Hello zubko.com visitors! It may have seemed I was dead to the world, or at least being extremely lazy and inactive recently – but nothing could be further from the truth!!! I have been hard at work, working at LAIKAanimation on their next feature film, Paranorman! If you missed the first two links, check it out HERE!!!! I can’t say anything that hasn’t been announced already, but I can tell you that the story and visuals are AMAZING and it will be a great GREAT film!

So leave a couple hours open in August 2012 to go see the film when it hits theaters!

Have you been eying a fine art print of my Betty White With A Flaming Chainsaw Riding John Ritter in mystore, but not sure if you should take the plunge for an extra special holiday gift for your loved ones? Well, head on over to the Portland Mercury website where you can bid on that very print, where your money will be going to a good, charitable cause, benefiting The Raphael House (raphaelhouse.com), a Portland, OR based nonprofit that assists survivors of domestic violence and their families!! Who knows? You may be able to get one for much less than from my online store. The fine art Giclee print is on textured watercolor paper and is of archival quality. Sized at 9.75″ x 13.5″, it would look perfect hanging over your fireplace, adding the “epic” quality to your living room you’ve been searching for.

Check it out HERE!

Act fast! The auction ends Saturday, December 11th at 12pm PST. Happy bidding!

It’s out, it’s out! You can now pick up this week’s issue of the Portland Mercury, complete with the all-new, all-awesome Choose Your Own Adventure style Eat & Drink Guide. And after spending some time reading it, let me tell you – it’s definitely worth picking up if you are in the PDX area.

Available this week only, so grab one soon!

I apologize to anyone looking for the Portland Mercury Food & Drink Guide this week. It has actually been delayed until this coming week and should be available on Thursday, October 21st. Make sure you pick one up, it will be available as a special insert of the FREE Portland Mercury!

For all of you not in the Portland area… I’m sorry. But I suppose a Food & Drink Guide for Portland wouldn’t be of use to you anyway. Please enjoy the cover art on my site instead!

More new work postings to come!

The Portland Mercury’s Food & Drink Guide will be available as a special insert in the October 14th edition of the paper. I provided the illustrations for the cover and interior spots. Pick one up starting October 14th – they’re free if you’re in the Portland area! You only have one week to grab it, so get one while you can. It sounds like the guide itself will not only be informative, but very entertaining as well. Mark your calendar!

Check out this week’s Portland Mercury for my new illustration featuring professional self-promoter, Spencer Pratt. The paper will be available starting tomorrow, Thursday, May 27th; or you can check out the full article by clicking HERE.

Sorry for such a short notice, but I have a piece of artwork on eBay, donated to raise money for the Even Chance pitbull rescue in San Diego, Cailfornia, and it’s only got about 2 hours until the end!!! Unfortunately, I was away on vacation when the auction went up and did not have a chance to put a post in a timely manner.

You can view the auction for my item here. Please check out all the other great items up for sale here!

Thanks for checking out my, and all the other artists’ work!

Andrew

I’ve had a small amount readers contact me about this, so I’m thinking about offering the Betty White/Flaming Chainsaw/ John Ritter Centaur piece as a print, if there is enough interest. Unlike the Batman Vs Shark, there are no trademarked characters involved! I don’t think DC Comics owns Betty White yet, so I can actually offer merchandise with this image.

If you would be interested in a print, or something smaller like a postcard, let me know through the comments. I will post news here if and when they are available along with ordering information.

Thank you everyone for your interest!

Hello Portland and the rest of the world! This week’s Portland Mercury features my illustration of which the subject matter was chosen by the readers in their online poll! For one reason or another, the winning idea was Betty White holding a flaming chainsaw riding John Ritter. So this is how I chose to interpret that. If you are in the Portland, OR area this week, make sure to pick one up! If not, enjoy this digitized version!

Thank you to all at the Portland Mercury and the readers that submitted ideas and voted on the subject!

Please click HERE to see the image-only version.

Meet Asher. The Batman Vs. Shark painting was done for Asher when he was three years old as a gift, as it combined his favorite three things – Batman, Sharks, and Lightsabers. Now, five years later, Asher speaks about the now internet-famous painting! Below is a word for word transcribed interview with Asher about the illustration. Special thanks to his mother, Christina Zeek-Meszaros for help with the interview.

Q: What is your favorite part of the Batman fighting the Shark painting?

Asher: Uhh Batman with the light saber attacking the shark! Because it’s sorta scary. I like how Batman looks, he looks pretty skinned up. He has scratches. 

Q: Why do you think Batman is fighting the shark?

Asher: I dont know. Because the shark is attacking Batman and so he starts fighting it. He was under the water fighting the Joker and the shark just came and bit his leg. So they start fighting.

Q: Who do you think would win the fight and why?

Asher: Uhhh, Batman! Because he has the light saber and he would cut off the sharks head. Then the shark would turn into a zombie and would kill Batman.

Q: What do you think Batman is thinking while he’s fighting the shark?

Asher: He is thinking that he is wishing the shark would be dead. Batman is also thinking about his dead parents while he is fighting the shark. He would think about his parents because….uhhh let me think in my head, just give me time….uhhhh. He is thinking about killing the criminal that killed his parents.

Q: How would you make this painting better?

Asher: You could put Joker right on top of the sharks nose with a sword and his mom and dads heads in Jokers hands. 

Q: There’s been a lot of debate on whether or not the lightsaber would work underwater. What do you think, would it work?

Asher: It would work under water. Because the water won’t even go inside the light saber or electrocute Batman. It would work because its not, like, a normal sword. Maybe it would go out in like 10 seconds then Batman could use his boomarangs.

Q: What do you think Batman will do after he’s done fighting the shark?

Asher: Uhhh, he will kill the Joker. 

Q: What else do you think would make a good painting?

Asher: Uhm, Batman and Robin with, like, giant axes and fighting a giant zombie. That would be an awesome poster!

So there you have it, folks! The inspiration behind Batman Vs. Shark in his own words. I think he has some pretty good ideas about how to make it better. Maybe I’ll have to do a sequel! Here are some more hilarious and awesome pictures of this kid.