Words and Drawings by Phil McAndrew
A new Feral Pizza cartoon for you to enjoy! Click the image to see a larger version.
You’ve still got just over a week to get your drawings in for The 2010 International Beard & Mustache Illustration Championship Competition! Details are here! Thanks to everyone that has been reblogging, retweeting, or sharing Feral Pizza! You guys are so cool.
What!? A weekend Feral Pizza update!? INSANITY.
I’m planning to start doing more than one Feral Pizza cartoon a week. We’ll see how it goes. I hope you’re excited. I’ve set up an official tumblr feed for Feral Pizza, for all you people that like to enjoy things on tumblr. Reblog!
Hey! Don’t forget about The 2010 International Beard & Mustache Illustration Championship Competition! You’ve still got loads of time to draw something for it, but don’t dilly dally! Some really incredible drawings have already been submitted!
First, here is this week’s Feral Pizza cartoon (click to enlarge)…
And on that note, I’m holding another CONTEST! A couple weeks ago I was contacted by the publishing company Lark Crafts. They said they had noticed my “exhibited affection for mustaches” and asked if I’d like a free copy of a new book that they’re publishing, Stache: Frivolous Facts & Fancies About That Space Between the Nose and Lip (by Terry Taylor). I of course said yes! They then asked if I’d like an extra copy to give away on my blog. To which I of course also said yes. And so, ladies and gentleman. Boys and girls. Wizards and jet-pack guys. I present to you The 2010 International Beard & Mustache Illustration Championship Competition.
WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO: To enter the contest you must simply draw a picture of someone with a beard or mustache. Post your drawing in the comment section of this very post. If you’re reading this via a reader or on livejournal or tumblr, please be sure to click through to my actual blog to post your drawing.
HOW DO I WIN: I won’t simply be picking the most attractive drawing. I want everyone to have a shot at this. I’m going to be looking for creativity! I want to see some TOTALLY WILD beards and mustaches! Make me laugh! Make me fall out of my chair in awe of the facial hair you’ve dreamed up!
THE PRIZE: One brand spanking new paperback copy of Terry Taylor’s Stache: Frivolous Facts & Fancies About That Space Between the Nose and Lip from Lark Crafts. I have not yet had a chance to sit down and read this book, but let me tell you: it is a NICE looking book. Plus it comes with mustache stickers. And some of the text and image on the cover are soft and fuzzy. This is a fancy book for a fan of fancy mustaches. I will also pick a couple honorable mentions who will receive print copies of my world famous mini comic Are You Man Enough?.
DEADLINE: The end of the day WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010. That’s just over two weeks away from the date this was posted! So much time to draw!
READY SET GO! And spread the word!
If you’ve got any questions at all, don’t hesitate to ask!
This week’s Feral Pizza goes out to my old friend Mike Stevens!
A new Feral Pizza comic for you!
I may or may not continue posting the comics on this blog. I haven’t decided quite yet. I did manage to get an rss feed set up for the Feral Pizza website. We’ll see what happens I guess!
In other news, I’m going to have some stuff in a big benefit/art show/rock show/costume party here in Syracuse soon. If you’re in the area, swing by Spark Contemporary Art Space on the 30th. The gallery opens at 1:00 pm and bands start playing at 7:00 pm. More info can be found here!
Yesterday I very quietly launched a little project. An experiment! Ladies and gentleman, I present to you FERAL PIZZA.
I’m going to take a stab at doing weekly cartoons or short comics. I’ve been thinking about doing something like this for a while. Earlier this year I made that Feral Pizza mini comic for TCAF and I felt pretty good about it. So I’m going to stick with that title and try to build on the sort of stuff I was doing in that mini. I’m going to give it a shot! If I’m still having fun with it after a while, maybe I’ll start doing it more than once a week. We’ll see how it goes!
The archives include everything that was in the original Feral Pizza mini comic as well as a few older strips. The older strips are basically a small “best of” collection from when I was doing daily comics back in the dark ages (like five years ago).
I don’t currently have an RSS feed set up for the Feral Pizza site because I’ve no idea how to do such a thing. But I’m going to be cross-posting the strip here on this blog each week for now, so you can add this to your reader if you’d like. This blog is also mirrored on my livejournal and on my tumblr, so you know, whatever works for you!
UPDATE: I set up an RSS feed! Check out the little buttons down at the bottom of the Feral Pizza page! Hopefully they work!
Enjoy! And please spread the word!
Using a series of very complicated scientific formulas, I’ve determined the three mini comic giveaway winners!
Congratulations! You’ve won! Please shoot me an email with your name and mailing address.
The rest of you: Better luck next time! Thanks to everyone that participated! Try not to take this too hard! I’d hate to see you moping around like this guy…
Hello! I haven’t posted here in a few weeks and for that I apologize. TCAF was amazing! Thanks to everyone that came by and bought something, traded, or just said hi! It was perhaps the most fun I’ve had at an event yet. And I am a guy that tends to have fun at events!
I’d also like to thank the kind folks of Drawn!, specifically John Martz, for saying some very nice things about my work. Hello to any new readers that may have wandered over here as a result!
I’ve had a few people send emails, asking if I’ll be making my new Feral Pizza mini comic available to purchase online. Unfortunately, I’m almost out of them! I came home from TCAF with only a few left. I probably won’t be re-printing it until later this year when I do my second round of conventions (SPX and, hopefully, Canzine).
Rather than selling these last few copies to the highest bidders, I’m going to give them away! I’ll be pulling three names out of a hat. All you’ve got to do to get your name in the hat is comment on this very blog post! If you’re following this blog via livejournal or a reader of some sort, be sure to comment here on the actual blog. A week from today (Friday, May 28) I will pick three names out of a hat and announce the winners. Be sure to check back and see if you’ve been picked! And PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!
Also, be sure to check in on Picture Book Report next Thursday! I’ll be sharing a bunch of neat stuff. Here’s a tiny peek…
I’ll be in Toronto this weekend to exhibit at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival! It’s my first time attending and I’m really excited (and I just love Toronto). I’ve been scrambling the past couple weeks to get a new mini comic done in time for the show and I’m happy to report that I printed them up this morning. Up above is another little peek at the new mini, which I’m calling FERAL PIZZA.
I recently answered some TCAF related questions for The National Post. You can read the whole thing here!
Jeez Louis! I’m extremely busy right now. Here’s another peek at the mini comic that I’m scrambling to (hopefully) have ready for TCAF.
