One of my favorite things I've ever drawn. Judging by the notes on the back of the paper, it was 1997, when I was "learning" French.

The Secret Police art by benchilada


Another that makes me smile, one I did during an art jam with my brother Matthew:


Snake goes off his diet art by benchilada


Then we have an adorable cover from a 1992 manga magazine.

Manga magazine front cover with adorable kittens

And why is the back so interesting? Can you tell who that is?

Manga magazine back-cover ad with You Tell Me

I'll give you a hint: he's Japanese.

Love,

benjamin
First off, I drew [livejournal.com profile] evil_egg  for...ummm...[livejournal.com profile] evil_egg . It's also for my Hero-A-Day Month project:

Second, I'm reposting my brother Matthew's favorite story of mine.

WHY MUST I FEEL SO BUSY?!

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     I still don’t know why I’m waiting for her. My canvas shoes are sucking up the rain water like little Hoovers and the newspaper over my head is soaked all the way through to the Metro section. I promised I’d meet her here at midnight, but it’s gotta be one by now. Maybe she didn’t want to head out in the rain. Maybe she missed her bus. Maybe she decided to rethink meeting with a convicted arsonist in the middle of the night. Surely all the water would make her feel safe about the last one.

    I’m slumped like a hunchback, trying to keep the drops of water on my head and off my cigarette. She always told me she thought smoking was sexy if the right person was doing it.

    “A bum can make a cigarette look hot," she'd say, "just like a model can look ugly if she's not doing it right. You’ve got to smoke it like you mean it, but not like you need it. Tease that Lark pack. Make it want you more than you want it.”

    She didn’t always make a hell of a lot of sense, but she could kiss days off your life and her brain was so smart it had its own. I never thought I deserved her. She didn’t think so either, but she said she hated people who were smarter than her. There aren't many of those, and she tends to punch any that she finds.

    It's wet, I'm cold, and my alcohol-blood level is getting dangerously low. If I head for the nearest glass of port, she's sure to show up right here as soon as I start warming my bar stool. Maybe it's the chance I need to take.

    “Don’t turn your back on me, you son of a bitch,” she says as I start walking away.

    “Where have you been?”

    “Hiding between raindrops. Existing as a quantum possibility. Eating cereal in the middle of the night.”

    She grabs me and I kiss her like her lips are trying to escape.

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Happy Norse God of Prettiness Day,

b
Right, so here's what you get today, kids.

First, it's the last of the JAM COMIX that my brother Matthew, Lovely Wife Sara, and I.

The first one is me, Matthew, and Sara.



This one is just me and Matthew:



Then, it's finally time for another of the Photos Of My Life.

I'm still taking requests for them, and now that more time has appeared in my life, maybe I'll even do them more frequently.

In any event, [profile] vespere_tonkan asked for photos of my favorite bowl or mug. This is my favorite mug.

I saw it at a local art / craft thing about a year ago. I desperately wanted this thing, but I didn't have my wallet with me. The lady didn't sell stuff online, so I knew I'd blown my chance to get it.

Imagine the awesome, then, when I opened a birthday present from Lovely Wife Sara later that year and found this dinosaur looking at me.






Again, I'm still taking suggestions for photos of my life.

Right, that's it for now. Have a good Friday.

b
Did you enjoy YESTERDAY'S JAM COMICS?!

Don't care what your answer is, HERE ARE THREE MORE!

The first one is by me and Lovely Wife Sara:



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The next one is by, in order, Matthew, me, Sara, Matthew:
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And this last one is Matthew, me, Sara, Matthew, me, Sara, Matthew:
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WHEEEEEE!!!

b
First, a jam comic by my brother Matthew and me:



Finally another HERO A DAY, as well as A SPACE EPIC JAM COMIC by Matthew, Me, and Lovely Wife Sara!


For [profile] kristinkannibal, a terrifically horrible drawing of CRUELLA DE VIL...



And now...JAM COMIX! (Matthew says those are squirrels in the first panel)



Order: Matthew, me, Sara, Matthew, Me, Matthew, Me, Sara
Who do you love, kids?!

b

Brit-funk

May. 24th, 2007 04:53 pm
"...virtuosity gone mad." -- Jools Holland on Mark King of Level 42, God Emperor of slap-bass.

Live at Wembley Stadium in 1989. Stick with this bad boy until the end:



Live on The Tube in 1985:

So, remember when I mentioned that Brother Matthew and partner Todd are on their Round-The-World trip? And that they were going to try to blog about it?

"Dear Followers of Benchilada,

The blog is indeed active (and I am quite proud of myself for it). www.GoStarfish.net

Matthew, brother of Benchilada"


It's in lovely little bite-sized chunks that are informative, interesting, and funny. And there are photos. Make sure you click on GO TO ARCHIVES, as it only shows something like the five most recent entries.

SAMPLES:

"It is fascinating how someone can ride a bike in traffic, carrying an umbrella with a baby on board.  I would try it, but I would have to either steal or rent a baby, neither of which sound like good options.  Plus, I’d be wet."
                                                                                                                                                                          


"
Yeah, I’m wearing big wooden shoes.  And you’re not."
                                                                                                                                                                            

"No matter how much traveling I do (which, incidentally, is a lot, but never enough), there will always be things in other cultures I do not understand.  On German TV right now is a topless woman hosting some kind of late night call-in game show.  I had heard about these shows from friends, and I am certain it is more fun to watch than an infomercial for a Garden Weasel, but I am still not certain that I understand. When I can figure out how to block out her boobies, I’ll post a photo."


