I recently combined talents with Darryl Magierowski from Twisted T's to bring to you a fresh look at some classic movies. This season's collection will consist of four designs including Fulci's Zombie, Night of the Creeps, Nurse Zombie (Dawn of the Dead) and Basket Case. Each design will make it's debut at a different Horror Convention in the United States and Canada. Every shirt in the line comes with the Twisted Robinson label diffused on the back.

Our first was the Fulci's Zombie T-Shirt that debuted at Cinema Wasteland in April. The shirt went over wonderfully with the cast members as well as the Wasteland Mob. We sold out of the first run within two shows. We are currently restocked and are offering T-Shirts as well as Hoodies with embroidered logo at Twisted T's booth at the Festival of Fear. I will offer the Zombie T-Shirt at all my appearances and currently at my web site artpusher.net until they are gone.

The next shirt debuted July 30 at Fright Night Film Fest and featured Night of the Creeps. I created the art back in Nov 2009 for my first appearance with the cast at HorrorHound Weekend. Tom Atkins, Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow and Steve Marshall really liked the work and Jason went as far as to hold it up in a Q&A and say "this art by Joel Robinson should have been the DVD cover". I have been fortunate to have developed quite a rapport with the members of the cast over our last three appearances together. Night of the Creeps shirts are currently available at artpusher.net.

The third shirt, Nurse Zombie will debut at Rue Morgue's Festival of Fear on Aug 27 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Nurse Zombie, Sharon Ceccatti - Hill will have the shirts available and will be signing at Twisted T's booth. Sharon and I have known each other for a couple years and I was excited to create this design with her. She wanted it bloody and we delivered. Her first request however was to have, her late husband and fellow Dawn zombie, Clayton Hill in it too. Another request we were honored to deliver. Nurse Zombie shirts will be made available exclusively at Sharon's future appearances.

The fourth shirt will be Basket Case and will make it's debut at my appearance with The Basket Case Reunion at Horror Realm, Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept 17-19. I'm looking forward to meeting the cast and writer/director Frank Henenlotter as well as making my way back to Pittsburgh, Home of the Zombies. For more on Frank visit his site hotelbroslin.

On June 5, I appeared at The Midwest Haunters Show in Columbus, Ohio. These folks know how to do it. I meet a lot of cool people in the haunting community as well as many colorful characters. Their Masquerade Ball on Saturday was simply amazing. The costumes were truly incredible.

I had a few weeks off the convention circuit and at the end of July I was off to The Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks to everyone who came out and braved the heat in the Celebrity/Vendor area. Even though it was hot as Hades, I had a great time.

The Cast of Night of the Creeps once again helped me raise money for The Spina Bifida Association. A big Thanks to Tom Atkins, Jason Lively, Jill Whitlow, Steve Marshall, Allan Kayser and everyone who entered the raffle and helped raise awareness as well as a donation. Here's a pic with Allan, Steve, the lucky winner of our third Night of the Creeps raffle, Kayla Roberts, me, Jill and Jason.

I also had the opportunity to meet a living legend. Roger Corman was the Guest of Honor. I was asked to commemorate the event with a Fright Night Film Fest convention poster devoted completely to the man himself. What do say to the man who is responsible for shaping the independent film, producing over 500 movies and giving some of the biggest names around, their first break? Luckily I had a picture to give to him thanking him for sharing his creative genius with the world. He was incredibly humble and was kind enough to sign a print and take a picture.

I also introduced a few new Michael Myer pieces too. I did the first Michael, Will Sandin. I also did a portrait of the latest Michael, from the Rob Zombie Halloween Films, Tyler Mane. Both of these print will be available Sept 1 at artpusher.net.

Wow, what an amazing way to start the month. I am truly honored to be First Runner -Up in this years Rondo Hatton Awards for Artist of the Year!!! This is a fan-based award, named after Rondo Hatton, an obscure B-movie villain of the 1940s, which celebrates the best in classic horror research, creativity and film preservation. To be included is an honor itself, so it's even more incredible for me to be a Runner-Up. First order of business as First Runner-Up is to create more art and take it to the people!!

The Disposal Tour continued to tear through America as I made stops in Cleveland, Nashville and St. Louis.

Cinema Wasteland rocked as usual. The Fulci Zombie Reunion provided the perfect opportunity to debut my latest collaboration with Twisted T's. The Zombie T-Shirt design was a big hit at Wasteland and couldn't have been more apparent as some of the cast members immediately put on the shirts. To the left Ottaviano Dell'Acqua, myself, Al Cliver and Darryl (from Twisted T's). To the right Ottaviano Dell'Acqua gets attached by his character's head as myself, Al Cliver , Richard Johnson , Ian McCulloch and Darryl look on.
Check out the full Zombie design at artpusher.net

Next it was one of my favorite stops, Nashville, Tennessee. I always have a blast there. Ben & Stacey Dixon put on an amazing show. This year's Full Moon Tattoo & Horror Festival was no exception. I want to thank Ben & Stacey for putting me up in a sweet Suite Thursday night. A gesture which provided an amazing opportunity to sit at the dinner table with Ken Foree, Bill Moseley and Caroline Williams.
I created 2 new portraits for the event, Dee Snider in his glory days in Twisted Sister and as Capt Howdy in Strangeland. I was asked to come over and meet Dee on Saturday which I gladly did. Dee shared some inside stories and descriptions of the new Capt Howdy to be featured in Strangeland 2. He is incredibly enthusiastic about this movie and I look forward to seeing it. Dee is the real deal and it was a pleasure to meet him.

