NEWS from the vortex. Scope the "ABOUT" section for contact info, reviews, interviews, and links.

Input Output Gallery Show

2012-01-18T08:16:00.001-08:00

Review of Carrier Pigeon

2012-01-17T18:07:00.000-08:00

They got reviewed, which means so did I.

CARRIER PIGEON IS WAY BETTER THAN A WEEK'S WORTH OF LATTES

I'll be in a show in Brooklyn on the 28th. Details to come. Much to come.

De shay Ba say rah !

"SHARK ENGINE ENIGMA" in CP # 4. Get it while it snot.

2011-12-14T22:48:00.000-08:00

The Shark Engine Enigma, first appearing in Satirica by Cowboy Logic Press, has found a nice new home,in the oh so sexy fourth issue of Carrier Pigeon. I'm lucky that Ray Jones illustrated it! Score.

In addition, my colleague Christine Pacson's story Straweberry Heart is featured in the same issue, illustrated bye Rachel Allison.

So ... you know the drill. Go buy, read, enjoy!

2011-12-13T18:01:00.000-08:00

New Article:
YAWP Turns Out Writers of the Future

Hey this is where I teach! YAWP! Ciena and Ali were my students! All the students were great, it makes it so difficult to be restricted by logic in how many we can actually produce (one per scchool/class). So proud of all of them though. James and Chela are often in my classes during the summer. I keep saying "I" and "mine" but I hope you know that's not what I mean, none of it belongs to me. You should know what I mean. But I'm too lazy to go back and rewrite my voice to be more clear, just like I teach them too ... oops! Support YAWP. Done. Bye. Buy my stuff. Bye again.

Shark Engine Enigma In Carrier Pigeon 4

2011-11-27T17:05:00.001-08:00

I'm on Rachel Maddow Show by accident and they let me laugh and say things suck

2011-11-03T01:27:00.000-07:00

I didn't know who was interviewing me or what for, but I'm glad it ended up being this. Didn't really expect anything, after doing 1000 interviews and posing for as many photos. Damn was it cold. Worst weather, came out of nowhere for this season ... this video gives you no idea of how insanely freezing and wet it was. We even had thunder for some reason. Love that they left in me laughing and saying "it sucks". No matter how all this turns out, at least I can say I fucking tried.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

2011-11-02T00:25:00.001-07:00

I think Occupy Wall Street protesters, kids, adults, veterans--all should get their generators back. Winter will be harsh enough. Heat is not a creature comfort.

I have contacted Mayor Bloomberg twice now:
Office: 212-788-1400
Home: 212-772-1081
Here's a link for contacting Bloomberg online:
http://home2.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.bd08ee7c7c1ffec87c4b36d501c789a0/index.jsp?doc_name=http%3A%2F%2Fhome2.nyc.gov%2Fhtml%2Fmail%2Fhtml%2Fmayor.html

Governor's Andrew Cuomo's office New York 12224
Phone: (518) 474-8390
Fax: (518) 408-2549
http://www.congress.org/bio/id/10010

Let's make noise. We must be heard. It's the next best thing to being there. We can all stand together.

Hiding in Plain Sight

2011-11-02T00:25:00.000-07:00

Sorry I couldn't sign autographs, the line was too long and my arms were too short.

Some Things

2011-10-21T09:38:00.000-07:00

Carrier Pigeon Volume 4 is on the horizon, which will contain my story "The Shark Engine Enigma". Yeah, it's as weird and fucked up as the title sounds.

Went down to Comic-Con as a guest of Scott Snyder, current superstar writer of "Batman". He's one of the most down to earth people I've met. He really treats his fans fantastically (believe me, I've met the stars that don't...)
What can I say, it was fucking incredible.

ALSO, went down to Occupy Wall Street with Erik Romanyschyn, doing a like recon for our next joint project. The photos are up in my facebook album, feel free to take and use any if you wish.

Did some lectures, readings, and Q&A's recently. Yay.

Lots of stuff on the horizon as usual. You will be warned.

And don't forget, my novella, "Scott Too", is coming out next year from Silverthought Press.

And I'm doing a magazine cover soon for anyone that gives a shit. If you're reading this then I guess you do.

"Scott Too" coming from Silverthought Press

2011-08-19T15:12:00.000-07:00

"Scott Too", my first novella, will be published by Silverthought Press. I'm very happy to be a part of their family and if you don't buy a copy next year every tear I shed will be in YOUR name. Official announcement without fireworks here:

http://www.facebook.com/paul.hughes/posts/10150335439889919

SEX! SHAME! CARRIER PIGEON VOLUME 3!

2011-07-13T15:42:00.000-07:00

Ah yes, it's here, the infamous Carrier Pigeon Volume 3 !!! The story that was read before the Stony Brook Southampton's MFA with it's audacity to be just a little bit perverted and just a little bit sad, recommended to Alan Alda and disturbing to read before my parents! I swear it's all fiction ...

More importantly the story is enhanced by the insane illustrations of Josh Bayer, that really capture the sadness, madness, and gooey-ness. As always, Carrier Pigeon is jam packed with amazing artists and writers. Go buy one now please. Sank you.

New Stuff

2011-07-07T20:05:00.000-07:00

I'm in these things. One's from Germany. One's from America. Weird.

