was voted “Most Unique” to prove it. I was an alternative music listening, half-assed psuedo goth. You have to give me credit though- I attended a Catholic high school.

I was the type of goth who rocked black Bahaus shirts under his uniform. Wore black and white stripey socks and black steel toed work boots (Hey! they looked good with the khaki uniform shorts). Painted only his thumb and pinky nails for easy concealment from the school deans. Listened to bands like The Cure, Joy Division, Siouxsie & The Banshees, or Sisters of Mercy during lunch on a yellow, busted Walkman held together by duct tape. On ACTUAL cassette tapes! My gossipy Art class teacher was scared of me, which left me time alone to have free reign over what work I did in class.

Actual Yearbook page

That didn't stop me from bringing comics to class to read and pore over and study the artwork and stories.

Let's go back a little further. I had started my love affair with comics in Junior High with books like the X-Men and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. By the time 8^th Grade graduation rolled around, my horror film addiction for gore and blood had blossomed, so I had been begging my mom to buy me a subscription to Fangoria and to buy me Adults Only comics like Faust. 9^th grade followed, and with it one of the last greatest renaissances in Comics, the early 90s.

I followed the works of Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, and Todd Mcfarlane like I had been reading the bible gospels of Saints Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. I witnessed their emancipation from Marvel, and followed them blindly into their new foil embossed, 2 stapled, fully colored religion, The Holy Church of Image Comics. WildCATS. YoungBlood, Spawn. They were the Holy Trinity- and I lapped that shit up like a kitten's first bowl of ice cold milk.

Back to my Senior year. By this time, I had begun to discover Underground Comix, DC's Vertigo line, SlaveLabor Graphics, and more. One day, I was shopping at my go to place since I was a kid- Continental Comics in Granada Hills (a quiet suburb in the San Fernando Valley). Shout out to Paul, the store's owner! In fact, I believe it was Paul who suggested I check out these books he thought I would dig by a hardcore independent company named Boneyard Press. The books were Kill Image & the follow-up, Kill Marvel.

I was hooked. My friend Brian & I sat in a booth at Biff's Diner near Continental (RIP, it's now a Denny's I think) laughing our asses off at the books as the waitress kept rolling her eyes at us while she refilled our coffees (that was about all we ordered anyhow).

The Infamous Marvel Can Suck My Cock Boneyard Shirt!

I became a Boneyard convert. I idolized Boneyard's publisher Hart D. Fisher, AKA “THE Most Dangerous Man In Comics”. I ordered Boneyard shirts, bought mostly everything they put out I could get my hands on, spread the word at school and even got suspended for passing out Boneyard catalogs in school!


Hart & I at my 1st signing at Komic Kid, a local comic shop in the Valley.


Komic Kid flier

One day, I was on a date with a then girlfriend at a movie theater in Granada Hills when I see Hart Fisher, clad in a black trenchcoat, walking toward us and into the local Wherehouse Music store. She convinced me to grab my sketchbook that was in my car and go say hi to him. I'm glad she did. Apparently, Hart liked what he saw and soon enough he published one of my very first published pin-ups in one of his Bill The Bull comics!

Later on, Hart would be kind enough to let me play with one of his most cherished characters, Dark Angel and he published my very first comic story work based on a short story of his, No Time For Tears, in the premiere issue pages of Dark Angel/Bill The Bull #1.

In 1998, I earned my Boneyard Thug status in the form of a pre-internet April Fool’s Day hoax wherein Hart faked his own death! The brilliant and outrageous hoax was eventually uncovered by journalists at The Comics Journal and TheComic’s Buyers Guide a full week after we unleashed the prank!

My 1^st crowning achievement in my Boneyard Thugdom came in 1995. At the Northridge (Mall) Fashion Center.

It was there I met the legendary Stan Lee.

Lee was there on a hot summer day in August, for the reopening of the shopping mall's Bullock's department store which had sustained major damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. I went with my brother, and we waited in line with all the other fan boys and collectors. I was repping Boneyard with my killer Kyle Hotz Bill The Bull t-shirt, and copy of Kill Marvel in hand. Sure, I was nervous about meeting Stan “The Man” Lee- but I kept it cool as I plopped Kill Marvel in front of him. He grabbed it, squinted at it, and peered up at me, asking me if it was “One of theirs?” I blurted out “Yes, Sir!” before his wrangler could get a chance to tell him NOT to sign it!

I'll never forget the sheer terrified look on his wrangler's face as Stan signed my book, or the smile creeping on the old man's face as he handed it back to me. I thanked Stan and waited for my brother to get his X-Book signed.

Mission Accomplished!

Let's forward to 1998/9. I was Boneyard's Managing Editor for a bit, and Hart took me to my very 1^st San Diego Comic-Con. It was AMAZING, and everything I could've ever hoped for in my fan boy-iest dreams. It was a COMICS Fan's true utopia back then! You could walk! And more importantly, you had room to walk! No real film industry or television presence or media over-saturation at this point!

The ONLY film presence I can honestly remember was a young student handing me a flyer for some Missing College Students. I looked at the sheet, and realized that the girl who had handed me the flier, was ALSO the girl ON the flier! I told her, “Waitaminute! I FOUND you!” and she explained to me that they were doing grass roots marketing for her film that would be coming out soon. When I asked her what the film was called so I could be on the lookout for it, she replied, “Blair Witch Project”!

Celebrities were walking among you, with no disguises and no throngs of fans hounding them! I met KevinSmith, Jason Mewes, and Joey Lauren Adams and had some nice conversation with them! This one is important for later: You could EASILY walk up to the BIG comics artists and superstars and start a conversation with them, throw them a slice of pizza and pull up a chair to sit with them.

Waitaminute! I FOUND you!

I have very fond and very good memories of my 1^st San Diego Comic-Con during the late 90s, thanks to Hart.

Fred Seibert of Frederator Studios & Jeaux Janovsky

Since then, I have gone on to Art School for fine art and graduated from Calarts in their esteemed Character Animation department. Worked for such places as Disney's Buena Vista Games, Frederator Studios (Producers of the CartoonNetwork hit, Adventure Time), Mattel, Topps, Spiral Toys, Ralph Bakshi Productions, Rembrandt Films/Gene Deitch, and Welcome Literary (children's books). Interesting enough, working for Hart and Boneyard as Managing Editor prepared me and gave me the skill sets that I use and still apply to everything in today's Social Media savvy world and climate. P.S.- you can find me on Instagram, Tumblr, Facebook, and Twitter. ;)

Hart was a brilliant mentor, and I'm so very thankful for the time I was able to share learning from him.

Going back to a modern day San Diego Comic-Con has been a complete mind fuck, to say the least.