The last show of April was Con-Tamination. Hosted by my good friends, Dave and Sue, who put on one rockin show in St. Louis, Missouri. Big thanks for their hospitality. The show had a full plate of celebs and vendors. It also hosted a fabulous dinner and cocktail party and one incredible 24 hour movie room. It was a pleasure to see my Friday the 13th pals Ari Lehman, Victor Miller and Harry Manfredini. I also got to hang with some of my fellow road warriors. In a strange twist of fate I found myself in Evel Knievel's jumpsuit on Friday night and I had a seat in the 1966 Batmobile on Sunday. See ya next year St. Louis for Con-Tamination 2011!!!

The Disposal Tour will continue throughout 2010 with stops in Ohio, Kentucky, New Jersey, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas and Illinois. See ya out on the road!!

The Disposal Tour began on March 5th in Pikeville, Kentucky. Dark Woods Con kicked off it's first year to grand fanfare. Attendance was good and camaraderie even better. The crowd was enthusiastic and the celebs and vendors were having a great time all weekend. The highlight of the weekend was the VIP party and after party. At the after party I seen a man get tased by the police inches away from me in a room filled with 30 people. What a way to start the tour.

The next show took place in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. Monster Mania 14 was in full force. This was my first Monster Mania and I had a blast. Not only did I get to meet Mr Malcolm McDowell (more below) I also got to hang out once again with my pals from Night of the Creeps. They were gracious enough to sign another large Creeps framed print to be raffled off to benefit Spina Bifida. Jason Lively drew the winner and David B. took home the big prize. Thanks to the 111 people who participated. See ya again in August, Cherry Hill.

I had one weekend off to get ready for HorrorHound Weekend Indianapolis. I knew this was going to be a big show but I had no idea how big. Friday was packed and Saturday was out of control. Also Saturday I raffled off an 18X24 framed print autographed by Richard Lynch, Tom Noonan, Tom Morga, Don Shanks, Peter Cowper, Tom Savini and myself. Congratulations to Samuel Jackson who took it home. Thank You to the 196 who participated. My tag team partner of art, The Potentate of Hate joined me for the really big show!!

Proceeds from both raffles benefit Spina Bifida research.

On March 24, 2010, HorrorHound Weekend Indianapolis paid tribute to the original Horror Hostess, Vampira. I was honored to be asked to create a cover for the DVD (see below) that commemorates the gathering. Horror Hosts and Hostess came from far and wide to pay homage to the lady that started it all. The weekend featured a number of events throughout the weekend, including a Black Mass, Horror Host Party, Vampira Look-Alike Contest and live Spook-Shows, as well as Killer Photo-Ops and signing appearances from as many hosts as they could fit under one roof.

So far this year I have created convention posters, a portrait Remembering Dan O'Bannon for HorrorHound magazine and key art for a movie pitch.

I am currently working on a Limited Edition Leatherface Oversized Print with Gunner Hansen and designing a t-shirt for Sharon Ceccatti Hill, nurse zombie from Dawn of the Dead. Both will be available for the Convention circuit.

The Disposal Tour Begins March 5
20 Shows in 9 States (so far).

 

Professionally 2009 was an incredibly productive year.  I created many new works of horror, a book cover, cd and dvd covers, convention posters, appeared at 15 shows in 6 states, met many of star and fan, contributed to HorrorHound magazine, used my art to raise money for Spina Bifida (thank you to everyone who contributed) and still managed to make my other freelance commitments.  Not too shabby of a year.

 

Check out www.artpusher.net/news.htm for the Horror Highlights for 2009.

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Beginning January 31, 2010,  this newsletter will be available exclusively at www.artpusher.net/news.htm

 

Wow!! What a way to end The Dismemberment Tour.  HorrorHound magazine put on one hell of a show in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Complete with a Night of the Creeps Reunion, amazing  guests, killer vendors, ferocious films, eerie entertainment and the wonderful wedding of HorrorHound's Nate and Jessica.  An amazing weekend was had by all.

 

I created new pieces for the show which included a Frank the Bunny, Elvira, Jason 3 and Night of the Creeps collage.  It was a pleasure meeting James Duval, Elvira, Richard Brooker and the incredible cast of Night of the Creeps, Steve Marshall, Jill Whitlow and Tom Atkins.  Night of the Creep's Jason Lively is always a pleasure to see and I can't thank him enough for pimpin' my art at the Q & A. 

