Showing posts with label Brian Boodnarine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Brian Boodnarine. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2009

25 Questions with Bloody Brian Bot

Let's spend a few minutes to get to know artist & author of the Bloody Mess blog,


1) Who are you & what do you do?

I am Brian Boodnarine, and I may or may not be currently employed.

2) Seen any good movies lately?

I was just talking about this last night...the last movie I saw in theatres was the Dark Knight, and as much as I loved the movie and was happy that I saw it before all the cool kids could ruin the Joker's lines for me with very poor interpretations of them, that's still no reason to shut the door, like "I'm done", close up shop with the whole "seeing another movie" mentality. I like documentaries a lot though, if you want to know which types are my favourite, just ask Shane which ones he would never watch "cuz dey iz conspeeraseez!!1"


3) What are you listening to?

I don't mean to sound like a Grandpa, but in my day, you could turn on the radio and enjoy it for a good while without running for your burnt cd collection. I love hip hop, but I'm tired of defending it. At its core , everyone can identify with it, its just that now you gotta dig a little bit for it, even the major label artists. But we're living in an easy time, where if you felt like sampling an artist's work while you're reading this, you could just google Little Brother, or Immortal Technique and BAM!...bliss. 4) What do you do to relax?

I like to listen to music, draw, look up weird, interesting stuff, usually at the same time. My cousin just reminded me that I can play guitar, and I used to play drums at my boi's house until he had a beautiful daughter...I still think she'd be ok with some noise cancelling headphones, but whatever. And videogames, Ps3, Psp, once in a while with some friends, if we're feeling nostalgic,I'll bust out the old school systems like Sega Master System, or Super nintendo.

5) What's your favourite book?

Twilight. I'm kidding, Catch 22, Hamlet, yeah I said it, but I haven't read a book in a whiiiile...it's not like I don't have the patience for it, cause I could read articles for hours when I'm into something, but I think my problem is I wanna know everything, I wanna be everywhere, I wanna do everything at the same time, so that might have something to do with my need to switch it up sometimes. Fun Fact: I'm like that with sex positions, too 6) You order a pizza all to yourself, what toppings do you get?

chicken, mushrooms, and the 3rd one always takes longer to decide than the first 2. By the way, the operators LOVE when you can't make up your mind.

7) what's your favourite fruit?

I usually eat a fruit salad everyday. I love fruits, so as many as i can fit into a big cereal bowl is my favourite fruit.

8) Favourite junk food?

Cheetos. It's capitalized, to show respect.

9) What's the best concert you've ever been to?

I'm conflicted, cause I love the Alice in Chains and Tool shows, cause they're my top 5 artists, but I think the one with Static-X, Staind, Linkin Park, and Stone Temple Pilots might be it. Big drunk show+big drunk people=big drunk energy.


10) Biggie or Tupac?


Biggie for the flow, 'Pac for the lyrics. Both brilliant at painting words with pictures, with these hip hop scriptures.



11) Who's your childhood crush?

Jessica Alba and Alyssa Milano. Can't go wrong with either of them today. It's funny, a couple days ago, I saw the Fresh Prince episode, where Carlton and Will talked about their childhood crushes being Barbara Walters, then for some reason that reminded me of how my first crush on a celebrity was Paula Abdul. I think now, crushing on her might be the equivelant of Amy Winehouse.




12) If you could travel anywhere right now, where would you go?

Everywhere, to do everything. Seriously, I would time travel to critical points in history to make sure I had a hand in shaping everything, except volcanoes, cause thats just fucking dangerous.

13) Any TV shows you're watching right now ?

Nothing with any form of regularity but I like pretty much anything on Adult Swim. I heart Anime as well.

14) What's your guilty pleasure?

It's extremely rare when I can do this due to my surprisingly strong will power, but heading down to Popeyes, getting the 5 pc chicken strip combo with some friends, head home and play online games with those greasy friends until we can't speak anymore from grease congestion. 15) Favourite super hero(es)?

Spawn, Spidey, Batman, Darkness


16) What pisses you off?

I really hate hypocrites, or people trying hard to be what they're not. It was ok for 9th grade, but I love the art of conversation with friends, new people, people living on the street, everyone has a story that no one else experienced. This gets skewed when people become too afraid to express themselves to share with people, even in conversation, cause some would rather lie to blend in than be truthful and stand out as an individual.

17) Rank these hairstyles from best to worst, fauxhawk, comb over, mushroom cut, mullet.

fauxhawk, mushroom cut, comb over, mullet. Tough, tough question, made even tougher since I had a mushroom cut for years haha.
18) Favourite Saturday Night Live cast member (past or present) & why?

Farley, Belushi, and I still have love for Norm Mcdonald. Check out the Bob Saget roast, if you share that love.


19) Saturday morning cartoon you had to watch?

TMNT at like 7am. Dude, Saturday mornings used to have everything you ever wanted to watch , packed into like 5 or 6 hours of pajama wearing, cereal crunching goodness. Transformers, GI joe, Xmen, gargoyles, C.O.P.S, Thundercats...I could go on and on. Then you'd still get to enjoy the day outside, cause thats what kids did before computers ran their lives.

20) Craziest place you've ever done the 'no pants dance' ?

Parks, fields, outside establishments, strangers backyards. That last one sounded extra dirty.
21) Beverly Hills 90210 or Saved by the Bell?

Saved by the Bell if I had to choose, but I was never a big fan of either(!)

22) Favourite artist(s)?