2011-06-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

Here's a reading from "Black Hole Pacifica" in Volume 3 of Carrier Pigeon.

The reading was at Hue-Man bookstore in Harlem.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfgpJ76Sn5Q&feature=player_embedded#at=56

2011-06-07T13:03:00.000-07:00

Got an illustration in the new Space and Time Magazine:

And the story "Black Hole Pacifica" is in the latest volume
of Carrier Pigeon. Grab it while you can, they're limited
editions, variant covers hand printed and signed, and incredible art and stories inside:

Thanks!

I'm Reading For Carrier Pigeon. Come watch me be nervous!

2011-05-10T12:22:00.000-07:00

I will read you some nightmares and funny things and shrimp

2011-05-09T18:08:00.000-07:00

Public Reading Friday the 13th

2011-05-06T13:20:00.000-07:00

FRIDAY THE 13TH LIVE READING! A CURSED LIVE READING!

From CARRIER PIGEON: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art:

Come join CARRIER PIGEON: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art on Friday the 13th at Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe for three readings and 3 artist's portfolio showings from the first 5 issues of Carrier Pigeon. More details coming soon....

I'm gonna be reading here sometime from 6-8pm:

www.huemanbookstore.com

Drawing with my Cousin

2011-04-27T17:43:00.000-07:00

My little cousin Candice helped me draw this picture of the Joker. Here is the original and the attempt at coloring it in photoshop I made at home, but I prefer our black and white one. Just for fun. More real stuff on the way.

P.S. Candice Metzger is waaaay better at drawing than I am, this is like 65% her work.

Carrier Pigeon Volume 2 IS FUCKING AWESOME

2011-04-06T10:06:00.000-07:00

The latest of Carrier Pigeon is on shelves, IT IS GORGEOUS. I got a story in it, and there are plenty of other great stories and artists featured. Support the underground hard as hell workers out there. Please buy an issue. The covers are individually screened by famous artists, and its full of great work. Get on the train ! By the way, I DO NOT work for this magazine.

Carrier Pigeon is also available for purchase online and they will ship it with love.

Seriously, you get hand signed and printed variant covers, among other goodies from some of the most talented and up and coming artists and writers around (except me, I'm not that good yet). I'm not fucking around, if you care about art, culture, and what is happening in the meatscape vs. the internet, go get a subscription to Carrier Pigeon. If you are anything less than blown away you can punch me in the dick.

Interview Heh Heh

2011-03-16T13:11:00.000-07:00

Wow I sound drunk and gay (I'm neither in that clip), but Hampton Daze hosted an art show recently and interviewed the artists there. I'm in the first minute. Please watch and make fun of me.

HERE IS THE VIDEO YAY YES WOOO GIMME MONEY

Hampton Daze Art Show March 12th

2011-03-07T11:21:00.000-08:00

March 12th

Next Art Show

Premiering a "street" based comic book in 10 page form
as one giant work.

Please come. Also, please attend the event. If anything, come
to support my friends. They're more talented than I am and have a
strong record of presenting and selling really rad work.

Gracias!
-Victor

Spotlight in SB MFA Newsletter

2011-02-28T14:54:00.001-08:00

Check out the little spotlight they wrote about my stupid career at the SUNY SB MFA in Writing and Literature, but there's better stuff about actual real famous writer's in there like Roger Rosenblatt:

Spring 2011: Special Southampton Writers Spring Edition
Download it here

Video of Reading

2011-02-27T12:49:00.000-08:00

Please watch this short 10 minute reading of "Ramses Sleeps For You", written by some idiot named Victor Giannini, illustrated by Rie Hasagawa, and produced and printed in Carrie Pigeon Issue One.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK7o-Q4FlXI

Thank you.

More Arts

2011-02-13T10:51:00.000-08:00

Another illustration in Space & Time Magazine. If you read it, it's fun, and uh...yeah.

New Interview

2011-02-10T13:48:00.000-08:00

The East Hampton Star has a short article about how breaking my arm led to me teaching kids stuff about stuff. Written by Rocio Fidalgo!

Next Art Show

2011-01-24T15:53:00.000-08:00

Opening Reception Friday, February 4th, 7pm-10pm at
Workspace Harlem, 2340 Fifth Avenue, New York City

hatedit.tumblr.com

Featuring work by:

Jasmine Balmat
Sam Chun
Victor Giannini
Rie Hasegawa
Carolyn Jao
Zebadiah Keneally
Liz Marano
Justin Sanz
Kat Savage
Russ Spitkovsky
Nick Stone
June Yoon
Jing Yu

The Joker Vs. Tank Girl

2010-12-30T19:45:00.000-08:00

Here's a comic I made for my girlfriend. It is my first Joker story ever, and first Tank Girl. They're both copyright, etc. of their respective companies and I ain't selling it, it's all for fun so don't sue me.

Hee hee hee: Oh, click it to enlarge.

CARRIER PIGEON SHOW

2010-11-12T17:27:00.001-08:00

Can't make it? Hit up one of these places and snatch up your little slice of history:

St. Mark's Bookshop, Forbidden Planet, Book Court, Community Bookstore, Galaxy Comics, Bergen Street Comics, The Sacred Gallery, Book Culture @ 112 st, Book Culture @ Broadway, Desert Island Comics and the Editions/Artists' Book Fair.