Too much media. Too many people. No room to walk around. Too little comics. What happened to the Late 90s comic filled Utopia? Where did it go? Ah, yes. Hollywood took over like Captain Ahab harpooning the San Diego convention center like it was the Great White whale, Moby Dick itself. It's a completely different beast. A bloated, washed ashore, rotted, decaying whale.“The Geek Shall Inherit The Earth.” They said. Too many tv shows, and films of all sorts. Video Games. A Cosplay wasteland. What happened to the comics, man? Ugh.

I decided to go back this year with a vengeance. 20 years later I wanted to get my copy of Kill Image signed by the Holy Trinity. Bring it back full fucking circle. This will grant me Boneyard Thug Immortality Status. Like 2Pac.

I became a shark. I began researching my targets. Stalking their facebook fan pages, their company twitter accounts, making notes as to when and where they'd be appearing to sign. All 3 were going to be at Comic-Con this year. Their pencil and ink stained blood will become mine.

Friday, Day 1. Target: Jim Lee. DC's Boy Wonder.

There was one problem though.

I didn't realize it was standard and required now to get bracelets or wrist bands in order to get a signature from the “BIG” Comic Superstars!

Here's how it works now: you HAVE to get to the comic con floor at 9:00-9:30am in the morning in order to receive these magical wrist bands. They ONLY hand out 100 of the fuckers. Yea, I know. Lame. I didn't get any on Friday, for Jim Lee's day. I was super bummed. I decided to try my luck and just wait with the people who were lucky to get a wrist band. The super fans. The comic bro dudes who bring 20 of the same damn comic, in this case, Justice League shit because of the new films coming out. Fucking fan boys, collectors, retailers. I stuck to my guns even though I could feel them burning a hole in the back of my soul with their hate for me not having the glowing wrist band.

It only fueled me more.

I made sure to blend in with them, a wolf in sheep's clothing, by bringing along a few old school items I’ve had in my collection of comics for each artist to sign to show them that I, too, am a die-hard fan. And that they'd never suspect the next book, Kill Image, to pop up and punch them right between the eyes.

So I waited in line for an hour. Anticipating getting kicked out of the con, by Lee, Mcfarlane, or Liefeld. Nervous to pull off this Comic-Con hijacking. Finally, it came to my turn in line and the line checking dude at the DC booth Jim Lee was signing at was pissed that I had no wrist band. I told him I wasn't going anywhere, and that I'd press my luck and try to see if they'd take me after the blessed 100 lucky fanboys got their shit signed. Luckily the 2 assholes behind me were the last of the wrist banders and I firmly stood my ground.

Finally came my time. I dug out my books, he said he'd “Only sign 5.” I said “Ok.” I spoke no other words. Silent. Like a ninja. He was super stoked to see one of his first published works, a copy of Alpha Flight #53. He also signed Batman Black & White #1, WildCATS #1, one of the Jim Lee X-Books (it was for my brother), and finally my copy of Kill Image.

Disappointment Strikes!

That was when his smile stopped and he actually did one of those cartoony double-takes, where his eyes popped open really big and he momentarily looked stunned as if to say, “Why the fuck would you bring me THIS to sign?”

He signed it, I said “Thanks.” and went on my merry way with the hugest shit-eating grin on my face. Thankfully my friend Lisa was there to snap a few pics of him signing the book.

Comic Superstar Take Down Rating

Who: Jim Lee

Level of Kill Image Disappointment: 7 bullet holes

What were they doing in 1993? WildCATS

What are they doing in 2015? Co-Publisher of DC Entertainment

Overall: He's a signing Terminator machine, and has his doctor quality signature down to a science. Doesn't talk much, but seems appreciative of his fans.

Saturday, Day 2. Target: Todd McFarlane. Toy Maker of The Gods.

Saturday was a shit-storm cluster fuck for me. I woke up at 6am that day. Showered, got ready. Lisa gave me a ride to the convention center around 8am. So I'd be sure to get there bright, and bushy tailed at 9am on the dot to get the fucking wrist band for Todd's signature.

All, ok... SOME of the security there are assholes with SEVERE power trips. Some were nice. This whole thing was badly disorganized. They allow professionals in early, but... we weren't allowed to wait on the first floor for some reason. So I loitered around the Professional Badge Registration areas as long as I could before getting kicked out, or told to go upstairs. I got kicked out a total of 2 times. But kept finding the nicer security guards to let me in again. It was a finely tuned Tango dance.

9am comes and rolls by. I'm freaking out at this point, because the Image Comics booth told us we had to be there AT 9am in order to get a limited wrist band. Things are running super hectic late for the con and they decide to open at 9:30am. LUCKILY, they allowed the Pros in 15 minutes early, so I booked it right the fuck to Image's booth and made my way to the line.

“YES!” I cheered to myself. “I made it to the fucking Todd line!” I felt like Rocky having just finished running up the steps to the Philadelphia Museum of Art! I inch closer and closer, trying not to pat myself on the back too hard when all of a sudden- with 2 fucking people in front of me, the girl passing out the wrist bands shouts out, “We are NOW all out of Todd McFarlane Wrist Bands!!!”. I was livid. But kept cool. I asked her if it would be possible to “hang out behind the lucky ass asshole Todd McFarlane wrist bander fanboys, and see if we'd also be given a shot to have something signed as well?” (not exactly in those words.) She looked at me like, “Whatever.” and said that “I could try but no guarantees.”

I was super bummed. Again. So I Charlie Brown walked my way around the Con for a bit, tired and checking stuff out. I decided to go see if maybe Rob Liefeld was around to sign my stuff. Nope. No one at his table. A super small table, like the size of one chair at the very end of Artists Alley. No one guarding his table, just a big ass poster of Deadpool staring me in the face. Mocking me. Like an asshole.

Todd's signing is at 2pm, so I figure I'd go check the Image booth and see if people started lining up. I arrive at the booth, and see no one. So I wander out to the Mcfarlane Toys side of the Image booth, and who do I see standing right next to me, signing autographs while standing (like a champ saying “Fuck Booths bitches!”) with a semi mid-to-long line?

Todd “Muthafuckin' Fuck Booths Bitches!” McFarlane!

Seriously? How cool and gracious is that of him to have an impromptu signing before his Actual signing??? He is a true bonafide Comic Superstar Gentleman.

The wait time wasn't that bad. Yes, there were the usual fan boys there. But I made friends with a great kid, and his father who was a prop man in Hollywood back in the day who happened to work on the original Spawn film. So it was neat talking to them both. Great guys. Makes a world of difference when you're stuck in a line and waiting. I asked the kid if he'd take a few pics of me getting my stuff signed by Todd, and he agreed to.

From there it's a blur.


