Happy Dia de los Muertos!

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To celebrate, here's a sneak peak of Perfect Teeth #0, out soon on Viper Comics and Paper+Plastick, by Vinnie Fiorello, Matt Anderson, Matt Jordan, and myself!

It's a satirical (or is it) mock/doc/rock/monster-mentary

thanks!
-pw!

The Fest X

Howdy!

I'm grateful to get to work with a lot of excellent bands on their records and merchandise for a living, but honored to have been asked to take part again in Florida's 3 day music FEST, now in its 10th year! The simultaneous gallery show showcases many artists, often those who work with bands and record labels, especially native to FL.  I myself got my big "break" working for a band in Gainesville in 1996 and continue to this very day.


I simply chose to do something fun and exclusive for the art show, especially to celebrate their tenth anniversary, somewhat as a way of giving back to the community and scene that has given so much to me

you can read more about the art show HERE. thanks for reading!
-peter

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Ramiel debuts!

.. and we're on the cover of Newsarama!!!

I've been dying to tell people about this for a while now... i'm the colorist on a new comic for Ape Entertainent that will debut as an EXCLUSIVE #1 at San Diego Comic Con this month!

i could say more, but i'll just let this front page interview on Newsarama with Javier Grillo-Marxuach (writer/producer on Lost, Charlie's Angels, creator of Middleman) do the talkin' !

HERE'S THE INTERVIEW!

Announcing Perfect Teeth !

Vinnie Fiorello of Less Than Jake joins forces with Viper Comics!

TAKE A BITE OUT OF VIPER COMICS LATEST BOOK, PERFECT TEETH!

Fly, shuffle, walk or lurk on over to the Viper Comics booth (#1903) at San Diego Comic Con and learn more about the music industry’s latest, greatest hits, PERFECT TEETH.

Viper has teamed up with VINNIE FIORELLO, of the awesome ska punk band LESS THAN JAKE, writer Matt Anderson (WHITE PICKET FENCES and PAPER+PLASTICK’S 50 STATES and THE EXIT INTERVIEW) and artist Peter Wonsowski to bring you a book that will lift the coffin lid off the music biz.

In a matter of weeks, Nathan Almost goes from an unknown suburbanite to the biggest musician who ever existed! Fans adore him, buying his t-shirts and posters. Critics chase him, wielding their torches and pitchforks!

How did it come to be that in boardrooms, laboratories, and graveyards – celebrities became manufacturable? Commodities sold to a public always hungry for the next big thing?

In the music industry, fame makes people monsters. In PERFECT TEETH, monsters are made famous!

While you’re at the booth, pick up a FREE set of Vampire Teeth (limit one per visitor – only 30 sets available per day). You’d be a sucker to miss this… just not a blood sucker.

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Don't forget to visit

vipercomics.com

paperandplastick.com

and Booth 1903 at this San Diego Comic Con!

-pw!

Armadillo + pw!

i know there's a lot of Turtle Power going on right now (and it looks AMAZING!) but i thought i'd quick share something i was really excited about...

for the past 16 years of punk rock and record collecting, some of my all time favorite records & record covers (specifically Less Than Jake and anything on No Idea records) had artwork by Jason "Armadillo". it left an indelible impression on me; phenomenal perfectly painted cartoons with a tremendous amount of fun, humor, and bite. he'd be right at home here at the Autumn Society! so imagine my excitement when he got in touch with me to tag-team on a collaborative painting!

there's a lot more to see and read at my blog, so please check it out, but in the meantime, here's how it turned out!

he had a great idea and got the ball rolling

(i don't know how he gets his lines painted so frustratingly perfect):

then i added some paint, mailed it back, and he put great finishing touches on it

you can see some of his art at inkandpaindept.blogspot.com

the best part is we had so much fun...we're doing it again! keep yer eyes peeled way back for future collaborations in the future, hopefully at galleries near you!

The "Young Guns" Tour

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Coming to a city near you! "Ska Is Dead" Presents: The "Young Guns" Tour, featuringWe Are The Union and The Forthrights! Find more info HERE! and don't forget to buy some cool new shirt designs HERE (or on tour)....

thanks!

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vegan treats

just keepin it simple.

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some merch i designed (great gifts) HERE

thank you

-pw!

PLAYTIME on PHILLYist

Great, original article about the event over at phillyist
Props to writing only based on the press release info.

