Trapdoor Studio - Jon Arvizu

Just when you thought that making an annual contribution towards your retirement while lowering your overall taxable income for the year couldn’t get any more exciting? Enter… the IRA SUPERHERO! (Admittedly not the most creative name but it’s certainly straightforward). When i heard the words ‘retirement planning’ and ‘comic superhero’ i knew fate had made me a part of this project.

seriously though, I’ve always dug straight black and white line-art. It was fun to work on. my favorite parts are the 1)background textures (ad great depth to simple black line work), and 2) the old ladies squiggly hair.

Printed my first four color serigraph. I also did some split fountain prints that look kind of psychadelic. These prints are all available online at the “MARY~MAXINE.” store .

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The Sons of Liberty line of shirts is just getting underway. The website is up, and just needs to be stocked. In the weeks to come, we will be unveiling 5 original styles including our friend the Eagle here. givethemliberty.com

We did some silkscreen printing last night. It was really fun. i can tell i’m going to get into this a lot more. Had some friends come over to bare witness. Thanks to Mike west for posting these pics.

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I’m on a tiki spree. Going to be creating some serigraphs of these guys in the coming weeks. They will be for sale at the “MARY~MAXINE.” store site.

Just finished building a work table for screenprinting and miscellaneous production. Check out my Handy Manny skills. It’s got nice casters that lock down so i can move it easily, and a melamine top for quick clean up. plus it’s nice and high so i don’t kill my back while printing.

Here’s the online version of the Geek Getaways feature for popular science complete with poster designs from yours truly…“GEEK GETAWAYS”

Painting and Printing robots this week. Here’s a painted robot, letterpress prints to follow. I have themed these bots with different emotions to help little Finn learn about the world.

I had the pleasure of meeting Gavin & Martin when they came to phoenix last month. They have come up with a fun concept, and they liked the new Letterpress printed Cards. Check out “Business Cards from the West.”

I’m doing a new series of letter press prints that will be for sale shortly. The store should be up and running soon. Enjoy the heat my friends.