Notes by Cartoonist Eric T. Styles

God I Hate Television

2010-04-02T22:31:00.008-04:00

While staying with Waffle and Diane, I have seen TV shows that I never would believe existed if I hadn't wasted a half hour of precious life seeing. Laura and I seldom strayed off of Discovery, History or Adult Swim. Being on my Mac next to the TV during the day I have discovered that there are way too many Judge shows on. The original People's Court was educational, the one's today are sad pathetic schlock reality shows. I have yet to see any reality show that didn't look scripted and fake.

Perhaps we as members of the human race should turn off the fucking TV and try to focus on having our own realities. When I get settled in my new place, NO TV. I'll have a television and a DVD player, but no cable. I remember when I went about five years with out any TV, it was the most productive period of my life. I was content with what I had, I took time to develop my art, my hobbies, relationship with people. I noticed too many conversations started by others were "Did you see..." No, I was living.

Inevitably people would say, "I don't believe you never saw that show, you HAVE to watch it." No I don't, you sad pathetic cretin. Is you own empty life so void of meaning that you must fill it with mindless shit every waking moment?

Hold me to my pledge, no TV in New Orleans.

Big Move to the Big Easy

2010-02-22T10:27:00.009-05:00

Last summer I met a new co-worker, at first sight a very scary dude. Very likable, except I was going thru a difficult time. For some twisted reason I took an instant dislike to him, I don't know why. I projected every ounce of anger in my being at him. He didn't deserve it, I was just being an asshole. Over time he grew on me,much like the skin cancer slowly covering my right arm in spots. A talented, funny and hairy tumor, after time I couldn't help but to like him. He continued to tell me how much I would fit in down in New Orleans. A city where artists are appreciated and sometimes employed. None of the negative angry New Jersey attitude or expense. Every month that I remain in NJ I dig deeper in debt. Driving cab in Belmar at night barely covers my child support and cigarettes. Researching New Orleans area the cost of living seems lower compared to NJ. NJ is one of the most expensive states to live in the the country. The money to be made isn't here anymore. The only ones who can afford Jersey are Politicians, union officials and mobsters.
At this current economic demise, my only option is death. I refuse to do the Van Gogh route. NAY! I will follow the example of Paul Gauguin, travel to an unknown world, pursue my art and die of a venereal disease.

The Super Bowl Thingy

2010-02-07T09:55:00.004-05:00

Earlier this week a passenger asked me who was I betting on in the Super Bowl. I replied "Oh is it this week?" "Of course it is, you know that." "Not really, I never watched one." "YOU LIAR! Of course you have, everyone watches." Nope, never did, never will. Why would one lie about that? Both teams could burst into flames at the coin toss and I wouldn't give a damn. Once when a hyper-masculine drunk asked me if I had seen some NFL game and I said I don't follow football his next question was "Are you a queer?" Let's examine that conclusion, he spent all afternoon watching sweaty, muscular men roll around on top of each other in the mud. They get up off of each other and pat each others asses. Then the players take a shower together. THAT'S GAY.

POSITION WANTED

2010-01-26T07:08:00.005-05:00

PRAY FOR ME! I must escape this vocational purgatory! A dysfunctional family business that is getting increasingly negative. Every time employees pull up, someone in the office has to ask; "Is he armed?" 12 hours duty last night, we each made about $60. Try to support your addictions on that. The nightly ugliness, the bullshit, the hazards. One coworker was joking about a passenger who drank herself to death. I don't want to become like these people. The past four years of driving cab at night has hardened me. I've learned not to trust anyone, learned to step on others before they could step on me. My naivety is gone my trust eroded away by the cancer of human nature.

Any longer out here, I'll loose all of my humanity. "Tonight on outrageous videos, a cabbie gets out of his car and cold cocks a NUN!"

Addictions first

2010-01-25T08:06:00.007-05:00

I love convenience stores. You can feed most every addiction there. Coffee, smokes, lottery tickets. Need rolling papers? Gottem, and at least another dozen products that any creative stoner can use to conjure a high. Munchies in isle 2 and 3. Porn? Got it. It's three AM and you need a copy of 18+ Big Boob to get to sleep. Alcoholic? No they don't sell beer and the liquor store is closed now, here's some cold medicine. You seek comfort food. An orgy of empty calories await. Need to smoke crack, buy one of those little glass vases with the paper flower in it.

During my shift I stumble in five stores a night for the nicotine / caffeine fix. Having worked a convenience store, the employees have my sympathy. Like driving a cab at night, your customer base is the Night Of The Living Dead.

Totos the Teleprompter

2010-01-25T07:14:00.003-05:00

Obama brought a teleprompter to a sixth grade class. Excuse me, isn't that like writing the answers on your cuffs? They're kids. Afraid of having a Dan Quayle moment? I thought you taught at Harvard, but you can't talk to kids without the help of a staff? You're like a robot that needs to be plugged in. One of those Disney hall of Presidents droids, programed with personality.

Presidential Race

2010-01-11T06:12:00.016-05:00

In a snapshot of America, perhaps we've only been looking at the negative of the snapshot.
Over the past two years, I've noticed the only ones who consistently and loudly discuss President Obama's race are his supporters. Even in private conversations among conservatives race is not the issue, it's policy. The Dems waste no opportunity to mention skin color. I thought Liberals were above noticing such things. Ironically, it's Conservatives who live by the wisdom of "Judging a man by the content of his character, not the color of his skin." Wait, who first said that? It's the content of his character that Conservatives have always questioned. His political associations, radical individuals who would have been an anchor to any white conservatives. Be seen with a Pat Robertson and get tagged a "white, racist Jesus Freak" Jeremiah Wright? If I was the only white member of his congregation, I'd be lookin fo da door.

Now if conservative pundits had been using words like "Stupid, incompetent, dumb and ignorant" about Obama, as much as the liberals had used such adjectives on Palin, we'd be deaf from the screams. "look at how they view African Americans, stupid and ignorant, all conservatives are racists." So conversely, does that argument conclude that Liberal Dems are really sexist? The first female candidate is an incompetent bimbo acording to their voices. The women of "The View" aren't racist, however they are sexist, ok, now I am confused.

This is by far a very difficult period in U.S. history. It is the same in my personal life. I see in my life that these great difficulties and challenges hurt like a never ending case of the burning trots. Already it has made me a better person than I was, I fought the lessons tooth and nail. Hated every moment, denied it. Looking back at the old me with disdain. Having learned over decades lessons that today seem so obvious.

I hope in a decade America will look back over these trouble years an know that we are a better nation having studied the snapshots.

The 50 BOOBS

2010-01-10T06:43:00.010-05:00

I heard on the news tonight that Hawaii is without a Representative because they can not afford an election. What da F*CK?! When New Jersey goes belly up and decides not to give us the very basic government services I'm going to Trenton and demand my deposit back. What did you really do with the money I gave you? I'm suing for breach of contract. The BBB will be notified that NJ did not carry thru on services and people should not do business with them. Dead beat states, I learn to expect it from my room mate, my landlord expects it from me, his ex from him etc. But damn it, we don't expect elected officials to be INCOMPETENT liers. Liars? Yes, but be professional.

OK, one more Guido in my cab story...

2010-01-05T07:42:00.008-05:00

Closing time in August: Three over juiced t-shirt stretchers get in my cab at D-Jaise night club on the ocean. For those not familiar with D-Jaise, it's a club in Belmar NJ that Italians go to during mating season, at least in the summer mating season. Who knows where the hell they go for the other three mating seasons. Anyway, these Goombas dumped hundreds at the bar on bimbos and struck out. So they bang and squeeze themselves into my car complaining about how stuck up the bitches were. As I maneuver down narrow streets at 2 am dodging vomiting tourists with four drunk, frustrated and angry steroid junkies surrounding me, one taps me on the shoulder. "Yo! You a cab driver, you gotta know where we can get our c*cks sucked! Come'on, good cabbies always know where we can get our c*cks sucked! We'll even PAY TO GET OUR C*CKS SUCKED!" "Nope, sorry dudes, I don't" I did know of a place in Neptune city that was open. But would I send you in and say "Tell'em driver 27 sent you..." No way, They'd never let me back in again.
So I said real loud, "There's four of you, go back to your room, put on some porn and daisy chain it dudes. First one who cums has to suck off the other three." Ok, I said that about a mile after I dropped their drunk asses off.

oh yea, an anudder ting....

