In this Economy Even Bunnies Need to Make Compromises

Here's a little comic I did for my good buddy and awesome comedian, Shawn Carter's website, UnScene Comedy. I'll be re-doing the site, so soon you should see a sexier, more user friendly but just as hilarious UnScene Comedy. Yeeha!

Fun Fact: The bunny in the comic is me. Heh. (...sob)


On a slightly more positive note, I was featured on Rooftop Comedy! Everyone gets a high five!

Check it out here:
http://www.rooftopcomedy.com/ChristaWeiss



Cheers!
christa

Return of the Shark with Sunglasses! (Plus, I Wrote a Thing!)

Websites! I made them! I'm the greatest!

Here are a couple of screen shots for the websites I made for my buddies/friends in comedy, Josh Gondelman and Jason Cordova. Working for fellow comedians is one of my favorite things, especially since they are always cool with anything funky I want to do. Since I designed Josh's album as well, I decided to bring back our friendly old shark with sunglasses. Art! It's a thing I do!

You can find Josh's site here:
www.joshgondelman.com

and Jason's site here:
www.hardcordova.com


Also, I wrote an essay about how dumb and immature I am and the Women In Comedy Festival blog was nice enough to post it. Check it!

http://womenincomedyfestival.blogspot.com


Cheers!
Christa


....and in case you were wondering, this is what I'm doing next week.

Fody's Nashua, NH 1/26; 8pm
O'Hara's, Dracut, MA 1/27; 8:30pm

Comedy! T-shirts! Bacon! You get all 3 at the Boston Comedy Festival!

It's that time of year again! That's right kids, the Boston Comedy Festival is upon us. For those of you that don't know, the BCF brings together tons of fantastic comedians from all around the country to compete in a battle royale of awesomeness. It's running all this week (Nov 5-12) with the final show this Saturday. It's kind of like the Hanukkah of Boston comedy, except there's a winner at the end. (Although, arguably if someone could figure out how to win Hanukkah that might be equally as awesome.)

Anyway, a bunch of my close friends/amazing comics are in the competition this year and as to be expected, I designed this year's t-shirts (...and yes, that is a piece of bacon riding a flying pig wearing Groucho Marx glasses.) Come, check it out and support the future of comedy as we know it!


Cheers!
Christa

Also! Josh Gondelman's album is now officially available! Buy it!

....oh yeah and here's what I've got the rest of this week:

11/9 The Rosebud, Somerville; 8pm
11/10 Nick's Comedy Stop; 8:30pm

Everything's the Best! or The Friendliest Shark in the Land! (errr..ocean)

Hey guys! Guess what? I just finished designing my good buddy and kickass comedian Josh Gondelman's new album. This one's been a long time coming and I'm super stoked that it's finally available. Josh is probably one of the nicest people I have ever met and is indeed both hilarious and polite. The fact that whenever I work with Josh I'm either creating anthropomorphic food or marine animals with sexy eye wear makes me happier than you can possibly imagine. You can pre-order his album here from RoofTop Comedy and check out his website for dates and such at www.joshgondelman.com.

Also! I am finally capable of creating non-embarrassing websites myself. It's true! I just graduated the BU web design program and am currently awaiting a mound of student loan bills. Hooray! (Sob.) Anyway, I finally revamped my portfolio site which you can check out at www.shameless-design.com. Believe me, it is significantly sexier than websites past. I also created comedian who does not appreciate me, Ted Pettingell's personal website. You can check it out at www.tedpettingzoo.com and catch him in the Boston Comedy Festival this week.

Do you need any graphic and/or web design for any reason? Do you know that I am broke about to weatherproof a cardboard box so I can live out the Boston winter in relative comfort? Hit me up so I don't end up on the street with scabies and a nasty meth addiction. High fives forever!


....Oh yeah also, here's what my November's looking like:

Improv Boston, Cambridge 11/6; 9pm
The Rosebud, Somerville 11/9; 8pm
Nick's Comedy Stop, Boston 11/10; 8pm
Mottley's 11/17; 8pm
IB Nightcap, Cambridge 11/18; 11:30pm
The Comedy Club, Rochester NY (Holy crap! Comedy in my hometown!)
11/23; 6:30pm
11/25; 10pm
11/26; 7:30pm & 10pm
The Rosebud, Somerville 11/30; 8pm


Cheers!
christa

Kitty Cat Clocks are Pretty Much the Best Invention Ever

Holy crap guys! I did a thing! For reals! I finally finished the cover for Hey Stranger's new album. I really liked doing this illustration. I've always have a lot of fun working in that whole punk rock pseudo 50's sort of style, and this was the perfect opportunity to do so. Also, it gave me an excuse to draw a kitty cat clock, which I was totally into. (Actually, screw the illustration, I just want a cat clock. I keep telling myself I'll buy one, maybe for some kind of special occasion or if I won something or something but then I realized that I'm not good at winning things or doing things that are worthwhile....so I'm just left with this drawing. Anyway, if someone has an extra cat clock lying around, I'll gladly take it. Is that a thing people do?) I digress.

