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Surfer Joe

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About Me

Art Director for Upper Deck Entertainment, occasional inker for Marvel (http://geddlee.deviantart.com/) or whoever else wants me, and soon, published author! You can check out the work as it becomes real here, www.jack-secret.comLike to surf, hoop, listen to music, be creative, hang with my friends and family

My Interests

Surfing, music, art, literature, drinking, movies, etc.

I'd like to meet:

RUSH!!, Tom Curren, Neil Finn, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl, Kem Nunn, Charles Burns, Peter Carey, Steve Harris, whoever invented the MacAllan, lots of other famous and not so famous folks. Meeting folks and drinking makes the world go round.

Music:

Rush, Led Zeppelin, Pantera, The Sword, Van Halen (DLR only), Fugazi, Black Flag, Fu Manchu, The Police, The Hives, Jane's Addiction, The Kinks, C.O.C., Weezer, Foo Fighters, Iron Maiden, Dream Theater, Judas Priest, Megadeth, Dokken, Arctic Monkeys, Anthrax, Zebra, The Roots, The Saints, Iggy and The Stooges, Tom Petty, Tesla, B.R.M.C., Jethro Tull, The Clash, The Pretenders, The Cars, Matthew Sweet, Crowded House, Midnight Oil, etc. Yes, I'm a child of the 80's.

Movies:

Fast Times At Ridgemont High, LOTR, Endless Summer, any Wes Anderson film, Step Into Liquid, Second Thoughts, A River Runs Through It, Fight Club, Pan's Labyrinth, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Conan The Barbarian, Big Wednesday, Trading Places, Stripes, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Memento, Seven, Unbreakable, The Adventures Of Baron Munchausen, R30, Luc Besson, Coen Bros. flicks

Television:

Due South, The Shield, NBA, NHL (when I can get it), The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, The Office, Heroes, Supernatural, The Venture Brothers, Family Guy, The Simpsons, My Name Is Earl, Futurama

Books:

Illywhacker, Oscar and Lucinda, The True History Of The Kelly Gang, LOTR, Ghost Rider (really, any Neil), Tijuana Straits, Dogs Of Winter, Stardust, Flinx And Pip series, Bone, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, any King, Moorcock, MacLean, Foster, Ellison, Chabon, Moore, 100 Bullets, Planetary, The Onion, The Invincible tpb's, Jack Secret (coming soon!)

Heroes:

David Lee Roth, Geddy Lee, John Havlicek, Carmelo Anthony, John Paul Jones, Neil Peart, Alex Lifeson, Clint Eastwood, Jeff Spicoli, Tom Curren, Mark Occhilupo, Dan Panosian (he's more of a hero SANDWICH, but my hero sandwich, nonetheless.), John Buscema, Frank Frazetta, Bernie Wrightson, Scott Williams, Kevin Nowlan, The Reverend, Eduardo Risso

My Blog

Jack Secret goes live!

Working on my creator owned title for the last couple of years with my pal Dan Panosian, and we are just now getting a home page up for it. Man, we lag. Anyhoo, you can check it out here, http://www.j...
Posted by Surfer Joe on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 05:14:00 PST

Wizard World LA

Headed up to LA on Saturday for Wizard World LA with the wife. Had a great time seeing lots of friends and lots of incredible art. In no particular order, Alex Garner had a really beautiful painting u...
Posted by Surfer Joe on Mon, 19 Mar 2007 09:27:00 PST

Just found this

If you're a fan of 'Fast Times At Ridgemont High' like me, you'll find this humorous... http://www.netwalk.com/~truegger/ftrh/five-point.html...
Posted by Surfer Joe on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 03:04:00 PST

Checking in

Ok, so I'm slowly but surely getting used to this whole MySpace thing; I'm actually posting things... Since I haven't quite figured out how to post art or otherwise 'decorate' my profile page, here's ...
Posted by Surfer Joe on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:58:00 PST