Kiki

The New Creatives - Feature Story -Sacramento News & Review

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I was lucky enough to be featured as one of Sacramento's top 25 up-and-coming talents, super flattered.  Thanks to the lovely Rachel Leibrock for reaching out to a queer artist!  I'll post some photos of the print version soon.  I'm gearing up for SF Zine Fest and working and working on a grant proposal whooo busy tired!  I'm working on finishing a special limited print run full color 24 page mini-comic for SF Zine Fest, crazy work time.  Please grab a copy if you are local or check out the article and talent online here if not!  I'm not a fan of the photo but I was stressed out and forced a smile against my better judgement as I hate fake smiley photos and photos of me in general.  Le sigh, I'll live.

Also don't forget dissection is up at The Lexington Club in San Francisco through Sept. 6th, I'll also post some photos of the show, I just didn't get great photos, my friends got some better ones.  The pieces are selling well already!

I also re-stocked Poor Little Dyke Girl at Modern Times Bookstore and Needles and Pens in San Francisco and working on getting it into some shops in Sacramento, I just haven't had any time!!!

I have been very bad at keeping up to date here with all of my activities and work because well I've been working like a crazy person, all the time, this will continue until after APE in October then I can take a little break.  I think the hard work is paying off, very excited about everything that is happening!  Stay tuned!

DC Universe: Announcing BATMAN: NOEL, an original graphic novel by Lee Bermejo

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Check out the link to read more about Lee's newest project Batman: Noel, I can't wait, his work is totally insane and the talented jerk wrote it too!  If you want to see more of Lee's work (and you DO!!!) Check out his blog Bruises and Black Eyes obviously he is a genius.

eat, pray, puke...

One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia...

And by EVERYTHING they mean eating carbs without puking them back up, the ability to pray or meditate without laughing or acting like an asshole, perhaps understanding a culture different than your own (don't kid yourself that doesn't happen), whining in new ways in a different time zone and finding more rich attractive men to fall in love with you.

What I've learned from watching eat, pray, love...

1. Jame Franco is a needy, whiny mother fucker.
2. I want to stab Julia Roberts in the face.
3. Rich, white privileged chicks that can afford to travel for a year and manage to whine about it make me want to stab them in the face.
4. My decision to stop reading that terrible fucking book at page 25 was clearly justified.
5. My sister owes me so big for making me me watch this craptasticism.
6. Craptasticism is my new favorite word that I made up.
7. I also love the phrase "doucheclamation point", I mean it's genius, I wish I had thought of it.
8. I still want to go to Bali this year.
9. I can't believe how rich this dumb bitch is and that I have contributed to her income in any way by watching this trash.  I want to write a badly written book about how being rich is hard and finding enlightenment is like hard when you are rich and beautiful and like trying to be enlightened without any real character development, change or meaningful discovery of any kind.  And then get richer.  And then become a VERY famous/successful writer or more so than I was before, for writing a piece of crap.
10. I love my dog.
11. Holy crap Chris O'Donnell is in cats and dogs 2 revenge of kitty galore!
12. I wish I had watched that movie.

All Puking images via WE HEART IT

 

How to be Devoted OR I’d Like You to Meet Some of our Fans @ RADAR Productions

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This is the cutest effing thing EVER!!!! How awesome are they??? FANS! Lit FANS!! Also they obviously rule because they picked up my comic Poor Little Dyke Girl...this makes me super happy!!!

Please go read the entire blog here because a) it's great and b) there's an edie brickell story.

Sister Spit TOUR DATES 2011

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Don't forget to check the Sister Spit tour dates to see if they are coming your way and get your tickets!!

This Sunday they are coming to Sacramento and I'll be reading from my forthcoming graphic novel yay!  If you buy your tickets in advanced you save money and there are no fees because Sister Spit covers them so DO IT!!!!

Sunday, March 20
7pm, $8 adv/$10 door
Sacramento Poetry Center, California Stage
1723 25^th St.
Sacramento, CA

* With special guest Katie Kaapcke!

BUY TICKETS NOW

Also find out about the life on the road and in van with the

Sister Spit crew on the »»»▲Tour Blog▲«««

Sister Spit: Next Generation 2011 Spring Tour Keep up with Sister Spit on Facebook! (link to http://www.facebook.com/SisterSpit) Check back often for updates! ...The legendary, raucous, rowdy performance gang, Sister Spit has hit the road, with a vanload of multimedia, queer-centric brilliance! Don't miss this multimedia explosion of taste-makers, novelists, fashion plates, painters, performance artists, poets and fancy scribblers. ...Featuring queer luminary Michelle Tea (Best Music Writing 2010, Chelsea Whistle, Valencia, Rent Girl), writer and provocative performance artist Kirk Read (How I Learned To Snap), graphic novelist and visual artist MariNaomi (Kiss & Tell), award-winning poet laureate of the obsessed and tormented Ali Liebegott (The IHOP Papers, The Beautifully Worthless), novelist and film fodder Blake Nelson (Girl, Paranoid Park, Recovery Road), photographer and Original Plumbing transmale quarterly publisher Amos Mac and award-winning transmitter-writer of brilliantly terrifying fairy tales Myriam Gurba (Dahlia Season)! http://radarproductions.org/whosinthevanspring2011.html Sponsored by RADAR Productions with generous support from James Irvine Foundation and Open Meadows Foundation. California shows supported by CA LGBT Arts Alliance. link names to the following: http://irvine.org/ http://www.openmeadows.org/ http://www.calgbtartsalliance.com/

