Zucker Papa

 

If you have a bug up your bourgeoisie bum about Marxism, you can blame my fellow Wuppertaller Friedrich Engels. After all, it was Engels who supported Karl Marx financially during the writing of The Communist Manifesto, but then you already knew Marx was a no-account mooch, didn't you?

In addition to stirring up the Worker's Revolution, Engels was himself a textile magnate, effectively buttering both side of his bread, culturally and politically. As a result, today's Germans can get a bit confused as to who is Labor and who is The Man, making it difficult to decide who is responsible for society's ills.

Yer a Peein'

Brand new Symptoms column on the bathroom habits of Europeans and their effect on my fragile manhood: https://thesymptoms.substack.com/p/yer-a-peein?fbclid=IwAR3XdcF9cK-tPih1VEXb-yuxfK95KoZDZ5AejzMoe_9iRT6waAJlZVvs3aY

Be sure to sign up to receive The Symptoms in ye olde inbox while you're at the Substack site. It soothes my wounded ego.

 

Knit Wit

Portrait of illustrator and crafting wizard Dil An.

 

Old Goat

"The Old Goat," self-portrait. This was inspired by a photograph taken of me at a petting zoo a few years ago. Fellow artist Jeremy Pinkham suggested the photo should be a large oil painting, complete with red, velvet curtain in the background. This one is in pixels rather than oils, obviously, but I hope it retains the intended effect. I thought it was high time I produced a self-portrait which more accurately reflected my age and the subsequent surliness that comes from a lifetime of dedication. And I hoped that a portrait might also be just slightly Satanic.

 

Flower on the Vine

Portrait of artist extraordinaire Tulpe Ritter.

 

String Theorist

Portrait of jazz guitar legend James Slater.

 

Hang 'em High

 

The prints are back! The shop is jam-packed with new portrait prints, plus new editions of the old favorites. 11"x14"on heavy-stock archival paper. Free shipping within the U.S., ships rolled in a sturdy protective tube. Have a gander HERE!