What's New?

I am now living in Mill Valley, California, right over the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco.  That's new.  

Smuggler’s Inn, the occassional agency that I do with Minneapolis art director, Carol Henderson, has been getting virtual ink.  Communication Arts is currently showcasing our print campaign for Tours Abroad, a company that does photo tours in China. Visit http://www.commarts.com/exhibit/toursabroad-print-ads.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve also been having great fun writing the Smugglers’ Inn blog. http://smugglersinn.blogspot.com tells the story of a restaurant that is trying to be an ad agency.  If fiction isn’t your thing, there’s actual work there, too.  We are always looking for projects.

For your consideration.

“Red©” and “Dashboard Animals” have just been accepted by the Oscar-qualifying Florida Film Festival.  If you haven’t seen my shorts made  from 35mm slides, there are four now.  I’m taking a cue from so many of my advertising colleagues and inserting my voice in these little narratives in the hopes that Budweiser or Adidas will call, begging me to be the voice of their product. 

While not freelancing on pitches or trying to introduce myself to new ad agencies,  I'm chipping away at some personal projects. “Not Hungry” was a book idea that was hatched 20 years ago when Patrick Hunt, myself and  some other youngsters from then Fallon McElligott were sitting around a campfire in Moab, Utah.  It didn’t have a title then, but the book that is now "Not Hungry" was conceived as a very different kind of diet book,  full of hideous wallpaper samples, bad poetry and unsettling facts designed to make anyone lose their appetites.  The fact that we’ve waited so long to act has worked to our advantage, as the e-book app will not only be cheaper to make than a paper book, but also offers many opportunities for silliness that will include video and touch-screen technology.  We’ll be learning as we go.   

Taking cultures from bicycle seats is all in a day's work when you're one of the new generation of e-book authors.  

(God, and I used to be normal.)