Sun July 27, 2008

Recently I was asked to contribute artwork to an exhibition of custom made skate board decks featuring the work of a variety of artists. The exhibition was sadly cancelled, but here's my entry anyway .... (click to enlarge)
 

 
 

Sat July 16, 2008

STOP THE PRESSES!
Award winning Australian Animation company delves into Indie comics! The following blurb is from the Eye Candy animation web site ...

'Eye Candy turned this funny 2D hippo comic character into a realistic 3D character that will be used as the seed to a feature length animated movie. Hairbutt the Hippo is a comic book series developed by Jason Paulos of Rat Race Comics and is the story of a nasty tempered and hygienically impaired hippopotamus who makes a living as a private detective feeding off the misfortunes and misadventures of hippies, magicians and mobsters. We created and rigged Hairbutt to look like he had just gotten off the beach and was taking a quick shower to wash the salt off, only to be surprised by one of the local crabs!'

http://eyecandyanimation.com:80/portfolio/hairbutt/

Below are some conceptual images used in the making of the above short clip
 

 

 

 
 
 

 

 

 
 
 

 
 
 

Tues June 24 2008
 

 
 

Thanks to everybody who bought copies of the EEEK! Trade Paperback from me at Supanova in Sydney on the weekend ,,, there's more people into 'retro horror' than I thought.

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Who is this rolling pin wielding granny? To see her in action go to http://www.losfugitivos.com/
and while you're there, don't forget to vote for your fave character!

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It's been a long time between updates, but rest assured that all is well in the Rat Race Comics camp ... a career change from graphic designer to freelance storyboard artist meant more time at home with the baby, hence more distractions. I'm back on track however and have finally completed the final EEEK! comic and the long awaited (by me anyway) collected EEEK! trade paperback thanks to www.Lulu.com!

A big thanks to Tom Spurgeon at http://www.comicsreporter.com/ for the nice write up of Hairbutt Funnies. Unfortunately I've lost the direct link.

Check out the latest issue of Dee Vee. I collaborated with Daren White on a superhero romance story called 'Blind Love'.
 

 

 

 
 

Check out my storyboard samples at www.drawingbook.com.au
 

Feb 06 2008
EEEK issue 4 is on sale now! Click the thumbnails for previews ... there's more previews on the Lulu site, so click the 'Buy Me' button below and check them out.

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

April 21 2007
EEEK issue 3 is on sale ... previews are below. Featuring 4 horror-ific tales to shock and titillate in the tradition of the House of Mystery.

 

 
         
         

March 18 2007
Phil Bentley has published a 12 page interview with me in his excellent Word Balloons 'zine'. Send a cheque for $5 to Phil Bentley, PO BOX 286, Sandringham, VIC 3191 OR order online at Phase Two Comics
 

 
 

March 3 2007
 Hairbutt the Hippo Private Eye is on sale now! 124 pages of crazy artwork and all round wackiness abounds. Collect the set!

 

 
 

Feb 2007
 'Comix' at the Pinnacles gallery, Townsville. 6January - 4 February 2007. Pictured below is me & Tim McEwen (Greener Pastures)

 
           
           

Jan 2007
 EEEK! number two is on sale now ... see previews below

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Dec 26 2006

 

  

 Myles Thomas Paulos
Born 14 Nov, RPA Hospital, Sydney
 

It's been a big year, hence the lack of updates. A new house, renovation and a baby ... and more comics.
Also, an upcoming exhibition in Townsville
 

Monday May 22 2006
New 6 page horror story!   Colour me ... EVIL!
 