McFarlane Toys' Walking Dead Michonne's Pet Walker mini Zombie SDCC Swag

Todd's promoting his new buildable mini-sets for the Walking Dead for his toy empire, McFarlane Toys. I got a free blind bag zombie toy. His toys are great and super detail oriented. Which I'm a sucker for. He doesn't have a lot of time to sign everything I brought. So I figured I'd hit him with the Old School Fan bit, and then the sucker-punch. He is genuinely happy to see a copy of one of his 1^st published DC comics work, All Star Squadron #47 from 1985!

The conversation goes as follows:

Todd: Hey buddy. (beat) oh wow, the Old School stuff! Killer!

Me: Heh. Yea. I've had it for a long time. Thanks for the signature, can I get a pic?

Todd: Sure!

Me (after pic): Can I actually have you sign something else?

I pull out Kill Image.

Todd: … (Disappointed look which then flays out into a shark's smile, nay Venom's crazy smile!)


Disappointment Strikes!

Todd then holds the book up to his wrangler, smiling, and says, “Somebody hated us!”

He signs it, then I ask his assistant to snap a pic of us, and Todd holds it up to the camera!

(Inside my head): HOLY SHIT!!! VICTORY IS MINE!!!

I LOVE this pic!

2 down. 1 more to go.

Comic Superstar Take Down Rating

Who: Todd McFarlane

Level of Kill Image Disappointment: 5 bullet holes

What were they doing in 1993? Spawn

What are they doing in 2015? CEO of McFarlane Toys & Todd McFarlane Entertainment

Overall: I was expecting Todd to be an asshole. But you know what? He wasn't. He was actually a pretty stand up (haha literally) guy, very genuine and appreciative of his fans. He takes the time with his fans, and that's what counts. Again, not much was said, but he shook my hand with that McFarlane charm in his eye. I felt like a fan boy again for a split second. No remorse though.

Sidenote: Was really hoping to get this little gem signed, for no good reason at all. haha

Sunday, Day 3. Target: Rob Liefeld. The Artist Alley Mercenary.

Clearly, this was Rob's Con.

With the hype machine pumping the Deadpool movie, this was his con to shine. And he shone so brightly, he was NEVER at his booth deep in the trenches of Artist Alley. I tried looking for him, for 2 days and it was as if Deadpool had assassinated him.

I finally caught him on the last day of the SDCC Con. By this time I was Conned Out. I felt like I had seen everything I could possibly see at the Con. I tried for 3 days to find ANY horror items that piqued my interest, but to no avail.

The only thing left for me to do was to get my last target's signature. I had been circling his rinky dinky artist's alley table corner for days, and I could smell his blood in the air. The shark was getting closer, Rob. I even wore my Jaws shirt for the occasion.

Rob had a long line. But significantly shorter than his Ol' Image buddies. Considering all the Deadpool hype they gave him, I'm surprised you didn't need golden wrist bands or magic bracelets. I made friends with a few people behind me in line.

The one kid who was behind me didn't even know who Liefeld was, he just got in line cause he saw all of us in line waiting for someone. But he sure knew who Deadpool was. He didn't have anything for Rob to sign, so I told him that he should have him sketch him a Deadpool and sign his SDCC Badge.

I felt bad for the other artists who shared the row with Rob. His line covered their tables for a good 40 minutes solid. No one was checking out their work. It was awkward. I finally made my way up to Rob, and shook his hand, congratulated him on the success of Deadpool.

He's a good guy. But all about the $$$. He almost immediately went into salesman mode, pointing to a sign posted on his table about all Deadpool related comics signage prices. Turn off for sure- but ya can't get mad at a brotha making a buck off his creation. Hate the game, not the playa. I didn't want to blow my cover, so I paid an undisclosed amount to get my copy of Marvel's New Mutants #98 signed. Hey, it was Deadpool's first appearance. That comic was going like hotcakes at the con, and you could not find a copy anywhere at the con for cheap.

Disappointment Strikes! I love the dude in the back with the Sanrio hat checking out Kill Image!

I pulled out my copy of Kill Image. He looked at it for a moment with a brief and fleeting disappointment in his eyes. There's the rub, Rob. It may have lasted mere seconds, but I savored that moment.

He scrawled his autopilot messy signature all over Jim Lee's face on the cover.

I asked the kid behind me to snap a few pics for me, with me holding up my signed prizes. A proud hunter, standing over his freshly killed carcasses. Breathing in the smell of blood... Victory.

He looks like he's grabbing my ass here! Check out the dude behind us checking it out. LOL

Like a proud hunter, standing over his freshly killed carcass trophy. Victory is mine!

Comic Superstar Take Down Rating

Who: Rob Liefeld

Level of Kill Image Disappointment: 8 bullet holes

What were they doing in 1993? YoungBlood

What are they doing in 2015? Slumming it in Artist Alley, but reaping the insane benefits he will undoubtedly get from the Deadpool film.

Overall: Who really won over who? Yes, I got his signature- but it was literally at a price. He's the one laughing his way to the bank. And for that, I have to give him props. He's a down to business kind of dude, but still pretty chill. He still does it for the fans though. I know Deadpool is going to be a huge success for him, as well as the world of comic book films.

Sidenote: I was really hoping to get my copy of Captain America #1 and Troll #1 signed by him, but I was too pissed I had to shell out for the New Mutants autograph. I was literally TROLL-ing him.

Trollin'

20 years.

At times I felt like a time traveler, lugging around books that were older than most attendees there. ALL my books are well read. Some wrinkled and dog eared, plastic bag and boards holding them and their bones together. I actually read my books. I enjoy them. I love studying the artwork in them, the writing.

Some of these collectors, man- and their pristine, perfectly mint books. Vacuum sealed, and pro-graded. 15-20 copies of the same book, signed, with the sole purpose so they can make some moolah off of Ebay or their comic shops from other needy fan boys. I don't get it. I don't get their world. And I don't want to. I must look like an alien to them.

For me, the con has always been about the love for comics. And that love has been diminishing for quite sometime.

The actual Comics section of the con is one of the only spots where you can freely walk around, with all the space you need. Breathing in that musty, familiar scent of newsprint paper and ink.

It's there in that section, where you can still catch a glimpse of the Comic Con Utopia days of yore- if you stare hard enough towards the right place.

-Jeaux Janovsky, Boneyard Thug Immortal For Life

Too Tough For Color

I did it Hart.

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GEAUX Fund Me: Post 4

2014-05-22T10:50:00.000-07:00

The 1st wave of Mystery Doodles are being selected, packaged, and mailed off this week to those of you who have supplied me with your addresses! Thank you!

Those of you who have yet to send me your address, please do so- so you can be included with the next wave of Mystery Doodle mail!