2010-01-05T06:25:00.027-05:00

Ask any bartender on the Jersey Shore who's the worst tippers, Guidos. They're loud, obnoxious high maintenance customers. Guidos expect every third drink to be free, like it's a privilege to serve them. The whole night they boast "Don't worry, I'll take care of you..." At the end of the night they leave a buck, in his mind that was a good tip. I drive home many bartenders and servers here on the shore. All say the money in the summer is great, but they earn every stinkin dime. As a cab driver, I'll second that.My buddy Aaron's favorite story of cab driving I tell is: One summer night 3 drunk Guidos (if I remember correctly their names were Antnee, Antnee and Tony ) stagger over to the cab stand looking for a ride back to the motor lodge where later on some drunk Ho's promised to come by and suck them dry. This according to the more articulate one of the group. This one juicehead stumbles back into my van with a slice of pizza. Generally I insist on no food in the car. However I know better than to get between a drunk Italian and food. I let it slide. As we waited for one member of the party to finish relieving himself on the side of my dispatcher's car, the pizza Gudio says "Jersey pizza sucks, we're here to bang your bitches." Pulling away from the curb Pizza boy asks "How do I open dis back window?" I snap "Why? Are you going to chuck?" "No, I want to throw this slice at some fagget as we drive down the street!" In a stern tone I informed him throwing food from the vehicle was forbidden. He had a blank stare as he sincerely asked "Why the hell not? Open dis f*ckin window." I pull back to the curb "OK! Everybody out!" " Why? Ya kidden? You're an asshole cab driver!" A slice of pizza slapped onto the back window of my van as I pulled away. True story.

JERSEY SHORE

2010-01-03T08:53:00.023-05:00

For the record, the moronic, narcissistic juiceheads seen on MTV's "Jersey Shore" are NOT from New Jersey. They are primarily New Yorkers who migrate to our beaches in the summer like locusts during breeding season. We don't like them either. We mock on them year round, most shore residents don't watch "Jersey Shore." We natives have been nauseated by these social barbarians for decades and we have no need to see Guidos glorified.
As a nightshift cab driver in Belmar NJ I can testify that majority of summer visitors from NYC are in fact far more vulgar and inane than the television representatives. In the back of my cab, they refer to all women as "Bitches and Ho's" Any man who uses those terms doesn't deserve to get laid. From what I personally witness, most of them don't. These drunken idiots spent hundreds of dollars on drinks, only to get in my cab and proclaim "She was fat anyway." Our native women avoid the ignorant masses for the most part. Any that do fornicate with the likes are encourage to move to Staten Island where they can settle down with Anthony and his auto body business.
Latent Homosexuals. Despite the macho bravado spewed by the males of the species, I believe they are some of the gayest examples of men I have ever met. Real men don't spend an hour fixing their hair, working on tans, or spend $125 on designer T-shirts. Comments I have over heard come from the back of my cab include: "Dude, that shirt makes your pecs look huge," "Check out his wings" "Do you want to go with me tomorrow, I'm getting waxed." I struggle not to laugh out loud at such comments. Admittedly, these closet homos on steroids can become violent if a skinny artist from NJ looks in the mirror and asks, "What are you guys? Queer?"
I still think it.

Judging from the females of the species, perhaps it would be best for all if they were homosexual. The shallow and mildy retarded women who flock down to the beaches are equally obnoxious and vile. Poor drivers who are often hairier than the men. At first glance they can be attractive, however once they are in my cab I have fantasies of wrapping my car around a telephone pole and disfiguring them for life. The idea of leaving them dependant on personality and intellect is a fate far worse than death. I would rather stick my penis in a food processor than one of their heavily trafficked vaginas. At least the appliance doesn't have a five o'clock shadow.

SO in summery, the TV show "Jersey Shore" should be renamed "Stupid homo Gombas who can't get laid in a whorehouse on pay day" It's a bit long for a show title. (BTW, I have had the actual cast members from the show in my cab. I drove 4 of the idiots from D-Jais to the Headliner. Their combined I.Q. didn't even reach triple digits.)

Final thoughts of 2009

2010-01-01T06:09:00.013-05:00

First off, how bad do you need to get into heaven than to strap a bomb to your junk? I thought Baptist were demented. I've had my causes too, at no point did I fight for them by pouring chemical explosives on my willy. A little too kinky even by my book. Imagine HIS TERROR when he realized that he WASN'T going to die.
At times our new enemies are amusing. By amusing I mean like stupid little mustaches and goose-stepping were in previous enemies. If in 1945 I had told a General that someday we would have the greatest military in the world and spend 9 years chasing a 6'7" tall Arab around the dessert and never catch him, I'd be kicked out of the Pentagon.

Remember all of the bad guys in James Bond movies? Eccentric and demented threatening to destroy the world if their egos aren't stroked. Iran, Korea, USA.

The far left have revealed their hypocrisy and phony stances. It's easy to knock down a conservative when they show hypocrisy, the left aren't held accountable because the judges are their peers. Oprah and Springsteen have made their billions, now let's destroy the Capitalist system so no one else can make billions. Bruce, stop singing about the struggling working class. You never were one, your old man was a bus driver, you a rock star. Will Obama ever set salary limits for Hollywood or professional sports players? He seems to set limits for banking, auto and other US industries. I know, Hollywood hasn't had to take a bail out. Yet.

HOT CONSERVATIVE CHICKS!

2009-12-11T05:59:00.005-05:00

Republican M.I.L.F.s have taken over FOX NEWS. I've been listening to Obama bitch about Fox news so I thought I'd start watching. We're talking some sweet looking soccer moms who have smarts too. It's not just the news personalities, candidates and pundits too. The word pundit sounds dirty when looking at Ann Coulter. "I bet she can PUNDIT all night." Laura Ingrahm? She'd make a hell of a dominatrix. It wouldn't take a whole lot of acting on her part. Just start talking like Barney Frank and she would flog you with in an inch of your life. First time anyone ever gets water boarded with a pair of panties.
What about Sarah? Don't get me started, I don't want to sound like a perv.

Mobsters and Cartoonists

2009-08-15T11:25:00.009-04:00

It was back in 1991, I was drawing ed-carts for a small local newspaper here on the Jersey shore called "The Leader." One of the paper's biggest advertisers was a man who owned about 80% of the boardwalk and other family oriented businesses. He was dragged into court to be questioned in murder trial. Apparently his nephew was found dead up in the Meadowlands. He had been beaten to death by a golf club. Obvious mob hit. His uncle, a local big shot was splashed all over newspapers throughout the state, except for the one in his home town. My editor didn’t want to touch it. I, a cartoonist with no formal journalism education chastised the editor for overlooking a story of such magnitude.

He agreed to let me do a cartoon as long as I didn’t use the guy’s name. The following week about 60-70% of the advertisers in our shore town dropped their ads from the paper. My editor was scared to start his car in the morning. After working for the paper for almost 4 years, the editor recieved a call for the first time from the owner. Mark Goodson, the TV producer owned our weekly paper. It seems he was not too amused by my cartoon.

I was almost out the door when a man walked in asking to talk to the editor. He praised my cartoon and said it was great. The man was the leading prosecutor of organized crime for NJ. He had faxed the cartoon to almost every orginized crime investigator in the state and Washington DC. The Mark Goodson decided to give me one more chance as long as I didn’t try to take on the mob any more. In a few weeks advertising returned to normal.

