An old Bloom County strip in which Opus, overwhelmed by the horror and war news of the day, retreats to the meadow for a "dandelion break."
Four pages in, and this Bloom County collection is already the best part of my week.
#dandelionbreak #bloomcounty #Opus #BerkeleyBreathed
Two books from the library. One is FUTURE QUEST, a collaboration between Hanna Barbera and DC Comics, featuring heroes like Jonny Quest, Space Ghost, and Birdman. The other is the second complete library volume of BLOOM COUNTY by Berke Breathed.
Another righteous library haul from Cook Memorial Library!
#comics #futurequest #bloomcounty #supportyourlocallibrary
Most of my finished paintings look really simple, but I agonize over them and put such effort into that simplicity. Sometimes that feels like a fool's errand.
But I bet somebody out there is spending months writing a haiku, and those look pretty simple too.
Maybe we are both poets.
Or both fools.
Close up detail of an acrylic on canvas work in progress, with multiple iterations of Twinkie the Kid visible
Is the plural of TWINKIE THE KID "Twinkie the Kids?"
Or is it "Twinkies the Kid," like attorneys general?
#WIP #painting #art #artist #popart #twinkie
Partially-painted canvas with a battle scene. Mr Bubble is a kaiju, fighting against my super-powered crimefighting butlers, Hobbeson and Chives. Also involved in the skirmish are some of those tentacle cats I love to paint, and like 10 Twinkie the Kids.
#WIP "Bubbles and Twinks"
Kaiju Mr. Bubble, super-powered butlers, and like 10 Twinkie the kids!
#mrbubble #TwinkieTheKid #popart #artist #painting #canvas
Unpainted canvas depicting Luigi (the video game character) punching out Samurai Crybaby, in a manner that might remind some people of that time Captain America punched out Hitler. He has an audience of three onlookers, holding up scorecards. They appear to be SpongeBob, Rainbow Brite, and Toucan Sam.
Another #WIP featuring Samurai Crybaby. He's being punched out by Luigi.
Again, this has NO POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
#art #painting #artist #acrylic #luigi #punchnazis
A stretched canvas with an acrylic painting inspired by the Camper Van Beethoven song THE DAY THAT LASSIE WENT TO THE MOON. In the upper right, a hot air balloon whose sole passenger is a golden-haired dog. She's approaching the Moon, which dominates the lower left of the canvas. Coming to meet her are HOT ROD and MOONDOG, two characters of my own design who originated as Halloween costumes, but have gone on to appear in multiple paintings. Hot Rod leaves a trail of rainbows, while Moondog leaves a trail of magical green smoke.
With apologies to Camper Van Beethoven, this is my acrylic-on canvas cover version of THE DAY THAT LASSIE WENT TO THE MOON.
In my #painting, Lassie arrives to discover that Hot Rod and Moondog are already there, and after some initial concern and curiosity they become fast friends.
#art #artist
There is nothing to get. Nothing!
Painting of a figure against a bright, explosive background. The figure is like a blue human baby with a diaper, and a white tattoo of a crying eye on its chest. In each hand it holds a fake, commercially produced katana that is bigger than the baby and functionally useless. Instead of a head, it has a round cartoon bomb, with a grimacing mouth drawn on it.
Nearly finished with SAMURAI CRYBABY REPRESENTS NOTHING, an #acrylic painting on stretched #canvas. The fact that his navel reminds you of Trump's mouth is totally irrelevant.
#painting #art #artist #lgbtqartist #wip
Today is SATURDAY THE 14TH, and that means it's the perfect time to cuddle up with your sweetie and check out our episode about (you guessed it!) SATURDAY THE 14TH, starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss (who are real-life sweeties!)
Wait, today is also Valentine's Day?
Who cares!?
Initial composition, introducing the character SAMURAI CRYBABY. He's a fat diaper baby with two katanas he cannot possibly use. He had a crying eye tattooed on his chest. Samurai Crybaby has a round cartoon bomb with a lit fuse instead of a head, with a crudely drawn grimacing mouth.
This is my layout for SAMURAI CRYBABY REPRESENTS NOTHING, which will be a 16x20 inch #acrylic #painting on #canvas.
But remember, he represents nothing. There is no person, idea, or political affiliation in contemporary American culture that could be represented by Samurai Crybaby.
