Thursday, July 31, 2008

WATCH CHADAM COMIC CON TRAILER NOW!!!



Damn, son.
So, what it boils down to, is that i'm way too excited to keep this from you, especially since an insane amount of people already got to see it at the San Diego Comic Con this past week, and you guys deserve to see it in its true form, not the weird low-res vid-cam versions that we keep taking down from YouTube haha.

So, please check out the very first actual footage from my upcoming series, CHADAM, and please do what you can to help SPREAD THIS AROUND AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AS I AM MORE THAN PROUD OF WHAT THIS IS BECOMING!!!!



direct link to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ_0UrI0ROU


Some additional info about the "CHADAM" animated series:
"Cutting-edge artist Alex Pardee and producer Jason Hall of HDFILMS Inc. are teaming up on a 3D animation project based upon Pardee’s character of the same name. Initially introduced as a character icon for the popular rock band The Used, Chadam has become an Internet phenomenon.

Chadam lives as the "chosen one" in the hyper-stylized and exaggerated metropolitan island city of Vulture. His power of imagination is strong enough to physically change his environment and, therefore, his world … to save it from evil. The series will find Chadam in a place of refuge where he and others have retreated to plan their attack against a serial killer known as Viceroy.

A dark, emotional action-horror-adventure fantasy story filled with self-discovery, Chadam will come to full 3D animated life via the magic of the Unreal Engine 3, the leading technology and development framework that powers cutting-edge games such as Gears of War and BioShock on today’s popular platforms, including PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. The Internet series will serve as an incubator for future expansion of the Chadam universe, from additional online episodes to television, film, videogames and more."


And please make sure you ADD CHADAM AS YOUR FRIEND because he will be releasing a lot more exclusive images and secrets and stuff over there the more progress we make. And you can check out his stories over there too, which will guide you though a little of our world so you can imagine what to expect from the movie.

CHADAM LIVES.

Sincerely,
Alex Pardee, Creator of CHADAM
www.myspace.com/chadamlives

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Imeem.com and Recovering my soul

im just now recovering from the madness that is comic con, which i will be updating you on asap.
until then, right before i left i did a really fun interview with imeem.com, a dope music streaming site that i'm sure you have seen/used/stole stuff from. turns out they are into art as well as music. rad!

check out the interview i did with them here:

http://www.imeem.com/art/blogs/2008/07/23/DV0kqtpm/alex_pardee_interview

see you soon.
i didnt get to play Street Fighter 4 because im a loser.
dang

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

SD COMIC CON SIGNING SCHEDULE

Yo Yo (my favorite female rapper from 1993),
So, its monday night and i am leaving for COmic Con in like 7 hours, and we are just now packing. I'm caravanning down there with 2 carloads of people and product, and we will probably die. And then get our caskets mistakenly shipped to Sydney and be reborn as undead koalas who fight for deserved equal rights of zombie marsupials.
Or we will just come home broke with a bunch of free Watchmen posters.

Speaking of free stuffs....

I will be floating around various sections of the Convention all 5 days, so come hunt me down. I would wear my Where's Waldo outfit to make me easier to find but i'm sure 30 other assholes will be wearing that anyway....

Here is where i will be and what times and what you will get if you find me in certain locations. I will probably be really nervous to meet you, but please say hi anyway. I will greatly appreciate it.

THURSDAY, JULY 24th:

1:00pm - 2:00pm @ Zerofriends (Booth # N13 - in the small press area)
*at the Zerofriends booth I will be signing FREE small 4"x6" replicas of my new "Tonight, To Knight" painting seen below.

5:00pm - 6:00pm @ Warner Bros (Booth #4329)
*at the Warner Bros booth, i will be signing FREE Chadam Movie Posters, seen below!

FRIDAY, JULY 25th:

1:00pm - 2:00pm @ Hi Fructose Magazine (Booth # 4938)
*at Hi Fructose, I will be signing an EXCLUSIVE LIMITED EDITION GICLEE PRINT made specifically for SDCC & Hi Fructose. The print is a limited edition of 50 and you get one FREE with purchase of a magazine or any other item from Hi Fructose. See print below!