Playtime!

here's to Mat K for putting on a cool show for a wonderful cause. I would love to see the Autumn Society occasionally do more to give back, and Toys for Tots this season will bring a lot of joy to a lot of kids

i was honored to collaborate on the flyer with Mat, and had the most fun i have had drawing all year trying to capture the joy that came with getting a good toy on Christmas. Besides adding a little something for the drop box, my contribution to the wall was printing our flyer art onto watercolor paper. i then added watercolors, pencil flourishes, and even a little glow in the dark paint to the robot and his ray gun sparks.

Happy Holidays to everyone

NIGHT DELIVERY (ART BY PETER WONSOWSKI)

Art by Peter Wonsowski Click on the image to listen!

The Autumn Society brings you 6 new & chilling artwork covers for Dick Grunert's DEAD OF NIGHT RADIO series.

STAY TUNED as we release a new cover each night @ Midnight, starting OCTOBER 29TH to NOVEMBER 2ND.

Available on iTUNES under "Dead of Night Radio"

ABOUT "NIGHT DELIVERY"
Meet Eric Ryder. He's about to receive a special... Night Delivery!

ABOUT DEAD OF NIGHT RADIO
From the horrific mind of writer/director Dick Grunert, Dead Of Night Radio is an homage to the old time radio horror shows like Inner Sanctum and Lights Out... with a modern twist!

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Peter Wonsowski loves cartooning and designing record packages, so getting to illustrate the romantic and terrifying image for an imaginative radio performance this halloween -- in the beloved square format -- was a real Halloween treat! Peter has worked with bands like Less than Jake, Adam Arcuragi, Coffee Project, and more!

ABOUT THE AUTUMN SOCIETY
The Autumn Society is a collective of Illustrators from around the world. From art galleries, art books, to fundraisers, the Autumn Society will rise to any creative need or challenge.

Music by Lance Madzey and Sound Design by Krandal Krews

Dead of Night Radio is recorded at Sunshine Studios in Studio City, CA.

The FEST 9 !!!

THE FEST, now in its 9th year, is a 3 day punk rock festival in Gainesville Florida, and every year it just gets better and better (i mean, look at that line up!). well, this is the 2nd year that the Fest will be curating a special Art Show to coincide with all the rock and roll mayhem, and i was honored to be asked to be one of the featured artists, along with John Dyer Baizley, my good buddy Richard "Horsebites", social storyteller Cristy Road, and a great group of pioneering punks, photographers, designers, & illustrators

read all about the art show (the who, when, and where, plus my awkward bio) HERE !

read all about the FEST 9 rock n' roll event HERE

if you live in or near Florida, the fun starts Thursday October 28th!

and if you know anyone in the sunshine state, please feel free to let them know about this!

i am showing 12 pieces, including the interior art for the Riot Before's LP, as well as 3 little cartoons made exclusively for The Fest....

(yep, the familiar elder-god cthulu/krakken is spelling "fest" with his tentacles)

thanks for reading!

-pw!

Less Than Jake presents: The TV/EP !

The band asked me to engineer a very special 7" record where, depending on how you fold the panels of your record, you will actually be able to "change the channels" and determine your own cover through a die-cut television screen!

Read all about it and see more artwork, including the channels, at

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and feel free to say "hi!" while you're there

you can also listen to the whole EP at LESSTHANJAKE.COM !

pw!

Sullivan's Sluggers - Casey's Wallop

what a ridiculously fun read!

i'm just as excited about Image Comics today as i was in '92

-pw!

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The Swing (An Old Fashioned Necromance)

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special thanks to the amazing Sam Heimer for allowing me to be a part of such an unbelievably awesome show centered around the greatest time of year

the pencils

and yes, i couldn't resist the urges to add some glow-in-the-dark flourishes on the tentacle suckers for extra fun spookiness...

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Call Winston Zeddemore!

There was never any doubt at any time, I was always going to pay tribute to the great Ernie Hudson. I have been a huge fan of his since his portrayal of the under appreciated Winston, not to mention his heroism in "Hand That Rocks The Cradle", and especially his role of Warden Leo Glynn in OZ. But Winston Zeddemore is a special guy to me. When applying for the job that everyone thinks is such a coveted thing, they ask him if he believes in a long list of paranormal oddities and supernatural wonders. Winston simply replies, "If there's a steady paycheck in it, I'll believe anything you say"

I can relate to him on a lot of levels there... so this one's for Winston, and more so, for Ernie

say, did you notice any strange slime on the painting above? that's because it's glow-in-the-dark paint. hard to take a photo, but i detailed the ghost as well as all the ghostbustin' equipment