Each issue of CARRIER PIGEON Vol. 1 comes with an ...original signed and numbered print by Rie Hasegawa!

CARRIER PIGEON IS AVAILABLE

2010-11-06T11:49:00.000-07:00

CARRIER PIGEON: Illustrated Fiction and Fine Art

CARRIER PIGEON is now available at St. Mark's Bookshop, Forbidden Planet, Book Court, Community Bookstore, Galaxy Comics, Bergen Street Comics, The Sacred Gallery, Book Culture @ 112 st, Book Culture @ Broadway, Desert Island Comics and the Editions/Artists' Book Fair.

Each issue of CARRIER PIGEON Vol. 1 comes with an ...original signed and numbered print by Rie Hasegawa!

Things are brewing.

2010-11-03T19:46:00.000-07:00

Just a doodle from class, inspired by Warhammer 40K. Can't update the galleries anymore for some reason so this will have to do.

Carrier Pigeon is coming soon! I'll be doing a reading on the 19th during the release party. If you don't suck, don't suck.

Topic East Coast Skateboard Interview

2010-10-26T19:17:00.001-07:00

Check out my interview in Topic East Coast Skateboard Magazine #4.

And check out this mask I made for halloween:

Carrier Pigeon! Comic-Con! Bonac! Skateboarding! Lots of shit!

2010-10-22T08:21:00.000-07:00

Carrier Pigeon is on its way. You will find assholes like this in it, and incredible art and writing. Please check out out all the contributors, I've seen their stuff in person, and I'm very proud to be part of the project.

Comic-Con was incredible. I asked for Death's phone number in front of her boyfriend. Got to speak to the lead writers of Mass Effect and Fallout...etc. etc.
Did lots of signings for Space and Time Magazine, always a pleasure.

Lots of projects cooking at once, and Skeightfast Dyephun Vol.2 is slowly coming along.

Tara Israel's project, (a)Bonac is still rolling, and I'm still writing/editing more vignettes about our weird childhoods.

Read, skate, fight, fuck, love, puke, eat, bleed, and have fun, kids!

Comic-Con

2010-09-30T13:33:00.001-07:00

I'll be at NY Comic-Con Saturday and Sunday signing autographs at Space & Time Magazine's booth. Drop by and say hi if you can. Booth number: 442

I'll be there on Sat from 4-5pm and Sunday from 12-1pm. Otherwise, I'll be lurking and wandering and wondering.

Leeching off Tara Israel (a)Bonac in NYT

2010-08-14T20:39:00.000-07:00

By now you must know I've been doing a little writing for Tara Israel. Her (a)Bonac project is art I'm proud to add to, and I hope you've been paying attention to her talent, her photos, and my shitty writing. The New York Times Has.

Go read about her work HERE IN THE NEW YORK TIMEZ

Some of the 40 odd stories I've written for (a)Bonac are here:

HOMESICK
TOUGHING OUT THE WINTER
WE REALLY DO GET OLD
TRANSPLANT
MR.KING

Another (a)Bonac story

2010-08-06T03:11:00.000-07:00

Tara Israel just posted "We Really Do Get Old" by some jerk named me.

Go read it and look at her pictures.

I got on the Oddcast!

2010-07-27T17:06:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite videogame podcasts,

I called in to warn them about tripping on Ambien while playing Metal Gear Solid 4. They took the call and didn't humiliate me. I'm very happy. Skip to a little farther than half way if you want to hear. I think they read a letter about Assassin's Creed right before it... (though if you like games listen to the whole thing).

LISTEN HERE

(a)Bonac by Tara Israeli New Story Post

2010-07-23T08:53:00.001-07:00

Tara Israel just posted a new piece of writing I did. It's got words about stuff.

Go read it and look at her pictures.

Thanks.

http://thetisraelirepublic.tumblr.com/post/848056266

(a)Bonac by Tara Israeli

2010-07-15T19:52:00.000-07:00

I'm doing a small part in a larger piece started by Tara Israeli.

I wrote things for her. She's putting them in with her photos that are better than my words. But I'm happy they are there. It's for a project that shows... oh just go look at it and see:

http://thetisraelirepublic.tumblr.com/post/817644076

LOOK AT HER PHOTOS. I LIKE THEM. ahem...

IPPY 2010 Silver Award for Science Fiction

2010-05-30T21:05:00.000-07:00

We won the IPPY 2010 Silver Place for Science Fiction. The anthology was named for my story, "Thank You Death Robot", which appeared in said anthology, but the award is for every author who contributed, and Mark R. Brand who pulled it all together over the course of 3 years (at least). Good food and booze.

Get it from www.Silverthought.com.

Fun facts:
3.150 entries in the national, 740 in regional, 42 states and DC, 7 Canadian provinces, an d6 overseas countries were entered in this contest

"American Psycho" skateboard for sale

2010-04-07T13:07:00.000-07:00

Oi, you can finally buy one of my skateboards online from a company called "Unity". Mine is the one called "American Psycho". Even if you don't skate, please take a look.

GET IT HERE! NOW! THEN DESTROY IT!

