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.

Party like It's the Apocalypse Noir

VAN WYCK End of the World Release Party!

Face it, you got no other plans Sunday night! Come celebrate the end of the Van Wyck book series with a bang, not a whimper!
MEET the author and illustrators from all 5 books!

Original artwork and illustrations by David Reyes and Edward Frausto will be showcased along with works from Treiops Treyfid and Carey Nova.

Get classy: Book reading, signing, Q&A.

Special vocal performance by Karmyn Tyler!!!

New animated Van Wyck Teaser trailers will be presented.

Not to mention that the AMAZING DJ Poncho Andy will be coming out of his live performance retirement for this ONE NIGHT ONLY!!!!  

This is the last event where we will be offering the limited edition signed one one of a kind Apocalypse figurine. Free when you purchase all five books for only $20 (each book is $5). This is a rare opportunity to get all five books signed by the author and artist. 

And in honor of the end of the world as well the end of the book series, the entire five-part Van Wyck series is going for twenty dollars--the last time the series will be selling at this price. So get it at the good price. And get it signed by the creators!

Date: Sun August 19 2012

Time: 6pm-9pm

Place: Irisphere Visual Arts 4650 W. Washington Blvd. LA

Plenty of street parking. Free entry.

Special Guests:

Christopher Cobb: Author

Scott Griffin: Illustrator of Van Wyck

 Lance Richlin: Illustrator of Van Wyck 2

Chadwick Reinheardt: Illustrator of Van Wyck 3

David Reyes: Illustrator of Van Wyck 4

Edward Frausto: Illustrator of Van Wyck 5

Karmyn Tyler: Vocal Performance

Carey Nova: Guest Artist

Treiops Treyfid: Guest Artist

&

Dj Poncho Andy

See you there!
-Mother
Oh, one more thing. Don't forget the watchbot work of Ave Rose will continue to show at La Luz de la Jesus Gallery until September 2nd.

Last Trip, Comic Con. Next Trip, Watch Bot City

Well, as you may have guessed--or witnessed if you were there--Comic Con with Ink Pen Mutations was a blast, once again.

Tons of new goodies, among them being the final additions to the now complete Van Wyck Series--a hard-boiled post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, as told in five parts. Author Chris Cobb talks about it at Comic Con.

And as always, Mother tries to look picture perfect at Comic Con:

But let's not focus on the past. The future is always upon us. And since we're on the subject of time, it is good to note that every minute is under the close watch of the inhabitants of Watch Bot City, and Mother Ave Rose, their  maker. Would you like to meet their maker? Come to La Luz de Jesus!

 Mother has been hard at work, putting together the newest addition to Watchbot World. Watchbot City 2. The opening is on August 3rd, from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. The watchbot goods will remain  there until September 2nd. Again, that's at 4633 Hollywood Blvd. LA, CA  90027.

Come meet the watchbots.

And see the land where they work and live!