They Live: Alley Fight!

In John Carpenter's 1988 film They Live, actor/wrestler Roddy Piper plays a character called Nada, a homeless migrant worker in a right-around-the-bend America where shit really sucks. He stumbles upon a special pair of sunglasses a local church/rebellion HQ that, while wearing, turns the world back and white and allows him to see that ordinary looking people are in fact, skeleton-faced, alien invaders!  Subliminal messages in bold arial fonts are also revealed on billboards and magazines, citing such messages as OBEY, WATCH TV, CONSUME and SLEEP. It's a fun movie, classic 80s Carpenter, that has achieve cult status over the years, in part for the premise, and two scenes in particular - the bubblegum shotgun scene and the Alley Fight.

So, as a sequel of sorts to my Karate Kid: Final Fight print (sold out), I've teamed up with the Bottleneck Gallery to release They Live: Alley Fight, and a couple variants, check em out.

They Live: Alley Fight

Limited Edition of 50, 13x19", hand signed and numbered.

Available HERE

Nada wants Frank, a construction worker he kinda knows, to put them on, and see what he sees but Frank wants no part of it, Just wants to go about his life. Hence, FIGHT! It's a brutal, 6:20 minute long, battle of wills between two towering man, one attempting to make the other "see" the truth, one wanting to be left alone. Spoiler alert: Nada wins!

They Live: Alley Fight

B/W OBEY variant
Limited Edition of 25, 13x19", hand signed and numbered.

Available HERE

South Park paid homage to it in the infamous "Cripple Fight, episode from June 2001. Such a classic.

Check out the episode HERE

They Live: Alley Fight
South Park Variant
Limited Edition of 50, 13x19", hand signed and numbered.

Available HERE

Below are some details of the figures on the left side down the alley near the street.

 

OH waterproof stickers!! Available through my shop HERE

 

Here are some of the final pencil drawings of all the characters.

Oh, here's an 8.5x11" pencil drawing I did of Roddy in the classic Bubblegum Shotgum scene.

It's up for grabs if anybody wants, drop me a line, we'll work out a price.

Print shots below.

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ODE to GEEK

When I was first asked to create a print for the Generation Geek gallery show in Bourges, France for Geek-Art, I was surprisingly stumped.  Not because I couldn't think of what to do, but because there were too many options.  The theme was Geek History from the past to the present, a pretty open topic, so... where to start?! My initial thought was to involve Godzilla. Then I decided to draw just a few more of my favorite characters from science fiction and fantasy from the last century; from books, comic books, cartoons, movies, video games etc. - the ones that inspired and wowed me from childhood to today. 

You know, just a few.

Then it got personal.  What happened next was this, a print depicting my own geek history, my ODE to GEEK. Limited edition print, size ranges from approx 16x24" (40x60cm) to 28x40" (70x100cm), available only through Geek-Art.

Check out my site for more pics and info HERE

Prints are available through Geek-Art HERE

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Cheers,

PJ

DARTH HEISENBERG

Breaking Bad's Walter White has gone over to the Dark Side, for reals.  He is the one who knocks.  He is the danger!  Most importantly, he's in the Empire business. Here's to hoping he has a redemptive final act.  Available as a 13x19" giclée full bleed print, hand signed & dated. https://www.etsy.com/listing/159416700/darth-heisenberg-breaking-bad-giclee?ref=shop_home_active  OH, I am including a free 3x4" Darth Heisenberg head waterproof sticker with every print purchased. :)  Check this link to my website for details and print shots.  http://www.pjmcquade.com/139819/1689927/portfolio/darth-heisenberg

Walking Dead/Star Wars Mashup

Tatooine has been infected with zombie stormtroopers. Who you gonna call? Michonne from The Walking Dead of course! Pay attention JJ Abrams. Given her prowess with a samurai blade, I always picture her with a lightsaber. We all know she’s a total badass, but now she has interstellar credentials. She even has a pelt of decapitated bounty hunter heads - Bossk, Dengar and she’s about to collect IG-88’s tin noggin. Michonne has this cloak of mystery around her so I imagined her as a bounty hunter to muddy the Jedi waters. I see her as a mercenary of sorts, not always towing the Jedi line note for note (perhaps there was a falling out) but she’s on the side of good when the sugar honey ice tea hits the fan, I think…  Designed as the debut issue of her comic, here’s to wishing.

  

It is available as a 13x19" full bleed giclée print, hand signed and dated. https://www.etsy.com/listing/156118236/michonne-walking-deadstar-wars-mashup?ref=shop_home_active  OH, I am including a free 3x4" Michonne headshot waterproof sticker with every print sold. :)

Quint from Jaws/Wolverine Mashup Poster

Whenever I watch Jaws I am always struck by how dope Quint's sideburns are. He really rocks the stuffing out of them. Always made me think of another famous fictional fella with killer burns - Wolverine! So I thought what if Quint was actually a mutant, had a healing factor and an adamantium skeleton with killer claws. He'd slash his way out Jaw's belly, emerged from the blood reborn, ready to take the high seas by storm. I designed it as a comic book cover, an homage to Wolverine #1. At last - in his own monthly series!

It was created for the MF Gallery's 10th Anniversary show this past weekend.  I actually created a special, hand painted, blood embellished print for it, but it sold out already.  BUT it is now available as a 8.5x11” or 13x19” giclée print through my online store HERE.  OH, I am including a FREE 3x5" waterproof Quint head sticker (the upper left one, see store listing) with every print sold. Put that in your pipe and smoke it :)

 

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Step Brothers, Dragon & Nighthawk 4Eva!

Step Brothers is a classic.  Yeah, it's dumb and juvenile but for me it's a friggin masterpiece. When I was approached by The Bottleneck Gallery to be in their "I Love You man" show about bromances, it didn't take me long to think of that film. The image is inspired by the dialogue from when Dale & Brennen first meet. The exchange "Call me Dragon" "Call Me Nighthawk". I imagined them flying high in the sky, riding atop mighty beasts, screaming their nuts off.  I especially pumped to draw a dragon for the first time in years, been too long , look for more soon - one of the main reason why I did this piece.  Had a blast bringing it to life, enjoy!

Below are print shots

It's a limited edition (50) 13x19" giclée print on 190gsm fine art rag. 1" white border around the edges.  

Available now through The Bottleneck Gallery HERE

Recent Editorial Work - Atlanta Magazine & LA Weekly

Kristin Chenoweth "Wicked, GCB gone country" for Atlanta Magazine

Congressman Howard Berman sinking in quicksand for LA Weekly

LA Weekly - The 818 area code gets a lot of flack.

The Map of Hannibal Buress' Career - Time Out New York

Check out my map illustration in this week’s Time Out New York. It shows the career highlights of comedian Hannibal Buress from his days in Chicago to headlining Carolines in NYC and everything in between.