BILCO

2010-03-12T09:30:00.000-08:00

This is family. This is skateboarding. THIS IS SPARTA!

BILCO from washstreetcrew on Vimeo.

New Illustration

2010-03-10T20:56:00.000-08:00

Got an illustration in the new issue of Space & Time. It's a fun story, THAT I DID NOT WRITE. check it out. the magazine in general is always a fun read.

Skeightfast Dyephun Review - SLUG Magazine

2010-01-21T09:20:00.001-08:00

Good guys over at SLUG Magazine just put out a review of Skeightfast Dyphun:

Reading from "Derangement of the Senses"

2010-01-14T01:59:00.000-08:00

Here's a clip of me reading from a story called "Justice" at Otto's Shrunken Head. Luckily I'd basically memorized most of the story because I could barely read the page, as you will see. The first few paragraphs get cut off, but who cares.

Thanks to friends who put the show together, some of em part of Fiction Circus.

I read another story before that but the video quality wasn't so hot. If you'd like a personal, live, performance of this and other pieces, I'm available for $10000 an hour.

Live Reading Jan 4th in Manhattan be there or be flayed alive

2009-12-31T15:47:00.000-08:00

Monday, January 4, 2010

Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm

Location: Otto's Shrunken Head

Street:
538 E. 14th St.
City/Town:
New York, NY

Derangement of the Senses is a fiction/poetry reading focusing on multimedia expressionism, people who don't recount stories in a terrifying monotone, and acts of literary dynamo.The reading is inspired by the proto-punk French poet Arthur Rimbaud, who asserted that THE PURPOSE OF LITERATURE IS TO FUCK YOU UP.

The reading will feature multimedia components, including live laser harp and Kaossilator performances and visual art that simulates a 5-MeO-DMT experience.

The list of readers so far:

VICTOR GIANNINI
BILL CHENG
KEVIN CARTER

2 for 1 well drinks until 8, and a dollar off everything else!

ACTION CAT

2009-12-10T00:25:00.001-08:00

Some uncovered development docs from an aborted cell-phone game I designed,
starring: ACTION CAT! (click to see much bigger)

Oh and my MFA reading went very well, thank you to all who attended.

Skeightfast Dyephun Review

2009-11-30T22:01:00.000-08:00

Skate & Annoy gives a generous review of "Skeightfast Dyephun". Leave comments or I'll eat your face.

Review at Skate & Annoy

2009-11-30T21:59:00.000-08:00

Skate & Annoy gives a generous review of "Skeightfast Dyephun". Leave comments or I'll eat your face.

Writer's Speak Appearance

2009-11-28T14:07:00.000-08:00

The Stony Brook MFA in Writing and Literature program has made the mistake of choosing me as one of its representatives to read at their final Writer's Speak event.

We're all reading pieces under 8 minutes long, but I intend to shred the last bit of any decent reputation I have in front of a live audience of faculty, peers, strangers, and my parents.

If you live in the area and have the time to stop by, it will be fun to watch me crash and burn.

Wed Dec 2nd
Stony Brook Southampton Campus
Chancellors Hall at 7 pm. It's free and open to the public.

Helloween

2009-11-04T17:00:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who came to the Fangoria show. If you COULD have made it and decided not to, go choke on shit. But come to the next one! ;)

Best Halloween ever. Time to get back to finishing Skeightfast Dyephun #7 though.

NEW Anthology! New Skateboard Show!

2009-10-05T13:50:00.000-07:00

"Thank You Death Robot" is finally available! Read my story about a man trying to make a robot human and then getting *censored* to death, which is also the title of this anthology.

Then come to Mike A's Avenue A Sushi Bar between 6th and 7th street on Oct 29th between 6-11pm to having a fucking good time getting drunk and checking out 4 of my horrific hand painted skate decks, and much debauchery and wild evil afterwards. Last time was a fucking blast!

I'm the one that fucks up

2009-09-21T00:05:00.001-07:00

It's hard to do doubles when you can barely carve a line and your buddy skates goofy (it's a stance...)

NEW SKATEBOARDS FOR SALE!

2009-09-17T11:29:00.000-07:00

New Skateboards for direct sale at Doomage STORE !

Update to the Doomage store so you can buy my private skateboards for cheap prices! Jedi Mindtrick: "You will buy VTG's private skateboards". Check the bottom of the store page for the link.

New Pics for the New Site

2009-09-13T06:17:00.000-07:00

Here's some new art on the site already. "Lizard Boy Goes to War" in both it's original ink form, and the t-shirt form available from DYDRM.

I also dug up some old concept art for Substance Skateboards clothing. I don't think they sell directly from their website yet, which is a huge pain in the ass. They never ended up using these ones, but I like 'em anyway.

Doomage.com New Site!

2009-09-12T22:43:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new Doomage site, home to Victor Giannini's various projects and shit. You will find all my skateboards,art,comics, writing, and relevant links here. Look around, let me know what you think, unless you don't like it, then don't let me know what you think.

This used to be what www.doomescape.com was. That site's going to die in November.

New Anthology, "Thank You Death Robot"

2009-07-29T14:07:00.000-07:00

My story, "Thank You Death Robot", is appearing in the new Anthology from
Silverthought Press called...."Thank You Death Robot". Pre-order your copy today and I'll take you off the D list and put you on the coveted... Spared List.

