What Masheka Did

Introducing the latest in obnoxious technology and ubiquitous marketing: The Wearable Video Vest.

Notice that the models for the ‘Video Vest’ website are all women wearing outfits that vary from “friendly Gap employee” to teeny weeny bikini. Only one of the leering spectators appears to be making eye contact, probably practicing a ‘boob tube’ joke in his head.

I know what you’re thinking: “For Pete’s sake, that thing looks too “Videodrome meets Teletubbies” for my taste! Isn’t there a slimmer, more fashionable version for everyday douchebags like myself?”

{via Gawker/Adrants}

As a fan of all things Hulk, I was extremely happy to come across this list, via Fark.com, detailing every fight/calamity/petty annoyance that triggered a Hulk transformation in the ‘78-’82 t.v. show ‘The Incredible Hulk’.

I can relate to #47, but my favorite, in terms of sheer slapstick lunacy, is #108.

BONUS VIDEO! The Hulk trips on LSD!

What better way to start off the new year than to by reminiscing about some of the cinematic monstrosities of last year?

From the New York Post, via Gawker.com: “Ike ‘Beats’ Tina To Death”

It’s so wrong that I laughed at this. Goddamn Post…

Behold my latest cartoon in the latest issue of UVC Magazine, The Urban Voice in Comics. It’s all flipped because, I dunno, sometimes I like to make ya work for it.

I have a recap of the Fall season finale of Prison Break on Racialicious, a blog about race and pop culture. Just in time for the writer’s strike! Let’s hope the writers’ demands are met so they can churn out more episodes for me to dissect.

Next up: Battlestar Galactica!!

This weekend I’ll be sharing an exhibitor table with CWA cartoonists Ted Rall, Jen Sorensen, Keith Knight, Mikhaela Reid, Stephanie McMillan, August J. Pollak, and Brian McFadden. So go there and buy our books ‘n stuff! Also check out the SPX exhibitor list and floor plan here. Use it to stalk your favorite ‘toonist.

SPX will be open to the public from 2 – 8pm on Fri., Oct. 12 and 10am – 7pm Sat., Oct. 13. Admission is $8 for a single day and $15 for both days.

Soooo, am I embarrassed that my last post was in June and my last NJKD cartoon was, um, God knows when? (October, by the way).

The answer is “slightly embarrased. But I had all of this other stuff on my plate like:

1) I married my sweetie, cartoonist Mikhaela Reid, in a kick-ass ceremony in Lowell, MA officiated by Ted Rall, decorated by my cool new mom-in-law Beryl, catered by my new chef-in-law cousin Kevin.

And to everyone who has been wondering: Mikhaela is still “Mikhaela Reid”. She would have betrayed her feminist ideals and whatnot if she didn’t keep her name (besides, she likes it). And as a manimist, I refused to change my surname (though I would have been open to Brangelina-esque monikers for both of us, like “Mikheeka Weid” or “Mashaela Rood”).

2) James Vincent Howell, Sr., my grandfather, passed away on September 10th. He was too sick to see his first grandson get married in person. However, thanks to video (courtesy of my friend Lorraine) and a laptop, he saw the next best thing before he passed. He taught me penmanship, the importance of lettering, and how to ride a bike. Grampa, I’ll miss the way you used to tease me about that picture of my bare ass on a bearskin rug.

3) I have a regular comic in the hot new bi-monthly magazine UVC: The Urban Voice of Comics). Check out the September/October issue for my cartoon ‘Urban Superpowers I Wish I Had’.

So go to your local comic book store (or record store or urban lifestyle store) and pick up a copy. And if they don’t have any, throw a tantrum until they get more. Go ahead, I’ll wait.

Stop reading this sentence and go already! Sheesh!

4) Oh waitaminnit! One more thing, y’all. Tonight, tonight!!

Your RSVP would be ever so kindly appreciated. And please feel
free to steal this image/text/links and help us promote this event! Please!)

• Who: Angry cartoonists Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood
• What: Slideshow/signing/discussion for Attack of the 50-Foot
  Mikhaela!: Cartoons by Mikhaela Reid w/ a foreword by Ted Rall and
  Deep Doodle: Cartoons by Masheka Wood!
• When: Friday Sept. 28, 7 p.m.
• Where: Center for New Words, 7 Temple Street, Cambridge, Mass.
• Why: You’ll be sorry if you don’t!
• No, really, why? Because:

The Cartoonists With Attitude gang storms the capital on July 7 with an edgy satirical cartoon slideshow and book signing!

• When: Saturday, July 7, 2 p.m.
• Where: Borders 18th & L Streets NW Washington, DC 20006 ( 202.466.4999)
• Price: Free!

Celebrate Independence Day weekend with a slideshow and signing with edgy, groundbreaking and controversial alternative cartoonists from around the country! Be there or the torturers, bombers, ex-gays and wire-tappers win! Meet:

• Ruben Bolling (”Tom the Dancing Bug”)
• Matt Bors (”Idiot Box”)
• Keith Knight (”The K Chronicles”)
• Brian McFadden (”Big Fat Whale”)
• Stephanie McMillan (”Minimum Security”)
• August Pollak (”Some Guy With a Website”)
• Ted Rall(Silk Road to Ruin)
• Mikhaela Reid (”The Boiling Point”)
• Ben Smith (”Fighting Words”)
• Jen Sorensen (”Slowpoke”)
• Masheka Wood (”Not Just Knee Deep”)

And in case you weren’t aware, you should really read our group blog (also available as an RSS feed if you want to get all our blogs and most of our cartoons in one convenient place. We also have a not-so-frequently updated Cartoonists With Attitude MySpace page if you want to be our friend.

In a last minute plot twist, I managed to snag a table at MOCCA’s 2007 Art Festival June 23rd & 24th with Mikhaela Reid, Brian McFadden and Ayo Brathwaite. Come see us at table C21 (right next to the Mens’ pooper) and buy my book “DEEP DOODLE” for the special convention price of $8!!!!

Much thanks to my friend Devin Quin who supplied the table to me when he had to bow out (due to his band, The Scurvy Pirates, performing in the Mermaid Day Parade at Coney Island this Saturday).