3:30pm - 4:15pm @ Warner Bros (Booth #4329)
*Free Chadam posters

SATURDAY, JULY 26th:

12:00pm - 1:00pm @ Zerofriends (Booth #N13)
4:00pm - 5:00pm @ Zerofriends (Booth #N13)

SUNDAY, JULY 27th:
1:00pm - 2:00pm @ Zerofriends (Booth #N13)

And i will be wandering aimlessly around, tired and bleeding, so say hi.

See you in a few.
Word.
Alex

Available @ Zerofriends booth:


Available @ WB Booth:


Available @ Hi Fructose:

Sunday, July 20, 2008

My CHADAM animated movie will be unveiled at SDCC!!


"CHADAM: THE SERIES" FOOTAGE DEBUTING AT SAN DIEGO COMIC CON!!!!!

So, for the last year and a half, I have been working on a fully 3-D animated movie with Warner Bros & HD Films based on my character, Chadam, that i created for THE USED.
I am learning a ton and it has been quite a ride. I have been lucky enough to be involved in every aspect of the project, from the initial concept, to the script, the storyboards, the animation, the voice-acting, etc. And so far, it has been kept under wraps.

But now I am happy to say that this week, at the insanely large San Diego Comic Con, you will finally be able to see a glimpse of what we have in store for you.

A teaser including the first footage ever shown publicly will be playing on a loop the entire convention on the 
JumboTron in the PROBABLY RIDICULOUSLY LARGE WARNER BROS booth as well as before select private screenings.

And I will be signing free locker posters created exclusively for 
Comic Con at the WBTV booth ONLY on:

Thursday, July 24 @ 5:00-6:00pm
and
Friday, July 25 @ 3:30-4:15pm

I'm trying to get as many people as I can to show up and say hi because this whole project has been a long time coming and just to fight for the chance to debut it at SDCC means that I need everyone's support to come through the booth and show everyone that we rule.

Oh, by the way, if you have been following CHADAM'S STORIES
...The poster will feature your first ever look at Simkin, Sandy, Ripley....and even VICEROY...but that's another story alltogether.

Here is a teaser of a teaser poster;)
Is that Simkin in the background?


So make sure you tell your friends about this, and warn everyone of the awesomeness that is CHADAM.

Sincerely,
Alex


Comic con Ecxlusive Limited Print release!!!





When i was growing up, i thought a majority of the DC comics universe was lame based solely on my first dive into their world, which went something like this:

"Oh wow, rad. That dude swims and can talk to seahorses, who are most probably AMAZING conversationalists! What? Who's AquaLAD? His young FRIEND? He rides a MANATEE!? He's a LAD? What the fuck is that?!"

But then the SuperFriends toys came out in the early 80's and I was obsessed with the toys and the cartoon and discovered Batman. Since then, I have always admired Batman because he was a self-made super hero. He didn't get struck by lighting, fall in a toxic fire, get bit by a super smart ant, and wasn't from another planet or dimension. He was a rich, smart kid who watched his parents get murdered and he grew into a rich smart older dude who thirsted for revenge. He was Charles fucking Bronson, only HUMAN. He worked with the cops. He hooked up with girls based on their looks. He got hurt. He DETECTED. He lied. He loved. He wore a disguise because, even though its a fictional city, there are still fictional laws and you can't just go around revenge-killing because you're rich enough to have a Manor named after you. He even pulled some Leon The Professional shit and took in the extra responsibility of a kid only to turn that kid that wasn't his into a tiny, stupid-colored little version of him. That's good parenting. Whether he was cleaning up after the Joker had fled Arkham Asylum for the 8th time, or babysitting Gleek with the Wonder Twins, he kept his fucking cool, and bathed in vengeance.

So, to honor one of my favorite Super Heroes, I asked the now-ridiculously-popular-because-of-his-new-movie-which-may-be-one-of-my-favorite-movies-of-all-time, elusive hero to take some time to sit for me while I painted his portrait. He obliged, but what do you know, during the sitting, who decided to parachute in? A handful of Supervillains that WE BOTH THOUGHT WERE LOCKED UP OR DEAD!! But I guess that's the life of Batman. (Sighhh).

