Zak Smith's Blog, page 11

(a fellow)

(a fellow)

(in progress)(detail)(acrylic)

(in progress)(detail)(acrylic)

(detail)(in progress)(acrylic)

(detail)(in progress)(acrylic)

(monsters)

(monsters)

(not done yet)

(not done yet)

(yes, I did re-draw the girl from Crawler 2 for this pict...

(yes, I did re-draw the girl from Crawler 2 for this picture)

Nobody Who's Read It Has Said They Don't Like It

"Intelligent, frank and often hilarious meditation on the author's dualcareer...The pleasure in this book comes not from living through theauthor's atypical experience, but in being taken deeper into areas ofthought commonly perceived as taboo--a wild, entirely worthwhile ride."."--Kirkus Reviews

"Smith's take on the industry is vivid and insightful, includingobservations on people, politics and American culture--the push-and-pullbetween the Right and those who want the right to screw."--Kirku...

Almost Back To My Scanner

Will post new pictures & get back on the usual schedule this week some time.  Read in NYC again, and at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle.  Patton Oswalt was there, and was funny.  Was in the green room with Melvin Van Peebles--he had a Spongebob backpack.  There's me:

Update?

Yeah, it's coming.  On the road for a few more days.  Will post something after my reading at Bumbershoot in Seattle on the 5th.  If you're in Seattle there's a schedule on the Bumbershoot Fest website.

Note from the Road

I'm not home so I can't post a picture today.

I feel like saying this, though: It does not bother me at all when people don't like my work.  It does bother me immensely when people who write about me can't get simple facts right.  It makes me feel like there's no point to trying to communicate at all.  Why write a book explaining your point of view if people will walk away from it thinking it's the exact opposite of what you just wrote?

Why write this?  Why talk to anyone?