Lobster Random Gallery presents “SPAMCOMPANY”.
Exhibition “Lobster Random: No Gain!” February-2010 in Munich / Germany. 240 bottles of Augustiner beer. A collaboration with Neumie & JimBo (ChaosCrew), DOG (MBM), RiotUrban & Raymond Millah (Heimatstoff). (Watch Dan`s Slideshow at Picasa!)
February 2010: Atelier Sessions in Munich – supported by Wurst.
Dirty Techniques on Cheap Material… 2 dayzed & confused Days – 5-9 houres for each canvas. Already Sold!
Blackriver ISPO Wall 2010 in Munich / Germany. 15 x 2,5 meter. 80 bottles Augustiner beer.
In close collaboration with DOG & LORENZ. (Watch the Flickr Slideshow by Black the River)
In Japanese culture the dragon is said to be a symbol of supernatual powers. With incredible strength and a hidden wisdom. It was said the only way to journey past a dragon was to answer its riddles.
BoneKnuckelz Part1 (Fingerboard Comic Proto)
SPAMCONSUMER contribution to the “Fingerboarder Magazine“. – November 2009
It was a first and draft test – so the story is quite lame ,-) Watch out for upcoming issues…
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BoneKnuckelz Part1 (Fingerboard Comic Proto)
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Augustiner Bräu is a brewery located in Munich, Germany.
Established in 1328, it is Munich’s oldest still independent brewery and produces some of Munich’s most popular brands of beer.
The origins of the Augustiner brewery date back to the year 1294. On July 5, Pope Celestine V succeeded Nicholas IV as the 192nd pope and on December 24 – Pope Boniface VIII became the 193rd pope after Celestine V abdicated the papacy on December 13, only five months after reluctantly accepting his surprise election on July 5, wishing to return to his life as an ascetic hermit. It was in this year when, on the order of the bishop of Freising, an Augustinian monastery was established at the Haberfeld, just outside the gates of Munich (a city famous for its breweries operated by monks). By 1315, the monastery had been incorporated within the city walls of Munich.
The earliest documented evidence of the brewery’s existence comes from the year 1328 (when a major fire spared the brewing house); this year is now commonly accepted as the founding year, although the brewery had probably existed for several years before the fire. The monastery was granted the right not only to brew beer but also to sell it on their premises which started the tradition of brewery-owned beer halls that still exists today. From the brewery’s inception until secularisation in 1803, when many Bavarian monasteries were put under state control by Napoleons‘ reforms, the brewery was present at the original site and only sold within the monastery’s own tavern. After the takeover of the monastery by the state, the monks walked out in protest.
Augustiner beer is normally found within the Greater Munich area, but in the last few years it became quite popular outside of Munich, for example in Berlin where dozens of bars offer it. The reputation of the brewery is so good that the company does not engage in any advertising campaigns. As an example, when most German breweries changed their bottle to a slim and more modern design to give their beer a more classy and less old fashioned appearance some ten years ago, Augustiner stuck with the “classic” older form, often nicknamed the “Bauarbeiterhalbe” (construction worker’s bottle). The labels have not changed in over 20 years either. Its brands nevertheless are among the most popular of Munich’s beers, and the company regularly reaches an annual output of more than 90 million litres (2003).
Augustiner Bräu operates a beer tent on the Oktoberfest, as well as owning one of Munich’s largest beer gardens, the Augustiner-Keller at Arnulfstraße 52, and several traditional bars throughout the city. In recent years, Augustiner beer has become a popular drink in several bars in Berlin; however, the amounts of Augustiner consumed in Berlin are still minuscule compared to its popularity in Munich.
In the record-breaking heat of summer 2003, the brewery refused to sacrifice brewing quality and traditional process to increase production, even though it could have sold more beer.
In the US there is one distributor named Global Village Imports, LLC. that carries Augustiner, it is located in King of Prussia, PA. Although the demand is high, the distribution is very limited.
You can also taste it at “Schneider’s” in NYC Manhattan. Ask for an “Edelstoff”.
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It`s a long time tradition in germany for kids who attend to first grade to carry a “cone” on their first day at school filled with sweeties.