Send your address to my personal email: jeauxj@gmail.com

Don't miss out on receiving a unique gift of art!
-Jeaux

Go back and read my previous GEAUX Fund Me Posts 1, 2 & 3!

GEAUX Fund Me: Posts 2 & 3

2014-05-20T16:12:00.002-07:00

Friday, May 16th 2014 & Saturday, May 17th 2014

Friday & Saturday were spent gathering more supplies and designing a few things for the party.

Here's a look at the Page template I used to do my caricatures on, followed by my artist signage.

I had the artist signage laminated at Fedex/Kinko's as well as printed out my blank pages there too. Did you know you could self laminate there now? Crazy, I know! Whoa!!! I'll slow down now! ;)

Saturday, I went to the bank to get change for the party since I would be selling the caricature drawings.

Sunday, May 18th 2014
Woke up early with a nervous butterfly excitement, partly because I was going to be going to the party with a friend I hadn't seen since my high school days. It was wonderful catching up with her at the party, and fitting because all the music played was music that was big when we were in school together. It honestly felt like no time had passed between us at all! Time can be magical sometimes...

Thankfully, all my art supplies and such fit into my backpack, which made for nice transport and set up. Tanya, was my wonderful Mia Wallace (of Pulp Fiction) assistant, and did an amazing job working the crowd, wrangling people, and $ while I did the creative stuff. We make a great team, and she said she'd be happy to help me out with other caricature events in the future. I can think of no one better to tag team with! Thanks Tanya!


Tanya as Mia Wallace from Pulp Fiction. Photo by Liz Ohanesian

The crowd was about 20 some people. But once things started picking up, they really picked up!!! I had a pretty consistent line for about 2 hours or so. I was able to do about 4-5 people which is pretty good for that crowd. When things were slow in the beginning, Tanya modeled for me! I know... I'm a lucky duck! Here are a few of my warm-up drawings of her.

Tanya as Mia Wallace! Photo by Tanya Telford

Tanya as Mia Wallace! I love the markers here! Photo by Tanya Telford

My first cosplay caricature was Drew as Vincent Vega (of Pulp Fiction), Tanya's Mia Wallace cosplay counterpart! He was very nice, and even had a great set of props with him! Like a mysterious glowing briefcase, and even a book from the film! He had a great smile, and I asked him if he wanted to be happy in the pic or bad-ass. He said "Bad-Ass!" So I went with that!


Happy customer Drew with his Vincent Vega Cosplay Caricature!


Here are the 2 Pulp Fiction Cosplayers w/ their Caricatures!

Here's an action shot of me working on Drew's pic!


So many markers! Photo by Tanya Telford

My next customers were Kalisa as Marla Singer from Fight Club and her boyfriend Dustin, as Kenny Fisher, aka: Special K from Can't Hardly Wait!


Kalisa as Fight Club's Marla Singer w/ her Cosplay Caricature!


Action shot of me drawing Kalisa as Marla! Photo by Liz Ohanesian


My drawing of Dustin as Special K!

I used Pink around Dustin as sort of a nod to Kenny's Pink "Love scented candle" in the film! Can't Hardly Wait was one of my favorites!

Dustin striking his best Special K pose with his Cosplay Caricature

I really wish I could've grabbed a photo of Tony's Cornholio Cosplay Caricature I did! It came out really great and hilarious. I guess the best I can do for now, is put this up:

I also didn't think to get a picture of myself in cosplay. I went as John Connor from Terminator 2. Although, someone did think I was Kevin Smith... Has to be the beard. So this image will have to do until I get photographic evidence from Tanya's mom and Shannon, who was doing photos at Matinee too!

Overall, it was a great party. And it might become a monthly event! Thank you Liz and Diana for putting it together and for inviting me to be a part of it! I had a great, fantastic time! Also, special thanks to Tanya for assisting me and keeping me company! I hope it's the first time of many!

Liz thinks I should bring the Cosplay Caricature idea on the road to comic/anime conventions, and that it would be a big hit there as well! I think she's right, and will for sure look into it!
-Jeaux

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GEAUX Fund Me: Post 1

2014-05-17T08:49:00.002-07:00

I recently started and closed a successful GOFUNDME Campaign towards art supplies for a very cool Cosplay Dance Party my friends Liz O and Diana M are throwing called Matinée!

Here's the flier/poster for the event:

If you'd like to check it out, here's the Facebook Event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/720103414695064/

Q: "Wait, why do you need art supplies for a Cosplay Dance Party, Jeaux?"

A: Simple! Liz O & Diana invited yours truly to have a caricature booth at Matinee's inaugural event! I am soo excited to see everyone's costumes and to draw them all! Hence, the need for art supplies! I'm sure I'll take a couple dance breaks in between too!

I wanted a place to keep the kind folks who donated towards the campaign updated. A place where they can watch the rest of my GoFundMe campaign unfold and watch the vision of my cosplay caricature booth come to life and stay intact and secure. To nurture that seedling of an idea into a tree of success! And not just the people who donated, but those who helped me by spreading the word, reblogging, tweeting, and sharing the link! So I figured I'd dust off my poor, neglected little blog and put it back to use!

I still can't wrap my head around the generosity I received, especially during these rough, economic times we're in the midst of. I am truly amazed by the kindness and the knowledge that there are people out there who believe in me. Along with the GoFundMe donations, I also received offline donations via paypal, a check from animation great Gene Deitch (all the way from the Czech Republic), and even scored some way cool freelance offers! I am humbled, and truly honored.

So here is the 1st update to my Geaux Fund Me Journey!

Thursday, May 15th 2014

My friend Bruce Heller and I

My friend Bruce is awesome, and is probably the living embodiment of the Lego Movie song, "Everything is Awesome!". I haven't seen Bruce in over 10 years, but it felt like we were just able to pick up right were we left off. I first met Bruce at Calarts when I was his assistant teaching animation to high school kids for the Calarts Community Arts Program (CAP). He is a great animator, teacher, friend, and a HUGE LEGO fan!!!

So we hit up an In-N-Out burger for lunch, caught up, and checked out the Topanga mall to hunt down a Lego Store he's never been to! I briefly worked at that mall and had no idea we even had a Lego store there while I did my "Disney" time! It was a very cool store! I learned all about bricks, AFOLs ("Adult Fan of Lego"), VIP lego boxes, lego engineer designers, and saw the incredible wall of Legos that had bits and pieces of every lego imaginable! It was eye-opening and very cool!


Bruce & his AWESOME "Busby Berkeley" marker set

Bruce wasn't able to make a monetary donation, but he suggested donating some markers to me, and he did! I love the colors and know they will come in very handy for the show! They even open up in such a beautiful, almost Busby Berkeley film like fashion! I love them! I love Bruce even more, for donating them towards the cause! Thanks Bruce!!!