The portrait was painted and he and his Rogues went on their way. And now, in celebration of my favorite place on the planet, ZEROFRIENDS will be releasing a super limited Giclee print of my portrait of the Batman (and his crappy little nuisances) exclusively at the SAN DIEGO COMIC CON this week!!!!

"TONIGHT, TO KNIGHT"
By Alex Pardee
17" x 22"
Printed with archival inks on Velvet Fine Art Cotton Rag.
Limited Edition of 45
$80
Hand-SIgned and numbered by Alex Pardee.
Each print corresponds and features the name and Case # of a particular villain that Batman helped lock up at some time, including the members of the Rouge's Gallery and the League of Assassins.

Direct link to the image of the print:
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f297/lasagnacassidy/tonighttonight.jpg

Here is the order of the prints:

Case #1: Doctor Death
Case #2:Anarky
Case #3: Ra's al Ghul
Case #4: Talia al Ghul
Case #5: Poison Ivy
Case #6: Hugo Strange
Case #7: The Sensei
Case #8: Lady Shiva
Case #9: Bane
Case #10: Killer Moth
Case #11: Hush
Case #12: Firefly
Case #13: The Joker
Case #14: Calendar Man
Case #15: Carmine Falcone
Case #16: Sal Maroni
Case #17: Professor Darrk
Case #18: Catman
Case #19: The Penguin
Case #20: Ventriloquist
Case #21: Scarface
Case #22: Maxie Zeus
Case #23: Clayface
Case #24: Holiday
Case #25: Blockbuster
Case #26: The Mad Hatter
Case #27: Batzarro
Case #28: David Cain
Case #29: Killer Croc
Case #30: Mister Mxyzptlk (while working with the SuperFriends)
Case #31: The Riddler
Case #32: Doctor Moon
Case #33: The Squid
Case #34: Mr. Freeze
Case #35: Man-Bat
Case #36: The Hangman
Case #37: Tweedledee
Case #38: Tweedledum
Case #39: Catwoman
Case #40: Black Mask
Case #41: Mr. Zsasz
Case #42: Deadshot
Case #43: Harley Quinn
Case #44: The Scarecrow
Case #45: Two-Face

Limit 1 per customer, no requests for specific Case #, please.

AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE ZEROFRIENDS BOOTH AT THE SDCC.
BOOTH NUMBER: N13 (in the small press area)


Additionally, I am having a small give away, signing and DEBUT SNEAK PEEK of the animated movie, CHADAM, that i have been working on for over a year, at the WARNER BROS booth on Thursday, July 24th @ 5:00 - 6:00pm, and Friday, July 25th @ 3:30 - 4:15pm.

If you miss me there, I will be signing at the HiFructose booth on Friday, July 25th, @1:00 - 2:00, and I will be around off and on at the Zerofriends booth all 5 days!

Also, check out the

, we will have most of the products you see available at the booth at Comic con!

see you there!
Alex
zerofriends.com

Saturday, July 19, 2008

I'm wayyyyy twitter than you.

I’m so much twitter than you.
This may be lame and no one may care, but i figured since i am going down to comic con, and i usually forget all of the crazy shit i see there, that i would get a twitter account so i can document everything without forgetting it.
who knows. either way, if you are interested, you can follow it here:

http://twitter.com/alexpardee

Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of a Billion Art Show Photos

Hola, yayola.
Getting ready for comic con used to be so cute. "Awww, look at him, he's putting his little funny-books in a box and thinks people will buy them....thats so cute. Good luck, little camper!"
Now, its a fucking monstrosity.

So yah, i'm getting ready for Comic con.

In the meantime, here are a bunch of photos from my 2-Girls-1-Cup marathon. I mean my 2-Shows-1-Week marathon.

First, "Scratches & Abrasions" @ SURU.



We printed some exclusive limited shirts for the event too.




































And secondly, the YOUTUBE show, "Rotations":





















So yah, now getting ready for comic con.
radicalllll.
See you soon.
word.


Alex
zerofriends.com