This Saturday and Sunday, September 18th and 19th, will be the Project Comic-Con convention in Maryland Heights, Missouri. I will be there in full effect with the Ink and Drink Comics crew promoting our first release, Spirits of St. Louis, an anthology of horror tales by Indie comic artists. Come by the con and pick […]
Recently I was interviewed by the Riverfront Times about Pretentious Record Store Guy, music, comics, vinyl life and art. Good times if you’re into that sort of thing. Read it here: http://blogs.riverfronttimes.com/atoz/2010/07/carlos_ruiz_pretentious_record_store_guy_comic_red_rocket_7_st_louis.php 14 minutes… “If I had to choose a rapper, my favorite MC would be me.” – A Tribe Called Quest
Eddie Argos is one of my favorite singer and songwriters working today with his work for Art Brut and Everyone Was in the French Resistance Now. And he also does a column about comics for Playback magazine. What’s not to love, right? So when I was asked to come up an illustration for his column, […]
1. Fantastic Four (Marvel) by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch What happened? Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch came out of the gate with guns blazing and threw everything but the kitchen sink at this title. Fresh off his fantastic second run on Ultimate Fantastic Four that produced Marvel Zombies, a kick ass young punk-rock Namor, an […]
Indy Comics Week is upon us, and you can celebrate by picking up any Pretentious Record Store Guy comic or Parade of Freak comic at any of these participating, kick ass comic book shops: Flroida Tate’s Comics 4566 N University Dr. Lauderhill FL 33351 Illinois Chicago Comics 3244 N. Clark St. Chicago, IL 60657 Quimby’s […]
1) Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli 2) Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunter by Darwyn Cooke 3) Filthy Rich by Brian Azzarello and Victor Santos 4) Noir by Various 5) 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man by Matt Kindt 5) The Nobody by Jeff Lemire
1. Scalped (DC/Vertigo) by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera 2. Incognito/Criminal (Marvel/Icon) by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 3. The Unwritten (DC/Vertigo) by Mike Carey and Peter Gross 4. Fables (DC/Vertigo) by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham 5a. Batman & Robin (DC Comics) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly 5b. Detective Comics (DC Comics) by Greg […]
Big News! Kevin Wolf and I are doing an instore book signing at Star Clipper Comics in the Delmar Loop in Saint Louis on November 11th from 5pm to 8pm. Tell all your friends and bring all your cash because you’re going to want to pick the newest Pretentious Record Store Guy and Pangaea comics!
A while back, I wrote and drew a strip of Kevin Wolf’s wonderful comic Pangaea, one of my favorite web comics out on the information super highway. You can see it here: http://www.paradeoffreaks.com/2008/09/29/kevin-wolfs-pangaea-with-wings/ Now it’s time for Kevin to return the favor, which he did by drawing Pretentious Record Store Guy in his natural habitat. […]
1) 100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso 2) Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli 3) Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 4) Stray Bullets by David Lapham 5) Sin City by Frank Miller
Pretentious Record Store Guy spent the last week hanging out in the friendly confines of suburban Chicago, specifically Rosemont, for the Chicago Comic-Con (formerly WizardWorldChicago) and had the best con of his life! It was great to meet all the cool fans of Pretentious Record Store Guy, to make a bunch of all new fans, […]
The time has finally arrived. I have what you’ve been waiting for and it is me. Well, my friends, wait no more. Here is my pound of flesh, here is my unseen glory for your rapture, here is Pretentious Record Store Guy #2. Well, it is only a preview of my latest misadventures, but beggars […]
After months and months of hard labor, Pretentious Record Store Guy #2 is very close to becoming a reality. In honor of Cinco de Mayo, here is the cover for the second issue. Stay tuned for more updates…
From the visionary co-creator of Watchmen Alan Moore comes another adventure for the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Along for the ride as always is co-creator and illustrator Kevin O’Neill (Marshal Law), but just about everything else has changed for the League. Now published by Top Shelf instead of Wildstorm’s America’s Best Comics imprint, The League […]
Who watches the Watchmen? Apparently lots of people, but on opening weekend. What did Pretentious Record Store Guy think of the movie adaptation of the unfilmable comic? I thought it was good, not great. Like most of the time with movies based on books, I thought the book was much, much better. But I think […]