My Cosplay Consultant: the Fabulous Lisa Fabio & I

After hanging out w/ Bruce, I met up with one of my besties from the Calarts years- Lisa Fabio! Lisa was my suitemate, sometimes more like roommate with how often we'd hang out at one another's room and binge on all sorts of movies instead of going to class. Lisa was at school for costume design, and I remember always loving her work. Her current work is gorgeous and has been seen sported by the likes of stars like Neil Patrick Harris, Jimmy Kimmel, and zillions of cosplay fans all over the world. Check out her AMAZING work at her Etsy site: Little Penny Lane.

We headed out to wander about the Northridge Mall, Fashion Center, Excuse me... to pick up a few birthday presents for one of Lisa's pals, a couple Disney products (Lisa's a HUGE Disney fan!), and I picked up an integral part of my own cosplay outfit at OLD NAVY of all places!

I know, right? Crazy that Old Navy carries Military Jackets.

I was stoked on finding a military jacket, not only because I've been wanting one forever, but because it was the last one in my size I needed AND it was on sale!!! Normally $60, but I snagged it for $30!!! Way cheaper than if I headed out to an army surplus store or something. Lisa said it looked great on me, and I could not argue with her as she is the queen of cosplay!

Afterwards, we were gonna head out to an art store but it was getting late and we were hungry so we opted for the world famous (and delicious) Brent's Deli for dinner. Which happened to be right next to an Office Depot where I bought a huge bulk of art supplies there for Matinee.

Most notably, the 80s Glam set of Sharpies!

Lisa dropped me home, and we made plans to go to Disneyland together more often. Thanks for being my "Cosplay Consultant" Lisa! Love ya!

It was so fun seeing old friends and buying art supplies for Matinee! I know it's gonna be a super fun party!

Stay tuned for Geaux Fund Me: Part 2!
-Jeaux

***UPDATE***

Richard Elfman, Director of the cult classic Forbidden Zone, has donated towards the cause!

My eyes grew really big, and I almost had a mini-heart attack because one of my heroes, Richard Elfman, director of one of my favorite Cult Classic films of all time, Forbidden Zone (!!!) just donated to my Go Fund Me campaign!!!

I'm extra appreciative of this because this is so close on the heels of his own big Indiegogo fund raising campaign for the sequel to Forbidden Zone!

You all saw the Forbidden Zone 2 cartoon promo I made for a cool FZ fan doc by Mikal Watson, that Richard then placed on his personal Youtube page, right?!? I'm really super proud of it!

Thanks Richard! So very appreciated!!!
-Jx

Jump ahead and read GEAUX Fund Me: Posts 2 & 3!

An Update of Sorts

2013-05-15T13:14:00.001-07:00

Hi!

I've been a busy bee. Neglectful of this poor little blog. So, I've decided to dust it off, and make a new entry letting you all know what I've been up to as of late.

My major passion projects for 2013 are both in the realm of comics. Los Animales is in the webcomic arena, and Epilogue is in the traditional comic book arena. I'm super excited for both, and have been working super hard on them. Simultaneously.

Los Animales is a new webcomic about Music, Animals, and Broken Hearts. Basically, it's a soap opera type comic about hipster animals who (hardly) work at a record store, called Animal Sounds!

I co-created Los Animales with my friend Liz Ohanesian, who I've known since we were both 15 in highschool. Yes, really! I'm honored to be working alongside her, and couldn't ask for a better collaborator. She's a super talented writer, DJ, and I love her snarky sense of humor. Must be a “Valley” thing.

We recently completed Los Animales' debut chapter: Fours on the Floor, which you can now read in it's furcovered entirety! Chapter 1 clocked in at about 50 pages. I am insanely proud of the work I've been doing on Los Animales, and I really feel it shows. For a brand new webcomic on the block by a couple of n00bs like us, we've gotten some fairly good press and interviews. MTV Geek, Defective Geeks, Geeksmash, IANYAN mag, Drawn, etc. Our brand new webcomic can't even crawl yet, so thank you everyone for your support! It truly means a lot. :)

We also just soft launched Los Animales Chapter 2: NADARAVE! Here's the cover for it. We were going for a post-apocalyptic feel for the cover. What is Nadarave? We're about 8 pages into their tale if you wanna find out. Click here to read: NADARAVE

Speaking of things of a Post-apocalyptic nature, that brings me to Epilogue. Epilogue is a project I'm working on with my good friend, Daniel Levitch. Daniel has his own comic company, Ancient Squid Media and is no stranger to the comics industry. He's also director of Swine, a post-apocalyptic series of shorts with a steampunk aesthetic. He's currently working on turning Swine into a feature length film, and I couldn't be more excited for him!

The most I'm gonna say about Epilogue is that it's a 22 page comic about post-apocalyptic roaches. Daniel is a very talented writer, director, storyteller in whichever media he chooses. I'm very thrilled to be working on this project with him, and we're planning on debuting it at San Diego Comic-con 2013! I know it's gonna get a lot of attention, as it's a unique idea that truly deserves it. Here's what I can show you, a character lineup of some of the main characters in Epilogue. They'd make rad toys!

The comic is actually going to be a Prologue to Epilogue! A perfect introduction to the tale. Thanks for bringing me along for the ride, Daniel!

Combine all this w/ freelance work, and you'll figure out that I'm feeling like a bit of a madman right now. On the freelancery front, I'm currently a design consultant on a “top secret” project for Topps, the card company. I couldn't be prouder of the work I've been doing for them, and word is around the office their brand guys and high-ups dig my stuff! I've also been doing a bit of occasional word processing and graphic design work for a company called Inspector Playground. They inspect and check the safety of children playgrounds. I also designed their logo.

There are other freelance projects weaving their way into my life, brain, and hands soon, but I'll tell you about those when they come closer to materializing. That said, I am always on the lookout for freelance work. Get in touch with me if you, or someone you know is looking for someone like me for a freelance gig. I'd appreciate it.

Crazily yours,

Jeaux

Watch out Mitt Romney!!!

2012-09-14T10:05:00.000-07:00

'Trickle Dickle Down' - NEW Bakshi Blues political short by the one & only Ralph Bakshi!!!

Spread the word!

I did the art direction on this as well as the Mitt Romney billboard, and co-directed the Start and End title cards w/ Moises Jimenez.

Very proud of it!

-Jeaux

Bakshi Blues: Animator Wanted

2012-08-29T10:51:00.001-07:00

Click to make BIGGER.
Submissions are now closed! Thank you to everyone who has applied! That said, don't let that deter you from sending in your info. We are always looking for talented artists to keep on our radar!
The project I'm working on w/ Animation Legend Ralph Bakshi needs 1 "Old School" traditional, full animation style animator for Bakshi Blues.