#art #artist
A dog in a hot air balloon
A sketch on canvas for a painting based on the Camper Van Beethoven song "The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon"
Hot Rod, backflipping through the sky and leaving a trail of rainbows
Moondog, soaring through the air on a puff of magic!
Fixin' to paint a painting inspired by the Camper Van Beethoven song "The Day That Lassie Went to the Moon."
I figured Hot Rod and Moondog would be there too.
#wip #painting #dogpainting #moondog #hotrod #artist #canvas
We watched A MIGHTY WIND and cried tonight. But like, obviously, we laughed a lot too.
As long as they still get that 50 dollar payout for staying in their seats the whole time
She should make a movie about it
Just about to post that. Fred was a bit of a thicky but he wasn't illiterate.
An image of REDMAN, from the Japanese television series.
An image of famous hungry person WILE E COYOTE from the American cartoons.
Deep pop culture thought: Redman and Wile E Coyote are basically the same person.
#redman #tokusatsu #wileecoyote #roadrunner #ultraman
A somewhat rustic looking painted canvas, with a bright orange border in the style of circus sideshow banners. In the lower right sits a large purple spider. The rest of the canvas is filled with a big spider web. Into which have been woven the words I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER.
Charlotte's Web (of Intrigue and Retribution)
18 x 24 inches, acrylic on canvas by Matt Fagan
Work in progress: WIZARD BATTLE!
Like many of my paintings, it's basically just a joke. In this case, a couple of recognizable cartoon wizards from my childhood (Presto from the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon, and Orko from Masters of the Universe) squaring off against a surprising enemy.
#wip #art
Before WEIRD, there was THE COMPLEAT AL - a music video mockumentary that shoved Weird Al into our hearts like sawdust into a taxidermy squirrel. Ted Fagan and I may be prejudiced, but it's the best movie anybody ever made about Weird Al in 1985.
#weirdal #compleatal #podcast #mockumentary
A 16x20 inch canvas, partially painted, showing a prehistoric landscape. A triceratops chews on a branch, near a clutch of eggs. In the background, in the sky, several parade balloons lurk in the sky.
A parade balloon. The trix rabbit wearing a Magnum PI shirt.
Triceratops with a torn piece of balloon on its horn.
A parade balloon. Pink orca.
Work on progress: WHEN DINOSAURS AND PARADE BALLOONS COMPETED FOR RESOURCES, THE DINOSAURS WERE GENERALLY MORE SUCCESSFUL.
Acrylic on canvas by Matt Fagan.
#art #wip #artist #lgbtqartist #popart #Acrylic #painting #canvas #artsky
I'm so glad you appreciate it!
One of my goals in this show is to treat original characters and pop culture icons in the same way, with the intent of making viewers uncertain whether they are looking at original characters, or something from media they just don't recognize.
This painting has a companion made only of 'bad guys,' and it follows the same rules: one original character and two from pop culture. One that I've already included in this show, and one that I've never painting before.
#comingsoon
I'm calling this #wip "Heroic Trio," and it's made only of good guys. This canvas utilizes one original character, with two pop culture characters. I chose one character that I've already used in this show, and one that I've never painted before.
Acrylic painting made to look like an image from those children's picture books, where the pages are split into three parts, and you can mix and match the different sections to make comical new faces. This one uses my Hot Rod character in the middle, with Ultraman on the bottom and Firestorm, the Nuclear Man on the top.
I'm working on a couple of paintings inspired by those children's picture books, where the pages are split into 3 parts, and you can mix and match the different sections to make comical new faces.
#art #painting #artist #canvas #lgbtqartist #artsky #ultraman #firestorm #dogart #dogs
Acrylic painting of MARY HARTMAN posed like the Phoenix from X-Men
Happy birthday to groundbreaking tv series MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN which inspired this painting of Mary rising as the Phoenix.
#maryhartman #normanlear #louiselasser #jeangrey #phoenix #MH2 #popart #artist #canvas #acrylic #art #lgbtqartist
Matt imagines a world in which Gale Weathers, retired journalist, moves to Cabot Cove, Maine and begins the next chapter of her life.
#galeweathers #scream #MSW #MurdrerSheWrote #mashup #crossover #spinoff
Bill and I standing in front of a rainbow on Christmas day
Just found this gay ass Christmas rainbow outside
Me, Bill, and Gus all holding hands
We went for a Christmas walk in the mountains, and we all held hands on the way home.