Penis size

2009-08-15T02:10:00.008-04:00

It seems like every time I sign on to the Internet I am bombarded by penis enhancement ads. I'm comfortable with myself so I just click exit. A few years ago I was sitting in the kitchen of a skanky divorcee' listening to her and an equally drunk skank friend talk about penises. Both complaining about how difficult it is to find a suitable size these days. I remember contemplating how each of these hagged out wretches probably have had close to a 1,000 men in their beds since high school. Not to mention 2 or 3 kids each had by several different fathers. Now, in their forties they discover somehow all of a sudden the average man is insufficient to bring them pleasure.
Hey, I'm the same size as a man as I was when I was 18 years old, I doubt either of them could make that claim about their heavily trafficked vaginas. I used to drive a commuter bus into Manhattan every day though the Lincoln tunnel. Never once did my bus ever touch the wall of the tunnel. Was it because my 40 foot bus was too small? If these woman had put up a toll booth they now would have as much money as the Port Authority. That's my view on penis size.

NEWSPAPERS AND THE MEDIA

2009-08-15T01:29:00.004-04:00

As an editorial cartoonist myself, I can tell you newspapers are a dead and dying thing of the past. And they deserve to die a slow painfull death. Die like a greedy drugged out whores that they are. Used up from a careless and reckless lifetime of ugly living. Selling themselves to the perverted whims of advertisers and special interests. Diseased shells of a former beauty pimped out by the twisted editors and owners who have no regard for truth, just a lust for the dollar. The internet is the new pillar of truth, stepping over the corpse of print media.

God and stuff

2009-08-13T21:10:00.004-04:00

I've been thinking about religion, I'm not pissed at God or anything. I mean I have no idea who the hell he really is. I just am stuck with a warped and twisted notion of him given to me by warped and twisted ministers who have no clue about him either. Ok, they claim the Bible (or Koran or Torah) is the inherant word of God. This after some pope hundreds of years ago tore out entire books of it and probally changed a few words here and there. I've worked with editors, truth gets filtered through thier minds. So today fat ass ministers claim "The word of god is truth, protected by the holy spirit blah blah"

Really? The claim is now that pope whoever was divinely inspired to edit the bible according to God's will. Right. I'm sure the bits scratched out had to do with keeping the leadership in check (or absent all together) and we'll increase the tithe part up to 10%. We'll never know.

ATTENTION DEMOCRATS

2009-08-10T08:40:00.004-04:00

As you may be able to tell from the cartoons since last November I am not what one might call an Obama supporter. In fact I have devoted all of my artistic energies to criticizing President Obama and his feeble tax dodging puppets. Granted, this website may not be a noted source political commentaries. However, the cartoons are finding an audience in viral emails. An underground voice of dissension that is very difficult to silence. In these days of "controlled media" the subversive element in this country need a quick and popular medium to spread their ideas. Cartoons are the perfect choice of counter-propaganda weaponry.In September 09, I will do 30 cartoons about health care in 30 days. They will not be supporting the Democratic position, nor will they be flattering.Let me cut to the chase. I will cease and desist from Anti-Obama cartoons, health care satire, incompetent political hack humor and a pro-right stance for the "retainer fee" of twenty thousand dollars. With all of the trillions of dollars being thrown around, twenty thousand is like bumming a cigarette from Sir Walter Raleigh. You could siphon it to me in the form of an artistic grant or if you prefer more covertly. The day I wake up and $20,000 is in my bank account, all of the Obama bashing cartoons come down off of my web site and will be permanently deleted. This tiny sum by Washington's standard will remove what could become a rather infectious thorn in one's side. An ounce of prevention...

It sucks to be human

2009-07-22T05:54:00.013-04:00

It's a vile and corrupt world. That's why politics rule it. We as a species are inherently corrupt. Why do we expect public officials to be any different. Ted Kennedy kills a bar bimbo in a drunk driving accident, who hasn't come close to doing that at least once. If can pull strings to get that rap of my sheet, F**K yea! If Cheney can make a googlian dollars of off starting a war and walking away, god love'im. AND he can shoot a lawyer in the face with a shotgun, and the LAWYER apologizes, god that's power. I've driven Elliot Spizter's little honey home in my cab, VERY bangable chick. I ain't gettin that piece of tail on a cabby's paycheck. I once had a toothless crack whore offer me a blow job for a round trip to Asbury. I refused. I cringed. After driving cab at night for the last four years, I see the world for what it is. Unfair and selfish. The personal car I see parked in front of the local Police Department in the beginning of my shift is parked in front of the bar by 8 pm. At 1:45 am I witness same vehicle weaving down the road. He can get away with it, he's a cop. It sucks to be me trying to dodge a drunk off-duty cop on main street. He slams into me, I go to jail. Roman soldiers I think started that tradition. Kick in your front door and bang your wife in front of you. I have a legion outside if you wish to complain. Thank god the local soldiers only want to bang a doughnut. BTW, the cop's drinking buddy works for the county prosecutor's office. One time she swerved into my lane once so badly, that my mirror clipped a park car.

The point of this tirade is, don't act shocked. Politicians are unfortunately humans. Until we can let computers govern us, we are led by drunks, skirt chasers and power hungry humans who want to bang your doughnut. Even aliens come to Earth to get away with ass raping probes while our leaders cover it up. We deserve it, Earth is populated by the scumbag motherf*ckers known as humanity. Give our rulers something shiny and you can abduct and ass rape the population with impunity. Sucks to be us. I bet Roswell was a D.U.I. accident. Three alien corpses and a naked hillbilly.

Why I turned my back on Liberals

2009-06-18T22:28:00.008-04:00

I have been on both sides of the fence. When the country turns conservative, I become a left wing knee jerking liberal. If a Dem gets the office, I swing to the right. I can't help it. I guess that's why I became an editorial cartoonist. I question and rebel against all authority. A few years ago I was about as liberal as you could get. I hung out with a bunch of lefties, in hind-sight I see what self-righteous obnoxious bastards we all were. i listened as a loud mouth would proclaim the rights of gays to marry. She would get in the face of anyone who might disagree with her. Maintaining a smug attitude of being "more enlightened" than all others. However when she found out someone she knew and didn't care for was rumored to be gay, she picked up her cell phone and spread the news about him. Letting all of the mutual friends know his preferences like it was some sort of a great scandal. Tittering as she hung up from talking to one harpie, and scrolling down her phonebook to the next. Smirking as she declared "Guess who's a queer."
She was quick to give people tittles, "My black friend... my friend who's a Hispanic lesbian with one leg..." Always quick to defend the rights of others as long as they didn't disagree with her. If they didn't agree with her then they were narrow minded bigots who should keep their mouths shut or thrown into prison until they were as enlightened as her.
Conversely, when I was a leftie, conservatives told me if I didn't like it here in America I should move to IRAN. "See how long Saddam will let you disagree with him" Typical, agree with the majority or get out.

Let freedom ring.

Congress at large...

2009-03-21T22:50:00.004-04:00

Typical political B.S. Let's lay a smoke screen, point the finger and distract Americans from the real issues. The "Corporate Bonuses" equel 9/10th of ONE PERCENT of the bailout funds. We could argue for hours if they should recieve them or not. Let's not forget the Billions that are going to pork barrel projects of Barney and friends. Also that great group of Americans known as ACCORN are getting a few billion. Remember them? The ones FOUND GUILTY of election registration fraud. Oh, yea, now they're going to help with the census.

I'm awake and angry

2009-02-07T02:47:00.005-05:00

Due to an inhuman sleep schedule I'm awake at 3 am. It's been a while since I did this Blog stuff. No one reads these things except for Government computers. Searching for words of threat to the powers that be.

Now to get a few things off my chest, YOU WITH THE BLUE TOOTH IN YOUR EAR! You look stupid, more so than just some simp with a cell phone to an ear. "Oh, it's an important call, I have to take this." Shuddup! Pull over and talk, I'm tired of being cut off on the road because some fuckhead is busy talking to another fuckhead somewhere in another car about some lame bullshit. I'm tired of clerks in gas marts talking on the blue tooth in Pakistani while I'm trying to tell him my cigarrette brand. "Dude, plot the attack on YOUR TIME!" Same for you, you fat ass Soccer Mom in the Supermarket loudly blathering away to some other divorced harpy. "Oh, my little girl is soooooo talented she just...LOOK! Roaster chickens are on sale!" About that time I clip the back of her ankles with my shopping cart.