You can help us spread the word.

Know someone who'd be great for this? Pass it along to them.

Can you post this on your site, blog, or tumblr for us? We'd appreciate it.

If you'd like to submit, email me a list of your credits or resume (IMDb or Linkedin), and a link to your animation reel (youtube or vimeo preferred). Please use the subject line: Bakshi Blues Animator.

Thanks!
-Jeaux Janovsky

School is IN SESSION!

2012-08-26T14:37:00.000-07:00

Click on any pic to make bigger. It's official!

I'm attending the School of Bakshi.

My textbook/HOLY Bible is Unfiltered: The Complete Ralph Bakshi.

My classes are his films.

I am a devout student of the Bakshi Arts.

Last week, I got one of those "Once in a lifetime" type phone calls.

It was Ralph Bakshi, himself. CALLING. ME. !!!

I had to take that phone call in the bathroom of all places. It's embarrassing, but I'm not kidding. Without going into it too much, my family and I are in the midst of tough times and had to move into a smaller place. So sometimes my brother has to sleep in my room... and don't get me wrong, I love my brother, but boy, he's a SNORER! I had no choice but to duck into my bathroom.

I had to call Ralph's number back as he had let it ring 2 times and hung up.

Me: "Hello? Someone called me from this number?"
Ralph: "It's me, Jeaux. Ralph! C'mon- Wake up! Let's talk business."

Ralph is a true New Yorker. Still on top of his game, witty as hell, and very snappy. You gotta be fast to keep up w/ him. So we talked for a bit. I was taking notes, using my sink as a desk while sitting on my toilet for a chair. Some makeshift office!

I got the go ahead from Ralph to start working on a new animation project he's developing! Ralph has been working on painting for the past 15 years, and this will mark his return to animation! This is going to be BIG!!! It's amazing that he wants me to be a part of it! It still hasn't fully hit me yet.

My role will be to develop, art direct, animate, and design Start and End title cards for the project, and I couldn't be happier doing so!!!

Time to get to work.
I called a good friend from school, Moises Jimenez, who I immediately thought of to help out on this project with me. We met up at a local taco stand here in the valley, El Indio Azteca, to talk the project, chow down on some quality tacos, and research us some Ralph.

Me & Moses & Ralph!

Lookie what my brother bought me!

A) To celebrate this occasion! And B) Cause I'm broke.

The recently released Coonskin on dvd! Thanks James!

Here's something I think I can show you...

This is 1 of 2 title card concepts I shared w/ Ralph. More like a sketch in a sketchbook. Not finished or set in stone in any way. Ralph really seemed to dig them!

In his words:
"OHHHHHH MY GOD HOW PERFECT YOUR GREAT LOVE THEM BOTH RALPH"

Thanks Ralph! Glad you dug em!

I will be posting and documenting my journey in this project as I think it will be an important event, not only in my career- but in the fact that Ralph is making his animation comeback!!! So please watch this space.

Also, if you are on tumblr- make sure to follow Fuck Yeah Ralph Bakshi a site I contribute to and run!

Next Post: Office Space and Jazz Elevators
-Jeaux

Oh yea! I almost forgot! Guess what?

I'm also art directing for my pal Von Kreep and his company Swamp Ape Studios! We're gonna be coming out with some bad ass kooky kreepy stuff in the near future!!!

How cool is that?!?

Lloyd Kaufman IS MERMAID WIZARD!!!

2012-07-27T11:44:00.000-07:00

And we've got our first celebrity cast in the Wee Straw-Beary animated film (when it happens)!

The one and only Lloyd Kaufman, CEO of Troma Films! He'll be playing one of my favorite characters in it, the Mermaid Wizard™!!! :D

If you wanna know who Mermaid Wizard is, you're gonna have to buy the book when I print up the next batch.

The 1st run was a Very limited edition of 20 that were all sold, traded, or gifted at Comic-con this year. This next batch will be small too.

I'll be setting up a paypal soon so you can order a copy of the soon to be Critically Ashamed Underground Classic!

I feel good, like James Brown, baby!

-Jeaux Janovsky

SDCC 2012 Exclusive- The Wee Strawberry

2012-07-10T12:34:00.001-07:00

Sample page from my new SDCC 2012 exclusive mini-comic, The Wee Straw-Beary!

Not for children, btw.

It's gonna be a Very Limited print run. 20 copies or less. I'll be selling them for $5 bucks a pop, or willing to trade.

If you'd like one, now's your chance to speak up. Email me at: jeauxj@gmail.com to reserve your copy of a soon to be Critically Ashamed underground classic!
-Jeaux Janovsky

Lucky Friday 13th!

2012-04-13T23:18:00.003-07:00

Check out my newest Tumblr site dedicated to Ralph: FUCK YEAH RALPH BAKSHI!

"Jeaux I have looked at your illustrations and with out any pandering on my part think its GREAT ORIGINAL PUREST CARTOON DRAWING IVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME IT HARKS BACK TO THE 30s AND FORWARD TO THE FUTURE----its not watered down UPA you’re a real talent and if I can be of any help let me know ralph"

This is the luckiest Friday the 13th I've ever had!

This morning I received ~~a GREAT~~ THE GREATEST email from my cartoon hero, the one and only Ralph Bakshi! Who uses CAPS LOCK LIKE A BOSS!

Wow! It completely made my day and had me grinning ear to ear like a damn goon all day long. I'm going thru a pretty big bad rough patch right now in life, so this note of encouragement from Ralph came at just the right time.

Like a beacon of animated hope.

Thanks Ralph! I sincerely appreciate this more than you'll ever know...

I think I'm gonna get the email hand-stitched and framed!
-Jeaux Janovsky

Ralph Bakshi: Meeting my Cartoon Hero!

2012-03-24T01:31:00.008-07:00

Ralph Bakshi, Q+A'ing after a screening of his film Wizards. Drawn by me, signed by Ralph!
Wondercon, 03/17/2012

“When it comes to art, if you question yourself, it could go either way. So don’t question yourself, I’m a great believer in that. All the second-guessing’ll kill you. When you start wondering about what it is that they want to hear, that’ll kill you. As for the vulgarity in Coonskin—the art of cartooning is vulgarity. The only reason for cartooning to exist is to be on the edge. If you only take apart of what they allow to take apart, you’re Disney, you’re doing illustrations, or children’s books.”- Ralph Bakshi, from an interview w/ Metroactive.

There's a saying that goes, "Never meet your heroes". All too often, if you are lucky enough to meet 'em, you'll just be bound for Disappointment Hotel: reservation for one. Sure it's happened to me a few times...

