You order your Ghettomation DVD yet?

Might I remind you that I'm selling DVDs on this here site....Shady People being my most recent. Go to the GHETTOMATION STORE and order yours. I take credit, cash, and WIC cards!

Shady People features:

UP IN MY GRILL
ALPHANERD: DEN OF THIEVES
RAGE DOGG: BALCONY NEGOTIATIONS
CUSTOMER SERVICED
ENFUEGO
HARD CRUMBLER
THE TEST DRIVERS
SOME LIKE IT SHADY
ROD ROSSE THE ONE MAN POSSE
BONUS: JIM ON THE GLEN MERVIN SHOW

Free shipping...to your DOOR even! Order yors now and be the coolest kid on the celblock!

If you can't SELL it...HANG it!

Marcus Christmas Halloween enjoying the ambiance of my newly decorated office.

Unsold but not unsoulful.

The Ghettomation Studios in full effect.

I have all this art laying around. Mainly stuff I haven't sold...so me thinks- Why not just hang it up in my office? This way, I get to look at it and its not gathering cobwebs in my closet or getting trampled underfoot. Above you get a little virtual tour of my office space. Yup, this is the birthplace of Freakdaddy and John Henry Unicorn and land of 1000 fake bands. Drop me a line if you wanna buy a poster, I've got plenty!

Animation Saves the World (Mini Doc)

Animation Saves the World photos

Animation Saves the World! January 21st!

JANUARY 21, 2012 Whittier, CA-
2012...the end of the world? Hold your 4 horses of the Apocalypse...ANIMATION is here to SAVE THE WORLD! Geeks Comics and Ghettomation present an indie animation show that will make you laugh your end of days away!

Come on by for the mixer at 6:30 then the show!!

Poster: Prince of Pomona

Here's the promotional poster for Prince of Pomona (aka Purple Ron). Dig it?

New Cartoon: PRINCE of POMONA!

One man sets out to live his life just like the Purple One. The only difference is this man works at a yogurt shop in Pomona, Ca. Let's go crazy!

Enjoy!

EVE GALLERY Saturday Night!

Come on down and check out the "OCCUPY THE GALERY" Show at EVE Gallery, Pomona! I'll be there...hope you will too!

Prince of Pomona preview shot: The Yogurt Cave

 

The Yogurt Cave, One of the several locations in "The Prince of Pomona", my latest cartoon.  I suggest trying the mango. The strawberry is pretty good too, I hear. You can catch my latest at the "Animation Saves the World" event at GEEKS on January 21st, or online around that time, too.

CLICK here for more on ANIMATION SAVES THE WORLD!

EVE Gallery...I'm a partner!

We've done some pretty successful events at the EVE, now I am officially family!

EVE Partners: Vic, Jim, Gras, and Eddie (not to mention spouses Annie, Leann, and Christie!)

We'll, if you haven't been keeping up with my life on TMZ or E News Daily, here's a little update for you. It's official. I am a partner in an art gallery! Yup. EVE Gallery in Pomona (Second Street Artwalk). I've done events at the EVE, been going for quite a while now. Vic and Eddie asked Grasiella Rodriguez and myself to become official partners in the gallery last month. January makes it official. Look for plenty of art events coming up. We had our first gallery planning meeting, and there are some really interesting and cool events happening this year at the gallery. Animation, you ask?? Why YES...there will be toons...lots of them! Come by this month on the second Saturday and say hello to the new crew. We'd love to have you!

Check out the EVE BLOG HERE!

EVE GALLERY 280 W. SECOND STREET in POMONA

First post of 2012!

For my first post of 2012, I'd like to let you all know that I'm working on a new cartoon (to be ready in time for the "Animation Saves the World" event on 1/21/12). The title....PRINCE of POMONA (AKA Purple Ron). Its about a guy who shapes his life after the Purple One himself. Yes, there is Princely music. Coming soon!

2011....Another year

L-R: Cartoonista crew at large...Jav, Raul, Jim, Gras, Dahveed, Geo, Narcomey, and Steve

The above pic is from movie night at Raul's house. He screened "Exit Through the Gift Shop" for some of the Cartoonistas a few weeks back.  It was a wonderful time spent with good friends. This year has had its highs and lows (like any other year) but I'd have to say the friendships have been the highlight for me. That and my wife. Hope next year is a happy one and a comet doesn't wipe us all out. Theres a high note to end on, huh?

POMONAMATION:TIS THE SEASON- photos!

 POMONA ,CA- Oh what a night. The first ever "Pomonamation (Tis the Season)" show was a hit!  The idea was to take our usual gnarly group of animators and do a show tied in with a gallery show. The EVE Gallery was the perfect location. We did the art show/mixer from 6:00 pm then made our way over the the Black Box Theater (about 150 feet up the street). We had a packed house. Standing room only! I think everyone had a good time. Thanks to everyone who came out to the show and thanks to our friends and family for showing support. It was nice making so many new friends too. Below is a pictorial summary from my camera lens....

