🧐 Dime story philosophy 🧐
Who needs a cartoonist now? July 23, 2026 - Reading a 1967 "draw cartoons" book by Jack Hamm. In it he says, "Mankind has passed through many ages and stages, and these changes have made some professions and lines of work obsolete. However, it is fairly safe to say we will remain forever in the 'Picture Age.' Our accelerated pace of living finds us… (read more)
How I might fit into the midwest art world July 17, 2026 - Today I heard it expressed that something interesting is happening in the midwest, post industrial, agro-industrial cities like chicago, st louis, indianapolis. For decades, contemporary American art has largely been driven by New York, Los Angeles, and increasingly online/global discourse. Much of it revolves around identity, theory, institutional critique, or highly polished market-friendly objects. The… (read more)
Just Live a Bit More Simply, Fatty February 4, 2025 - If things we don't need but really like are going to be more expensive, tough shit. Y'all have to know the pressure America has always put on brown people around the world to provide us with this unsustainable standard of living. I'm not in favor of how Trump is handling this shit nor his motivations… (read more)
Something New? Time For A Change December 21, 2022 - So have the fence pickets, low end lowbrow stuff run its course? Or am I just painting the wrong things on it? I think I'm too tight on a surface that is too unforgiving. Am I getting ready to leave Texas for Illinois and need to switch to something more vertical (Chicago) and horizontal (prairie)?… (read more)
Big Giant List of Ideas June 28, 2020 - This is a live working list. I'll be making notes and checking things off and adding more ideas as I go forward. One at a time I will pluck an idea off of here and create new post about what I plan to do, what I'm doing, and how it all worked out when it's… (read more)
Shitcakes and Snooze: A Gigantic Waste of Time October 7, 2019 - I need to post this and maybe use it as a reminder to never do a hacked together, poorly curated, booze driven group show ever again. (read more)
Prickly Pear Series: Cultural Significance of the Incredible Edible Cactus August 7, 2019 - Opuntia, commonly called prickly pear, is named for the Ancient Greek city of Opus, where, according to Theophrastus, an edible plant grew and could be propagated by rooting its leaves. Prickly pears are also known as nopal from the Nahuatl word nōpalli for the pads.Wikipedia knows all the things. As I ramped up my renewed, grown up, adult period of art making as Moe Profane,… (read more)
Pancakes and Booze: Promising First Step into Austin Art Scene? August 4, 2019 - Batter sizzles, beer foams, and canvas lines the walls from ceiling to floor as hundreds, if not thousands, of revelers indulge in endless pancakes. You had me at Pancakes and booze! I like both of those things! AND since so much of my work already has food and booze at its subject matter, this is… (read more)
Nihilism and Nanner Puddin: A Big Hit with the Houston Press June 30, 2014 - My 2014 Houston show is home again in San Antonio. What's left of it. I sold a few. Meh, I'll take it. I hear there was a buzz about it from other artists and people from Houston and others who were visiting got a big kick out of it too. As for press, I got… (read more)
I Should Post Here More Instead of Stupid Facebook March 13, 2014 - Tossing free content onto Facebook for immediate gratification. I've been told that is dumb. Why not post on the blog and use facebook to promote it? I doubt anyone would care. But I guess it can't hurt to keep trying to build up content on here and see if I hit critical mass. I have… (read more)