The design work of AMANDA CONNER

Last year, the small deck we had on the back of our home collapsed 12 seconds to midnight with around 17 people on it, drinks in hand...but no one got hurt. The deck at that point was trashed and amanda went to work designing not only a new deck, but to extend it around the back of the house where the previous owners put sliding doors that went to nowhere. Amanda took a hundred things in mind, as she always did, and gave the builders her drawings , which they admired...and got right to work on. After two months, over 60 posts and two shipments of ipe wood, it was finally done. You will see sand around it, because its our next project we are saving up for. 

 We save up for each and every repair/revision we do on the house. Owning a home is a ton of work...take it from a guy that has an apartment for over 20 years, but its also "yours" and unlike my apartment, this house has more than one window and a back yard... something I keep reminding myself and will be reminding myself as I recieve the mortgage bills for the next 26 years of my life. 

Anyway, I posted thses because I am super proud of the job amanda and the builders did. Comments are welcome. 

The umbrella in the foreground used to be laying on the side of the house till I found baby mice in it, so now it stands full time. lol. 

That grapefruit has been eaten. 

I blame Dave Johnson.

PULP ILLUSTRATION:

This is exactly what my life was like before I got into a relationship. really...I'M not kidding. you don't believe me? 

O.K....these are brilliant for a number of reasons . the art is dead on camp...and beautiful in its color choices.

THRILL HUNGRY: Fantastic title and the subject, a lone girl dressed to thrill waiting in a night park for some fun, whats not to love. the strap off the shoulder shows she doesnt care. Its obvious this isnt cntral park.

WILDCAT: Yeah, a cowboy and a naked girl on the floor. Some good riding coming her way for sure...but why is she looking at us?
PHANTOM DETECTIVE: I think the tycoon of crime is in a bit of trouble...lol

NAUTIPUSS: Best title ever and it looks like the outer space girls from the powergirl run we did. How groovy can you get? this is about the only time I wouldnt mind being abducted and probed. lol...

SWAP TRAP: instant classic and obviously the bait did its job.

OFFICE PARTY: the single reaon it stinks to work from home.

WHICH ONE IS YOUR FAVORITE AND WHY? 

THE HILLS HAVE EYES: THE BEGINNING

Wantd to pass along a good deal for the graphic novel Justin and I wrote a few years back that was a prequel to the HILLS HAVE EYES movies. It got a lot of attention at the time, was reviewed very well and sold over 20,000 copies ...which is great for a book with a high price tag. check out the link below and the special price. 

FRANK FRAZETTA: A TRIBUTE

More black & white FRAZETTA

All these beauties care of Tim Sale, a master of pen and ink as well. Thanks Tim!

Sexy Monday #57

Hi! This is Zena Metal and my dear friend Jimmy was kind enough to let me jack his Sexy Monday column this week. Seeing that there's currently a blizzard outside my toasty NYC apt, I thought it might be constructive use of my Sunday evening to scan the Web for hot snapshots of some of my favorite celebrity crushes of both sexes.

Hope you enjoy. Thanks again, Jimmy!

Aria Giovanni. I met her on a few occasions and became mesmerized by her eyes. Yes, her EYES.

Johnny Depp, 'nuff said. A classic.

Old-school Rose McGowan. That's one lucky puppy.

 

Social Distortion's Mike Ness. OG rockabilly punk sexy.

The Kills' Alison Mosshart. Why she's not a more well-known rock star is beyond me. Check out her project with Jack White, The Dead Weather.

H.I.M.'s Ville Valo, one of the world's most charismatic frontmen.

Not normally a fan of blonds, but Alexander Skarsgard can bite me any day.

Amazingly enough, Glee's Corey Monteith and I had a 90-second conversation. My heart literally skipped a beat.

Kat Von D is a little polarizing, but still hot. I'd love a tattoo from her.

Drew Barrymore - because everything is classier in B&W, right?

James Franco hasn't even reached his capacity for sexiness.

Based on the amount of tattooed folks included, one can tell that I'm a rocker chick at heart. Music is, in fact, my passion and I write about it as often as I can. Want to follow along? Catch me on Twitter [@zenametal] and my blog, zenametal.com!

Proof I am a good boyfriend.

Mind Reading is alive and well...

This says it all....

SEXY?

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TRUE GRIT: FANTASTIC

One of my favorite movies of the year ...easily. wonderful acting, brilliant script and just a great solid western. Cannot recommend this more. This felt...real.

links and stuff...

Just playing catch up here and there.

as you guys already know, I do a weekly podcast with my friend Mike at http://www.wheremonstersblog.blogspot.com/

have a twitter page
http://twitter.com/#!/jpalmiotti

and have a facebook fan page because my regular page is full , found at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jimmy-Palmiotti/117989367766

If that isnt enough social media for you...you can come by my house some time and watch me rake the yard... you do know I am kidding, right?

So been looking at my desk top of late and with TIME BOMB
http://www.radicalpublishing.com/titles/comics/time-bomb
officially done at radical comics, except for the trade book collection, its time to get other things going. We have another exciting project in the works with them which will be announced in 2011...all I can say is its a crime story . More to come.

As you all know, JONAH HEX
http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/forum.jspa?forumID=2000000080&start=0
will continue...issue 63 hits in 2 weeks and we have up till issue 73 worked out...the scripts have gone ut to the talent and they are all working on them as we speak [ maybe] .

We also have FREEDOM FIGHTERS
http://dcboards.warnerbros.com/web/forum.jspa?forumID=2000000115&start=0
 making its way monthly for you guys...and hopefull some of you have given the book a shot. We have a lot coming up and a lot of characters hi the revolving door nature of the series, so stay tuned for some fun madness.

more soon to follow.

BJORK

I dig her music and visuals. A real artist. Would love to do one of those illustrated books like they did for Tori Amos for Bjork. Nothing against Tori, but her songs dont have much variety as far as sound. Bjork experiments, and I like that. Not top 40 kind of stuff, but she is always pushing...

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PARIS TEXAS: Kinski and Wenders.

so sexy cool it hurts. 

Amanda Conner Cover of the week: Jimmy Olsen

Amanda gets better all the time. One of my favorites that catches a lot of storytelling.

celebrity round-up.

from black swan

NEKO CASE

Love this...give it a shot.

THE PRO ANIMATION.

For anyone that might have missed this or wanted to share.

THE SUNDAYS: WILD HORSES

Love the band, the lead singer and this song. Check it out.



    

My new favorite singer : Marion Cotillard.

Check out how cool this is.

SEXY MONDAY 55

Baby, its cold outside...but not here on sexy monday! Please tell us your favorites, and please turn someone else on to the blog or retweet. If I dont speak to you all soon, have the great holiday ever and be sure to listen to the weekly blog for some useful and useless information:
http://wheremonstersblog.blogspot.com/




 

Shot in my home town, nothing is sexier than an unexpected flash...all in beautiful black & white. 

love the short hair, the assessories and the pose. Really sexy on all fronts. 

A canvas of cuteness. 

The best thing about the movie NINE. A real beauty. 

One of the real stars of Boardwalk Empire. this season should have been 6 episodes longer. 

adorable in every way. Silly Rab-bit! 

Nothing like a sweaty hot gal in a cowboy hat. what a beautiful smile as well. 

Its all in the eyes in this shot. 

Something for th holidays and cold weather. ghost like in appearance, but a beautiful shot and colors. 

Do I really have to write what I like about this shot?  We get to see her from both sides. 

Advertising at its best. Me-ow!

A lot of people ask me to feature more red heads. you happy now? 

Something very surreal about this...

This looks like a scene from the latest issue of Time Bomb.