by Alex Deuben
“My ambition at the moment is to stay home and draw.”
– Dave McKean
Dave McKean’s first love was comics, but the artist, designer and writer has branched into other fields, creating book and album covers, publishing multiple books of his photographs and paintings, and has even drawn stamps for the Royal Mail. He’s the illustrator of Arkham Asylum, the landmark 1989 graphic novel written by Grant Morrison. He worked with John Cale on multiple books and collaborated with Heston Blumenthal on the memoir and cookbook, The Big Fat Duck Cookbook.
McKean is probably best known for his many collaborations with writer Neil Gaiman. McKean was the cover artist on The Sandman, illustrated Coraline and The Graveyard Book and the pair have created a series of graphic novels and picture books including Violent Cases, Signal to Noise and Mr. Punch. One of their collaborations was the film Mirrormask, which McKean co-wrote, designed and directed. It’s led to another career as a filmmaker, with two films currently in progress.
Working on his own, McKean has crafted dozens of short comics, many of which were collected in the book Pictures That Tick. He also authored Cages which is widely considered one of the most acclaimed and ambitious graphic novels ever created. McKean’s new book is Celluloid which was published by Delcourt in France and was just released by Fantagraphics in the United States.
Read our exclusive interview with Dave McKean on SuicideGirls.com.
Luscious Suicide in The Moor
- INTO: Small government, the right to privacy, the right to bear arms, drinking fine organic red wine and local beer made with spring water, copulating daily, getting my empty skin-canvas covered with art from my favorite minds, hanging out with Dane, free running in my city, animal rights, Rattus Rattus, old rods, shooting pool, BOWLING!, old school non-CGI special effects, going to shows, rocking out with the box out, camping/shroom benders with good friends, traveling, sustainable organic gardening, shopping at thrift stores, repairing old busted crusty things to be re-used, finding things on the street, having bonfires, winging things, running inanimate objects over with my car, getting all dolled up, laying in bed smoking delicious home grown cannabis all day, reverse-osmosis filtered water systems!
- NOT INTO: Big government, chlorine and fluoride being added to water, being exposed to toxins in daily life, electro-magnetic chaos, stress, high definition TVs, pesticides, genetically modified foods/animals, chemtrails, vaccines, religion and those who force it on others, wasteful consumer whores, self-absorbed assholes, fast food, anything imported from China that is not art, unconstitutional taxes, bills (particularly Bill C-51), and drama of any kind.
- MAKES ME HAPPY: Livin’ the dream, working at home with the love of my life. Went from counter wench at Way Cool in Niagara in 1998, to owning my own studio in 2010! Go team Snibbard! The feeling when people come back to my shop and thank me for “waking them up.” Having a long walk with my farfels, and a packed bong after a hard days work. Any day where a large captive animal mauls, tramples, or kills a human, especially tigers. Any day where a crooked politician is publicly embarrassed, made to fumble on their own words and backpedal desperately.
- MAKES ME SAD: The fact that they took phonics out of school the same year pharmaceutical companies started paying schools $500/head for kids being medicated for made-up conditions. Manufactured news, fake “recessions” only made for corporate takeovers and to line the pockets of the wealthy. The intentional “dumbing down” and distraction of society to repress uprising, free thought, and speech. People excessively eating mass produced, abused animals. Not so much that eating animals is wrong in nature, but not necessary in today’s age. My stand is more-so a protest to society’s abuse of nature. Realistically, I would eat animals if it was back in the day when there were old school local organic butcher shops, and there wasn’t a fast food empire based on their demise. I would absolutely love to hunt, blood-let, and skin my own animals to eat, much like my family does. Please eat only local kosher meat 🙂
- HOBBIES: Snowboarding, jogging, perusing, gardening, paintball, wake boarding, drunk-ass bocce ball in the sunshine, metal working, painting, roller derby, hiking, road tripping.
- 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: METAL!! (in a loud shrieking voice), hydrogen peroxide, Dr.Bronners, tea tree oil, snowboarding.
- VICES: The chronic, those little succulent Thai patties from Zen Gardens, goji, acai, mangosteen and noni juices.
- I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Perusing Infowars.com, PrisonPlanet.com, reading, planting things, maintaining as much greenery indoors as possible, hanging out with nature, exercising – your body should be your temple, and it should be a well-oiled machine, free of pain.
Get to know Luscious better over at SuicideGirls.com!
by Keith Daniels
“This is the power of my Twitter account, motherfuckers…”
– Wayne Coyne
After 30 years together the Flaming Lips are still among the best and most interesting bands in the world. Blessed with a rabidly loyal fanbase and the pockets of indulgent major label patrons, the Lips have been able to pursue just about every project that struck their interests: recently including covering Pink Floyd’s entire Dark Side of the Moon album, releasing an EP every month for a year in forms as diverse as Youtube videos and USB drives embedded in gummy fetuses. This summer their always unforgettable live shows will even mix Dark Side of the Moon with The Wizard of the Oz in a way that seems almost inevitable.
SuicideGirls recently spoke with frontman Wayne Coyne about his new art gallery, The Wizard of Oz, and the power of Twitter.
Read our exclusive interview with Wayne Coyne on SuicideGirls.com.
Carrina Suicide in Te Extrano
- INTO: WWII history, airplanes, riding dirt bikes, house destruction parties, furry creatures, Irish whiskey, cooking amazing dishes.
- NOT INTO: Aimless people, and salmon.
- MAKES ME HAPPY: Dissent, profanity, and patriotism.
- MAKES ME SAD: Boys who can’t fix things, unwarranted sobriety, copycats, disloyalty, traitors, thieves, gutless cowards in general.
- HOBBIES: Pwning shit in general, studying all things science related, writing, literature (fine or not).
- 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: My family, the capacity to learn, air, typewriter, freedom.
- VICES: Mania, drunken debauchery, inhibiting my lung capacity, being a lush in general.
Get to know Carrina better over at SuicideGirls.com!
by SG’s Team Agony feat. Clio, Squee and Elea
Let us answer life’s questions – because great advice is even better when it comes from SuicideGirls.
[Clio in Born Into A Light]
Q: My boyfriend seems to drink a lot. He’s very sensitive when I try to talk about it, but he’ll spend nights in by himself getting drunk. Not only that, but he plays an awful lot of Xbox, daily as soon as he gets home from work and all weekend (we live together).
I worry that he simply isn’t happy in our relationship since he’s drinking and playing Xbox so much. I try to talk to him about it but it never goes smoothly.
Two years ago my Mum passed away, and it was down to drinking too much. Her kidneys and liver failed and she passed away suddenly. She was only 54 and I was 24 at the time, so to have someone else I love drink too much is hard for me. We’ve been together for 4 1/2 years and he knows how much my Mum’s death affected me and still does.
I just don’t know what to do anymore. Please help.
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by Daniel Robert Epstein
“I was going through a transition in my life.”
– Money Mark
Money Mark was money before money was a popular expression. Money’s work as the keyboardist for the Beastie Boys has made him a highly regarded figure in the hip-hop world. Its always a shock when he puts out a solo album and it is so radically different from the live and album work he has done with the Beasties. That shock was even more apparent when his new album, Brand New By Tomorrow, was released through Jack Johnsons label Brushfire Records.
Read our exclusive interview with Money Mark on SuicideGirls.com.