I'm sick of this planet, everyone talking on a phone, or texting, or twitering or blogging.... Why can't we all just shut up.

Any Surprises?

2008-12-11T16:24:00.003-05:00

What infuriates me the most about the Il. Governor scandal is that I'm not shocked or outraged. Business as usual. These are politicians, the most corrupt and vile DNA in the the universe. Ancient Rome or some backwater government today, same old same old. Chicago has lived up to it's Democratic reputation.

Bailout Bastards

2008-12-05T08:54:00.002-05:00

New Jersey cartoonist Eric T. Styles has released his latest off the wall comic addressing the A.I.G. bailout. The players in the financial bailout weave their way into Styles’ web comic “BiNGE.” Edward Liddy’s characture joins the surreal ensemble of a beatnik artist, internet dominatrix and two yuppie stoners. The comedic story line follows an AIG executive into a sado-masochistic triste, where the government bailout funds “trickle down” to a hapless artist and his pizza hungry friends. Also mentioned in the comic are former Governor Spitzer and General Motors’ C.E.O.

The Holiday Season is upon us

2008-11-25T15:10:00.001-05:00

I eririly posted this a day before the attacks in India. It would only be in bad taste now if I had posted it after the attacks. I think it sums up the complete differances in cultures and the state of the world. Christmas seemed to be more fun back durring the Cold War days. Even the name "Cold War" sounds like it might result in a snowball fight.

Well, it's over...

2008-11-05T11:43:00.009-05:00

Or perhaps the real fights are just starting. I've kept busy with "30 Cartoons in 30 Days" It's been fun and challenging. I hope I provided laughs and provoked thought. The BiNGE characters slipped into it my editorial cartoons. Lance and Jody represented the Yellow undecided states. The Stalker Chick represented the fanatical Obama supporters. Driven by the cult of personality and insistance that she is always right. A mindless Lemming who will throw her support to the favorite to win.

Back in the USSA......

2008-10-24T16:14:00.007-04:00

Am I the only one who sees what's happening. I was always a far left liberal. I even read the communist manifesto when I was in my early 20's. At the time I was earning minimum wage and wore a "DIE YUPPIE SCUM" T-shirt. Over the years, I saw the collapse of communism, and I learned about freedom.
I still earn squat, still hate yuppies but I believe that every person is responsible for their own lives.

The 7-11 Cup Poll

2008-10-21T06:20:00.006-04:00

I think the Coffee cup poll held by the 7-11 stores is a cool promotion. Drinking up to 5 cups of coffee per shift, I hit all of the local stores at night. One night I had a Pakistani clerk grill me over my choice of cups. "Why don't you like Obama?" "I don't think he's the best choice." I politely responded. The clerk has been cold ever since. Two nights ago at a different 7-11, (Ocean & 8th Ave in Belmar NJ.) I went in for my 3 am cup, to find only BLUE Obama cups occupying the coffee counter. I searched and scanned for the red McCain cups that grace my dashboard at night. None to be seen. I turned to the clerk, to see a smug grin on his face. "Where's the McCain cups?" I asked. "We all out, use Obama cup, he's better." I purchased a plain 16 oz cup.
This may seem like a small manipulation by one single man, however it demonstrates the attitude of Obama supporters. They fight dirty. An informal poll or voter registration fraud, it shows how much contempt the Obama side has for rules and democracy. Are you so afraid your man can't win without resorting to stacking the deck?

BTW, I'm dropping a note to the Southland Corp.

Acorn Scandal

2008-10-12T20:39:00.005-04:00

Been busy with my "30 Cartoons in 30 Days for McCain" Project. I'm sick of all entertainment being nothing more than Hollywood's Obama Lap Dance. I've been staying top of things with a lot of AM radio shows. I don't know why, but I find Laura Ingraham hot. And Sarah too.

bank bail out cartoon

2008-09-24T09:08:00.004-04:00

Well America, it's here. The globalist have finally crippled us. They eroded our government, our society and financial institutions. We will be thrust into a standard of living simular to the dark ages. In debt to a handfuls of land barons who control everything. The Carngies, Tri-Laterlists or whoever. Rot in hell you inhuman reptoid bastards.

I've been following the breaking story on AM's Coast To Coast. Actually very good coverage. I don't know how they get away with it.

hip-hop

2008-09-22T22:15:00.002-04:00

Athena Does G.O.P.

2008-09-17T09:50:00.002-04:00

In a stunning turn of events that has rocked the Hollywood starlet scene, Athena DeCruelle, former B-movie star turned professional dominatrix, has announced her support for the McCain/Palin ticket. Ms. DeCruelle, who recently instructed the US Defense Department in non-life threatening interrogation techniques for the remaining prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, was quoted as saying to Barack Obama, "Who's the little piggie now!" She went on to say that Sarah Palin has "a nice rack, and a cute 'First Dude'", and asserted that "Johnny seems like a really sweet guy." In her closing statement, 'Ms. Athena', as she's known to her close associates, told reporters that she'd be sending Sarah "her favorite whip to help reform those sissy dems in Washington."

180 degree turn

2008-09-09T16:15:00.007-04:00

I hated the Bush administration. Everything it stood for. Big oil, big profits for Cheney's partners in crime. Homeland Security and it's war on human rights. I felt as if I was seeing the birth of an evil empire conceived in propaganda and ignorance. I would've voted for anyone who was NOT Republican. When Obama came along, I was enthusiastic. Soon it soured with the revelation of his pastor and mentor, Pastor Wright. A dangerous and demented clergyman who was every bit as scary as any cleric in the Mid East spouting anti-American rhetoric.
Recent statements such as "If you don't vote for Obama, you're a racist" Huh? What if I think he's a wrong choice? Should I vote for him just because of the color of his skin? How is that not unlike racism? So using that logic ANY man of color should be President despite his qualifications. Ok, Democracy works.
Liberals have revealed themselves as the hypocrites that they are. Woo, woo, Hilary as our first female Prez. Palin as vice Prez? NO! Who will look after her family? Since when did the left take a stand that a woman's place is in the home? Oprah, the afternoon demi-goddess of women refuses to have Palin on her show until after the election. Ok, so she's not a journalist. She fears that Palin might appeal to her female empowered audience. Let's let the strong men lead us, Palin should stay at home, cooking, cleaning and watching the Oprah show with the rest of America's housewives.As much as I hate the Republican Party, I would have to vote for McCain. A veteran who has some concept of how wars are won and lost. This war was started by a greedy slightly psychotic elitist who had no loved ones in peril. Let the war be ended by a man who has been there, done that, and understands full well the costs. Or we can turn it over to a man with no experience in war, and went to a church that openly despised everything most rational Americans hold dear.

The post card

2008-09-04T13:34:00.013-04:00

OK, here we go, I've started to send out the promotional post cards. Scary. it's one thing for me to sit here and tell a handful of friends "Yea, I'm going to create a TV show" Sounds like a harmless delusional claim, safe in my little web site world. Now I have stepped outside the safety of my ambitious daydream into a cold harsh world. A world punctuated with criticism and rejection. Approaching total strangers who don't know me, and have little interest in my sensitive nature. Talented artists who have devoted their lives to industries that I have no experience in. It's kind of like when I started to drag my paintings around to art galleries. The first few said "No thanks", but I kept trying. It's not easy to continue after rejection. I guess that's what separates those who do, from those who don't. I believe in my skills and my vision. My close circle has encouraged me, and believed in me. Some have cocked their heads sideways and given me an "Oh really?" I know it's a long shot. Those who scoff are the same ones who spend $50 a day on lottery tickets as a retirement plan. "I'll hit it big someday" they say. Well, this is my lottery ticket, but I'm taking control. Thousands of hours of work, tens of thousands of hours of thought. I figure those I have approached, voice talent, fellow artists, producers, were all in the same spot at one time.