 

The Night of the Creeps Autographed Print Raffle for Spina Bifida was a huge success.  Congrats to Mark Bromer for winning the Night of the Creeps Signed Print.  We sold over 250 tickets and also received a donation that will benefit The Spina Bifida Association.  Thank You to all who entered. Your contribution is greatly appreciated.  Also I want to Thank the cast from Night of the Creeps again for donating and being so incredibly supportive.  It was such a pleasure to get to talk to you all.  I was completely blown away.  You All are the Best!!

 

I had an incredible tour in 09 and I can't wait to see what 2010 has in store.  See ya out on the road!!

 

I've had the pleasure of doing several shows with Ken Foree this year. Ken is always a pleasure to talk to and always so gracious to his fans.  During the first night of the Eerie Film Fest in Erie, Pennsylvania while the local news was filming, I presented Ken with the portrait I created of  him as Peter in George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead.  Ken was so appreciative and sincere and at one point even said he was going to use it as the portrait in his obituary. It was completely amazing and surreal.  We also talked about creating a future portrait.  Look for a new Foree portrait to find it's way into the Halls of Horror.

 

Another Horror Legend I got to see again this year was the great Dick Warlock.  I will say it here, Dick Warlock is my favorite Michael Myers.  I met Dick last year at Fright Night Film Fest.  He stopped by my table and I presented him with his portrait back in 2008.  Dick was generous enough to stop my table again this year and tell me how he has the portrait hung in his office. He even came back behind the table and took a photo with me.

 

At Flashback Weekend I was fortunate enough to meet Lance Henriksen. Lance stopped by my table before the show began on Friday.   He couldn't say enough positive things about my art.  He said I should be creating movie poster art and to keep moving forward with what I am doing.    Very motivational words from an incredible talent.  We talked about Lance's future projects and about his astonishing body of work.  Lance really dug the portrait I did of him as Jessie Hooker from the movie, Near Dark.  When he said the portrait depicted his favorite scene in the movie,  I couldn't believe it.  A shot he called the praying mantis.  A title given to the pose by Director, Kathryn Bigelow.  I was amazed to hear the story.  Sometimes a scene or a pose from an actor can sum up the character.  I just try to capture that as best as I can.  Sometimes it works better than you thought.

 

Three Legends of Horror in one wild month.  Thanks for everything, guys!

 

On July 26 of this year we lost a very talented actor, casting director, weapon expert not to mention an incredibly memorable zombie, Clayton Hill.  Clayton was featured in George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead as the "Sweater Zombie" but that was only one role in a career that has spanned over 70 years. I met Clayton and his wife Sharon at my very first convention appearance in their hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Clayton and Sharon's table was located right across from mine and by the end of the weekend we were cutting up and sharing stories like old pals.  They also introduced me to all their zombie friends. Over the course of the weekend Clayton kept commenting that the art I had created for the event, HorrorHound Weekend Pittsburgh,  would have been a lot better if he would had been featured up front.  I laughed every time he brought it up. Clayton and Sharon had an incredible chemistry and an infectious welcome that I will never forget.

 

This year I returned to Pittsburgh for Horror Realm.  Although I knew Clayton wouldn't be with us I was looking forward to seeing Sharon and my zombie pals who I have forged friendships with since my last Pittsburgh visit.

 

Below is an 18x24 poster I made especially for Clayton and Sharon.  Just the way Clayton would have liked it, with him up front.  Thanks Clayton (you will be missed) and Sharon for everything.

 

Are you ready for Fright Night Film Fest? It's coming to the Crowne Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky on August 14-16, 2009. 

 

Guests include Linda Blair, Michael Madsen, and William Forsythe to name just a few! You can check out the entire guest list, as well as more info on the con, on the Fright Night Film Fest site.

 

I just finished up the official poster for the event and it's gotten me psyched for the show. You will be able to get your own copy of the killer poster on site. I look forward to seeing you there! 

Over my last few convention stops I have raffled off art to benefit The Spina Bifida Association.  Thank you to all who participated in the raffles and to the celebrities for your generosity in donating your signatures. Your contributions to this great cause are sincerely appreciated.

At HorrorHound Indianapolis on March 28, 2009, I raffled of an 1 foot by 3 foot Jason Voorhess Collage signed by myself, Ari Lehman (Jason 1),  Warrington Gillette (Jason 2), CJ Graham (Jason 6) and Derek Mears (Jason 2009). We had over 300 people participate in the raffle and a huge crowd for the drawing. Ryan Hughes, shown above, pulled out the win and took home the big prize - congratulations!

At Full Moon Tattoo and Horror Festival I raffled a 4 foot by 6 foot reproduction of the convention poster I created for the event. It was signed by myself, Sid Haig, Chris Sarandon, William Forsythe, Jason Mewes, Danielle Harris, The Evil Dead Ladies ( Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker and Theresa Tilly ), Ed Neal, Gunnar Hansen, John Dugan, Derek Mears, Ken Foree, Kane Hodder, CJ Graham, Ben and Stacey Dixon and too many more to mention here.  Thank you to over 200 attendees who participated in the raffle and congratulations to John for winning!