When I first looked at the finished product I thought, "Wow, this looks exactly like it should be an album cover for a ska band." Which is good because that's exactly what it is. My job, she is complete.

Also! You'll notice that I changed the design of the site. Kinda. Then I got distracted and didn't quite finish it. I need to update my design a bit because I guess this is not quite just a sketch blog anymore. It seems to be more of a design/illustration/comedy/journalish blog thing. All and all it's just a venue to give people new and interesting reasons not to like me. So yeah! New design! I'll finish it. Eventually!

What's next? I'm just starting to design my friend and awesome comedian, Josh Gondelman's new album. All I can say is that it's going to involve a shark wearing sunglasses. Basically it's going to be so awesome it's virtually indescribable. Also, I was going to post another stupid rant thing, but I realized it makes me sound like too much of an unbearable asshole, and generally I try to only do that type of thing in small doses. I'll rewrite it when I'm feeling like less of a jerk. Ummm yeah and I've got some shows and stuff...That's pretty much it. Peace kiddies!


christa

There's Nothing Sadder than a Toast-less Toaster

Hello friends, foes and uhhh...fishes? Yeah, that'll work. What I've got here today is a fantastic immortalization of the mundane that I did as part of the Self-Proclaimed Rockstars new album, Postcards From Purgatory. The final artwork just got sent out to print, so I figured I'd give you a sneak preview of some of the illustrations I did for them. This project has been in the works for a long time and I'm totally stoked to see it finally see it in real life, (plus I got to draw things like toasters and people in a purgatory-like misery, both which I happen to be a big fan of,).

ALSO! The Women in Comedy Festival was amazing! I had an awesome time, met a lot of cool lady comedians from all over the country and my show went great! The highlight for me was seeing a the panel discussion with Rachel Dratch and Kristen Schaal, (from SNL and Flight of the Concords/the Daily Show, respectively) and Morgan Murphy and Jen Kirkman, two amazing stand-ups. They were not only hilarious, but super informative and it was awesome to be able to see them in real life. It felt like a dream, or like I had eaten a two-week old bologna sandwich that had been rotting in the sun, and the resulting fever dream had included a panel discussion about women in comedy. Hells yeah!

In other news, I have finally submitted to Twitter. Yeah, I know. I swore I'd never join, but in the name of shameless self promotion, I have become a total media whore. You can follow me at @christaweiss or just click the button on the sidebar. You know you love it. Admit it.



Self-Proclaimed Rockstars Album Release Extravaganza!
April 23rd
Middle East Downstairs


See my attempts at hilarity!
The Burren 3/30
10pm

Awkward Compliment
The Somerville Theater
8pm


Cheers!
christa

Comedy! Festivities! Ladies! What could be better?

Well hello there! I just thought I'd take a minute to shamelessly self-promote! My constant and unending search for validation has finally lead me to Boston's Women in Comedy Festival, and I couldn't be happier. There are tons of kickass comedians doing shows in town this week, including Rachel Dratch from SNL and Kristen Schaal from Flight of the Concords...(and oh yeah, me and a bunch of my friends,). Check it, see a few awesome shows and support the ladies!

Cheers!
christa

....and then the Evil Snowman Army Saved Christmas

By now you've probably noticed my penchant for drawing anthropomorphic inanimate objects, particularly the evil sort. Today, my friends, is no exception. I present to you, in the Christmas spirit, an evil snowman army for the Self-Proclaimed Rockstars. They've got a kickass shindig this Saturday and all benefits from the show go to the House of Blues Foundation. To be honest with you, I have no idea what this charity actually funds, but it should be umm nice?* Yeah.** Anyway, the last time I thought about making any donations was when I had the note $ 4 Charity written on my hand. It looks innocent enough, until you find out that Charity is the name of my drug dealer. I'm reveling in the irony I tell you, reveling.

Anyway, I've got a kickass show coming up in a couple of hours and a bunch of others in the coming weeks. Check em (out)! Then go to SPR's show and donate cash to a charity that you know virtually nothing about. You can feel good about yourself with out actually doing anything except getting drunk and watching a great show. My kind of goodwill!


