Coming to your home this Xmas Eve: Xmas Means Absinthe with IPM

Ah, December. A festive time for even the most fraught, fickle and frowny of us all.
But whether you are a scrooge or a stooge, IPM has you in mind.

Yes, even if you are too cool for Christmas, IPM might just warm you up with a special gift beginning Christmas Eve.

Our own Mother, Ave Rose, 

and her crew of  merry men put together a special version of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" with HRX Records on their Christmas Treat Album, Hell, It's Christmas... Again that you can download right now for all your Christmas listening needs.

Mother and her elves have been working hard with HRX  Records to bring you the gift of song.
So turn up Ink Pen Mutations on your Youtube Dial and enjoy your gift come

Christmas Eve beginning 6 p.m. pacific coast time.

Our twisted twist on "God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" is set in the sultry, moody, drinky scene of a 1900's  absinthe bar featuring:

 

Joseph Micheal: producer 

David Chamberlin: producer, pd,,

Brad Cooper: director, cinematographer, video editor and video concept.

 Alicia Drake: art direction, set design, wardrobe, hair, makeup

 Brandon Dishman: FX makeup, Featured as the Devil and playing Ave Rose's saw U
Ricky Smith: production assistant

Absinthe bar patrons as follows:

Treiops Treyfid

 Rannie Rodil

Seraphime Angelis and Gretchan Ingram

Robert Rawlinson

  and Matthew Fling

And that's not all. Because the Ink Pen elves have been very busy! Ink Pen Mutations has opened up its ebook library, beginning with Fragile Bodies, as well as the last two installments of the Van Wyck series, part 4, Van Wyck and the LA Buzzsaws and the final Van Wyck installment, Van Wyck and the Black Swan. Next on the ebook press will be Aliens in LA, with more to follow shortly thereafter. Now go download and read up! 

Holiday Artwork on the Artwalk with IPM

This past Saturday, on December 1st, in honor of a rainy reappearance of Aliens in LA was a showdown between the aliens and Giant Robot. Who won the the between the alien vs. giant robots?

If you weren't there, then you will never know!

Zoneplex creator (left) and Skid Ronin (right).  Vince Fannin, the guy in the eye in the middle

But what is next on the final frontier?

Christmas cheer is about to appear!

Now that the aliens have gone back to hiding in the far off corners of the Angeleno galaxy, next in the IPM news is the Hive Gallery's next opening for the "Created Dreams" show featuring artwork made from recycled CD/DVD's.

Join the December show at the Hive Gallery, opening night, this Saturday evening, December 8, 2012 where The Ink Pen room will be featuring:

Tons of Mother's artwork at discount rates! 
The original artwork of Treiops Treyfid

"Shadow Puffs" original by Treiops Treyfid. Take these shadow puffs home for Christmas!

also available at discounted prices.

Michelle Hart (buy one get one half off)

Michelle Hart made this for you. Merry Christmas!

 and Meirav Haber:

Meirav Haber is about to hook you up with this at the Hive!

 Alina Mikos will also be selling art work for $10 off per piece.

Here is how Ms. Mikos wishes you happy holidays

Mother will also be contributing to the Recycled Art theme. Don't miss it.

This old music was shattered for you.

OH,
ONE MORE THING

Happy Holidays from IPM

Ebook releases to be announced this month too. Starting with Fragile Bodies, Aliens in LA and the Van Wyck series.
  Soon, you can get down with the download.

Aliens Vs. Giant Robots this Saturday, Dec. 8th!

Last you heard, Mother had artwork that hit coasts and crossed oceans. From Seattle to Tokyo, and then back again to the local crevices and corridors where the wizards dwell and buy their wares in Whimsic Alley. Now, she is back in L.A. But more importantly, 

the Aliens are in L.A too.

And they are hosting a booksigning, cosplay party, game release and giveaway at every geek's favorite hide out, Giant Robot 2! Yes, you read the giveaway part right--that means FREE SH*T!