The art of one Mr. James Michael Lujan. Ghettomation. The name says it all, right?

Me.

Look up in the sky...it's a filmmaker...its a producer...its Ken Mora!

Music...we had LIVE music! Thanks to guitarist Josh. Nylon strings from Heaven!

Supa Steve Sievers (Supa Pirate Booty Hunt)

Jose "Crying Macho Man" Cabrera. This guy is on animation FIRE!

Dahveed (Supa Pirate) calling his agent, I'm sure!

Daniel the Turtle (Supa Pirate Booty Hunt) ROCKED the crowd! Chick magnet! Hey...that's MY WIFE on the right...watch it!

Franz Keller. Our very own Sgt Pepper in the house!

Leann and our good friends Chrissy and Jade. They show love to our event a lot. Thanks!

The Man Vs Art himself, Raul Aguirre Jr and the lovely Hortencia.

That's the human cartoon "Officer Bill". He's been in a few of my toons. I kept reminding folks hes not a real cop!

Raul "warms up" the crowd!

I ain't lying...standing room only. We had over 100 people in attendance. A full theater and people standing outside! NICE!

MOONWALK (music video by Kounterclockwise/animation by me) in the house!

Our cartoon "DJ" the Eddie Gee playing the hits that people dig!

Rod Rosse the One Man Posse. First time screening at a show!

SOME OF THE CREW: Ken Mora, Jim Lujan, Jose Cabrera, Gras, Steve Sievers, Vic, and Eddie Gee!

BIG THANKS to everyone who supports us. More shows coming soon. Check JimLujan.Com!

POMONAMATION:TIS THE SEASON- Animation show Dec 10th!

POMONAMATION; Tis The Season

Independent animation returns to Pomona December 10th!!

6:00 pm EVE Gallery mixer/show and a 9:00 pm screenings at the Black Box Theater (inside the School of Arts & Enterprise).  The gallery show/mixer at the E.V.E Gallery is going on before and after. All this happens during Second Saturday Pomona on December 10th!! It's going to be a good time with some crazy cartoonage!

Featuring animations by:

Raul Aguirre Jr

Jose Cabrera

Jim Lujan

Ken Mora

Trevor Klueg

Gras Rodriguez

Supa Pirate Booty Hunt

...AND MORE!!

Address	280 West Second Street Pomona, CA 91768
Phone	1 909.638.1058

Claremont Packing House Animation Show Pics

The bookstore at the Packing House is such a beautiful room. Bright, but somehow the screen is always visible.

We had some Freakdaddy in the house (and I don't mean my friend Thom in the foreground!)

Thanks again to everybody that came out. You guys seemed to enjoy the films and we enjoyed showing them to you. See you next Saturday night in Pomona!

Claremont Packing House Animation Show!

SUNDAY DECEMBER 4th at 1:00 PM

Raul Aguirre, Jr/Jim Lujan/Gras Rodriguez/Jose Cabrera show their unique and independent animated shorts at world famous Packing House in Claremont California. FREE! PG-13 material. 

Location

CLAREMONT PACKING HOUSE

532 West 1st Street

Claremont, CA

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New Bobby Churro scenes (sneak peek)

I'm working on a longer form/extended Bobby Churro cartoon. I'm taking the original film an adding some additional brand new scenes to it. It will give a more rounded glimpse of Mr. Churro in his element. The Legend of Bobby Churro is basically about a low rent boxer from East LA who specializes in taking big dives for a shady promoter. Below are a couple of examples of new added scenes.


The above character, Officer Bill, is based on my good friend Bill Moran. I made him really OLD in this clip, but don't let the white hair fool ya, Bill's not THAT old!Bill is a great sport. He doesn't care how mean I make him or if he comes off brutal. The more vicious, the better the laugh.  He's a JETS fan, go figure! :) Thanks Bill!

The Real Deal Bill. See...not so tough, are ya?

Kaya and Deacon(Kounterclockwise) from the Moonwalk music video I did for them.

Here is a clip featuring my friends in the band KOUNTERCLOCKWISE. They were really excited to participate in a Ghettomation cartoon, and they delivered the goods big time! They also did the musical score for much of the cartoon. Great stuff! Thanks Deacon and Kaya!

The full film will be ready sometime in late November/early December.  I'm looking at a twenty-something minute long final version. Stay tuned and tell a friend!

909 Filmfest pics (University of La Verne)

Edie Gee. My friend and mastermind behind the 909 Film Fest.

Our post show Q n A. I think was the portion where I discussed hangnails in depth.

The University of La Verne's Arts/Communications center is amazing. Space age streamline German modern art house classic decor. Hows that for some adjectives?

What I saw when I entered the screening room.It was quite a cool set up. I really want this for my garage!