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Roland

Some are free to stand, Most are bound to lie

About Me


"A bitter sound and a sweet sound, all at once, which began like hello and ended like goodbye"

Just a normal guy who likes monkeys, hates cheese, and is totally frightened by hypodermic needles. I am a comic book artist and illustrator. I play guitar, but only for me to hear, 'cause I'm not that good.

My Interests

Art, comics, well made, intellegent films, metal and rock music, hanging out with friends

I'd like to meet:

I have met her!!

Music:

Everything from cheesy eighty hair metal to some of today's "Nu-metal". Ranging from TNT to Sevendust, Stabbing Westward to Paul Gilbert, Pain of Salvation to Lillian Axe.... as long as it rocks........OK, these videos are TNT-"Intuition", Pain of Salvation-"Ashes", and Stabbing Westward-"Save Yourself" ..
Get this video and more at MySpace.com ..
Get this video and more at MySpace.com ..
Get this video and more at MySpace.com

Movies:

Lord of the Rings trilogy (special editions, of course) Clockwork Orange, Princess Bride, Labyrinth, The Crow, Kevin Smith films, Ridley Scott films...

Television:

TLC, "24", "Firefly" (get the DVD, it is great!!!!).... other than that, I am not a huge TV watcher....

Books:

Tolkien, Crichton, some Stephen King, Strangers in Paradise, The Goon, good, well written, well drawn comics...

Heroes:

Frank Frazetta, Alphonse Mucha, Olivia, Will Eisner, Steve Vai, Paul Gilbert, JRR Tolkien, and anyone who creates and/or does what they do with love and dedication ..

My Blog

Simone made me do it.

This will be a rant... so if you dont want to read a long-winded diatribe, go away. I am tired of the bullshit of life. There are WAY too many touchy-feely liberal bullshit artists out there who are ...
Posted by Roland on Tue, 01 May 2007 08:05:00 PST

Alex Toth... Rest in Peace

On saturday, May 27th, a master artist and story teller passed away. Most of you probably have no idea who Alex Toth was, but you have all probably seen his work. You see, he was the character designe...
Posted by Roland on Wed, 31 May 2006 11:36:00 PST

my ape fascination explained

Apes, while not only being our closest living relatives, are our primal selves.... I see in them the real humanity that we hide everyday with "masks" You know, "How's your day?" "Great" (when you are...
Posted by Roland on Wed, 12 Apr 2006 01:30:00 PST

tagged

six weird/bizarre things about me 1-I know far to much about simians to not be a primatoligist 2-I used to be mistaken for Anthony Keides at least once a week when the Red Hot Chili Peppers were popul...
Posted by Roland on Mon, 27 Mar 2006 10:25:00 PST