Headlining this event, Aliens in LA participant Shelby Cinca is releasing is Science Fiction board game, Zoneplex, a recently kickstarted 3-5 player board game adventure set inside a pyramid at the edge of space and time. Every alien this side of space (and time) will be at: 

Giant Robot 2

2062 Sawtelle Blvd

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Neighborhood: West Los Angeles

Saturday, December 1, 2012

6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

A whole new procession of aliens, featuring

Vance Fannin as "Eye"

Katrina Miller as "Dreggs"

Andrew McGregor as "Captain Africa"

Treiops Treyfid as "Wred Skayre"

and Ave Rose as "Cell Singer."

Meet Cell Singer and Wred Skayre Saturday, December 1st! 

also among ourspecial guests will be the monsters who make the hit show, Monster Man, happen.

Monster Man's Johnnie Saiko as "Skid Ronin"

Skid Ronin. No Master. No Mercy.

and Monster Man's creator, Cleve Hall.

Here is Cleve Hall, the man, the monster, the man of monsters. What will he  have in store for us Saturday?

IN OTHER NEWS

 KASL, illustrator of Sick! has been hard at work too. Designer of Mystixx Vampire Dolls via Playhut Toys, he also produced and directed this promo video too. 

 Pick 'em up at Toys 'R Us. Next round to appear at Hot Topic!

Also coming soon:

Remember this video?

Stay tuned for something new Mother and HRX  for Christmas!

What to do when the Aliens get the best of you?

 Ink Pen Mutations goes to Tokyo!

Mother's artwork featured in the Hive-zilla show

Opening at Ganka Garou Gallery

November 16-22, 2012

Hive-Zilla at Ganka Garou Gallery
Opening- 18:00 November 16th5-8-11, Shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 160-0022
Tel: 03-5285-8822 FAX: 03-5939-8805



ALSO HAPPENING NOW
Bizarro au Gogo featured in this year's Master Blaster show at the Hive Gallery for the rest of November. 729 S. Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90014

BUT EVEN BETTER ON THE UP AND COMING

The Aliens are still in L.A.

Not only that but they are hosting a give-away!

One of our stars is releasing is Science Fiction boardgame, Zoneplex, and every alien this side of the moon will be there to celebrate at

Giant Robot 2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025
Neighborhood: West Los Angeles

Saturday, December 1, 2012

6:30 to 10:30 p.m.

A whole new procession of aliens.

Get your gifts abound.

And get in on the FREE give aways!

Ink Pen Mutations Goes to Tokyo.

 Ink Pen Mutations goes to Tokyo!

Mother's artwork featured in the Hive-zilla show

Opening at Ganka Garou Gallery

November 16, 2012

12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Showing until November 22, 2012

Hive-Zilla at Ganka Garou Gallery
Opening- 18:00 November 16th5-8-11, Shinjyuku, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN 160-0022
Tel: 03-5285-8822 FAX: 03-5939-8805



ALSO HAPPENING NOW
Bizarro au Gogo featured in this year's Master Blaster show at the Hive Gallery for the rest of November. 729 S. Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90014

Whimsic Alley!

Saturday, November 10th  and Sunday, November 11th 11 a.m-7 p.m.Whimsic Alley Wizards' Craft Fair

This weekend will be something magical.

Magic, indeed.

The wizards will gather.

The witches will call.

The widgets will be wound.

The cauldrons heated and stirred.

The magic plucked from the hat

where its secrets can finally be yours.

What you say?

Come to the alley

Join us at the Wizards' Craft Fair

It will be a union of fantasy, steampunk, and all the knick-knaaks of the netherworlds.

But most importantly, Mother will be there for you.

The enchanted market place that features unique Wizard-World

artisans from throughout the country. I’ll have a table selling only my most magical creations. But be warned, these powerful objects must not get into the wrong hands!

5464 Wilshire Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90036

(3 blocks west of La Brea)



Get Batty for Bat's Day: Full IPM Calendar

If you're either feeling a little artsy or a little antsy, the folks at Ink Pen Mutations have a thing or two to do for you. Mark up your calendars and get it in gear.
Ink Pen Got it Going on.

