The Beginning....
So yeah...I was there! At the beginning.....I walked into Eide's Comic Shop in Pittsburgh, PA, as I was a student at the Art Institute Of Pittsburgh at the time.....and I saw this B/W, xeroxed mini-comic, called YIRMUMAH! I thought, this kinds looks like what I do, and began leafing through it....I thought, Holy Shit! This guy is taking Rob Liefeld to task for all his CRAP!, I HAVE TO BUY IT! So I plunked down my $1.25, and made my way home to enjoy it....Flash forward to a few months later, where I was at the Pittsburgh Comicon whoring out my book MOSHPIT(SHAMELESS PLUG) in artist's alley....while perusing the roster of artists featured, I see the name D.J. COFFMAN! NO WAY, HE'S HERE? AWESOME! So I find his table, and walk over...now I'm a kinda intimidating looking individual, so when I ask Bob and Calista, "Which one of you guys is D.J. Coffman?" They both exchange worried looks and point directly to D.J. He got to his feet, and I proceeded to berate him, as if I were angry and finally ask him if he thinks he's a funny mutha f**ker? He sheepishly says yes, and I tell him I think he is, too! We quickly became pals, and he TOTALLY got me back the next year, with his "Official" GoZ SUCKS! T-Shirts!
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Comment by D.J. Coffman on January 6, 2010 at 10:20am -
And now from my perspective... we're doing our first second or third "real" show with the Yirmumah spectacle, spin wheel, homemade banners, it was grassroots balls to the walls fun. Bob and I had joked that sooner or later someone was going to come to the table pissed over the things I said in the comic and challenge me.... and BOOM. Day one, morning one of the 1998 Pittsburgh Comicon and this huge viking looking motherfucker comes up to the table with a mean look on his face and asks, "which one of you guys is DJ Coffman" -- In my mind I thought, okay, this guy is gonna bum rush me, but I would go down swinging even though he'd be thumping my ass. -- But after he agreed that I was a funny motherfucker, I even think we embraced and the "legend of GOZ" was born in Yirmumah circles as our favorite person (or group of people) to run into. And yup, we not only had GOZ SUCKS t-shirts, but I do believe we had posters all over the men's restroom with Goz on a stripper poll???
Because that's how we roll! Ah, the good old days! Here's to a NEW future of internet debauchery using this anti-social network!!!
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Comment by GoZ on January 7, 2010 at 12:36am - Ahhh, yes! The stripper pole posters in the men's room! Declaring I would be performing behind the local YMCA....Y? You Know Y!-Great Times!
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Comment by Bob on January 7, 2010 at 11:43am - ..and THAT performance was the single greatest performance that " The Pink Pony " gentlemens club had EVER seen ! I know. I was there. I still have the thong.
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Yes, I will be finishing up the backlog of original $2 commissions I did in the "Will Draw Anything" project from last year. I have about 400 to go--- I'll be expanding the project now into a full spot illustration service very soon.
Yes, I will be finishing up the backlog of original $2 commissions I did in the "Will Draw Anything" project from last year. I have about 400 to go--- I'll be expanding the project now into a full spot illustration service very soon.
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