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About Me

"You can't kill what won't die / they try but the strong survive." --Freddy Cricien, Madball, For My Enemies.
NEWS FOR 2008 and beyond:
Due to commitments to my family, I will not be hitting the convention scene as hard as I have for the past five years. The only shows I am 100% definte for are Megacon in Orlando, Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle and The Pittsburgh Comic Con.
In the Pics section you'll see a small sample of my ink work over different illustration styles from smooth, mainstream work to old-school heavy brush. If you need an experienced, professional, quality inker who always makes his deadlines and whose word you can trust, please don't hesitate to e-mail me.
I always available to ink commissions;And I'm not at all above doing fill-in and/or background and assist work for other inkers. If we can come together on a page rate I'd love to work with you. Thanks!
PROFILE:
I am a writer and artist currently working as a freelance artist {specifically as an Inker} in the comic book industry. I've worked for various independant comics publishers and am currently working on the book Jack the Lantern: Ghosts along with writer Michael Angelos and pencil artists Jerry Beck (issue #1), Stephen Sadowski (issue #2) & Tim Vigil (issues #3-6){Issue #1 is OUT NOW!} and another book, Spartan with Angelos and Joe Vigil for Castle Rain Entertainment Past credits include ATP Presents for Across The Pond Comics, Frankenstein {with my bro Jerry Beck} for Dead Dog Entertainment and the Jack the Lantern: 1942 one-shot, again with Jerry Beck for Castle Rain. If not for literature and art, I'd be dead or in prison, period.
Contact me by e-mail via yahoo.com @ Doublebarreltrauma
http://www.uglyknuckles.com

My Interests

The welfare of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines worldwide.
Pop and Lowbrow Art including Comics, graphic art & Tattoo.
Literature and its many sub-genres.
Hardcore music.
The Koryu Bujutsu of Japan. Aikido, Ryukyu Kenpo, Kali and related studies in East Asian Martial traditions.
Weight Lifting
Edged weapons
History, specifically the military history of Republican and Imperial Rome and Classical Japan
Defending and exercising our 1st and 2nd Ammendment rights. Lock an' Load!!

I'd like to meet:

Honest people.
A woman who can teach me about the finer things in life, like, what exactly the "fine" things are and where to find the sonsabitches and how to appreciate 'em.
Anybody who'll stop by and introduce themselves at a show.

Music:

Madball, Social Distortion, Poison Idea, -{16)-, Cro-Mags, Slayer and Johnny Cash. Yeah, you read that right. Throw in some Otis Redding, Warzone, Tori Amos, The Business, Bob Dylan, The Bruisers, Moby, Cypress Hill, Testament, Black Flag, Helmet, DMX, Blood For Blood... you get the picture. Or do you? If I can feel it, I like it.

Movies:

Michael Mann, Ridley Scott, Martin Scorcese, Akira Kurosawa, Quentin Tarantino. Specifically: Gladiator, Taxi Driver, Thief, Heat, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Stray Dog.

Television:

Don't watch TV, but will watch The Shield and Sopranos on dvd.

Books:

The work of many artists and writers: Ernest Hemingway, James Ellroy, Harry Crews, Gary Goude, Charles Bukowski, Frank Miller, Mike Zeck, Rudy Nebres, Tommy Castillo, Tim and Joe Vigil, Alan Moore, Garth Ennis, Warren Ellis, Mark Millar, Brian M Bendis, Pushead, HR Giger, Frank Frazetta, Cormac McCarthy, Dennis Lehane, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Robert Williams, Hokusai, Chris Claremont, Knut Hamson, Chopper Read, Hubert Selby Jr, Jimmy Palmiotti, Mark Sparacio, Bob McLeod, Mark McKenna, Franklin Booth, Virgil Finlay, Gustave Dore, Burne Hogarth, Andrew Loomis, Flannery O'Connor, Danny Miki, Chuck Palahniuk, Joe Quesada, Joe Weems, Irvine Welsh and many more who escape me as I write this.
Special props go out to G. Gordon Liddy and his autobiography, WILL, for living relentlessly by his ideals and for restoring to me the moral compass my parents taught after I lost it to the street, and also for instilling in me by example the discipline and determination to prevail no matter what the cost and to never back down.

Heroes:

My Mother and Father.
My brother:
Richard Browne {nwnk por vida, hermano}
My Road Dogs:
Jerry Beck of The Nightmare Factory and Iron Asylum.
Rich Woodard of Futurevisions
Gabe Smith of Hula Moon Tattoo for having the courage to work hard and live their dreams.
And our men and women in uniform.

My Blog

Happenings, Links You NEED and Shout Outs

Some important Shout Outs, check these people out: Gabe's Hula Moon Tattoo Jerry Beck's Nightmare Factory Iron Asylum Rebel Studios Castle Rain Entertainment Madball - NYHC Tommy Castillo Mike Zeck Ko...
Posted by Tony Bledsoe on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 06:17:00 PST