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Just a heads up on what’s happenin’.

I am working on two episodes of the podcast simultaneously. Actually it’s one episode of the Ghoulzone, and the first episode of something new. There are issues and delays happening all around me now, but rest assured that progress is being made and I am continuing with the production of podcasting type stuff.

I slacked on the Ghoultoons again too, but a new one is coming up shortly.

I again apologise for my inconsistancy, but I can say that stuff is happening even when you don’t hear from me for awhile.

Some nooz-

I posted the zombie t-shirt design to the Zazzle store. You can get shirts, mousepads, and prints of the new design all for yourself to have. click the link at left or this here one:

http://www.zazzle.com/fakelarry

I won’t beg you to buy stuff and help me survive, but it would be really cool if you did.

I skipped out on the last few Ghoultoons because I was working on other things, healing from losses in the family and illnesses, and other tales of woe. New toons are on the way. In the meantime, if you like my artwork you may be interested in visiting my online portfolio to see a few more samples-

http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=7208

I’m going to keep working on more horror stuff, and I’d like to try my hand at some album cover art for death metal bands which seems like a good fit for me, don’t you think? If you happen to know of any bands that need artwork just send them my way. After I get a few more pieces in the portfolio I’m going to begin shopping myself around to local bands and see what’s up. I’m not ashamed to say I really need the work. It’s good to be an artist again.

The podcast is still on hold until things get better. I just renewed the site for another year so I’m here to stay. I keep thinking I need to update this as a blog and can keep content on here. Lately I haven’t seen many horror movies, due to the problems I mentioned and also I have a lack of interest in the movies coming out lately.

Come on back soon and I’ll have some stuff for you, and new Ghoultoons too. Like a zombie, I’ll keep moving until I find things to sink my teeth into.

Finally finished the zombie t-shirt design. There’s a lot of detail in it you can’t see that you may be able to see on the shirt. I even put a few bits of buckshot in the hole there. I’m not sure if this is the finished design, I may have to tweek the lettering more but I wanted to post it.

On to the next project. I have to get my portfolio filled with new work, maybe I can get a few gigs out of it.

I finally got around to joining Facebook. I have to say I’m not exactly sure what to do with it. There doesn’t seem to be much to it although you can post images and blog. I understand the use of MySpace as a free website presence even if I haven’t had much use for it. MySpace, Twitter and now Facebook just seems to me like more places that I’m going to forget to update.

Twitter I like because it’s easy, just random thoughts and promotions in one place. MySpace is useful because people can become friends and link to you and you get some idea of how many people visit your site, but as I said before I already have a website so I never used my MySpace.

I tried to add friends to my Facebook but my slow computer and slower connection makes that problematic when using the Facebook interface to look at other people’s lists and add from there.

Anyway, I’ll put the permanent link up on this page shortly but until then here is my page link:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Larry-Ghoulzone/100000499365805

I’m going to say right up front that it’s likely that I will not be adding much to it. I am still dead set against offering “Facebook exclusive content” because it seems pointless to me unless they pay me for promoting their site, which to my knowledge they don’t do. I just want it noted for the record that this is yet another example of me making the effort to join the gang and do what they do even when I’m generally not interested. That means I will not be getting an iPhone any time soon. Seriously, I’m not a sheep.

So feel free to add me to your lists especially if you’re a horror fan. And write to me and tell me what the hell I’m supposed to do with my Facebook now. Hey, maybe there’s a plugin that will add my blog posts from this website to my Facebook. That’d be cool, and a cheat!

Ghoultoons are still coming in regularly. I’m almost ready to reboot the podcasts, I’m doing research and still designing the show format. We’ll get there.

Now I have got to get back to working on the website for my business. I made another couple of hundred bucks this month. Yay. Need to do much better to survive, bad economy or no.

And I’m going to get back to painting and finish that zombie design.

The old Ghoulzone messageboard has been destroyed. I like saying it that way, like deleting files is actually vaporizing something that existed. Anyways, it’s history, so apologies to the handful of actual humans that signed up. Fuggin’ spam and such clogged my email and forced my hand.

Now we have a message board through ProBoards.com. Maybe this will be easier to manage, we’ll see. I still don’t expect it to become a hotbed of activity, but I sort of feel like I should provide the opportunity if you want it. Please log in to the new board linked to below, it’s a good way to reach me and I welcome everyone to join up just to bitch at me about doing more Ghoultoons and podcasts.

The link is in the upper left corner in the same place, http://ghoulzone.proboards.com

I need to get some podcasts out, so I’m used to the fact that about 3 people still come here. I know, it’s my fault for flaking on the content and the podcast. I’m working out an actual format so I can keep the shows on topic and between 30-50 minutes or something that I can get out every week since that seems to be what the peoples want. I’m all about the peoples. Kinda hard to be funny these days though, let alone every week.

Gotta go lay down and let my tri-weekly migraine run it’s course. I want to get back to my painting, so I hope

Be talking at you all soon (with luck).

Well, I seem to have mostly recovered from my illness. I was down for over two weeks which never happened to me before. I wasn’t a confident supporter of Obama’s socialized medicine, but now I wish I had some insurance or something. I can’t afford the doctor now, and I was stuck with using leeches.

I have a crapload of work to get caught up on. I’m doing some designing for my business as well as other work, so the zombie painting is going to progress slowly as I work on it an hour or two when I can. I designed a logo today for the first time in years, and it’s good to be making art again.

Speaking of the painting, I realized that the Ghoulzone t-shirt is a bit on the expensive side. Even I can’t pay for one, and that’s just sad. I’m looking into alternatives to see if I can get my t-shirts down below 20 bucks each, because I’d pay that for a good shirt. Most cheap shirts just have a one or two color text message or something simple on them, but my painted designs have to be full color, and that costs. But they’re going to be worth it.

In the Zazzle store I have mouse pads and art prints/posters and mugs which are quite reasonably priced, so the zombies and future horror paintings will be available in the Ghoulzone store in any case, so I’m sure you can find some affordable stuff there.

Now I’m off to enjoy eating some solid food for a change. I still have Irritable Bowel Syndrome though, but at least I’m used to that. I just need to eat some tree bark at every meal and I’m good to go.

See ya soon, still getting back to working on more content and podcast stuff.

I had a birthday sunday, not much fun. I’m middle aged, broke, and I have the worst stomach virus I have ever had. Everything comes out liquid. I am a human balloon full of gasses, I look pregnant. Maybe it’ll be a boy alien.

Things are getting worse. Like R.J. MacReady, I want to make sure there’s some kind of record. As reluctant as I am to talk about my personal life, nobody can say I didn’t tell anyone. IT’s like The Thing is after me, and I’m trapped at the ‘Pole. I have no flamethrowers.

Haven’t worked on the zombie design for a few days but it’s 2/3 of the way done. I think people are going to like it, so I may have a chance to sell a few t-shirts and get one dollar a piece in profit for each. Yay! Be an artist!

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