There is an old proverb: "If you jump for the stars you may land on the moon. Jump for the moon, you'll never get off of the Earth." Even if my dream doesn't materialize, at least I had one. I'm jumping, I may land on my face. The only ones who would laugh at my failure are those who never jump. Those that have jumped and made it would say try again.

Who inspired the look of Athena DeCruelle?

2008-08-22T06:38:00.033-04:00

Cory Lane

I based the look of her on internet hottie Cory Lane. Who, in my opinion is probably the most drop dead gorgeous woman I have ever seen. A very talented model who just looks like she's having fun with the camera. Cory starred in the film "Malibu Heat" and many others. Ms Lane is known for doing a lot of fetish type films. The comic BiNGE is kind of what you might imagine a boyfriend's life would be like. "She couldn't go out tonight. she was tied up at work..."

If you're really curious, you could google her. Yea Baby.
When I first started to developed the Athena character, I tried to give her a sterner face. As her character has developed in the story line I've softened her look. I've been really fine tuning the look of all of the characters. In the next 6 storyboards starting in the fall, you'll notice a more polished look to them.
Who inspired Athena's personality and character? Really, could any woman be that manipulative and diabolical?

Cartoon Genitals

2008-08-17T06:17:00.006-04:00

I see the latest trend in animation sight gags seems to be drawing toon nude, pixilating it out for TV. Then show it on DVD's. It's easy to get a cheap laugh with cartoon genitals, I've been doing it for years. The first bathroom wall art most draw involves a guy's junk. The earliest cave paintings in France show a man chasing a buffalo with a spear. On the other wall he drew his Johnson. You'll never see that on the Discovery channel. In Episode 2, "Meet the New Boss" Binge is given a job in an Adult Bookstore, lots of room for mature artwork. I tried to leave as much as I could to the viewer's imagination. In one scene, he is doing an inventory of marital aids. I could've shown the most elaborate devices and novelties, but I chose not to. Instead I placed them into plain brown boxes relevant to size and shape.I figured leave it to the viewer's imagination. Whatever they picture in the boxes is what's there.

Homophobe parking in the rear

2008-08-12T06:02:00.012-04:00

A co-worker tonight got me thinking. I had made a comment about the word "Rear" being used. I won't go into details, but it was an excrement type of joke. My fellow employee (an openly gay hater) instantly turned it into a homo joke. Why do straight men who detest gay men find homosexual conitations in nearly everything even vagally related? I have seen it time and time again..."Oh, you have a pink cigarette lighter! Do you use that to signal other queers that you want to (perform oral sex on them?") "No, I found the pink lighter in my cab" "It must've been dropped by a faggot" I doubt gay men think as much about gay sex as homophobes do. It doesn't take a lot to trigger a gay comment from them, bending over to pick something up, eating a banana or just being polite. Anything that gives them a homosexual thought, is reason enough to make them comment on another's sexuality.This guy even refused to have a gay driver pick him up to bring him into work. "I don't want to be in the car alone with him" Homophobic men think every gay man wants them? Do you see women beating down your door to perform oral on you? No, you have to pay a female to do it, so why would a gay man offer to do it? I'm sure that gay driver intended to slip GHB into your coffee and sodomize your unconscious, 300 lb, 67 year old ass along side the road.Being a mellow and passive artist type who doesn't watch sports, I've been called a fag all of my life. I'll admit it's pissed me off for a long time, it was a source of rage within me. I released much of the anger that has haunted me by coming to terms with what I am, an "Art-fag." An art fag is a man who has most of the same traits as the stereotypical homosexual, except he digs chicks. I did miss out on the ability to dance and fashion. Bad dancer and dresser, those are probably the most hetro traits I have. Over the years, hearing those kinds of statements has made me realize that I wouldn't want to be "Mr. Macho."

Keep your camoflage Zippo lighter with the skull and crossbones, I'll keep my pink Bic. Oh yea, if I was gay, you would agian be the last man on earth.

UFOs & BiNGE

2008-08-11T15:52:00.005-04:00

Episode one has everything you could want in a a comedic adventure, fights, fires, art, government conspiracies, S&M, and aliens. For some strange unknown reason I feel compelled to include the UFO theme through out the BiNGE story line. I'm not a one hundred percent believer in the whole E.T. thing. However the alien theme has shown up through out my artwork. If nothing else it's at least a pop culture fad, Or perhaps the most important phenomenon to hit this planet since some guy was nailed to a cross for saying "Love your neighbor."
In season two the aliens return, contacting Athena in a cosmic business venture. Apparently the only thing that is exclusive to earth is art. Geneticly "refined" alien races have lost any creativity in the arts. An alien genetic engineering corporation decides to market artistic DNA to the rest of the galactic races. Their source for the raw DNA material turns out to be our hapless NJ artist BiNGE. Exploiting their contact Athena DeCruelle, soon BiNGE becomes a DNA producing factory for her greed. The thought of alien worlds being populated by BiNGE offspring is a terrifying idea.

She dont lie, she dont lie, she dont lie...

2008-08-07T15:57:00.004-04:00

One time I listened to a coke head go on for two hours about healthy living. She went off on a tangent about how dairy products are bad for me. "Lots of respirtory infections come from milk, really (snooooooort) Did you know, (sniff, sniff) that cottage cheese is bad for your sinuses? (snort)" I think her overly aggressive Rotwieler has coked up too

True story.

What does Binge's art look like?

2008-08-04T14:08:00.004-04:00

I think something like this.

The Big BiNGE Promo

2008-08-04T00:48:00.006-04:00

Here it is. A post card. The best solution is usually the simplest. I played off of the Springsteen angle. Why not, most every hack bar band on the NJ shore does. If I see one more web site with some garage musician wearing a leather jacket in front of Convention Center...I'll start sniping.This is the Asbury Park NJ I remember from when I worked in it durring the 1980's. Gritty and surreal. Much of that is now gone due to recent development projects. The old girl was well captured in the film 'City By The Sea.'

The First ever BiNGE Cartoon 2004

2008-07-31T05:57:00.003-04:00

After I drew this, I knew I was onto something.

Athena DeCruelle's almost porn site

2008-07-29T12:02:00.008-04:00

Athena DeCruelle's Web Site of Eternal Dependancy I tried to create an alternate "internet world" for the BiNGE comic. Links that would take off to small fictitious sites giving a depth to the characters and the town of Keysburg Beach NJ. Athena's is the most in elaborate. A non-porn porn site. I wanted to keep it a PG 14 rating as to not offend the easily offended. Besides, there is more humor in subtlety implied porn than the blatant cheap sleaziness of "adult comics."

Her site provides a background to what she does for a living. Some readers might not be sure what a dominatrix does, or what the adult internet has to offer. So for that one person, I created her site. I offered free wallpapers for one's computer, fake film sales to give a complete biography. Also, it shows one of the reasons Binge might be so enamored by her. He has what so many men fantasize about. If there is one lesson to be learned from BiNGE, it's "Be careful of what you wish for, you just might get it."

The BiNGE & Athena almost relationship...

2008-07-29T10:28:00.020-04:00

When I think of all the times I've tried so hard to leave her,
she will turn to me and start to cry,
And she promises the earth to me and I believe her,
After all this time I don't know why, Ah, girl, girl
There is nothing more vile or ugly than a woman trapped in an abusive relationship, however a man stuck in one is hilarious for some reason. Don't ask me to explain why, it shouldn't be. Athena DeCruelle is a professional dominatrix and adult internet film star. Binge views their almost relationship as a traditional vanilla boyfriend/girlfriend thing. "I'm not into the whole S&N scene" so says Binge. A dominatrix by trade and nature, Athena is quite possibly at her most sadistic in the emotional arena. Her tools include deceit, critism, infidelity and constant verbal abuse. I based the character on observations that I have made over the years of my friends. I, of course would never tolerate such behavior in a woman that I was involved with.