Z for Zeddemore

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good enough for goonies

in truth, i missed the boat on Goonies growing up, but as i [re]discovered it later in life, this scene with Mouth always made me want to stand up and cheer. i think it's one of the best speeches in movie history, and probably means more to me now than it would've when i was 8

i gave it a li'l touch o' gold for that "in-person" aspect

the Gift of the Mogwai

howdy! i've been so excited about being a part of this incredible 3G show, but, long story short, it has come during a time of great artistic (and professional?) turmoil as i muddle through the cliches of "what am i doing" and "should i just throw in the towel" etc etc booh-hoo. point being, my pieces for the 3G show aren't typical for me, at great risk (comes great failure), but i used each film as a jumping point to try something drastically different (from each contribution as well), and despite my hesitance to submit them, at best, they really have pulled me out of a hole and helped me get my groove back, and for that i am eternally grateful.

when i think of Gremlins, my first thought is of Mogwai, the name of inarguably the most influential modern instrumental post rock from Scotland. since my first love, pipe dream, and bulk of current freelance work is elaborately packaged vinyl records, i thought, "wouldn't it be awesome to make a fake record for Mogwai?"

i actually went on ebay hoping to score a 7" from the Glasgow mega-snakes, and in turn actually found TWO story book records from childhood of the film in question! even better! my goal was to pay tribute to the incredible and adorable keyboard scene, as well as pay homage to the gestural illustrated blue-note jazz LPs of the 50s and 60s, using only colors found on a Gremlin

here is the "final" inside its plastic sleeve:

the back:

and the inside, which contains a bonus abstract Gremlin made of felt to safely house the precious vinyl tales of the Gremlins, as well as add some tactile feedback to the whole experience:

the labels, as they are, with far better illustrations than i could do:

the entire package will be spread out and in display in a frame specifically made to eventually house a 12" LP. the idea being that if someone purchases it, they can, and should, remove it, play it, and house it in their own record collection, AND have a frame they can use for other vinyl treasures. that the art comes from removing it all, constructing it, enjoying it, experiencing it, and doing more than just tacking it on the wall

The Silent Ballet

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this was a pretty big deal for me.

For years now, The Silent Ballet has been devoted to writing, reviewing, exposing, and celebrating the best in instrumental and experimental music; part of this includes curating underrated or unsigned, instrumental artists to be a part of their free downloadable compilation series.

well, i was contacted by them to submit a song, a very humbling and left field honor, to which my response was "could i also please do the artwork?!"

the cover stemmed from my feelings towards ambient and drone (the loose theme of this 16th volume in the series):

if percussion and punctuation is a dot, then at first i wanted to explore the resonance and space between the points, to "represent the others implied" (hence, the ambassador etc. moniker). later i wanted to extend that dot to create a line, blurring points of origin or reference. now i wonder if it is possible to make points radiate outward, like a dandelion made of layers and walls, waiting to be wished upon and blown, and lost to the dense fog of 'gorgeous noise'.

you can download the record for free HERE.

it comes with a nice press release about everyone involved as well

you can read more about ambassador etc. HERE, or listen to a few more tracks HERE

thank you for looking and listening!

Ποσειδῶν

Hail, Mighty Poseidon!

watercolor for:

ALL HANDS ON DECK

Opening reception
Friday July 9th 2010 7:00 PM - 10:PM
Chapterhouse Cafe and Art Gallery
620 South 9th Street (between south and Bainbridge)

honestly, i think once again i'm a little more fond of the pencils. still, i was so very proud to have been a part of this show. thanks to Anthony and everyone involved.

there's a painfully obnoxious process posting at my blog:

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but i hope you know how much your viewing, reading, and especially dialog, thoughts, and opinions mean to me there

fair winds and a following sea,

peter

us, pagliacci

well i never thought i would do, or get to do, a Circus Punk, but here it is! thanks to the indomitable Paul Palcko for asking me!

if you don't know, Paul's annual Clowntastrophe art show at Delicious Corsets Boutique will be a carnival blast, complete with sideshow, performances, great artwork by Paul + 30 other local and national artists, and even discounts on all Delicious products. Read all about it in the paper HERE! if you can't make the show this Saturday June 26th to see them in person, check out the group blog HERE.

below (and above) are some details, please feel free to click them for some major close-ups

you can always read a little more and see what else is new at my blog. i always appreciate you stopping by