World's Funniest Cartoonists Summit (WFCS) West LA, September 21, 2009

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Dine at Chilis for St. Judes MONDAY!

Dine at Chili's Monday, Sept. 28th. All 100% of profits will go to St. Judes for pediatric cancer research. Also, please call your Senators and House of Representative Reps. to get these bills passed for the kids and all those who dedicate their lives to helping these kids...http://www.mirasmovement.org/CBTPNA.html

National Childhood Brain Tumor Prevention Network Act

Source: www.mirasmovement.org

Mira's Movement is co-leading an effort to pass landmark federal legislation aimed at discovering the causes of childhood brain tumors, with the ultimate goal of preventing and curing this devastating disease. ...

Sergio Aragones Museum Show

I attended the Sergio Aragones exhibit today at the lovely Ojai Valley Museum. Thank you Stan Sakai for inviting me. Everyone was more than wonderful and the art...well how many ways can someone say AWESOME? Sergio Aragones is a master cartoonist. Not only is Sergio a gifted illustrator, he makes furniture, sculptures, blankets, cooks, is funny, and has pretty much set the bar ridiculously high for me. My wife was quite impressed (thanks Sergio!)

Yup. That me. Right there. Sergio, Stan Sakai, me, and Matt Groening...creator of the Simpsons! (super cool guy). Its so nice when guys you look up to turn out to be as genuinely nice as you'd hoped. Kind of surreal.

The entry to the Ojai Valley Museum. Such a pretty place, both the city and museum.

One of the coolest parts of the exhibit was the walls. Sergio drew all over the place. He drew above the signs, around the framed Sergio art, on corners, around corners....all over! Not only did he draw in interesting places, the drawings were incredible on their own. The man is gifted. (No duh!)

They had a huge pile of Sergio's books through out the years. This is just a small taste. It's kind of cool, I own almost all of his mad paperbacks.

Me and Sergio down by the schoolyard (Paul Simon song pun). Thanks Stan, Sergio, and CAPS for having me be a part of this amazing day. It was truly an honor to be involved. I saw so much art and artists that I just wanted to spend more time with. Mind blowing! I'm sure you guys earned me some cool points with my wife. I know- you're saying " But Jim, you're already maxed out on cool points".... hey that's what life is about. Making room for the cool.

MORE INFO ON SERGIO'S EXHIBIT HERE!

Fraudtographer art

Just a random shot to say thanks to everyone for checking out the Fraudtographer.

Fun @ Rafael Navarro's show

Javier Hernandez, Rafael Navarro, and yours truly all in looooove.

Gras (Cartoonista extrodinare), Leann (wifey), and yours truly. Grrrrrr!

Had a blast a couple of weeks ago at GEEKS comic shop in Whittier at my friend Rafael Navarro's art show. Rafael created Sonombulo, the luchadore that can read your dreams. Food, Friends, and Frolicking. Thanks to Sal at GEEKS for throwing such a cool party for such a cool artist! MORE PICS AT CARTOONISTAS.COM!

Caricature of me

Thank you Rene van Belzen for the birthday sketch. Rene is from Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. Thats north of El Monte, I do believe.

Man vs Art interview

Thanks to Raul Aguirre Jr for interviewing me on Man vs Art. Its really a well made funny show. It was an extremely easy and fun interview. Lots of silly goodness and some good "smarts talkin" too! I appear towards the middle/end. Raul is a genuine animator that digs my genuinely ghetto animation. Raul always has some really interesting war stories form the animation battleground of Disney and other companies.

Check out the episode here!

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It's the new me. Word.

The Fraudtographer by Randy Gentile

Thanks to my buddy Randy Gentile for this outstanding artwork. This is Randy's version of the Fraudtographer. Pretty sweet! WOw. I don't know how Randy created this but it looks pretty freakin' cool! Thanks man. The fan art has been sweeeeeeet! Keep 'em coming folks!

Randy's work can be found HERE and on the Ballpoint Fiends podcast.