Silverthought Press

Huge Updates Soon - Hampton Daze Interview

2009-07-14T21:53:00.000-07:00

Ok so the doomescape website is about to revamped to capture the full erotic force of all the major updates I'm about to dump down your disinterested throats.... in the MEANTIME check out this interview that Hampton Daze Magazine is publishing tomorrow.

It should tide you over until the new site, www.doomage.com, goes live.

Welcome Back Jefe

2009-04-13T14:00:00.001-07:00

Another Solid 9-5

2009-04-09T14:29:00.000-07:00

Sigh

2009-04-09T14:07:00.001-07:00

More work doodles

2009-04-05T16:43:00.000-07:00

HW for Feiffer

2009-03-23T15:12:00.000-07:00

One illustrated page from a larger short story.

More work art

2009-03-21T16:15:00.000-07:00

Anubizon & The Landlord

2009-03-20T16:43:00.000-07:00

Made these at work. New design coming to www.doomescape.com soon. And new comics. Skateboards. Etc.

Volcom

2009-03-16T10:15:00.001-07:00

Volcom saw fit to post one of my wee little pictures in their public art gallery.

Check it out at: http://volcom.com/art/PublicArt/index.asp

The final 5 Brontobuds are coming soon!

BRONTOBUD 5!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-02-03T20:54:00.000-08:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE

Here it is, the long awaited Life and Times of Brontobud #5 of 10.

Check out the previous 4 adventures below!

I return from the lovely skate tour, and Satan returns with me

2009-02-03T10:11:00.001-08:00

Brontobud #4 of 10

2009-01-27T15:30:00.001-08:00

QUATRO-age
Click to enlarge:

Brontobud #3 tres tres tres

2009-01-21T14:52:00.001-08:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE

Brontobud #2

Brontobud #1

Brontobud #2 !!!!!!

2009-01-20T20:52:00.000-08:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE

Brontobud #2

Brontobud #1

Brontobud's New Adventures

2009-01-17T18:20:00.000-08:00

CLICK TO ENLARGE

Catch the first of 10 strips detailing the trials and triumphs of Brontobud at his new job, pursuing the American Dream. Oh Brontobud, you're timing is so awful.

Today's Specials

2009-01-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

2008 never got weird enough for me.

2009-01-15T09:10:00.000-08:00

Skeightfast Dyephun 2 is in full swing. Production by a pack of amphetamine fed lizards continues, now that we have a full management wing of coke addled ocelots to whip those lazy cold-blooded fucks into shape.

NEW SHIRT - "Lizard Boy Becomes A Man" from DYDRM

2008-12-16T16:42:00.000-08:00

From DYDRM.com
Buy an exclusive t-shirt!

Does war turn a lizard boy into a lizard man? Either way, you can be damn sure he can ENDURE it. Based on the artwork recently featured by the Pen15 Club.

Get yours here:
Lizard Boy Becomes A MAN

Skeightfast Dyephun Videos

2008-12-10T16:11:00.000-08:00

Check out this videos that my buddy Pete made for Skeightfast Dyephun.

He's the number one fan, and he's got his own rad site, Sk8thePlanet.

New Board for Sale at my shop

2008-12-02T19:52:00.000-08:00

Grab hold of the DoomLord over at:

http://doomescape.deckpeck.com

Just $40 and you can own this badboy:

Come on, please buy a skateboard. I'm going to cry if you don't.

Concrete Wave Artist Profile: VTG

2008-11-26T17:59:00.000-08:00

CLICK THIS IMAGE TO SEE THE WHOLE TASTY DANGEROUS THING PELIGROSO HERMOSOS

Click this page to see the full sized version.

Check out the latest issue of Concrete Wave for this hot shit and more hot shit and more hot shit.

Richie Jackson getting me stoked again

2008-11-18T22:40:00.000-08:00

Pen15 art show at the Video Gallery

2008-11-18T13:37:00.000-08:00

Video @ Brooklyn Hideaway

exhibiting artists (past and present)

aimee lusty

victor giannini

susan belle

scott meyers

alan resnick

panos papalampros

laura bellmont

bene rohlmann

jon bocksel

rachel hauer

asa kawano

katey jean harvey

Unity Skateboard "American Psycho" available now

2008-11-15T19:03:00.000-08:00

Go HERE

And you can get this skateboard I designed for Unity Skateboards.

American Psycho or something. Dont' know where that name came from.

Honor Roll to the Chariots of Fire/Pen15 Press

2008-11-15T18:44:00.000-08:00

Got artwork in two ill shows in Connecticut and Brooklyn, with esteemed artists such as Scott Meyers and Amy Lusty, among many others.

Act fast and you can see the original drawing for my first Substance Skateboards Line, Doomscape I,II,&III, as well as the original artwork for the new shirt from DYDRM, "Lizard Boy Goes To War". And pick up a copy of the exclusive Pen15 Press zine, "What's Grampa Doin?"

