Howdy all you kooks n’ kookettes! How’s the summer treatin’ ya’ thus far? Just wanted to roll out a quick update to lay the skinny on ya’…

Just recently flew down to Ft. Lauderdale so’s I could drop in on the Hukilau Art Show and dig on all my fellow tiki freaks. The show was a gas! I sold all my paintings all lickety-split style so you know the rest of the gig was nothin’ but gravy! Thanks to all you Hawaiian shirts and hula skirts that forked over the clams to buy my art…from the west coast to the east, I dig ya’ the MOST, to say the least!! And a special thanks to the fabulous Harold Golen of the fabulous Harold Golen Gallery for all his hard work in putting on the art show, and another big thank you to Tiki Kiliki for flyin’ me down and puttin’ me up…she is one real cool kitty from Hepcat City!

In other Derek art news, on July 10^th the Gallery at the Alternative Café in Monterey, California will be hosting the Garterbelts and Gasoline group art show. I’ll have two paintings in the show. (You can peep ‘em below.) It’s sure to be a real gone gasser so if ya can, man…roll your grapes on over and gawk it up!

Dig this…a little something’ for all you cads n’ barracudas out there…Korero Books, them fine publishers from across the pond, have rolled out yet another amazing tome! “Burlesque Poster Design, the art of tease” is now available through their website. The book is jam-packed with amazing burlesque poster design and even little ol’ me got some art in there…crazy! So all you sex-crazed deviants just gots to get your sleazy mitts on this one, like…nowsville!

Well, it’s almost time for the San Diego ComicCon and I’m so excited I might just flip my wig AND blow my jets! The show is SOLD OUT so I’m sure it’ll be busier than a two-dollar hooker with bunk beds and a fold-out couch! I’ve got a whole mess of new stuff I’m debuting at the show so be sure to make your way to booth #4900. I’ll be there with my business partner Stuart Sandler (of Font Diner fame) so drop in on us and dig all the crazy newness!

If you’re gonna be at ComicCon for preview night (Wednesday July 22) I’ll have a VERY limited edition preview night exclusive print available entitled “Shore Leave” (see below)

Also I’m bringin a good bit of original art to the show as well. I’ll have original pencils, inks, and even full color sketches ripped right outta’ my personal sketch pads. (I’ve added a few snaps below)

And dig this…it looks like them far-out fez-makers of Fez-O-Rama will be rollin’ out a new “Deluxe” version of my “royal order of Hipsters” fez. By all accounts, she promises to be a real beaut! Them fez cats are using a new embossing technique that will make the “Hipster’s Deluxe Fez” a must have! Guaranteed to send you straight into orbit! It’s gonna be another small run so get ‘em before they’re gone daddy gone!

Another very limited item produced exclusively for the ComicCon is the “Daddy-O Goose’s real gone rhymes” serigraph set. 3 12” x 12” signed and numbered serigraphs packaged in a screen printed folder “Ooh doggie! She shore is a fancy sight to behold!” (You can see snaps of the cover and all 3 prints below)

And let’s not forget the mind-blowin revolutionary “3-D Derek Acryligraphs”, a very-limited edition hand-made framed 3-D serigraph that will surely pull you dead to the curb! Hotfoot is on over to the San Diego ComicCon, booth #4900, so’s you can rocket with me to the third dimension! Gas it up, Chicky!