There are kids who are fine with the cones you could get at the stores, there are some kids who prefer to create them on their own and then there are kids who have a very special idea of their cone.
In this case Xaver wanted to have a space cone with robots and spaceships on it. Getting a blank body and a few hours later a pretty unique cone was ready for first day of school.
It was sprayed first for space look and then being attached with cut-out rubber characters.
What is a School Cone?
A “Schultüte” (or School Cone, even though the word “Tüte” translates more as “bag” from German), often also called Zuckertüte (”sugar bag”, especially in Eastern Germany) is a paper (and later plastic) bag in particular.
When children in Germany set off for their first day in school upon entering first grade, their parents and/or grandparents present them with a big cardboard cone, prettily decorated and filled with toys, chocolate, candies, school supplies, and various other goodies. It is given to children to make this anxiously awaited first day of school a little bit sweeter.
History of the Schultuete
The first day of school is especially sweet and memorable in Germany. On this day each child entering the first grade receives a large cone decorated with paper and ribbon. Inside they find small gifts, school supplies, and lots of chocolate and candy. Often the entire family, including the grandparents, accompanies the child to school. Some of the cones dwarf the five- and six-year-olds.
The tradition of the Schultuete, also called the Zuckertuete or sweet cone, seems to have originated in the eastern cities in Saxony and Thuringia about 200 years ago. They were originally provided by the child’s godparents and hung from a tree in the schoolyard. Children were told that when the “fruits” on the tree were ripe enough to be picked, then they themselves were ready for school.
In Germany, the first day of school has long been acknowledged as a special occasion with customs that have been documented back to the middle ages. Depending on the region, it may have taken the form of a special church service, at the conclusion of which the children may have been led in a procession to the school, or they were presented with cookies that had been baked in the shape of letters or the pieces of slate that, until well into the middle of the last century, where used for the first tentative tries at writing legible letters and numbers.
The custom of the “Schultuete” proper goes back to about 1810, to Saxony and Thuringia at Germany’s easternmost borders, where sweets were given to the children on this day. The first documented report of the cone-shaped Schultuete proper comes from the city of Jena in 1817, closely followed by reports from Dresden (1820) and Leipzig (1836). It started in the bigger cities but spread quickly to the small towns and villages, soon becoming an institution all over Germany.
Spreading from city to city and then eventually to all of Germany, the Schultuete has always been representative of the times. During the period before WWI the face of the last emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II often adorned the cones. Under Hitler, the cones were given a uniform size symbolizing the equality of those within the “Aryan” race. One woman I know who grew up in the GDR describes how her parents bought special “west” candy for her Schultuete from hard currency stores allowed to sell products from West Germany. Today many parents buy cones pre-decorated with their children’s favorite cartoon or book characters.
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I found theses image files. I scaned them a while ago. There out of one of my mini black books.
i scaned it because the book got distorted somehow. looks like it got wet – i guess it’s the combination of that paper and the marker that i used…
its a very small book format. Ca. 10 x 10 cm.
i tried to draw an ultimative collection of simple comic characters with boilerplate formed heads or helmets.
Some of them with horns that make them look like devils, vikings or bulls…
There is some knights, ice hockey players, astronauts, evel-knevels, wrestlers etc.
Es ist nicht schwierig ein Kleinkind zu erschrecken.
Viele fürchten sich im Dunkeln und vor dem Krampus.
Wir alle erinnern uns an Hexen und Pestleichen aus Kindermärchen die uns damals verstörten. Erwachsene erschrickt man besser mit Spinnen oder Gay-Comedie.
Dieser versuch eines kleinkindergerechten Comicstils erscheint mir passend simpel in der formgebung und übel genug für ein, zwei Alpträume. Ca. 12 Stunden Arbeit für die beiden Figuren. Dazu kommt noch die Vorzeichnung und das Zusammenstellen der Comic Panels.
Der Vorteil ist, daß man bei Beibehaltung des Zeichenstils, Körperteile wie Hände und Accessoires wie Schuhe in einer Bibliothek organisieren und wiederverwenden kann. Nicht vergessen: Die Bilder anklicken, um sie zu Vergrößern!