My Shows!(comedy)

Nicks Comedy Stop 12/16, 8pm! (tonite!)
Awkward Compliment 12/30
Grandma's Basement 12/31
Improv Boston 1/1
The Comedy Studio 1/9


Friends Shows (music)

The Self-Proclaimed Rockstars
12/18, 8pm
House of Blues Foundation Room

Continental (opening for the Street Dogs!)
12/18
The Paradise, 7PM

12/19
TT the Bears


Cheers!
christa





*Be sure to read my public apology when I later find out the HOB Foundation actually funds the New Hitler Youth of Afghanistan. Word on the street is that it's full of communists and pedophiles.

**Okay I just looked it up. According to their website, this is what the HOB Foundation actually does:

IHOBF reaches thousands of students, teachers and others annually nationwide with arts and cultural educational programming that promotes cultural understanding and encourages creative expression. http://www.ihobf.org

...definitely something I can get behind. I still prefer drugs though...

From Regrettable One Night Stand to Toddler (Happy 2nd Birthday, Blog!)

My blog is two years old today! Holy crap! I've wasted a lot of everyone's time! Thanks, 10 followers for being cool enough to truly understand the breadth of my genius. You and yours will be spared when when I send a plague of locusts upon the earth and blood rains from the skies. Consider yourselves lucky.

This whole thing is not quite what I thought it would be initially, (basically just a place to post design work because I'm too lazy to frequently update my portfolio site) but I was, and am still having fun with it. I love to be able to show off my design work and it turns out, I've been deemed to be a relatively entertaining writer by my friends, who would definitely not lie to me in order to protect my feelings. Heh.

Anyway, having this thing has really facilitated getting me into comedy. I realized that for some reason, people seem to be interested in what I have to say, regardless of my lack of any sort of credentials and the fact that I have nothing interesting to say. It's safe to assume that basically everything that comes out of my mouth is pretty much tongue-in-cheek...which is great for comedy, but terrible for personal relationships, office politics and pretty much every other area of life.

So thanks guys! I'm stoked that you like my artwork and continue to commission me for things. Also, thanks to all my friends who've supported me in comedy, given me advice and helped me make the transition from fucking terrible, to terrible, to not that great. I hope one day to make it to mediocre. Ya gotta have dreams, folks!




Upcoming shows
12/9 Fody's, Nashua, NH
7pm doors, 8pm show

12/16 Nick's Comedy Stop, Boston
8pm




Cheers!
christa


Note:
The piece up top is a commission I did for my friend and awesome comedian Josh Gondelman. It's a fake album cover, based on an inside joke he has with his girlfriend. It will most certainly get him laid...and that my friends, is what life is about.

Just in case you needed someone to twist your arm into drinking on a Thursday...

Hey kids! I sort of spaced on this last week, but looky here! I did a poster for Boston's one and only, Self Proclaimed Rockstars (We've got lots of other rockstars, but these guys are the only ones that are self referential,). Anyway, they've got a residency at Precinct this month and the kickoff show brought the house down. In addition to music, Mick has started a late night comedy showcase after each SPR show, starring some of Boston's most awesome comedians...and by that I mean of course, that I am on one of these shows.

Tonite will be SPR's new album preview extravaganza along with a few other kickass bands and comedians. Check it tonite and every Thursday this month!


Interested in seeing me waste my time on stage, in a vain and misguided attempt for attention? Next week you can find me here:
10/19 The Varsity Club 7pm
10/21 The Precinct with SPR, music at 8pm, comedy at Midnight

Cheers!
Christa

Self Proclaimed AWESOME!

He's a little logo rework I did for the Self Proclaimed Rockstars. I met Mick the guitarist/vocalist/self referentialist at an open mike I frequent. In addition to being an awesome musician, he's also an equally awesome comedian.

Oddly enough, the worlds of comedy and music have many parallels and often intersect (sometimes disastrously so) in the world of open mikes. It's funny how intrigued most of the musicians I know are about comedy, since our worlds are essentially the same. We both stay up all night, hang out in shitty bars several nights a week, drink too much and have family/friends/lovers (ha!) that are deeply deeply disappointed in us.

Most comedians and musicians stories are the same...I tried school/work/relationships/attempting to act like a normal human being and well, that shit didn't work out so now I tour all the time/have a drinking problem/hate myself. What better way to spread your personal sadness through the world of performance art? I dare say, there is no better outlet.

Anyway, I've got more work for SPR coming up, in addition to a myriad of other things. Stay tuned!


Some plugs!
SPR every Thursday in October at the Precinct, Somerville
Tix $5


PIZZA MONSTER Open Mike Hosted by Mick Greenwood
6B Lounge, Boston
comedy/music/whatever
8pm


Keep spreading the sadness!