Day One Skate Shop and Art Space
605 Brewster St
Bridgeport, CT 06605

Phone: 203.331.9525

Shop Hours
Mon Closed
Tue 12-7
Wed 12-7
Thu 12-7
Fri 12-7
Sat 11-5
Sun 12-4

and

VIDEO @ Brooklyn Hideaway
10 Goodwin Place
Brooklyn NY, 11221

Opening excerpt of "The Shark Engine Enigma", now published in Satirica

2008-10-28T21:47:00.000-07:00

The Shark Engine Enigma
By Victor Giannini

Atonement

Porter Grimhause turned his back to the volcano, and carried his world down to the beach. His wetsuit clung to him like a desperate lover, a black seal skin mask to cover the scars of his burnt and naked body. Under his left arm, a 9 foot Robert August Wingnut II. Under his right, a coffee can, spray painted gold, loving inscribed with silver marker, vessel for his entire family.

The sand pressed into his feet, hot and cool at the same time. Grains mixing between his toes, slipping under the nails. His calves flexed and strained as he kept a constant stride against the shifting earth. He reached the shore, and knelt. He fastened the leash to his right ankle, while looking up at the pink and orange sky. Behind him, the tips of the city top, the mouth of the volcano. But the beach was empty. The sun would set soon. The deep beasts would rise to hunt, hammerheads and great whites. These were the hardcore hours, when only those who had to surf, surfed.

Emotion took precedence over logic. Only the freezing burn of loss, envy, and doubt filled his heart. Ever since the trucker smashed into their car, tearing his parents apart, ever since his fiancé burned in the back seat, and their child cooked in her stomach.

He carried the board into the water, holding the coffee can high. Like a warrior making an offering to his Blood God, Porter gave himself to green ocean. He threw his board forward, leapt onto it without impact, sliding into position on its glistening surface. The wax caught his chest. Back arched, head held high, he began paddling. Slow and confident, conserving strength which he held in abundance, each palmful of salty water pulling him further and further from the shore.

The sea’s gentle swell calmed him. The water licked at his face, cooling his brow. His hands became liquid ice, free from pressure and strain. He paddled out far, beyond the break. He sat on his board, perfect posture. The city faded in and out of view as the mother ocean lifted him up and down, but the volcano never vanished. Dark clouds were forming about its peak, even as the brilliant sun cast its countless shards across the water face.

Porter tore at the duct tape, releasing the vessel's seal. He hesitated for a moment, looking at his whole life, his past, his dreams, his future, gray and dry in this tiny hole. His throat tightened, and then he turned it over. Slowly, methodically, sprinkling his love around him in an even arc.

He watched the ashes melt into the sea, clinging to the sides of his surfboard, his legs, his hands. At last, he turned the vessel over, now just a coffee can once more, and banged on the bottom. He laughed. A circle of darkness wafted about. He sat in his circle, watching it slowly fade back to green, and his laugh lilted until it became nothing but strange sounds.

Another darkness swept the water. The cries of circling gulls drowned against his beating heart. Hands on knees, Porter squinted into the abyss. His chest tightened. The darkness faded from view, then swiftly returned, only to vanish once again. It writhed at it passed, like the demon ghost of a long dead belly dancer. Porter laid his chest against his board, calmly, and began paddling. Still slow, controlled, he felt the ocean begin to drop and drag him back. He prepared to catch this gift, to fly to the shore and escape.

The Wingnut II was a real down the line board, with a pull back nose, narrow tail, and single fin. With enough luck, grace, and skill, Porter would be shore side before the monster could rise.

The water level dropped. He kept his eyes on the shore, letting his years of instinct and experience time every movement perfectly. The volcano loomed above the beach, above the swaying palms, above the steel towers. He focused only on its silent peak.

Paddling faster now, shoulders burning with adrenaline, he seemed to lock into one place. His momentum met the gathering wall, and he was lifted up. Like countless times before, he gripped his board, and in one swift motion, lifted, sucked his knees under, and rose to his feet. He crouched, every muscle fiber tensed and ready, yet totally relaxed. Reaction, not thought. As Porter dropped in on the most important wave of his life, he wondered what happened to the coffee can.

Something bumped the bottom of the board. It was so casual, yet Porter lost everything. Pitched forward, he took a breath, only to see an opera house open before him. The water slowed around his head, huge drops hanging in mid-air. His lungs were burning, filled to capacity. He stared at the opera house, at the rows and rows of little people lining its ceiling and floor. Little triangles. No show on stage. Only flesh, and red darkness.

The teeth dug into his shoulder, wrenching Porter from stasis. Flesh stripped away like brisket. A stench of burning piss flooded his senses as black and red closed in, his face engulfed in razors and slime.

A burning light exploded behind Porter's eyes. This is it. The answer. The end.

Endure the final pain.

Porter fought back. He struggled like a fish being scaled. Flailing, seeking an eye or a gill to dig his fingers into. The beast clamped down, a force of nature with a soulless face.

American Psycho coming from Unity Skateboards

2008-10-22T11:39:00.000-07:00

Unity Skateboards is going to start selling my skateboard, and t-shirt "American Psycho" pretty soon.

The Monster of Sunset Park at Fiction Circus

2008-10-22T11:03:00.000-07:00

Fiction Circus recently published my story, "The Monster of Sunset Park". This is an updated, lean, mean, version of the same story that originally appeared in the anthology, "Silverthought: Ignition".