Roald Dahl

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Thing #2.  Roald Dahl changed my life the first time I read James and the giant peach in 2nd grade.  When everything sucks, which it often does I have to find my way back to one idea, one belief magic.  Someone told me they saw some magic in me, it is one of the most incredible things anyone has ever said to me.  Find your magic.

The Best of 2010 – TransGuys.com

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Original Plumbing won Best Business!!!!! Congrats to Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos!!! xoxoxoxo Please check out all of the amazing winners at transguys.com who are all very inspiring!

new, new, new....mew...

.::mew mew::.

I've been super busy and doing craft shows and not feeling like blogging but I have lots to share.  Here are some new happenings over in my ye olde shoppe and Monday I'm picking up some work from a gallery so I can finally share some of my newer paintings :)  I've been crafting, painting and baking and I'm excited to be alone in my house for the holidays to paint and craft and bake :D and watch movies and listen to music and dance, it sounds like the best thing EVER!!!

I kinda went crazy painting watercolor plaid mustaches on sticks like this one I kinda love them, they are so much fun and I love taking pics with my friends can't wait for New Years!!!

 

they work for doggies too :D that's squid you might recognize her from my custom pet portraits she is the dog of two of my very best friends and I look after her a few times a week, she is soooo cute!!!

yes I am a child of 80's and a hulk hogan worshiper!!

 

and yes, yes I am wearing plaid fake glasses and I rule! If you want a pair go to Paola loves to shop because that's where I got them at SF Indie mart and Vanessa RULEZ!!!! And makes AMAZING headbands!!!! I will share a pic of mine soon I want like 10 more because you can tie them and my parents probably dropped me on my head like 20 times and my head is misshapen and so the elastic ones slip off my head very annoyingly but these you can tie and they are like friendship bracelets with chains braided in OK???? OMG soooo AWESOME!

...I digress.....

NO the figurines are NOT for sale those suckers are MINE!!!!!

Just the framed art!

yep that is a mustache glitter ornament hand painted no less!

also perfect as wine tags or toppers!

 

framed glitter owly ACEO!

heee heee check them out in the shop hurry and get your orders in time for the Holidays!!!!!

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**FREE REGULAR DOMESTIC SHIPPING on orders over $50**
Shipping fees will be refunded on orders with a product total of $50 or more (before tax or shipping has been applied).

Now I'm getting back to work on Christmas presents to finish and a room to clean!!! I promise to be a better blogger! But actually I don't know that I will, I'll do the best I can on the blogging front :D

xoxo

oh holy friday!

.::oh hello Friday::.

Where did you come from??? Jeez I've worked soooooo much this week and still feel like I need 5 million more hours!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yesterday was a hard day but my friend megan came over for art time and chatting, wow was it nice to paint and draw and chat and create with someone!!!  Not only to we both paint and draw and LOVE watercolors but we share an obsession with this

 

and this

 

 

and scandalous English Films one of my FAVORITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Like Howard's End, Pride and Prejudice, Remains of the day, Wings of the dove and basically every Jane Austin adaptation ever!

and these......................

We decided we have to do it once a week now!!! It was a great distraction and really got me inspired, she is such an amazing artist!  Anyways I've added 2 new prints to the shop over the last 2 days and I've been creating a pile of new ACEO's and little paintings and cards for Halloween and Fall, I'll post them later today or tomorrow and start adding them to the shop!!! YAY!!! I love Halloween I have to stop myself I think I could draw ghosts FOREVER!!!

So here are the new prints in the shop first Love is dangerous

 

One of my favorite pieces from the Homo a go go show!!!

Then Yearbook 200gay

 

is it wrong that I love this one too? I do.  Please go check them out :D

Also did you see this on the papernstitch blog?? Awesome picks and there is me!!!!! It is such a great blog you should bookmark it or subscribe because it's full of awesomeness!!!

I also was mentioned on Casa Sugar for an etsy finds rainy day post here which is pretty cool!!

 

So check back because later today or early tomorrow I'll have lots of new fun fall/halloween goodness to share and to update the shop with!!!  Have a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!

xoxo

For the love of NERDS!

This will be a new weekly (he he I hope) feature on the blog I have so much nerdiness to share I figured I would condense it weekly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So this is actually technically dorky but whatever for the love of all that is STAR WARS.....................

 

poster by drew struzan don't know him??? get on that! Basically THE best movie poster illustrator EVER! sigh LOVE illustration, illustrators are sick!