<3
Christa

SATURDAY! SATURDAY! SATURDAY!

Hey there kids! I've got a nice little flyer I whipped up for the boys from Far From Finished. Their album release party is this weekend, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it might be the greatest thing to happen to anyone, probably ever. They will be playing with the Have Nots (one of my personal favorites), the Burning Streets (I haven't seem them but I've heard great things), and Lenny Lashley (of Boston punk legends, Darkbuster).

I encourage you all to be in attendance, or ya know, face a lifetime of regret. The choice is yours comrades!

Cheers!
christa




Saturday, September 4th
Middle East Downstairs
Far From Finished
The Have Nots
The Burning Streets
Lenny Lashley

$10 adv
$12 doors
$15 all day pass

So where the hell are MY free government opiates?

Well hello! I've finally got around to finishing my travel sketch journal thing...and yes, I ended it with a shit joke. Clearly, I am far less mature than I previously thought.

What's new? Lots of things, I've got some new band stuff coming up, plus I think I might be donating one of my pieces to the American Heart Association for an auction thing. Ironic because in so many of my sketches I draw myself without one. Apparently, people need those things. Weird.

Also! Stand-up. I seem to be not terrible at this. I've sort of gotten addicted to it, even though its frequently painful and demoralizing. Sort of like doing heroin, except minus the cool track marks and free government methadone. (I hear it comes in watermelon flavor now! Greedy bastards.)

Anyway, to those interested, I've got a show this weekend:

Improv Boston
Sunday, August 22, 9pm

Cheers!
christa

If you're dumb enough to blow yourself up while lighting firecrakers you probably deserve it...(this does not appy to children, just idiots)

Finally! I'm almost done with my travel journal comic. This whole life thing tends to get in the way of anything I do that's fun. Laaame. One more page to go!

In other semi-related news, I've got a show at Improv Boston this week! Holy crap, Imma be famous!...and by famous I mean, not famous at all, with the added bonus of the possibility of making an ass of myself in front of a crowd! Actually, scratch that, I'm fairly certain I'll be awesome...and if I'm not awesome, there will defiantly be other comics there that will be awesome, so win-win, really.

Have a kickass July 4th weekend! Celebrate our country's independence by blowing up a small portion of it.

(clicky to enlarge comic)

cheers!
christa


...and if you're really interested, I'll be at Improv Boston's nightcap,
Friday July 2, 11:30pm...



Edit!

A meditation on my walk home, in haiku, for you to enjoy:
majestic blue jay
takes a crap on the fence post
meh, still majestic


...art imitates life, amiright?

I'll blame Jesus instead. That guy hasn't done anything in like 2,000 years.

Hey kids! Amidst the insanity of my commissions (new stuff for Far From Finished soon!), my unstable living situation, and my general malaise and misery, I bring to you the second page of my travel journal comic!

It has come to my attention that apparently, I am incapable for drawing a straight line much less am able to letter anything that is legible. I really like the look of hand lettered pieces but since I've been getting some complaints I'm reverting to type. Laaame. I'll fix the first page at some point as well.

I'm not quite sure why my handwriting is so bad (what you see in the comics is great compared to what it normally looks like) since I'm at least a halfway decent illustrator. My only excuse is that I get sort of bored when I write, to the point where I start leaving out letters or combining them. Basically, I can barely read my own handwriting. I blame Obama.*

As always, have fun, be safe and don't do anything I wouldn't do!**

(clicky to enlarge)


Cheers!
christa



*Naaaw I'm just kidding buddy. I love ya. Lets get brunch.
** This is probably not very good advice.

I would seriously live in the rainforest forever if there weren't bugs there the size of my face

Hey kids! I'm back from Costa Rica and surprisingly, not dead, infected with some crazy jungle disease or a coke mule! Mission accomplished.

In all seriousness though, the trip was an amazing experience and I had a great time with my friends. The rainforest is a beautiful place (aside from the giant, scary, aaaaangry bugs). I was pretty much in a constant state of awe the entire time. Look to the left...majesty, look to the right...majesty, look behind you, still more majesty. I could go on, believe me.

Anyway, in order to remember the trip I kept a little travel sketch journal for you all to enjoy. Here's part 1! (clicky to enlarge)


cheers!
christa

I was going to put a song quote about the beach here but then I realized that most the bands I like are from cold, frightening places...