Now you don't even have to READ the story, they went to the trouble of recording a dramatic reading, which you will find at the top of the page. And I must point out, this awesome artwork was created for the story by the incredible future master printmaker, Justin Sanz

So read/listen to the story and see the art HERE

Here is what the good droogie Miracle Jones wrote about "The Monster of Sunset Park":

You can find the original post HERE

NEW STORY: "The Monster of Sunset Park," by Victor Giannini

by Miracle Jones
What is strength? Is it the quality of being able to dominate your surroundings and manhandle those around you? Or is it the quality of being able to withstand strife and torment, no matter how many times hell's lash stings your soul?

Sometimes we hold others in our hands. Sometimes others get their fist around us instead.

Is it ever possible to grasp someone while also being grasped? Must one person always be a monster, while another keeps them under lock and key, and another rages against damned, unholy love?

Is there any escape? And what did we do to end up here in the first place?

AS YOU READ "THE MONSTER OF SUNSET PARK," BY VICTOR GIANNINI, THESE QUESTIONS WILL HAUNT THE PERIPHERY OF YOUR CRITICAL FACULTIES LIKE STRUGGLING, ROTTING FLESH TURNING ON METAPHYSICAL SPITS. BUT IT IS ALSO A STORY ABOUT A DEAD MAN, HIS MOM, HIS GRANDMA, AND THE COLLECTION OF SIMULACRA THAT SIT STARING ON HIS SHELVES -- SHALLOW DEAD EYES THAT STARE BACK INTO SHALLOW DEAD EYES.

It's good. This story smells like worms. Someday, so will you.

New Art In Space & Time Magazine again

2008-10-10T23:46:00.000-07:00

These good guys published another illustration of mine. Uh...pick it up if you like scifi stories and grayscale art!

www.spaceandtimemagazine.com

TWO STORIES IN SATIRICA BUY IT BEFORE I EAT YOUR FUCKING FACE

2008-10-10T23:11:00.001-07:00

So check out two of my stories in this new anthology, "Satirica".

The stories:

Thank You, Death Robot
A soldier returning from war abroad encounters and befriends a death robot. What happens when he discovers that it is responsible for his fiancee’s murder? Victor Giannini provides us with the startling answers in the first of his stories.
Previously published in Silverthought: Ignition, Silverthought Press.

The Shark Engine Enigma
A surfer dude’s untimely demise is just the beginning. Victor Giannini’s second story takes us beyond fear, suffering and superstition, in search of the ultimate truth concerning the enigmas of life and death.

Along with 22 other great satirical spec reads!

Here are many links where you can buy it:

Amazon.com

Barnes&Noble

Cowboy Logic Press (signed copy, not by me but whatever)

Hot Book Sale

Tower Books

So as you can see, there are many convenient options for getting your magnificent paws on the latest anthology to feature my shitty work. Do me proud, my droogies.

Which American City do you want nuked?

2008-10-09T18:17:00.001-07:00

Up The Antics with Spitface and Boardlord

2008-10-08T19:34:00.000-07:00

Some rad dude named Brian over at Up The Antics gave a little shout out to our resident gnar rat duo, Spitface and Boardlord.

Check out what they have to say about "Skeightfast Dyephun" HERE,
and as always, check out "Skeightfast Dyephun" for yourself HERE.

Between the Lines Night With Conan the Barbarian

2008-09-29T09:05:00.000-07:00

Went to the New York Surf Film Festival with my dad last night. Double feature, a new documentary called "Between the Lines" about the unshakable link between Vietnam and the surf world, and then of course, the fucking classic, "Big Wednesday". It was a small, intimate, valuable, affair. Good Q & A's, especially with the awesome John Milius. He was very friendly and spent a good deal of time talking with me about various issues, most notably Heart of Darkness and Conan.

Here's what some people have been saying about "Between the Lines":

Between the Lines
Narrated by
JOHN MILIUS
(Apocalypse Now - Big Wednesday)

“This is the soil from which APOCALYPSE NOW grew out of; it's as simple as that.”
- John Milius

“An Extraordinary, compassionate, and compelling documentary.”
- Drew Kampion, The Surfers Path

“You did a wonderful job and helped me to untie a few more knots. It sat with me all night.”
- John Prietto, Vietnam combat veteran & Army lifeguard

If you're concerned about the difficult choices people have to make, and how their way of life can ground, guide, and heal them, then this documentary will do you good. And of course "Big Wednesday" kicks ass in all manner of ways that modern films wouldn't take the time too.

It was cool, I have deeper things to say about it, but not here, and not before the wine runs out.

Atlantis! Super Psycho Weirdo Shit!

2008-09-25T20:03:00.001-07:00

This video is just about my favorite thing ever.

Anti-Marijuana Commercial

2008-09-25T08:13:00.000-07:00

Courtesy of my boy,

http://www.youtube.com/user/captainlappin

Skeightfast Dyephun Vids

2008-09-23T20:32:00.000-07:00

I love this guy, Pete. He is my favorite. His website is awesome, it's Sk8thePlanet.

Skeightfast Dyephun Volume 1

2008-09-23T19:37:00.000-07:00

Go get this right now.