But not in the case of Ralph Bakshi.

I can go on and on about Ralph, his films, how much of an influence he/they have had on me and my own cartooning... but I don't want to bore you. Rather, why don't you check out my various Bakshi inspired blog postings, or read my CNN interview about Ralph? You'll find out how much of a deep and profound impact and inspiration this man, his films, cartoons, paintings, and art has and continues to hold on me for 30 years! I am NOT Kidding.

My beautiful girlfriend, Ava, has a great write up on her blog about our Wondercon 2012 encounter w/ Ralph. You can check that out at her blog.

Ralph was gracious, gentle, hilarious, witty, charming, and well... Ralph!

I felt like I was meeting a no-holds barred Santa Claus. And on my birthday, no less!

Best birthday ever!

It's no secret that one of my ultimate dream goals in life to work & collab w/, or to be mentored by Ralph someday. He's one of the last, true, DIY originals, and it would be an honor!
Hell, I'd even settle for an art studio visit!

Ralph- I'm ready when you are. ;)

Thank you Ralph!
-Jeaux Janovsky

Bid on my Dreamworld Limited Edition JX Poster!

2012-03-02T02:28:00.004-08:00

Via Sneak Attack: at Friday’s (Mar. 9th) Dreamworld screening you can bid on a Limited Edition JX poster from artist Jeaux Janovsky (co-creator of the animated sequences used in the film from the series, “Life After Myth”)!!!

Dreamworld Trailer: http://vimeo.com/30690341

Life After Myth Trailer: http://coldhardflash.com/2010/07/hertford-conjures-life-after-myth.html
-Jeaux

Jeaux's In Demand w/ Time Warner Cable's On Demand!

2012-02-13T12:39:00.000-08:00

My "Pop Culture Cool" Interview at Calarts w/ Time Warner Cable's producer Kyle Maki premieres today & is now up on Time Warner Cable's Video OnDemand service!

(I really do love reading Steinbeck.)
You will be astonished at Kyle's Kubrick like shots, the BIG Stop motion scene, my rugged good looks, and intellectual views and insights on cartooning and life. Kyle really asked some hard-hitting questions, and I HARDly answered back. Wait, that sounds wrong. I answered him back HARDer!
This is for Time Warner Cable subscribers only, so if you don't have TWC I'd suggest going to a friend's house that does have it, or pay your cable guy a couple extra bucks if you know what I mean. J/k.

So, here's how you can view:

Dear Time Warner Cable Subscribers,
Go to Channel 1 or Select OnDemand on your remote.
Select "Local"
Select "SoCal's Best"
Select "Pop Culture Cool"
Select "Art- Jeaux Janovsky"

Simple as that!

I'm not sure if this will be appearing online in a few weeks or not, if at all so you might have to cozy up with a friend who does have TWC so you can viddy it. So let's get it a Futz TON, MEGA LOTTA views!
Wanna see some behind the scenes pix from the shoot? Feel free to check them out here: http://allofmyheroes.blogspot.com/2012/02/photo-shoots.html!
I'd like to give a thanks and a shout-out to producer Kyle for setting this awesomeness up, Time Warner cable, Their On Demand peeps, and all the So Cal 101 tv folks for making this happen! Special thanks goes out to all of you too for watching it! And when you do watch it, drop me a line letting me know what you thought!!!
Hit me up at jeauxj(at)gmail(dot)com or find me and leave a comment on Facebook, or Twitter!
Woot!
-Jeaux

Freelance peek-a-boo!

2012-02-02T02:34:00.000-08:00

Freelance has been pretty kind to me in 2012 (thus far), let's keep it that way! So let's take a look back at a couple of freelance projects I did in 2011!

Carmel Crawford's Mike Rochip!
Carmel Crawford is a writer from Ireland with an interesting property & character named, Mike Rochip! If you were to throw Tin-Tin, Iron Man, and Tron into a blender, then your smoothie of a cartoon would be Mike Rochip. It's got the right blend of action & comedy and I'm proud to have lent my services to it.
I worked with Richard Lewis & writer Stephen Sustarsic closely and was responsible for designing all the main characters as well as producing and laying out the Mike Rochip pitch packet. (*Interested producers & animation development execs: I can put you in touch w/ Carmel and can send you the Mike Rochip pitch packet if you'd like to see it! email me at jeauxj(at)gmail(dot)com!)
Mike Rochip started his life online as roving reporter, Mike Rofone! He looked very different in those days compared to my reboot designs! He was an actual Microphone!
Then:

From L to R: Amy, Indie, Mike Rofone, Harry Broadhead, Jason Ratz, Viper Virus!
From online, Carmel was then able to make the jump to publishing Mike Rofone as a children's book!

Now:

My new Mike Rochip Reboot lineup!

The new Viper Virus!
Here's the Mike Rochip storyboard animatic for "The Big Dumb Down" Pilot episode!

You can view other Mike Rochip fun stuff, HERE.
A couple words from Carmel:
"Well, what can I say? You are a very talented artist who worked in very well with the conceptualization of my ideas. I would recommend you to anyone who wants something different, 'off the wall' and fun."
I had such a blast working on this w/ Carmel, Richard, and Stephen! Here's hoping we'll see this on TV in the near future!
You can find Carmel on Twitter, and also Carmel Crawford was the creator of the Mike Rochip project and that as such, owns all copyrights.

Another fun freelance project I got to work on was for my friend's father, Jim Stein, and his Playground Safety Inspection company, Play Safe Inspection!
As a kid, I always loved going to playgrounds. But back then it was usually hot metal where you'd burn your hand or a hot metal slide where you'd burn your little tush. These days kids have the durable, heavy duty plastic playgrounds w/ that cool spongy, rubber floor! It's Jim's job to make sure all those items are safe and on the right levels for kids to truly enjoy themselves (and not get hurt!)

This logo image will be used for thumb drives Jim will give to his clients.

Jim is going to be using this image for his website banner and letterheads!

This image will be used for the Playground Association's magazine for Southern California!
Have a playground in your area, or want to look up safety tips? Visit Jim's page today!
Thanks Jim & Carmel! BTW, I am available for freelance, so please hook a brother up!
See the side-bar to get in touch, or the Jeaux Janovsky links for more info. ;)
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Thanks!
-Jeaux

Photo Shoots!

2012-02-02T00:39:00.001-08:00

01/20/2012
Liz & I went to the mall to work on our Animal Sounds Webcomic. She wrote about it too.
Here are some pix from that excursion:

The Mall.

Zombie Apocalypse?

Yes. Yes, they do have a rave store. Photo by Liz O.

