Apparently writer/artist Edward Gorey dabbled in erotica.

Not Gorey himself. I mean through his writing. Check out the cover of the 1965 parody of etiquette books, The Recently Deflowered Girl.

Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre, sometimes wordless, illustrated books. His writings typically had Victorian and Edwardian settings and have a cultish following. He sometimes wrote under a pseudonym. You may remember his work on the animated introduction to the PBS series Mystery!

Browse here to see the book in its entirety. It's quite fun (I deflowered two women in the course of reading it - only takes a few minutes!).

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Geno the Propman...Salute!

There's a short post over at Monsterama on my friend, Geno Mattos - illustrator, artist, screenwriter and all-around good guy. He's the prop illustrator for my company's animated show, SECRET SATURDAYS (Cartoon Network).

I was in a reading at Geno's pad in Van Nuys last Saturday - I read the part of ANTON (the lead bad guy) in Geno's screenplay, PSYGNATURE (a sci-fi, psychological thriller with one bad-ass monster).

Good script. He got some tremendous feedback from the reading, actors and other guest, which is the purpose of any reading.

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"Imagine", by Monica Small.

My friend Monica authored and illustrated this children's book, Imagine. Imagine being a child in some far off land where you don't have a bed to sleep in, or food to eat, water to drink - or where you are unloved. Imagine helps to remind children of what they are blessed with while at the same time illustrating that there a many children who aren't as lucky as they.

Left: Imagine in use - sort of.

All proceeds from book sales are donated to Children Without Borders. Children Without Borders is a non-profit organization that provides life-saving medical care to children and preventative health education for families in underserved countries.

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