Yoshitaka Amano, Yoji Shinkawa, Finch, Mcfarlane, Turner (r.i.p.), Cassaday, Hitch, Lee, Portacio and any artists who still give free sketches. Much Love.


23) If you were on death row what would your last meal be?

Something, with Popeyes and Cheetos (both capitalized). I used to pose this question to my friends, and it would always include steak and lobster. I would try to sqeeze a little bit of everything on the plate or whatever they serve it on. 24) 20 years from now, you will be _____________?


Going through a midlife crisis. Seriously, I make a conscious effort to learn from mistakes and appreciate the life I was given by unknown forces, or known biology. Hopefully, I'll get to keep my morals and my hair won't try to escape from my scalp.

25) How awesome are you? Feel free to use a scale of 1 - 10.

My humble side says 7, but my awesome side says 11.5!!!!!!!!!!11111!!!!1!!

Friday, April 18, 2008

Toronto ComiCON - Fan Appreciation Event















This past weekend (April 12 - 13, 2008) was the Hobbystar Toronto ComiCON: Fan Appreciation Event . I shared a two tables with Digital Kontent and a nice young man by the name of Brian Boodnarine.
we where there on Saturday and Sunday, we gave away a ton of cool prizes in our Super-Awesome-Raffle, and we drew a helluva lot a sketches. super fun.

i gotta be honest, i loved how busy the show was, and i recognize that it was great value for a show that size, but i wasn't a fan of the layout of tables. i realize HobbyStar was trying different stuff to see what works, but i wasn't to happy about facing the backwall. i hate being negative but there has to be a better way to layout the tables. it was still all good, though. thanks Kevin Boyd and James Armstrong of Hobbystar.
Digital Kontent (JohnBoy, Paulie, Iby, and Milo, plus K.Song) did a great job running the tables. thanks.
Here's what i appreciated,
- Brian 'the Bood' Boodnarine : Brian put together an awesome sketchbook called, the Bloody Brian Bot sketchbook, and he sketched his ass off the whole weekend. it was Brian's first show, as an artist, and hopefully not his last. i had Brian sketch me a Shagaharamesh, when he had a little downtime.
check out Brian's new blog.
- the brothers Troung ( Jason and Danny ) were first in line, like always. i didn't get to sketch anything for Jason or Danny, but they walked away with a few nice raffle prizes. i actually asked Jason if i could start something for him when i wasn't busy, but he said to make sure to get everyone else who wants one first. what a gent. D & J, i will be always happy to draw for you guys, just ask. don't be shy.
- Alfonso Espinos, Studio Comix : Alfonso was sitting next to us and selling his awesome sketchbooks and mini-comix, NightSpike. Alfonso & i met previously at last years Paradise Toronto Comicon ( June 2007) . he has been making and publishing comics in Mexico for 13 years. his stuff is really great and energetic. Alfonso & i traded sketches of each others characters. check out the Shagaharamesh he did for me. i love it!
- Marcio Takara: Marcio was sitting on the other side of us. he had some really amazing prints. a lot of DC characters, a little Star Wars, and a lot of awesomeness. Marcio was very friendly, and is super talented. Marcio actually gave me one of his mini-poster prints, that i was checking out the whole weekend. thanks, Marcio.
- Michelle : my friend/helper/promo girl for the weekend. a lot of people walked away with our sample of Awesome Marcus Ninja thanks to Michelle and her excellent cleavage. thanks, Michelle.
- Angston : a huge comic fan & art collector, who i've seen at many Toronto shows but never had the chance to meet. Angston asked me to draw The Escapist, which I've never read or drawn before. He even offered to pay and was surprised to find i wasn't charging. Angston talked with me quite a bit about the Escapist. he was very patient and happy with the sketch i gave him, and he rewarded me with an out-of-print Escapist book that features a Jeff Brown story. awesome! on top of that, Angston sent me an email with the drawing i did, thanking me. no no, thank you.







- Jeff Lemire : Eisner Award and Shuster Award nominee, artist/author of the Essex County Trilogy, and Xeric Award winning Lost Dogs. i love Jeff's work! i've met Jeff before twice and he is always super nice . now, i am not a big collector of art and signed books but Jeff was doing sketches for $10. i had to do it. no choice. i asked him to do a non-super hero character of his choice. Jeff went with his main character from Lost Dogs, because he hadn't drawn him in a while. i love it! congrats on you Eisner and Shuster nominations and good luck Jeff.
- Christian : i'm still not sure who this kid is. he was hanging out at our table and making friends with JohnBoy and Brian. he is the son of one of the other artists ( don't remember who) and he was super-knowledgeable about comics and he was pretty damn funny too.

- My Surprise: seeing as this was the same week as my birthday, Milo, Kathryn and Iby decided to take it upon themselves to have other, super talented artist do their rendition of Shagaharamesh as a (super awesome amazing) gift to me, knowing that i love other artists versions of my characters. wow! check out the 3 Shagaharamesh sketches by Agnes Garbowska, Kent Burles, and Jeff Lemire.
thanks guys! i love it!

















- Francis Manapul : an incredible artist. i got to speak with him briefly but I didn't get the Manapul Shagaharamesh sketch because i was too damn busy drawing. i love Fancis' art, maybe next time.
- Lar DeSouza : artist for Least I Could DO web comic. very talented and very nice guy.
- Jeff Moss and Donnie Coulter: the hosts of The Watchtower Podcast. i listen to the show every week and it was finally nice to meet them.
great show! thanks to everyone who came out to support me, Brian, and Digital Kontent.
xoxo