Sunday March 12 2006
EEEK! issue one review at www.BrokenFrontier.com
 

Sunday February 19 2006
 EEEK! issue one is on sale now! Click thumbnails below and go to my web store at www.lulu.com/ratrace to purchase a copy. Please allow three weeks for delivery.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

Wednesday January 18 2006
EASY PREY
 

Friday December 9 2005
 For a well written article on Aussie comics by Mark Juddery of The Bulletin, click here,

I've been working on a new 'retro' horror story click here

 

Wednesday August 31 2005
 I've added two new portraits of Gary Chaloners 'The Undertaker' to the 'comic art portfolio' section.
For more Undertaker goodness, visit www.GaryChaloner.com

 

 
 
 

Saturday August 13 2005
 BrokenFrontier.com has reviewed Hairbutt Funnies Cick Here

THE COLLECTED ADVENTURES OF HAIRBUTT THE HIPPO
Attention hippo-philes! I'm releasing trade paperback collections of the first three Hairbutt series. For a closer look at the cover art click on the thumbnails below
 

 

 


Wednesday August 3 2005
 To see complete artwork from 'Bizarro World':

 

 

 

 

 
 


Monday July 25 2005
 Uploaded some new sketches:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  
 


Sunday May 15 2005
 Hairbutt The Hippo Funnies is now available for purchase online!
 

 
 

 
 

Saturday March 19 2005

 

Here's a pic of me at the Impact Comics Bizarro signing (l to r) Cam, Me, Mal

Sunday March 06 2005
I'll be signing copies of Bizarro World at Impact Comics in Canberra on Saturday 12th March so if you're in the neighborhood drop in and say hi and pick up a free sketch. For more info click here

Sunday Feb 13 2005
Bizarro World is now on sale! A 200 page exstravaganza featuring a whopping 5 pages by yours truly (That's 4 more than one!). Other self pub projects are in the works, not the least being an 100 page collection of Hairbutt 'MAD' strips - stay tuned for updates and previews
Bizarro World Review
 Bizarro World online preview

august  04
Attention comic retailers! Soft Boiled Tales is being solicited in this months Previews catalogue on page 320. Place your order now!
The Hairbutt publicity blitz continued this week ...
Thanks to everybody that tuned in to ABC TV's Mondo Thingo show and also to FBI radio this week. An interview with me also appeared in The Herald's Radar' section.

JULY 1 2004 update
A new web strip by me called The Cutting Room Floor
is viewable now. Sorry kids, it's adults only!
I've also only just noticed that 'The Counterfeit Connoisseur' has been missing the second last 'page' all this time. Anybody that read the previous version and thought the ending was shite, please re-read it!
 

May 2004 update
 Soft Boiled Tales is finally going out to Australian newsagents via Network Distribution. Check this list to see if it's at your local newsie.


april 2004 update
It's official! The good people at Rat Race Comics are releasing 'Soft Boiled Tales' nationwide through Network distribution in May. For online colour previews simply click here.

old stuff
For those who are interested, DC comics contacted me last year regarding the just completed 'Bizarro' deluxe hardcover book, featuring work by a veritable 'who's who' of 'alternative' comics. It seems DC editor Joey Cavalieri had already picked up a copy of 'Hairbutt the Hippo Private Eye' in New York and was smitten enough to offer me a 5 page Green Lantern script penned by Jason Yungbluth called 'It's Not Easy Being Green'.
 I'll post previews of my art with release dates for Bizarro 2 soon!

Since then plans have been shelved for a collection of Hairbutt reprints from Australian MAD magazine in favour of a brand new project called 'Soft Boiled Tales', a one-shot that will re-introduce Hairbutt and pals to the world. This issue will feature a fully-painted 13 page Hairbutt the Hippo mis-adventure called 'Chariot's of the Clods' (written by Bodine Amerikah & painted by me), as well as a 6 page Frank Miller parody called 'That Fat Bastard' (written/drawn by yours truly), as well as  unpublished strips, all presented in the time honoured format of colour cover with 32 page B&W interior art.
'Soft Boiled Tales' will be the usual 'High Adventure and Low Humour'  fans have grown to love since Hairbutt's first ashcan in June 1989. Watch this space for more details.
 

ALL ART ON THIS SITE IS COPYRIGHT JASON PAULOS
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED.
HAIRBUTT THE HIPPO PRIVATE EYE & SUPPORTING CHARACTERS ARE COPYRIGHT 2004 JASON PAULOS