Vault of Midnight wins EISNER AWARD!

So Vault of Midnight, the comic shop I’ve been designing t-shirts, murals, tattoos, logos & god knows what else for, has won the 2010 Will Eisner Spirit of Comics Retailers Award! AMAZING news. More details here:

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_10win.php

Put together a quick gallery to showcase just some of my branding work, as well as some pics of the murals I made when they moved to their new huge location on Main St. back in ‘06. It’s truly an honor to be recognized. Love that store. Love those people.


Catchin' Up With Wheeler!

Holy Smokes! Life has been coconut crazy lately. So many art projects. So many parties. Instead of jabberin’ on, let’s recap the decap with some posters. First off, the newest addition…



Next up, the last few Bang! posters, one for the Motor City Comicon and the other for a heavy metal-themed Bang!





The Comicon poster was actually the first 4-color job of mine ever screenprinted — and I couldn’t be more happy with the results! Copies are still available for those interested.

On the comics front, other than my new comic “Confessions of a Cinemaniac”, I’ve started a new webcomic — “Tales of The Bang!” — chronicling this crazy-ass party freight train we’ve built here in Ann Arbor.





And yes, the comic is right — we’re filming a music video for our pals The Mannequin Men! It’s for the catchy hot wicked tune Massage and will feature the band playing at the 3-D Bang! as well as footage of them at A2’s Above Ground Salon + lots of ridiculous shit we have lined up at the Bang! Studio Workshop. The crew will be the same warped brains behind Detective Frankenstein and could be a new avenue for us in terms of psychedelic creativity. Oh yeah, here’s the 3-D Bang! poster, btw…



What else? Oh yes, click here for a “Most People Are DJs” podcast interview with me @ this year’s Comicon (find some pics from the event here).

In further news, I designed a Skatedeck for the Ann Arbor Skatepark Art Benefit @ Vault of Midnight. Check it out…



Here’s a gallery of the process behind making it, plus another set of pics of the fantastic night.

Geez Louise — is that it? I hope so. I’m already tired. More big things to come out of our MidWest hub coming really soon, so stay tuned. In the meantime, keep writing, keep drawing, keep living, keep lovin.

This is Jeremy Wheeler, signing off.

New Poster + New Illustration + New Craziness!!!

Ey yey yey!

Where is the time going? Where has the time gone? Where am I? Oh, that’s right — in big business-owned hell, that’s where! That’s why it’s time to tack the reigns on life and DIY it up once again @ my once-a-year haven in the geek world — the Motor City Comicon! Yeah, I’ll have a table AND something very new for folks to buy! That’s right — give me your money. All of it! More news on when you’ll pass of your loot to me soon. Get excited. Go crazy go nuts.

In the meantime, pop your peepers on the new Bang! poster — this one’s for the secret DIA gig that I’ve been hinting at, but haven’t yet spilled the beans on. Yup, The Bang! is headed to Detroit for a special night — so special we’re sharing the bill with a boxing ring, complete with LIVE boxing and lucha libre mexican wrestling (!!!!!). For real. This thing should be downright silly. Add in the Museum surroundings and we’ve got the recipe for tasty outrageous deliciousness!



But that’s not all, folks! Nope, why would it be? Life is too short, just like mini-ponies (even if they are cute). So, before I overstate my welcome, here’s the long-awaited color version of my newest Vault of Midnight masterpiece. Catch it in my newest comic — coming sooner than soon and later than it should.



Til next time — xxoo y’all lots. Lets eat BBQ together real soon!