"In German, the word "fahrt" is used often. For the less mature among us, it always elicits a laugh when the mild-mannered tour guide says "fahrt. Plus it's on signs all over the ity. HA!"
Brother Matthew and partner Todd are officially off on their Round-The-World trip.

He claims he's going to be blogging about it, but we'll see. Todd's the computer fellow, Matthew's the writer.

Let's see if they can actually combine forces for this.

www.GoStarfish.net
REASONS TO HATE MY BROTHER MATTHEW, CHAPTER ONE:

Says he:

"I'm going around the world.

In less than 80 days!

For less than 80 days!

I thought about Journey to the center of the earth, but that's so been done
before.

Here’s the scoop.  Todd & I had these buckets full of frequent flier miles
we’ve been saving up for a “Round the World” trip.  It’s one of those
rewards that I thought was a joke:  “sure, you can take an around the world
trip for free.  The next availability is January 5-14, 2011.  Can I book
that for you?”  Well, it’s for real, and we’re really doing it.

We both got about 7 weeks off work, and we should actually have our jobs
when we return.  We were able to get employee rates almost everywhere
(except for some random nights here & there).  Of course, this will entail
many different airlines and many different airports… including at least a
dozen I haven’t been to.  How sad for me.

We’ll leave on May 6th, and our destinations will include:  Prague, Munich,
Salzburg, Stockholm, Bergen (Norway), Singapore, Ko Samui (Thailand), Luang
Prabang (Laos), Honolulu, and Houston.  Then a day after we return, we’ll
come up to Illinois (June 22nd or so).  At that time, we will be broke, but
happy.  Todd will be ready for a two-week nap.  I’ll be ready to wash my
clothes & get on another airplane.

Our airports include (Sorry I have not memorized all these airport codes
yet.  That is a major goal of mine, as you can imagine).  I’ll try to do
them in order:  Amsterdam, Prague, Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Paris,
Singapore, Ko Samui, Bangkok, Luang Prabang, Seoul, Tokyo, Honolulu, and
Houston.  And the airlines include:  Continental, KLM, CSA Czech, SAS
Scandinavian, Air France, Korea, and Northwest.  How very cool.

Now I just have to get shot for typhoid, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, malaria,
and assorted cooties.  Plus I have to figure out how to pack 1 backpack for
7 weeks.

I’ll come up with a website for my adventures, and blog as I go, as I am oh
so techie.  Or maybe not."
Oh, interwebs, you're so lucky that my brother is such an awesome guy.

You remember the Incredible Hulk POWER figure from a few days ago, the one I bought at a 99 cent store in Houston?

This one:



Well, I just got this from Matthew, when I asked if he could buy out their stock for me:

"There were 7 POWER figurines.  However, I cannot guarantee that all of the glowing red 3rd nipples work on all of them. I will send them in a box.  If the postman can make it through the blizzard"

What does this mean to all of you?
It means that, after probably pulling out a few for myself or friends, I will have at least a few figures for you to fight over.

Then it will be time for...

THE SUPERIOR POWERED THUNDERBOLT
OVERLORD TOP KING ACTION FIGURE CONTEST!!!


I don't yet know what the contest for them will be, nor how many I'll be giving out...

BUT GIRD YOUR LOINS IN ADVANCE, TROO BEELEEVERZ!

Ekxselziorr!!!

benji liebowitz
A partial history of our two days in Houston.
A number of pictures and a few words about it.

WARNING: A few NSFW photos.


Okay, I'm sleepy and need to get a plane in a few hours.

[EDIT: Wrote that last night, plane leaves in 3 hours]

G'night, more some day later.

b
benchilada: (Automat)


Yes, my brother Matthew had a perm and I had short shorts.



Grandmother Hlavna encouraged us to be geeks early on in life, by doing things like knitting 14-foot scarves to fuel my Dr. Who needs.
 No, I don't know what the hell that facial expression is. I'm blaming Tourette's.



My boss at the flower shop was so old that she didn't know who I was supposed to be. As such, I was allowed to deliver flowers like this. Scared the pee out of people.

I used to be so thin.

Fuck.

benjamin
Omnigeek
My brother Matthew is batshit insane.
I received the following e-mail from him, regarding FWMA:3

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"I'm working on fucking with your art. I'm exploring the lesbian angle. So far it's something like this:

Plot summary:

Short-haired stereotype girl walks into the diner in a vinyl miniskirt. The long-legged waitress walked over. Girl says she'd like a grilled cheese.
With mustard and pickles. How about some tuna? asks the waitress. I like tuna, don't you, she says. Girl says, No, just pickles and mustard. Then the waitress hikes up her skirt, jumps up on the table, rubs her crotch on girl's face and says. How can you pass up tuna?" Degrades into lesbian porn, finishing with the immortal line, "you naughty girl, you better come on my finger."

OK, maybe I'd better not fuck with your art right now."

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benjamin
Whose whole family is crazy as something that's really crazy
New icon from [livejournal.com profile] aves_ives's book PENG!, a "martial-arts encrusted sports fable." It's where it's at, kids.

Now, a photo dump.

We'll start with the outside of my brother Matthew and his boyfriend Todd's New Year's card, designed by Matthew.



The Inside Is Inside )

b
Current Music: "Whip-Smart" - Liz Phair
My brother Matthew cracks my ass up. Here's his version of FWMA:2, and it's funnier than George W. Bush on a Tilt-a-Whirl after two corndogs and three lemonade shake-ups.

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Here is your story...complete with the happy ending you always wanted. )

I wanna know why this fucker doesn't submit his shit to places that...umm...accepting writing from mental patients.

b

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