The Seven Deadly Sinners

Volatile Valentines: "Happily Ever Laughter"

Rod's valentine classic illustrates the love of happily married couples the world over.

"Happily Ever Laughter"
Ink & Gouache

Volatile Valentines: "Heart Felt"

Here's the first image from an upcoming group show at Looks Could Kill Art Boutique here in Calgary.

Bonni's beautiful creation is huggable and soft as a heart should be.

10" x 15", embroidered velvet

Tacky Plax: WANTED

I just got a whole pile of new tacky plax last night (thank you, Dale!) so stay tuned for more fun from the past.

They Answered The Call

Yay! I just picked up a couple of copies of this book I did the cover for from the publisher. Painstakingly written and compiled over the past decade by my dad, Fred Bagley, it consists of biographies of nine Canadians with life-altering wartime experience. Lotsa interviews, photos and touching, often hair-raising, tales within. The editor and layout cat, James Dangerous, did a fantastic job pulling this 400 page beast together.

Mysteries of Calgary: Airport Dinosaurs

Alberta is a place with some major pest problems. Sure, they're awfully proud of that whole "province without rats" thing, but there are worse things than rats.

Like airport dinosaurs.

Or monsters in the snow.

Or the trash-can destroying triceratops

Or mammoths in the light rail stations.

Or giant lizards menacing rest stops.

Or entire towns overrun by the dinosaur blight.

Although it all pales in comparison to that bit of unpleasantness that occurs here every year in July.

Vintage Valentine: Lap it up

Monster Beach Party!

It's time to watusi away those winter blues!!

The people who brought you Lowbrow on The High Seas are at it again...this time it's The Monster Beach party!
(think: Creature from the Black Lagoon meets Beach Blanket Bingo)
Don't be a square...costumes are encouraged! Wear your bathing suit and get $2 off at the door!

over 40 artists including:
12 Midnite, Pilar Alverez, Holly Ruth Anderson, Tom Bagley, I, Braineater, Janis Corrado, Johnny Crap, Dirty Donny, Kirsten Easthope, Rob Elliot, Rheanna Fancypants, Rod Filbrandt, Aurell Fox, Cynthia Frenette, Izzy Gibson, Ken Gerberick, Rot N Hell, Alison Lilly, Megz Majewski, Stu Mackay Smith, Krysztof Nemeth, Neal Nolan, Shawn O'Keefe, Dave Pepe Petko, Lisa Petrucci, Owen Plummer, The Poptarts, Bonni Reid, Bob Scott, Nicole Steen, Ken Sullivan, Andrea Tucker, Colin Upton, Jenny Watts, Kipling West and many more...

musical guests
Forbidden Dimension and The Surf Messiahs and DJ The Swingin Creeper and MC Robert Dayton!!!

Gorgeous go-go dancers Darla DeVine and Fanny Fabulous!
Limbo contest!
Costume contest!
Raffle!
Door prizes!!!

All this and more at Pat's Pub in beautiful downtown Vancouver BC!

iTaser!

Georgia Straight

I couldn't resist posting this here as well. Because the future is here today - now. They've come up with a personal protection Taser that not only comes in designer colours and leopard print, but apparently plays music through the computerized holster or something. What? Does that make sense to anyone? I'm appreciating the pure "try to top that one" craziness of it. Play Misty for me.

Fine Dining in Banff

A popular movie poster parodied up for a rather distressing FFWD story about the alarming decline in the grizzly population in Alberta. At last count, they were down to just 500 of the fuzzy guys, the lowest number ever.

Gig Poster: Brain Sauce