Done laughing? Good. I thought the relationship would work in a comedic way in the comic strip because almost every guy has known at least one Athena DeCruelle in his life. Perhaps women may identify with Binge as the passive partner, or secretly admire Athena's power and control.

Was she told when she was young that pain would lead to pleasure,

Did she understand it when they said that a man must break his back to earn his day of leisure,

Will she still believe it when he's dead?

The Beatles

Mr. Sticky

2008-07-29T07:18:00.014-04:00

Meet Richard Stickle, or as BiNGE likes to call him "Dick Sticky." I couldn't do the addiction comic strip with out having a sex addict. A sticky topic for sure. Some might view BiNGE as a sex addict, I don't think so. Although Athena uses the promise of sex as a carrot on a stick to lure BiNGE into her world of intrigue, it seldom pays off. On the rare occasion when he does receive the cheese at the end of an emotional maze, he usually ends up in the Emergency Room of Shore County Hospital. I think Binge seeks sex from Athena as her "approval" or sign of love. His character is emotionally starved and confused. Needing the attention of a self centered woman, he jumps thu hoops to achieve a misplaced goal. I doubt Binge thinks about sex more than any other man, he just hangs paintings of his escapades in art galleries. (or creates a comic strip about it)Mr. Sticky on the other hand (ahem) is void of emotion, a chronic masturbator who is detached from women. In the episode "Same as the old boss" Mr. Sticky is confronted by a fantastic situation: A real live adult actress alone, and luring him into a night of passion in a motel room. Mr. Sticky flees in terror of the prospect of having a personal connection with a real woman. He probably rushed home and pleasured himself to one of her films. Much more comfortable with fantasy than an actual brief relationship. If he had to be defined, I would call him a "Solosexual."

The gang @ work...

2008-07-29T04:10:00.009-04:00

This cartoon is based on my co-workers. "What if the taxi dispatchers were air traffic controllers." A great bunch of people. I love them all. Tammy is easily the best employer i ever had. Most of the passengers are cool too. I have grown more with my people skills at this job than any other. Ironicly, it's the passengers that are the biggest jerks that help me grow more as a person.

Alcoholics Autonomous

2008-07-23T16:07:00.022-04:00

Let me start off this ramble by saying "I have plenty of addictions" I'm tired of people trying to add more of them on my plate. Gamblers scolding me because I don't play the lottery, "You'll never get rich if you don't play" That statement coming from guys that drop $60 a day on losing tickets. Obese people calling me skinny, saying I look unhealthy and I should eat more junk food to put on weight (Really, I've been told that) Cokeheads trying to talk me into going "halvies" with them on blow. As a cab driver, I deal with hardcore alcoholics every night. My nightly encounters with them keep me from ever picking up a bottle again. (maybe) I don't want to get self righteous on this, because their traits only show me MY SHORTCOMINGS.

Here are a list of observations I have made. Perhaps it's already been covered in the AA book, I wouldn't know. Friends of Bill W. are every bit as annoying as friends of Jack D. Why do drunks have a need to give opinions and advice? Experts on everything, and "Just trying to help you..." Once they dry up, they are suddenly experts on how you're messing up your life and they can help you do an inventory of your shortcomings. The very fact there is a cult of dry drunks in a church basement somewhere spouting how they know the answers is not that far removed from a bar filled with sloppy drunks doing exactly the same thing. I think part of having the answer is keeping it to yourself. Your relationship with god is important, once you share it with others it becomes a religion and totally ruins everything you and god had going. That's all together another blog, religion

Loners are not lonely, to the contrary they don't need a lot of social interaction to be happy. The sad and lonely people are the ones who must have other lonely people around themselves all of the time. Drunks are lonely individuals who have a real need to socialize. Every night I hear them say "I know so-and-so, do you?" Always on the cell phone making social plans to indulge together. "Driver, where do you like to drink?" "I don't" "Oh, did the judge make you stop?" "No, I just choose not to." "Well, what do you do then?" "I jerk off to pictures of your mother." Drunks can quickly become violent I have found. I think a lot of them base their self esteem on how many phone calls they get. "I know everyone." Yes you do, and all of them take my cab because they have lost their drivier's licenses too.

What have all of these alcoholics taught me? I'm no different, sitting here spouting my unsolicited opinion. Next time I'll tell you everything god wants you to know.

YO! I GOTS YUR PRINGLE RIGHT ERE !

2008-07-21T05:57:00.032-04:00

I am a night shift cab driver in Belmar Nj. A good portion of my personal income arrives from obnoxious, vulgar, inconsidorate "Guidos" from Staten Island. Whatever amount of money I bring home from them does not even come close to covering the anger management classes I need by mid summer. For the past few weeks I have been listening to an infinite number of passengers and co-workers bash Mayor Kenneth Pringle over his statement concerning the visitors to this fine town. When pressed, they all privately agree his coments were on the mark. They follow thier agreement with "He just shouldn't have said it." Ok, your'e upset that a politician did not sugar coat a politicly correct statement and cater to both sides of a fence. After listening to my passengers lamb baste the Mayor for years, I kept wondering how has he managed to be re-elected so many times? Simple: Elections are held on Tuesdays, and everyone who opposes Pringle can be found at Bar Aniticipation on Tuesday night for the "beat the clock" happy hour. If you really gave a crap about local politics, you'd put down your fifty cent draft and get your drunken asses off the bar stool for a half hour and go down to the polls. Oh wait, you forgot to register didn't you?

"16th & Main" artbystyles.com 2004

Don't get me wrong, I've stumbled out of a few bars in Belmar, but I waited until I got home to relieve myself. Belmar has been known for it's alchohol based economy since the end of prohibition. I could testify to countless acts of lascivousness I have witnessed while driving in the town at night. My comic strip "BiNGE" is based on Asbury Park and Belmar of the 1980's. Ugly, gritty and self destructive population living in a social urinal on the Jersey shore. A common coment about Pringle is that he is destroying the local economy. Do you want employment in Belmar? Can you tend bar or flip pizzas? Can you tolorate the stench of vomit in your cab? Apply within. Seven pizza joints in the town, not one bookstore. If he gets his way I may have to look for a new job. Thanks Kenny, perhaps now I will get off my ass and seek employment where some guy named Tony isn't asking me "Where are all of the bitches and ho's at?" I think it speaks volumes when a drooling, crossed eyed individual with beer vomit on his shirt says "Pringle is ruining this town."

It was wrong for him to single out an ethnic group for his humor. That just isn't cool nowadays. We all know how Italian Americans have been stereo-typed in the media. I am sure most Italian decent Americans from the N.Y.C. area would never single out or use a racial slur against another minority for the sake of humor. They are too sensative for that. If Pringle had used the word "Bennie" instead of "Guido" all of this would have blown over by now.

one more political Blog entry

2008-07-15T02:35:00.011-04:00

Let me throw my 2 cents in on this election. Who would I vote for? Does it matter? it's like being asking to choose the healthiest meal and being given a choice of Burger King or McDonalds. Coke or Pepsi. This is only a democracy in as so much as a popularity contest for the elite. Do we really have any choice? We get to pick from a handfull of powerfull families, Bushes, Clintons, Kenendys, Gores. Why bother? Even if the popular vote speaks, the governing powers decide. Like in ancient Rome, the leaders kept thier power by distracting the masses with entertainment of barbarism. Taxing the the poor to the very edge of revolt. A good politician is nothing more than a Roman governor . We are the modern Roman Empire. Still fighting with the Persians, living better than the Huns.

