skummbeast:

“BOOT THE FOOT” #39: BRAD MCGINTY VS. “MUCKMAN & JOE EYEBALL”!

SKUMMBEAST:  How would you describe your art style and what influences have helped shape that style?

MCGINTY:  I don’t know how I would describe my art style. I’d like to think that my worked looked like Jack Davis Inking Dave cooper, but I would never put myself in the same class as those greats. As far as influence goes, those early Mirage TMNT comics were the biggest influence on me. They were black and white, they had lots of different artists with different styles working on each issue. Sometimes they were funny, sometimes they were serious. I loved that stuff. I still do actually! It holds up much better than most of that image stuff I got into later on. 

SKUMMBEAST:  Share a bit about your history with TMNT, and tell a bit about why you chose this character and decided to interpret it this way.

MCGINTY:  Man, I’m a big TMNT fan. As a kid I was never into the cartoon as much as I was into the Comics and toys. The Archie TMNT comics were some of the first comics I ever owned. I bought them at a gas station near my house (along with ALF and Count Duckula). The comics were way stranger than the cartoons. Lots of random adventuresand a variety of cool art styles. It wasn’t long after I maxed out my gas station comic selection that I hit up my local comic shop and found the Mirage TMNT series. I was Absolutely obsessed with the early Mirage TMNT comics. They got me hooked on those 80’s BnW “underground” comics that I still love today. 

As far as Mcukman goes, I think he is one of the greatest action figures ever made. When I saw him as a kid I was just blown away by the level of detail that he had. The figure still holds up too! he is the only figure I have next to my desk. The only thing I wanted to do in my drawing was make sure I included EVERY detail from the figure. From the frog on his leg, to the weird teddy bear in his guts, I tried to get it all in there!

SKUMMBEAST:  Which was your favourite of the four Turtles?

MCGINTY:  I was definitely A Michelangelo fan as a kid, but I wish I were Donatello these days.  

Thanks, Brad! You can follow more of BRAD MCGINTY’S work at:

BRAD MCGINTY’S “PAPER PUSHER” OFFICIAL WEBSITE

BRAD MCGINTY’S AMAZING STORE HOLE!

BRAD MCGINTY’S “BATTLE ZOO” COMIC AT WIDE AWAKE PRESS

 We encourage you to reblog and share each post with others, of course, but we also encourage you to check out the various artists through the links we provide.  Follow them, support them, encourage them, and buy stuff from them.

Coming up next tomorrow …. “KING LIONHEART” by Matt Kaufenberg!

skummbeast:

Most of you may have heard already, but some of you may not have — The instigator and mastermind behind SKUMMBEAST, Kory Schuerman (aka Skummie), has passed away, and is no longer with us.

SKUMMBEAST was Kory’s idea, and he came to me with the proposal for a fusion/collab label merging BeastPop ArtWorks and the Skummie brands into one beastly behemoth where we could not only work on collaboration designs, but also cook up some interesting art projects wherein we would invite some of our favorite artists and friends to contribute their takes on certain themed pop-culture properties. It was his idea to start with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and thus “Boot the Foot” was born. We both cooked up a master list of artists to invite immediately, and some we would invite further down the road once we got things moving and figured out how to work all of this out. As Kory’s health soon started to decline (he had been battling Muscular Dystrophy his whole life), however, he had to turn more and more of the operation and communication aspects of Boot the Foot over to me, until I was eventually handling everything after his stay in the hospital and weakened condition. He made it clear that he might not have much time left at all, and he wanted to do as much work as he could on completing some designs for his latest wave of shirts. 