I just finished up a couple more t-shirt designs for Hey Stranger. Yeeeha! To their credit, I did not come up with the concept for this design...but oh man, I wish I had. If only I was a drummer, or had any kind of musical talent (occasional merch girl doesn't count,),I too could become a sex symbol/cymbal. Alas! I will have to rely on my good looks (idiotic overconfidence) and charm (ability to sound like I know what I'm talking about when I really have no idea what the hell I'm doing)in order to get me through life. It's blasé, really.

Anyway, I'll be in Costa Rica for a while trying to absorb some culture, some sun and some alcohol...and hopefully, not making an ass of myself attempting to recall my high school Spanish. Don't worry kids, I've still got plenty of stuff on the way!

If I don't come back it's because I ran away with a hot Costa Rican dude (awesome) or I'm in a hot Costa Rican jail (probably more likely). I'm hoping for the former. Wish me luck!


Cheers!
christa

Something clever about double mint gum and twins and those old 80's commericals that in retrospect didn't really make much sense

Yegads! It's been a while hasn't it? I'm in the midst of doing my nautically themed zodiacs for Tall Ship Sexy, so I thought I'd give you a peak of what I've got in the works. I'm trying to make this a little different from the traditional versions of the zodiac. Gemini, of course, is by far my favorite. I'm a Sagittarius, so I've been trying to make that one super-awesome, but to be honest, it seems a bit lackluster to me. I was trying to go for centaur-pirate, but he ended up just looking like an English dandy, which is decidedly not piratey or manly or um... enticing in any way. Give me a centar with some muscles, that's what I say! Rawwr!...um actually...ewwww. I take that back. I need to stop faux lusting over mystical creatures, it's ruining my cred (and my ability to be taken seriously by the opposite sex).

In completely unrelated and unimportant news, my stand up grad show went really well! I got a bunch of laughs and everyone seemed to have a great time. This may be in part because a bunch of people were really drunk, but hell, I'll take what I can get. I'll be hitting up some more opem mikes in the area now that I'm slightly less busy. I'm still buried under a stack of commissions, but my family obligations are taken care of for the time being (my parent's care to visit, then my bro came to visit, then I went home for that bunny holiday,etc.). Man, if only I didn't have a full time job I'd be totally set with all the stuff I've got going! Ya know, except for the whole paying rent thing. Fuck it, I'll sleep when I'm dead.

cheers!
christa

I'll take the top half

Hey hey! Some actual finished work! Rock! This is a modification of my reverse mermaid print that is going to be used as a t-shirt for, you guessed it, Tall Ship Sexy magazine. Woooo! I've also got some nautical themed zodiac signs coming up for them as well. This project is a lot of fun because it incorporates all my favorite things...tattoo flash, giant squids, and the possibility of drawing some more titties.

So the thing is...with all these projects I have going on, plus the stand up, my life has been reduced to tiny scraps of paper that make absolutely no sense, to anyone but me. For example: I have a single post-it not reading bestiality. Yup, that's it. It's an idea for a joke I just wrote, that let me tell you, is incredibly classy. That and all the half scribbled ideas I have for my commissions, basically make me look like a schizophrenic. Now, not like I'm not used to people thinking I'm crazy, but usually it's that kind of "maybe that last drink was a bad idea" kind of crazy, not the "you need to be sedated and put into an institution" kind of crazy. The former, my friends, is significantly cooler...plus I'm being a productive consumer. Everybody wins!

I'll probably hit up a couple more open mikes this week (just did my first last Monday)....but I'm not posting where they are yet until I'm convinced I don't suck. Now, I'm not saying that I'm the greatest comedian ever, but I think I could give Carrot Top a run for his money....but mostly that's because I still have the ability to make facial expressions. I gotta say though, that guy's eyebrows are waxed beautifully.

Peace out cub scouts!
(Stay away from big black vans and men with candy.)

<3

christa

His head full of legends of dungeons and dragons and pirates and stuff...

Hello friends! Sorry I've been AWOL for a bit...but Huzzah! I've got lots of cool new stuff on the horizon! Along with a couple new commissions I've got coming up, one of my pieces that everyone seems to like will be featured in a magazine...in print, with like words and stuff. Goddamn, I just thought art nerds, punk kids and general delinquents appreciated my work, but apparently real people with like opinions and stuff think I'm alright too. Nice! Anyway, the magazine is Tall Ship Sexy (think pirates, except umm sexier?) and the piece is of course, my reverse mermaid. I might be doing a few illustrations for them in the future for them as well. Can I get a hell yeah?

Yes...yes I think I can.


http://www.tallshipsexy.com/

Note: The illustration here is absolutely not a political statement...It's more of how I've been feeling about life in general lately. I've had a weird couple of weeks to say the least...but no worries! Everything worked out :)

<3
christa