Club Scout: The Rendezvous Welcomes Art Exhibit
The area is brimming with quiet, multi-talented types who create all sorts of stellar works across different platforms.
One of those folks is a Northampton guy by the name of Tom Pappalardo.Continue Reading SORRY-GO-ROUND solo show
I stopped by the ol’ podcast shack to talk to Bill Dwight and Jaz Tupelo about my book Everything You Didn’t Ask For. Discussed: My soul, suicide, old movies, Charles Schulz, internet trolls, One More Cup Of Coffee (now a book you can purchase!), and other ramblings. I bet I will sell thousands of copies because of this! Check out a bunch of other cool stuff at The Bill Dwight Show.
(my bit starts at 24:30)
I sat down with Monte Belmonte of WRSI 99.3 The River to talk about my book Everything You Didn’t Ask For. Also discussed: Turn It Up radio ads, Jesus’ foreskin, suicide pills, Monte’s man-love for me, coffee, eastern Mass, popular comics, and more. Listen below, or at WRSI.com
See also: My One More Cup Of Coffee interview with Monte.
“Tom is dangerous.” – Bill Dwight, Northampton City Council President
“What you have done may be considered a Hate Crime, we are looking into that right now.” – Joe
“Fuck this comic and fuck it’s author, F-F-FUCK YOOOOUUUUUUuuuUUuuu..!!!!” – spram2Continue Reading REVIEWS: Comics
Vocalist/guitarist Tom Pappalardo, ribbed the sleepy night’s small audience, mostly hovering quietly at the back and sides of the room: “I want you to stand as far away as possible, and I want you to sit.”Continue Reading REVIEWS & ARTICLES: The Demographic
Tom Pappalardo was pouring himself a wake-up cup of coffee one day back in 2009 when some Simon & Garfunkel lyrics popped into his head. And that was all the inspiration he needed to come up with the idea for a silk-screened poster that’s become a big seller for him: “Hello Darkness, My Old Friend” is a 10-by-20-inch vertical print that depicts coffee being poured into a mug.Continue Reading PROFILE: Hampshire Life
Tom Pappalardo (Standard Design) (US)
Graphic designer and illustrator since 1995 or so, Tom Pappalardo is running Standard Design which had received the honor of featuring in the new Gigposters book. Is this the only reason why Standart design is today featuring on the blog ? Certainly not as working for bands like Built To Spill, Clutch, Ween, Neko Case, Mission Of Burma, High On Fire, Mike Doughty, Bob Mould, My Morning Jacket is already THE good reason.Continue Reading INTERVIEW: Rock Poster Artists series (crewkoos.com)
I recently sat down in the studio bunker of The Bill Dwight Show podcast to take part in a free-wheeling conversation with Bill Dwight and Jaz Tupelo about my comicking. Comimickry. Cartoonering? Errr, about a wide ranging variety of topics. By my reckoning, I only say three or four outright stupid things. Not too shabby, really. On par with my regular average of dumbness. Listen below or listen on The Bill Dwight Show site.
A full and occasionally unflattering archive of reviews for the earlier graphic novel incarnation of Broken Lines (2007-2011ish). Read reviews of the 2018 book.
Even if the comic in question weren’t worth reading (and it is), Tom Pappalardo’s Broken Lines is worth your examination because man! Look at the design of that page and those books. I couldn’t possibly tell you why, but the design visuals just hooked themselves into my brain and are making me say Preeeetty.Continue Reading REVIEWS: Broken Lines (2007-2011)