This Sunday, November 3rd, at THE BATS' DAY HOLIDAY BLACK MARKET

Join Ave Rose at Bat's Day. This will be an excellent opportunity to pick up hand-made one-of-a-kind jewery as well as smaller art pieces with affordable pricing.

Over 70 vendors will help you find what you are looking for. From clothing, music, artwork, books, collectibles, and toys, to other original items. I’ll have my own table with new affordable jewelry and art pieces that will make perfect dark gifts for that special creep in your life. The following DJs will be playing music during the Bats Day Holiday Black Market:

Randy LeoDragon
Dave Bats
Ralphie Nigmatic
Sabrina Liquidsexdrive
Jason Liquidsexdrive Scamara

At the Double Tree in Anaheim
2085 South Harbor  Blvd Anaheim CA 92802

This Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

The Hive Gallery will be hosting its annual Masters Blasters show and our own bros and bimbos of Bizarro au Gogo will be among the featured artists.

And don't forget the Master Blaster Series Artwalk on Thursday, November 8th, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Always FREE

Saturday, November 10th  and Sunday, November 11th 11 a.m-7 p.m.Whimsic Alley Wizards' Craft Fair 

 The enchanted market place that features unique Wizard-World
artisans from throughout the country. I’ll have a table selling only my most magical creations. But be warned, these powerful objects must not get into the wrong hands!
5464 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
(3 blocks west of La Brea)


And until November 11th, 2012
See "October Rust" by our own Mother Ave Rose at the Piranha Art Shop in Seattle

"October Rust" Close-up

Also coming soon,

 Ink Pen goes to Tokyo for the Hive-zilla show on November 19th!

Wackos at WACKO: Multiple Alien Sightings in Los Angeles

Have you ever sat and wondered if we were all alone in this great big galaxy?

Well, you're not. This Thursday night, you've got company.

One of many stills from the Bizarro  au Gogo Promo Shoot. It seems the aliens love the ladies!

The ALIENS ARE IN LOS ANGELES, and they want to meet you.


Welcoming them to our planet, is author and alien aficionado, Treoips Treyfid and his team of forensic freakologists at Bizarro au Gogo.

Thursday, October 18, 2012
from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. @

WACKO Book Store
4633 W. Hollywood Blvd.

Join us for one psychotronic night filled with enough visual stimuli to have your eye jellies jiggling for weeks to come! Aliens in LA and Bizarro au Gogo are having a joint book signing at Wacko. We've got friends in far out places an they're all going to be there. Come rub elbows with the good, the bad, and the ugly, from around the universe!

Bizarre costume is highly preferred. There will be prizes for the sickest and wackiest ones around. But fear not, or fear aplenty. Feel free to come as you are, or you can come as you were always afraid to be. Costume prizes to be announced.

Meet the Makers of Aliens in LA and the inhabitants of galaxies faraway.
And of course, welcome Cig Neutron and the sickening inhabitants of the Bizarro Universe. They just shot their short this past weekend and now they're hungry. Get your books signed at Wacko. Meet the wackos at Wacko. And stay tuned to hear more about the shooting of the Bizarro Trailer!

"Who would you rather?  The clown or the cholo?" asks the alien..

Which aliens will be there?

Which alien will you be?

Or, if worse  comes to worst, you can always just be yourself.

Just be as bizarro as you can be.

Some refreshments may be provided for a small donation. Or bring your bottle. And a bandage.

Featuring the Work of Dr. Thanos at the Hive Gallery, Because Death Becomes Her

This Month at the Hive Gallery in honor of this time when the veil between the worlds grows thinnest, the IPM back room will be hosting the especially unique, intriguingly controversial and markedly macabre work of the elusive Dr. Thanos, in her series of still photography she has entitled,

Between Life and Afterlife

This series of photographs was taken over several years, in an ongoing visual investigation of the lives of public servants who work with the dead, and the “afterlife” of those whose remains they examine and care for. Taken in Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices all over the United States in the 1980’s, 90’s and early 2000’s, these photographs depict a former Medical Examiner’s effort to confront emotionally and spiritually what she had, in conducting the duty of her profession, engaged with on an intellectual and professional level over several decades. The author of these photographs, maintaining anonymity for her subjects, is known only as Dr. Thanos. 