Let's end the charade of elections. Next november's outcome was probally a forgone conclusion two years ago. We the people have been manipulated into believing primaries and public opinions matter. Call me a conspiracy nut, but I don't believe for one moment the collective American voice will ever be heard again.
Let's sit back on our asses and let the handfull of elitists freely riegn over us to satisfy thier selfish and diabolical plans. Just give us a few perks to keep the peasant masses content. Leagalize pot, I'll sit back and watch big bussiness take our tax money, use it to pad the nests of a few. Go on, start wars anywhere you want, go on crusades to crush economic rivals. Just keep giving us American Idol TV, Brittany Spears snatch pics, and let us argue over the truly important issues in America. Burger King or McDonald's?

Binge's Apartment

2008-07-15T02:04:00.009-04:00

The garage apartment that BiNGE lives in is based on my old place in Belmar NJ. (for leagle reasons it shall remain undissclosed exactly where) I reminissed about it as I started to clear out the infinite jpgs on my hard drive. Just for giggles I thought I would post them on this blog to show that art imitates life.
A festive rodent farm in the kitchen drawers.
Fire code? we don't need no stinkin fire code!
Rustic Early American Decor!
There were about a dozen more photos along this line. Holes in the walls where exposed pipes had been repaired years earlier, mold, water stains from a leaking roof, and all of the wonderfull character that tenants come to expect while living in another's investment property. I understand now that about a half a dozen illeagle aliens now are living there. Welcome to America!

The latest....

2008-04-13T06:38:00.005-04:00

I've been busy working on the web site. Thanks to John for all of his help. The site wasn't getting the exposure it should have. He pumped up all of the Meta tags. I polished up all of the pages, and completly redesigned the home page. The entire site is now devoted to BiNGE, I'm putting all of my painting and sculptures on the back burner for now. Most of my catalog has been sold off. ALSO: Check out the site for banner links to ebay. The storyboard artwork of BiNGE is now for sale on ebay. In the past year I have drawn about 700 cartoons for the site. Not to mention dozens of new web pages, dozens of pages written scripts and graphics. Take a look, feel free to offer feedback. Thanx.

2007-12-16T07:13:00.000-05:00

2007-12-01T12:08:00.000-05:00

Welcome a new BiNGE sponsor

2007-11-20T07:01:00.000-05:00

Those of us at BiNGEworks Productions would like to welcome aboard a new sponsor: STREETSIGNUSA.com. I have known Joe for about 20 years, and he's been in the sign industry even longer. Always excited about the latest industry technology he can direct you to exactly what you are looking for.

HELP ME DESIGN T-SHIRTS!!!

2007-11-20T06:38:00.000-05:00

While driving a cab for 12 hours a night, I get a lot of ideas for T-shirts. I'd probally have a lot more ideas if I spoke Spanish. Here is a list of somethings either from a Binge script, or just BiNGE-like.

• I have to go alphabetize the lesbians now... (Pleasure Dome Adult Emporium Logo)
• Why do you have an ATM in your bedroom?
• Sex, Drugs and Friendship
• Great I just pulled a Roswell (dead alien pic)
• Less porn more work....

See? This is what Travis Bickle should've been doing. Something positive. I'll keep adding some as I find the countless scraps of paper. Any ideas or feedback? Let me know. Perhaps I'll put this up to a vote for top five. That's if any of you warts ever bother to read, or reply to my blog. Go ahead bust my chops.

Another real turkey

2007-11-13T10:10:00.000-05:00

Well, the holidays are aproaching like headlights towards a reindeer. They suck, I hate them. November's BiNGE puncuaites that statement. I bring back from Sept's story, Satan himself.
Some of the artwork is from BiNGE's first incarnation, a webtoon. Four panel colors. They took a minimum of 15 hours each. I needed a faster format, black and white, rough sketches, simple text. That's how the script / storyboard look came about. Then I said to myself "Dude, why don't you write a half hour animation show?" then I replied "Woa! Yea! Cool, and do storyboard art" then I said "F*ck Yea!" then I said "Where's my lighter..."
So the comic became the means instead of the end.

How's Hell coming?

2007-10-17T05:54:00.000-04:00

I've kind of fallen behind on September's BiNGE toon. I won't offer any excuses ( My tux didn't come back from the cleaners, an old friend came in from outta town, I ran out of gas, there was an earthquake...) I'm trying to hump this out so I can jump on November's. I'm a thinkin... I want to crank this thing up to eleven. I'm going to really start trying to sell this as a script in 2008. Originally I was going to wait until I had all scripts and storyboards completed to ALL 13 episodes. That was slated to finish that project by mid 09. I'm old, my heart is like a water baloon daggling from a running faucet.
If you hadn't heard, the world is going to end in 2012. So that won't leave a whole lot of production time. I want to look into what paths are needed to be taken to get to the little screen.. Do I have to go thru agents? Or can I aproach production companies myself? Could I contact a talent to get them interested. I found sometimes not knowing the rules of the game helps you make it. Or you really frog up.
I'm really confidant that I have an excellent project, at times it blows me away. You know when Michelangelo finish the ceiling, he looked up and said "God-daaaam!" He didn't see the pope behind him.

AthenaDeCruel.com in 2008!

2007-09-24T15:03:00.000-04:00

This month artbystyles.com has recieved it's 10,000th visitor since Jan 06. Perhaps a small number by web standards, but I like it. BiNGE is around 2,300 visits since March of this year. I have fallen behind on episode 4, busy working on it. I am also working on Athena DeCruel.com that I hope to debut by 01/01/08. Athena's site will be a spin off of sorts for the BiNGE epic. A parody of internet porn sites, with no real porn. At most a PG 17. The site will acompany the BiNGE story line, almost giving the character an web existance of her own. The site will have the BiNGE webtoon, cool t-shirts, novelties and offer free Athena wallpapers.
I have been working a lot of banner exchanges for BiNGE on the mainstream web. I am going to utilize AthenaDeCruel.com to bring in readers from the vast "wrong side of the internet street" Athena's site will be linked to the adult internet sites. I will lure in visitors with "America's Favorite Cartoon Dominatrix" By having a seperate entry from the adult side of the internet, my mainstream readers won't be slapped by the adult websites. Each group will have a seperate "door."

Hell In A Bucket

2007-09-14T07:31:00.000-04:00

This panel is from the latest pant peeing chapter of BiNGE. Hell In A Bucket, a touching light hearted look at Satan. Kind of a Twilight Zone/X-File theme. Instead of Scully and Mulder, this has the two stoners Lance and Jody saving the world. During one of Athena's domination sessions with a client, a tear in the space time doo-hickey opens up a vortex straight into hell. Radio ministers, New Agers and a rocket scientist take a look at the portal to the afterworld, Binge tries to clog it up like a toilet.

COMING SOON TO A DRIVE IN NEAR YOU!

2007-08-21T07:10:00.000-04:00

This is one of Athena's best credits. The prison matron in "Cheerleader Prison Farm" was a close second.

The effects of VIDEO GAMES on BiNGE

2007-08-08T06:23:00.000-04:00

I love da games, man. My favorite video game is the Grand Theft Auto series. The characters and the cities. I think this is why I try to make Keysburg Beach so detailed and rich in texture. The town is actually modeled off of Asbury Park NJ. There are elemants of Belmar, Neptune and Long Branch thrown in. I hope not only the locals, but the countless summer people will make the conections. Yet I think most of the congested areas of the country will reconize common themes in the town. One of my best selling art openings was themed by a GTA parady. This is the ad I designed for the show, a parody of a PS2 game box. I got the idea for the show titles while driving down Springwood ave at 3 am. Keysburg Beach NJ 07666. The cheapest place to live on the Jersey Shore. It's so cheap since it is a super fund site due to the US Navy spilled some sort of a covert chemical weapon back in 1965. Rumored to be a psycological chemical weapon for testing in Viet Nam. Officially confirmed in 1986, the Department of defence maintians that it won't harm anyone, just don't get too close. The exact location where it washed up on the beach is also where the Stalker Chick has her Palm Reading stand on the boardwalk. The next town over is a snooty, upper crust stuffshirt town called "Coast City" I wanted all of my towns to sound like real towns, but not actual ones. I checked maps, Coast City came from a cab company located in Spring Lake NJ. ( a snooty, upper crust stuffshirt town) Keysburg Beach was derived from KEYport, KeansBURG and Union BEACH. 3 towns whose reputation 20 years ago was much like that of this town.