Cartoon Pawnshop on Blastro

I have a new show on Blastro.com (my ol' buddies). Well, the show isn't actually NEW.....its more like Blastro will be playing my cartoons on their show page. JIM LUJAN"S CARTOON PAWNSHOP. It's beneficial. Should bring me lots of new viewers. I think I'm sandwiched in somewhere between the JAY Z videos and the Pimp My Ride type shows. Blastro is hip hop but they also delve into other stuff. Check it out, right now there are 6 of my cartoons up there. Soon there will be more. Blastro was the first place online that I showed my cartoons back in the late 90s. Its good to be back.

Rev Unicorn by Javier Hernandez

Thanks Javier Hernandez for this lovely rendition of the Reverend John Henry Unicorn. Very dazzling and creepy. He really makes him look like a real cult leader. Its awesome to see other people's takes on my characters. If anyone else feels the urge to draw the Rev (or any of my other characters) Send me a copy at jimlujan@earthlink.net and I'll be glad to post it on my site.
Very cool stuff, Jav!

John Henry Unicorn theme song

For those of you that have this song stuck in your head, here it is to ease the pain....or increase your grief! Enjoy!

Batboy!

This is one of my favorite art images ever. Its BatBoy from 1950's MAD magazine. The story was designed by Harvey Kurtzman and drawn by Wally Wood. What a combo! The lighting and eyes on this are my favorite and served to influence my own art style since I was about 5. In other words, I copied this!

Ghettomation podcast!

EPISODE ONE: THE SEVEN SWEET SCIENCES OF GHETTOMATION

We get this party started right. We get all Swayze and keep it real (sheesh). We hope that you guys enjoy and also participate. We'd love to help inspire some future animators to dip their toes in the pool and finally just jump in. Feel free to send us question and comments EMAIL: ghettomation@gmail.com

John Henry Unicorn: the movie!

Here is is, my new film...John Henry Unicorn. The story of cult leader and his tribulations trying to stay on top. Other members include Lee Harvey Unicorn, Jan Michael Unicorn, Kathy Lee Unicorn, Bruce David Unicorn, C. Thomas Unicorn, Katherine-Zeda Unicorn, Hans Christian Unicorn, David Lee Unicorn, and the Children of the UniCorn.

The Unicorn is LOVE! (or is it?)

Hernandez Trifecta Coloring Contest of Champions!

The Contest: Color this image I created for Javier Hernandez (his Trifecta of characters: Demolition Dove, ManSwamp, and El Muerto)). Go to JAVZILLA.COM for contest rules and submission details and deadline.

Me doodling on the prize package box. What a rockstar, huh?

THE GRAND PRIZE: King Size El Muerto #1, MAN-SWAMP #1 (featuring DEMOLTION DOVE back-up story), THE HUMAN FLY #1 from Marvel Comics!!, 3 buttons featuring El Muerto and Demolition Dove, a Dixon Ticonderoga pencil (just like Jav uses!)so you can make your own comics, EL MUERTO DVD (featuring the Javier Hernandez/Mort Todd exclusive El Muerto mini-comic).Javier will autograph all comics and DVD. Some bonus items will be added as well to the package! And if all this wasn't enough, Jav and I will doodle all over the package it comes in! Yup! You are NOT dreaming...this is REALITY! WoooHooo!!

To ENTER: GO TO JAVIER'S SITE BY CLICKING HERE!

Another John Henry Unicorn sneak peek

Reverend Unicorn contemplates.

Film coming soon.

Ghettomation is a podcast!

The Ghettomation podcast is hosted by Jim Lujan and Kevin Cross and will delve into the world of DIY animation. How to, methods, tips, and other resources to help DIY animated filmmakers realize their artistic goals. Its meant to motivate , educate, and titillate (heheh...I said titillate!) You will be able to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Feel free to leave us feedback or comment and we'll try and address it on a future show. http://ghettomation.blogspot.com/

Coming 9/9/09!