Release Date: September 2010

The Thought Nog Zine Anthology is currently available for purchase via Etsy here.

Thought Nog is a quarterly publication of various artistic absurdities that I started in 2007 to help promote my art and other creative endeavors. As a mini-zine, each issue measures 4.25in x 5.5in, twelve pages from front to back.

After releasing eight issues, distributing them on the streets and at art shows, I decided to compile the best Nog material into a super fantastic, 60-page anthology.


Release Date: October 30th, 2009

Issue #8 Contents

pg. 0 : Zine Intro
pg. 1 : Extraterresticles
pg. 2-3 : Clever Costumes
pg. 4-5 : Argumentative Primitives Comic Strip
pg. 6-8 : New Videos
pg. 9: Heystacks Album Art
Backpage: Thumbnut Kid

Release Date: July 5th, 2009

Issue #7 Contents

pg. 0 : Zine Intro
pg. 1 : Peculiar Foodstuffs
pg. 2-3 : Heystacks Music Project
pg. 4-5 : Close Encounters of the Turd Kind Comic Strip
pg. 6-7 : Quarter Phenomenon
pg. 8 : Stoner Humor
pg. 9 : Unicycle Football
Backpage: Soundtank Music Studios Blurb


Release Date: April 1st, 2009

Issue #6 Contents

pg. 0 : Zine Intro
pg. 1-3 : Jailhouse Drawings
pg. 4-5 : Dr. Diagnosis Comic Strip
pg. 6 : Stubberfoam Film & Video Project
pg. 7 : Cartoonomancy: R. Thies Tarot
pg. 8 : Artist Wordsearch
pg. 9: Mannequin Sex Cult
Backpage: Vinyl Sticker Blurb
Solution to Issue 6 WordSearch here.


Release Date: December 5th, 2008

Issue #5 Contents

pg. 0 : Zine Intro
pg. 1 : Nobunny Show Flyer
pg. 2, 3 : Captain Snarky: Some sort of Alter Ego
pg. 4, 5: Dentally Retarded Comic Strip
pg. 6 : Captain Snarky continued
pg. 7 : Art shows and stuff
pg. 8 : Yuletide Animations
pg. 9: Deck the Balls greeting
Backpage: Deck the Balls greeting


Release Date: September 27th, 2008

Issue #4 Contents

pg. 0 : Zine Intro
pg. 1 : Dentally Retarded comic strip (pt 1)
pg. 2 : Cartoon Apocalypse: Art Exhibit
pg. 3 thru 6 : Full-color spread feat. work by fellow cartoon artists
Miguel Aguilar, David DeGrand, and Tyson Summers
pg. 7 : Dentally Retarded comic strip (pt 2)
pg. 8,9 : Stubberfoamin' Around Oregon
Backpage: Bookmark promo


Release Date: May 22nd, 2008

Issue #3 Contents

pg. 0 - Zine Intro
pg. 1 - Sculpture blurb
pg. 2 - Random Doodle
pg. 3 - Short Story: Sunbather's Nightmare (pt. 1)
pg. 4 - By the Power of Grayscale!
pg. 6 - Short Story: Sunbather's Nightmare (pt. 2)
pg. 8 - 3-D Art: Shelf-Portrait blurb
pg. 9 - Fancy Charts & Graphs
Backpage: Stubberfoam!


Release Date: February 22nd, 2008

Issue #2 Contents

pg. 0 - Zine Intro
pg. 1 - New Artwork
pg. 2 - Talent Show Reject: Stubberfoam music video blurb
pg. 4 - Dentally Retarded comic: Mr. McToothbrush gets tormented by a hairy tongue
pg. 6 - Short Story: Poodle Mishap
pg. 7 - Animated Fartoon: Diarrhea Diaries 2-D animation blurb
pg. 8 - Absurd WordSearch: Art titles, madeup stuff, etc.
pg. 9 - Fun Facts: Tidbits of factual obscurity about Thought Nog's creator
Backpage: Button fun
Solution to Issue 2 WordSearch here.


Release Date: November 1st, 2007

Issue #1 Contents

pg. 0 - Zine Intro
pg. 1 - Artwork
pg. 2 - Short Story: The Gravy Goblin
pg. 3 - Stubberfoam: Music/Performance Art Blurb
pg. 4 - Dentally Retarded comic strip: Mr. McToothbrush and Mr. McToothpaste
pg. 6 - Sascrotch: The well-endowed creature and tentative comic book
pg. 8 - Perturbed Pizza: 2-D animation blurb
pg. 9 - Brief Bio

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