From the work of Dr. Thanos, "Dr. J & Mr. H" Skeletonized Remain

If you missed opening night on October 6th then not only did you miss the artwork, but you also missed this guy:

who knows what is lurking (or working) around the next corner at the Artwalk this week on Thursday October 11th from 8  to 11 p.m.

Dr. Thanos, Ink Pen Mutations, and an inevitable weird guy will always be waiting for you at

The Hive Gallery
729 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 

And the entrance is kept the way your spirit should be--totally FREE!

The featured work of the main gallery will be themed around Cthulhu, for all you lovers of Lovecraft and appreciators of Weird Tales.

"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

 Don't miss this once in a death-time treat. Because while in his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu may wait dreaming, but Dr. Thanos waits with her camera.  Not to mention, Mother will be displaying a few new small pieces as well.

More to come in October:
the Book Release Party for Aliens in LA at La Luz de la Jesus Gallery.



Alien Procession in Session

Bring in the Autumn.
Los Angeles is up in Lights

as Treiops Treyfid of Aliens in LA presents 

the Alien Procession.

So you can forget the UFO,

and kick that flying saucer to the curb.

Don't you hate when you forget where you parked your mother ship?

Because it is time.
Time to identify some landing objects

right here in Los Angeles. 

Some aliens make smoother landings than others.

This Saturday Night

the Aliens are in Procession 
at 

Pershing Square
532 South Olive Street
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90013

Forget about partying like a rockstar.

Party like you're from beyond the stars.

At this out of this world event and interactive work of performance art.

Bring in the autumn! 

And Send in the Aliens!

Treiops Treyfid of Aliens in LA brings 

the Alien Procession
to
to Autumn lights .

Alien Procession is a Futuristic Sci-fi art performance of glowing fantastical characters, costumes and devices that will entertain, inspire and bewilder its onlookers. 
Don't miss out on this beautiful and bizarre creation sensation! 

Starring Ave Rose as the Alien.

  Rannie Rodil as the Slave Driver. 

Cristina Waltz as the Warrior.

  Vance Fannin as the Priest. 

Treiops Treyfid, Cig Neutron, 

Brad Cooper, and Atom Smith as the Carriers. 

But How do the Aliens get here?
What, pray tell, does an alien wear on a fine autumn Saturday night?

Find out here. 

Treiops Treyfid: Performance concept, prop design and creation, costume concept and creation.Ave Rose: costume design and creation.

One More Time for the Apocalypse with the Artists of Ink Pen Mutations

Maybe you think it's too late for you.

Too late for Van Wyck.

Because when it comes to book release parties,
about the possible end of the world

Maybe it's already over. 

You were there for the Van Wyck book release party, so you remember.

Chris Cobb, Van Wyck author leads a light-hearted story time on the topic of urban mushroom clouds.

Check out Scott Griffin on the right. The original illustrator from the very first Van Wyck. Big Ups!

Or maybe you missed it and need one more chance. Regardless, it was a blast.
So why let it stop there?

Beginning this past Saturday, September 8th at the Hive Gallery, the Ink Pen Mutations room is happy to showcase the artists of its most recent releases, the culminating chapters of the apocalyptic Van Wyck series. If you missed it again, fear not, the End of the World will wait a little longer for you.

Come to Artwalk, Thursday
September 13, 2012! 

Come to the backroom.
See the artwork.
Get yourself a copy
of the last books about the last days.

David Reyes,

 illustrator of the fourth part of the Van Wyck series, Van Wyck and the LA Buzzsaws

will be featured in addition to the work of Eduard Frausto, 

illustrator of the fifth and final part of the Van Wyck series,
Van Wyck and the Black Swan

Additionally on the IPM walls,
we are proud to feature the work of two lovely ladies:

the art 

and

 the love and labor




As always, the honey is in the hive

Artwalk Thursday night, from 8 p.m. to 11p.m.

THE HIVE GALLERY

729 S. Spring Street

Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90014

The work of these two artists will remain on the back walls where IPM always hides out until September 29th.