What is it? You could click on the Skeightfast Dyephun link on the right, but hey, I'm a nice guy, I'll save you the clicking:

Behold Skeightfast Dyephun!

188 pages for only $10.00 !

Life is good for skateboarders Mikey Spitface and William Boardlord. The days are long and warm, the nights are cool, and the streets are calling their names. The sweet summer grinds away beneath their boards, interrupted only by the occasional brawl with Patterson Bathtub and his goons.

And so what if they're repeating Senior Year again? It's all about rad sessions and good times. That is until their friend and local skateshop owner, Henry, gets a violent visit from some dangerous ninjas. Now our skate-tastic bros are charged with protecting an ancient artifact, which may hold the key to eternal life! It's too bad those violent strangers will stop at nothing to get their hands on it, and thats not to mention Patterson and his Oi Boys are out for blood as well!

Still, no big deal, right? Right?! Well what happens when Spitface and Boardlord screw up, thus plunging their city and everyone they've ever cared about into a zombie holocaust!?

188 pages | Black & White TPB Vol. 1 Collects Issues 1-6 | $10.00 US

Suggested for Mature readers: Contains violence, foul language and all types of ill shit.

Buy it from:

Fuck Yeah

2008-09-23T19:36:00.000-07:00

That's right bro. That's damn right.

Silverthought: Ignition

2008-09-23T19:32:00.000-07:00

Two of my short stories, "Thank You Death Robot", and "The Monster of Sunset Park", appear in the spec fiction anthology, "Silverthought: Ignition".

Do yourself a favor, fuck up your sleeping, warp your sensibilities, lick a toe, a toad, and then pick it up here:
http://www.silverthought.com/ignition/

Satirica: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction

2008-09-23T19:30:00.000-07:00

I got this new story coming out in this anthology.

"Satirica: An Anthology of Speculative Fiction"
by Cowboy Logic Press.

Storie is called "The Shark Engine Enigma".
The main character gets eaten by the shark on the first page. Existential exploration of pain, desire, and reality, to follow. You know, pyramids and shit.

You can pre-order it now here:

http://www.cowboylogic.net/CLP_Books.htm

DoomEscape Skate Decks

2008-09-23T19:24:00.001-07:00

Yo go buy some of these exclusive skatedecks! They're disappearing like butter on a fat alligator's ass. $45, weird designs, definite flavor. Don't try to act like you ain't not going to not feel what all the people melting butter are feeling.

Git em here:
http://doomescape.deckpeck.com
(no www.)

Or just check the Git Skateboards link on the right.
Doom Escape Skateboards.

WORD OF THE PSYCHIC BUG

2008-09-23T19:22:00.001-07:00

Word of the Psychic Bug
Chapter 4!

Now published in the Serial Fiction section of

Silverthought.com!

Go read it if you're into super elite secret agents, bondage, insect rape, sarcasm, sci-fi, and ultravi0lence.

Counselor by Victor Giannini Excerpt

2008-09-23T19:16:00.000-07:00

Here's a tiny excerpt from my novel, Counselor.

It's from the end of Chapter 1, Karate Never Works:

“Look, behind that dumpster,” I said, a perfect zombie. “A fox.”

“A fox?” Barry laughs. “Dude, are you serious? A real live fox, right here, right now? In Brooklyn?”

A bottle shatters across the rear windshield. My trance flows away with the slimy glass. Frank is bubbling and fuming, and closing in. I turn the key, then turn my eyes back to the mythic alley. Of course, she’s gone.

“Dude, you’re losing it,” Barry said, half joking.

We spin the tires and peel away, leaving Frank and his sad waitress to their diner. The rhythmic pulse of dirty light bathes us as I follow signs toward the highway. Already the night feels invasive, like the purple, star-swollen, sky threatens to drip down and absorb us. Hapless morons coated in the aether slime, pulled screaming into the cosmos, to be rent and torn amongst hungry, alien gods.

Never mind that.

Like schoolboys losing the cops in a secret trail, we rocketed on. Blissfully ignorant of the strange new lives we were racing toward, unaware that we left something of our once true selves behind.

****

Every moment preceding a cataclysm is significant. You look back and tabulate every instance, every action, every breath taken. Because if you’re less than thrilled with the outcome, you can’t help but imagine what factor you could have changed. Anything to gum up the works, throw the odds in your favor.

Looking back, now aided with the vision of cyclopean fate, I can only wonder how each piece fits in our story. The fox ghost. The angry chef. What could I have done differently? Had I not fallen under the fox’s sway, would things have turned out as they have?

What if I’d stayed and fought? Spent just a few more precious moments, bobbing, weaving, and being battered? Would that small fragment of time have aligned the wheels of fate in our favor?

And what of Barry? Did he act perfectly, or was there some glitch in the system that allowed him to fall onto the path he unwittingly did?

Whatever the variables, and they are terrible and many, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that, taken as a whole, every sentence uttered, every action taken, every thought indulged, had one, undeniable sum.

Whether it was the will of fate, or the absurdly grotesque math of existence, I’ll never know whether things could’ve turned out better, or god forbid, worse. And then of course, there’s that third possibility.

The creepiest of all.

That maybe, just maybe, we deserved exactly what we got.