01/29/2012
My buddy Daniel & I are working on a graphic novel together called, Epilogue. Here's our pix from our Epilogue photo shoot:

Leaving our mark.

waterfall

"What's that they say about good intentions?"

01/30/2012
I was recently interviewed by Kyle Maki.
Kyle's a producer for Time Warner Cable and he recently interviewed me at my Alma Mater, Calarts, for a pop culture segment that will air soon on TWC's on demand service. Keep your eyes peeled here for mo' info on that (and how to watch it) in the future!
Here are some behind the scenes pix:

Kyle setting up for the big stop motion scene!

The subject & the Sub-Level! Time Warner Cable Interview GO! Photo by Ava Alamshah

Behind the scenes candid shot! Photo by Ava Alamshah

Thanks Kyle, Daniel & Liz!

2012 is shaping up to be pretty f*cking rad, thus far! Keep it comin'!"

Stay Tooned,
Jeaux

Welcome to 2012!

2012-01-20T03:49:00.000-08:00

Freelance image originally blogged on June 28th, 2005!
2012 has started off with a bang for me! Literally. Laces untied, but off and running like a Muthaf*cka! I suspect it has something to do w/ the fact that it's the Year of the Dragon, and being that I was born under the Year of the Dragon (I'm a "Fire" dragon, apparently a double powerful version)... Let's just say 2012 and I have been pretty great homeys to one another thus far! Keep it up 2012!
Not only did 2012 start me off with a pretty huge freelance deal right off the bat... can't talk much about it right now save for I'm lead character designer for a rad hybrid toy/game for the iPad/iPod! But the 2nd week of January had me book-ended with 2 equally amazing Interviews on and about me!
Monday Jan. 9th, 2012 I was Person of the week for A Collection Of!

A Collection Of is run by 2 amazing girls named Stefani Greenwood & Gilda Davidian and they post all sorts of cool!
Cool stuff like this Daily Dohtrait I did of them and my awesome interview! Which you can check out, here: http://www.collectionof.org/2012/01/09/p-e-r-s-o-n-63/
Enjoy my weirdness!

Friday January 13th, 2012 I was featured on Chubstr, an online fashion resource for stylish men of all sizes! Bruce Sturgell, the guy who runs Chubstr, is an all around great guy, who has great taste, and gave me some pretty fun questions! Everything you've wanted to know about Jeaux Janovsky but were afraid to ask: http://chubstr.com/2012/features/a-conversation-with-jeaux-janovsky/

I gave Chubstr an exclusive first crack of the debut of an animated pitch promo of mine called Samurai Nanny!
The Samurai Nanny promo was animated, co-written, co-directed by my good friend Avi Tuchman, whose work graces the very bottom of this blog as well! (Scroll AAAAAAAALLLLLLLLL the way down til you see a dancing computer!) Avi's an amazing animator, and I really love how the Sam Nan promo came out! Equally amazing music done by my other good pal, Brian Barrale, and great sfx by Michael Schmidt. Totally Samuradical job guys! Thank you!

Samurai Nanny from Avi Tuchman on Vimeo.

Samuradical!
In the Chubstr article I mentioned what's going on for me in the 2012 pipeline!
2 awesome things in the horizon:

Animal Sounds!
Animal Sounds: the web comic experience coming soon from my good high-school friend Liz Ohanesian & Yours Truly!
Liz has been tracking our progress on her ultra awesome site! http://beatique.net/jeaux-morrissey-and-animal-sounds/ & http://beatique.net/animal-sounds-update-1-fun-at-the-mall-with-pizza-and-glow-sticks/
I can't wait til you see what we've got in store for you! For now, if you wanna laugh, go peep our circa 2006 Animal Sounds blog! No, really! A) cuz it's funny! And B) cause it's OLD. And that's funny!
2nd Awesome thing that you will HAVE to see in 2012...

EPILOGUE!
"What is Epilogue?" Some say in whispers down darkened alleyways...
Sometimes we answer, "Post Apocalyptic Roaches.", also with a whisper.
"What's that?" they whisper back.
We answer, but with a firmer whisper than the wispy whisper we offered before, "It's sorta like Mad Max... but with cockroaches!"
And then they're all, "Whaaa?" whispering all inquisitive like.
We reply w/ a sterner whisper, "It's a graphic novel. And it's gonna be awesome!"
The "WE" is gonna be my pal Daniel Levitch and I. Daniel is a great guy, and I'm glad I connected with him via our significant others. No, not the whispering alleyway people! Ava & Amber, our lovely maidens of love and stuff!
Last year, I did some illustration work for Daniel on his film Swine that they used for the dvd packagaing and menus! Swine is amazing. Find a copy today, anywhere you can!
Here's the Swine trailer:

I have some other exciting news further down the road, but I'm keeping that mummy under wraps til I can unveil the news, so stay tuned friendletons!
2012 is gonna melt faces off with all kinds of Jeaux brand Awesome!
\m/
-Jeaux

Nice Package!

2011-12-18T11:29:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays from Porter Duck & Jeaux Janovsky!
-Jx

Tweet Adventure 09/19/2011

2011-12-12T04:22:00.000-08:00

To view each panel bigger style, Click it!

This was an experiment where I took a day's worth of my live tweeting/Facebook Statuses and turned them into a small comic, complete with the "Likes" and comments I received from my friends thru-out the day.
I hope it's not offensive to the participants, if it is let me know and I'll take you off the comic.
That day I had an interview for a job at Trader Joe's in Silverlake where my gf Ava works. I ended up not getting the job, but I did get offered a job soon afterwards as well as this neat little comic outta the experience!
Feel free to add me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter!
Thanks for reading!
-Jeaux

Eraserhead

2011-12-06T14:21:00.000-08:00

Eraserhead by David Lynch
One of my favorite films of all time directed by one of my favorite directors.

-Jeaux

Off Model Animation

2011-12-01T21:27:00.000-08:00

Logo for my freshly (re)purchased domain name: Off Model dot com!

WOOT!
-Jx

Lady in the Water

2011-11-30T05:20:00.000-08:00

Here are a few bonus marker sketch studies I did recently for the film, Lady in the Water. I'm probably gonna get some flack, but I really dig this M. Night Shyamalan film. Plus I wanted an excuse to draw Paul Giamatti. It's a pretty epic, yet small, film.
-Jeaux

All About Eve

2011-11-29T12:00:00.000-08:00

Watched All About Eve w/ Ava a couple of weeks ago. It was a great film. Bette Davis sure is pretty. Here are a couple marker sketch studies I did whilst watching. Sure felt good to use real paper and markers, beats digital any day.
-Jx

15 minute Mousterpieces

2011-11-29T03:25:00.001-08:00

This is what i do during my 15 minute breaks, and or training sessions & meetings.
-Jeaux