Kory, regrettably passed away on Saturday, and left a huge hole in the art/t-shirt design community. He was always a very friendly, polite and positive fellow, and his illustration and design talents left me envious and constantly inspired. According to some posts by his family over at Mintees, it appears that the shirt designs were finished and might soon be printed and released, but the best way to help his family out and ensure these designs see the light of day is to head over to his online shop and order anything and everything you can.

 http://skummie.bigcartel.com/

Kory and I had big plans for the future of SkummBeast — we never got to finish the first collaboration shirt design we started, but we had big plans for future SkummBeast artist-participation projects. Boot the Foot is still going strong with many contributions yet to be finished and turned in, but once it wraps up, there may be plans afoot for a special extension of Boot the Foot and an MS fundraising effort, if I can figure out all the logistics and make it happen with the help of some folks. I would also like to continue the themed projects beyond Boot the Foot, and keep SkummBeast alive and rolling, in memory of one of the kindest, coolest and most talented artists I’ve ever known. I hope all of you who have so far been involved with Boot the Foot will come back to participate in future projects if your time will allow, and I thank you for contributions and hard work thus far. Kory and I were blown away at the unexpectedly positive and enthusiastic response we got once we started to invite artists. We have marvelled at the art that’s been turned in, and I know Kory was very impressed and thrilled at what this has turned into. It’s been a bit difficult for me to keep up with everything by myself, while still keeping my own work and projects going, as well as making time for family/personal life, and I apologize to the contributing artists for sometimes being absentminded in communicating with you, but it’s been more than worth it, and I’m excited to keep this going for as long as I can. Hopefully Kory’s enthusiastic and positive spirit will continue to inspire others in the work he leaves behind, and through SkummBeast, and all the amazing artwork and fun that is to come.

Rest in peace, brother Kory. You will be sorely missed, but we thank you for who you are and what you did with the time you had.

(via lattaland)

skummbeast:

“BOOT THE FOOT” #28: BRAD MCGINTY VS. “WINGNUT & SCREWLOOSE”!

SKUMMBEAST:  How would you describe your art style and what influences have helped shape that style?

MCGINTY:  I don’t know how I would describe my art style. I’d like to think that my worked looked like Jack Davis Inking Dave cooper, but I would never put myself in the same class as those greats. As far as influence goes, those early Mirage TMNT comics were the biggest influence on me. They were black and white, they had lots of different artists with different styles working on each issue. Sometimes they were funny, sometimes they were serious. I loved that stuff. I still do actually! It holds up much better than most of that image stuff I got into later on. 

SKUMMBEAST:  Share a bit about your history with TMNT, and tell a bit about why you chose this character and decided to interpret it this way.

MCGINTY:  Wingnut & Screwloose were not my favorite characters in the TMNT universe, but they were my favorite figures from the line. When those two came out along side Muckman and Joe Eyeball they were like next level kinda stuff. No other figures at the time were as detailed and gross looking as those. Well, at least not to my 10 year old mind. These figure quickly became my favorite toys. I remember being bummed out at their pretty lame story when I saw them in the Archie comic TMNT series. I don’t remember much about it other than Wingnut and Screwloose were busting out skylights with rocks! Kinda ballsy for a kids comic, so I thought I’d give Screwloose a rock and “the finger”. Two well known weapons of bad kids the world over. 

SKUMMBEAST:  Which was your favourite of the four Turtles?

MCGINTY:  I was definitely A Michelangelo fan as a kid, but I wish I were Donatello these days.  

Thanks, Brad! You can follow more of BRAD MCGINTY’S work at:

BRAD MCGINTY’S “PAPER PUSHER” OFFICIAL WEBSITE

BRAD MCGINTY’S AMAZING STORE HOLE!

BRAD MCGINTY’S “BATTLE ZOO” COMIC AT WIDE AWAKE PRESS

 We encourage you to reblog and share each post with others, of course, but we also encourage you to check out the various artists through the links we provide.  Follow them, support them, encourage them, and buy stuff from them.

Coming up next Monday …. “DONATELLO” by Paul Linsley!

I got some holiday deals over at the ol’ Store hole! Anatomy of the Xenomorph and Predator T-Shirt packs are only $40! Comes with 2 stickers, trading cards, and holiday cards! LIMITED TIME ONLY! GAHHHHHH!!!! LINK!

USA holiday Devil Battles Jewish Lamp! Available HERE

SANTIS and 3 other holiday cards now available over at my STORE.

You can also see an exclusive clip of the movie HERE!