My love affair and dork affiliation with Star Wars began on my living room floor on VHS recorded commercial free from HBO with my little brother...within the first five minutes I had nearly peed myself.  Until that point the only sci-fi special effects I had really seen were from movies like The Black Hole, Escape to Witch Mountain, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The Last Starfighter.  I was already sci-fi obsessed but once we saw Star Wars it was over.....I don't think we moved once, we just tensely sat there mouths hung open in awe it was literally one of the coolest moments of my life.  No I'm not joking....I told you I'm a dork and I take it seriously and Star Wars started it all.

Dear George Lucas, thank you for the bright star of my childhood called Star Wars your genius and innovation shall last forever regardless of recent follies (cough episodes I, II & III).  P.S. I forgive you for JarJar...almost...........

xoxo

Kiki

Someone PLEASE buy me the MOST AMAZING BAG IN THE WORLD!!!!!!! from DAMEcreations

 

um LEGO Darth Vader cuff links??? anyone???? from CrimsonKing 

Ewok gocco print??? yes please....from MisNopalesArt

someone PLEASE PLEASE buy this princess Leia knitting pattern and knit it....please!!! from ansleybleu

ok, ok, I HAVE to have this, no seriously....no no seriously gimme....Icons of the Empire Print..........seriously dude.......from SirMitchell

Wall decal from urbanexpressions duuuuuuuuuude..................

boba fett t-shirt from AVAZAVA

R2D2 barrette circa 1977................BOOM! from rosebudcottage

and need I even say anything about this??? boston terrier + jedi = genius........from rubenacker

now this is the kind of tie I can get down with....oh yeah..........from facesarefunny

 

we ALL know this is NOT for the kids....pulease..........dorks everywhere rush to giftzbydavid

3 things knitting+ R2D2+ finger puppets= Totally RAD!!!! from dingdongdesigns and yes that is correct I said Totally RAD! 

oh SNAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Star fighter Pocket Pouch.................................WHAT???????????? Um sorry guys I gotta go buy this........................from dangargyle WANTSSSSSS WANNNNTTTSSSS! This is SO RAD it hurts me....it hurts me soooo bad!

 

oh chewy I <3 you, you big walking carpet you! from elloh

oh man I just can't stop, I can't check this boba belt buckle from TimothyEarthnynja

 

Remember these???? I do and we broke em but now I can get them back <insert evil laugh here> from CrankHeartPony 

two words chris mcveigh found on share some candy please check out more amazing nerdy hilarity on his website 

10 things i love Friday!

.::oh happy friday!::.

So I have a new print in the shop Urban Cowboy this is the first piece I made for this series and close to my heart!  So please go take a look :D

 

So I wanted to make a list and show you 10 things I'm LOVING right now!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoooo!

First up these girls Team Gina OMG they effing RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I saw them perform at Homo a go go and it was INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

go buy their new album and the old one on itunes right NOW!!! This is the new one!!!

 

two sassy smart funny as hell queer femmes with super sick dance skillz!!! This video will give you a good idea how freaking RAD they are!!!

next.....um all this adorableness from Beantown Handmade

 

how cute is this bowl???

 

ummmmmmm................................blue baron hat 

 

roboto shirt

 

dog neck warmer

I think panda needs alllllll of these!!! and speaking of panda he is NUMBER 3!!!

4) being a new member of the Queer Etsy Street Team YAY!!!!!

5) speaking of the team there is this fabulousness by a fellow team member Looks good from the front she makes beautiful jewelry and adorable hair accessories and I had the pleasure of meeting her at Homo a go go

 

love this foxy necklace

  

and um duh......a pink skull hair clip oh with sequins...i repeat....duh!

 

I have some friends that would die for this pug necklace

yes please purple rapture so TALENTED and sweet she lent me her umbrella so I didn't get a sunburn during the craft show....super sweet!!!

6) These super cute prints and frames from MaryBethsart

 

 

 

7) Art In A Box — Monthly Art Subscription Service OK I blogged about this here earlier this week but it deserves another mention because I just can't get OVER how FREAKING cool this is.........monthly wine club....no thanks i don't drink.........monthly cheese club.....paaaassss i'm vegan....monthly produce service...OK I WANT that too but Monthly Art Service???????????????????????? Can I get a what what????  Seriously CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

 

 

 

 

8) I have no reason to wear this dress nor do I wear dresses often but I would make up a reason!!! Peachy Keen dress by SaraSeven who makes beautiful clothes!!!!! But something about this dress just ugh i die.....

 

 

9)  This painting by Sister Planet via  Design for Mankind

 

i want to vomit rainbows..............

10) and the number 10 this about Vegans via one of my FAVORITE blogs Vegansaurus

 

ok I know know it's NOT actually about Vegans...but still it's soooo AWESOME !!! I <3 comics!!!!

from the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

Happy Friday!!!!!

xoxo

Fantastic Mr. Fox...

um.................again the Fantastic Mr. Fox.........................................yes please..................

...dear Wes Anderson...thank you and i love you...forever and ever...for serious... xoxo kiki

...dear Roald Dahl thank you for making my childhood bearable...and inspiring me to write and keep a journal from the beginning...i love you and your books...xoxo kiki