Top Ten things said by BiNGE durring sex

2007-08-02T06:37:00.000-04:00

10 No let's not, I think it's a fire hazard
9 Whew, the gun was unloaded.
8 I promise I won't stretch them
7 I thought you bought some, let me get my coat.
6 Don't wake up who???
5 Shud up about the tanning booths.
4 What's the code word again?
3 Damn batteries.
2 Slow down, we're coming up on a toll booth.
1 Ouch.
This was compiled by Mike Ahearn and myself. I just stumbled across it again.

Meet Sugar Zionkowsky

2007-07-31T15:18:00.000-04:00

I've a few of these passengers at closing time. Attractive women in their mid fifties with a fondness for wine. Closing the bars with women half their ages, and dressing like them. Often they excrete bitterness and anger at the world. Now, I know I'm not a good looking guy, I've been resigned to that salient fact for over 30 years. As I age, my vanity is in no way threatened. I can only imagine the fear that must hit people who count on good looks when looks start to fade. Clerks no longer jump to wait on them first, they don't get let out in traffic as often and cab drivers don't want to hear their dramas. This is Sugar, she once appeared in Playboy magazine ( The Girls of Community College, May 1970) Copies of which are still available on her nightstand. In this panel from "Same as the Old Boss", Sugar is returning a defective marital aid called the "Man-O-War Sportster." ($89.95)

Lohan, Hilton and Spears are Drunken Skanks

2007-07-25T05:58:00.001-04:00

Lohan, Hilton and Spears, you're drunken skanks. I almost got side swiped by a bunch them on 16th Ave in Belmar. 3 or 4 college girls in daddy's Escalade missed me the literal inches. Even after I damn near took out a mailbox braking to the right. As the other driver and I made eye contact 22" apart, I could see her face illuminated by her cell phone. There was a look or surprise as if she spoke to her friend "Oh look! A cab driver, where did he come from?" Fortunately I was deadheading back into town to pick up someone with a little more sense than that group. If I had had a passenger they would've been hit with just a $75 bodily fluid clean up fee. Me? I don't even think I had the pleasure of an adrenaline rush.

I'll admit I damn near got popped a few years ago for DUI in Spring Lake Heights. The cop had me dead to rights, but he cut me a break. I haven't even come close to doing it again. I want to thank him, it wasn't an unheeded warning. On the road at two AM on the Jersey Shore, you're either a cop, a cab or a suspect. In the past two years driving cab I have seen a score of wrecks and countless DUI roadside tests administered. It just keeps me from drinking. Don't take away their license, make them do my job for six months. Sloppy drunks smack their heads as they fall into my car. Breath like a beer enema. Loud women will gravely voices sharing the drama du jour. Have some college brat from Spring Lake hurl $200 worth of drinks in your back seat as you realize you're taking home about $140 tonight.

So Lohan, Hilton and Spears, you're drunken skanks.
(Sure, I'd still bang'em.)

Who are Lance and Jody?

2007-07-21T08:09:00.001-04:00

These two are real people, friends. Lance and Jody are two very high quality individuals who are my favorite people. A lot of the banter you read in BiNGE comics are almost verbatum of conversations the three of us have had. My real friends got the knicknames of "Lance and Jody" long before I ever started thinking about a strip.

Ironicly they had just really turned me onto Quentin Taratino's work. To be honest, they lent me Pulp Fiction for the handy dating tips that I probally would be needing. Imediatly I saw the simularities between my friends and the stoner couple in Pulp Fiction. You enter a smoke filled living room to find two people in thier pajamas eating cerial and watching TV. Banging around in dark rooms screaming "Where is IT!" And yes, on at least one ocassion my buddy told me on the phone "NO! Don't be bringing your f*cked up Poo-Baas over to my house..."

I did become a big Taratino fan, I even did a parody of PF with an art show in 2004. I came close to landing a green 72 Nova to being in the gallery. The tool never showed. Shame, I was going to serve the wine and cheese out of the trunk. Along with bits of melon. Lance and Jody were there too.

http://artbystyles.com/pages/fwd.html

In BiNGE, I throw in a Gimp for fun.

The Stalker Chick

2007-07-13T12:02:00.000-04:00

She's a composite of a few. I had one passenger who I picked up at 3 am, jump in the car and say "Quick get out of here, GO! GO!" You keep an eye in your mirror for good guys and bad guys. It turned out her ex boyfriend was stalking her. She took a round trip cab ride to Bradley Beach to see if her stalker was at his new girlfriend's house. She slunk down low in the back seat so her stalker wouldn't see her. Afterall he did have a BOGUS restraining order against her. Her ex has a lot of cop friends, who stalked her too.

She killed a half pint of Vodka in the backseat of my cab as she told more of what I never wanted to know.

My favorite character?

2007-07-11T06:05:00.000-04:00

It has to be Athena DeCruel. She is so over the top and extreme. Yet I'm sure most men in this world will say the knew one like her. I can lampoon so many things with her. She's fun to write, and fun to draw. I tried to draw her in as many costume changes as possible. Something is just funnier when you have chicks in Viking helmets.

"Binge, I will be away on business for a week. Will you be a dear and come over to water the plants and feed the gimp?"
I like to say she is a composite of every man's worst nightmare when it comes to women.

Name the Liquor store contest

2007-07-09T13:40:00.001-04:00

I liked this one the best of what I did on my days off. It's one of five "LIQUOR RITE" stores in the ficticious town of Keysburg Beach NJ. Can you name the real liquor store and where it's located?

Hint: (It's a three dollar zone)

Name it, and it's adress, I'll get you a t-shirt from Cafe Press.

What is BiNGE about?

2007-07-08T13:57:00.000-04:00

I usually say it's about addictions. The pursuit, indulgence and ramifications. BiNGE doesn't glorify them, it mocks on them. We all have something, drugs, booze, sex, bad relationships or overeating. If you can think of it, one of the main characters will have it. It's about friendships surviving the chaos our world. Binge is an artist in search of the "21st century's bohemia." Along the way he stumbles through the backwaters of life.

Binge's life line to sanity are two 420 enthusiasts who believe in Binge as an artist. His artwork is often sidetracked by his ultra high maintenance girlfriend, Athena DeCruel. Athena is a professional dominatrix and adult Internet star. Binge is often dragged into her surrealistic life as her "almost boyfriend." Constantly appearing is an alcoholic boardwalk psychic and nemesis "The stalker chick."

A Web Comic

2007-07-07T23:43:00.000-04:00

I realized I could probally do a comic strip when the re-telling of my weekends could cause stoners to cough blood in laughter. Originally I wanted a simple comic strip woven through out my site. I grew into almost three year project slated to be finished by the end of 2008. Things get out of hand durring binges.

There is an old Yiddish proverb: "If you jump for the stars, you might land on the moon. If you jump for the moon, you'll never get off the Earth." Instead of sticking to the tradional four panel strip, I reformated it into a script/storyboard layout. This allowed a smoother flow of story. On a bimonthly schedule a new BiNGE 30 minute episode will be released (or will escape.) Then the start of the animation prosess.

The purpose of this blog, is to provide side notes and to narrate the creative prossess. I don't consider myself a writer, but a cartoonist, a stand up with a wierd view of life.

I hate blogs

2007-07-07T19:30:00.000-04:00

I never read them. I have yet to find one that could hold my attention past the first paragraph. It challenges my deficet attention to stay focused on the rants of someone with way too much time on thier hands knowing that there are millions of breasts to be seen elsewhere on the internet. Why am I doing it? Do I have way too much time on my hands? Well I guess working 12 hour night shifts driving cab in Belmar NJ isn't taking enough of my time. Along with working on my web comic for another 3 hours a day, I thought I'd add this.
It's a creative thing.

Perhaps it's the type of blog Travis Bickle wrote.
Now is the time.......