Right? We do Shitty Kitty Meet Ups there, we did New Year’s there, we’re often just, ehem, there. It’s a great bar and we’ve had a great two years getting to know the bartenders and owners–plus having a bar named after our old hood in … Read More →
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Steven Weinberg
New Year’s Eve: Not The Movie, The Party
NYE plans: done. Just come and hang out with us and the Mission Dolores Bar crew all night long! And Mission Dolores Bar is here.
Art Show with Discovering Oz this Friday 7-10pm!
We’re crossing the East River on Friday night to have a group show with our friends at Discovering Oz at the La Mama Galleria gallery in the Lower East Side, Manhattan. Well, we actually just crossed the river and hung our work. Here’s a sneak … Read More →
Tragedy in Timbuktu
Our hearts go out to everyone affected by the recent abductions and murder in Timbuktu. If you’re not familiar with the story, last Friday several heavily armed Malians abducted two Dutch and a South African tourist in Timbuktu. They murdered a German member of the … Read More →
Shitty Kitty on Ice 11-11-11 @ Mission Dolores 6-9pm
Mission Dolores bar is here. More about Shitty Kitty is here.
USA Tour Round Up
And we’re BACK! After two weeks and nine plane rides, we now feel all too comfortable 30,ooo feet up in the air. That said, we’re happy to be back in Brooklyn, feet on the soggy fall-time ground. Thank you sooo much to everyone who came … Read More →
Fall Book Tour!
This Friday, Steven and I hit the road again! This time, instead of trekking through Colombia (Missed that? The tall tales are here) we’ll be criss-crossing the good old US of A to present at book festivals, colleges, high schools, and bookstores around the country. … Read More →
La Mama 50 World Block Party October 16 2-6pm
We’ll be hitting the road this Friday for three weeks of To Timbuktu book touring (more on that tomorrow) so we’re very bummed we’ll be missing this 50th anniversary party for our friends at The La Mama Theatre. It’s this Sunday on East 4th Street … Read More →
Park Slope Strollers
I’ve been playing around with the idea of documenting just how many strollers I walk by on a daily basis. I’ve seen every single one of these in action. Really. -Steven Seen any other strollers that need documenting? Please let me know.
Chigüiro Opening
HUGE thanks to everyone who came to the Chigüiro opening last Saturday night at The Littlefield. We had a blast. Nothing like friends and art and a little bit of drinking. Pieces are still available for sale. A full price list with pictures is here. … Read More →
Chigüiro @ The Littlefield
This September I’m going to have a show of oil paintings at The Littlefield. It opens on Saturday, September 10th 6-9pm with a concert by the band Plus/Minus to follow in the concert space adjacent to the gallery. (Doors for that open at 8pm.) I’m … Read More →
To Timbuktu Talk for Teens at Community Bookstore Thurs. 7-9pm
Yep, we’re keeping it in the Slope this summer! (That is, when we’re not in Colombia.) Come by Community Bookstore (on 7th ave between Carroll and Garfield) this Thursday between 7-9pm book & travel talk over drinks from around the world.
Cartoon Cada Día!
I love doing a cartoon a day when I travel. Usually Casey and I will find a quiet cafe or a bar. She’ll write away in her journal and then look up to see a view like this: I did sets while in Southeast Asia … Read More →
Back with paintings from Colombia, art show at Cafe Grumpy in Park Slope BK
And we’re back! Colombia was an amazing 5 weeks of seeing everything from desert dunes that run straight into the Caribbean to coffee farms up on mountain tops and we’re going to be posting lot’s more stories, art, and cartoons from all that in the … Read More →
Packing for Colombia
We head off to Colombia mañana! (See? My Spanish is improving already.) So today is for PACKING. We aim to pack light so we don’t get whiney while walking around town looking for the cheap-but-not-too-dirty hostels. So minus the clothes and ziplocks full of chewable … Read More →
The Legend of Julie-Taymor!
Still not got enough Spider-Man musical related news in your life? We’ll you’re in luck, because recently I (Steven) was commissioned to do the artwork for an upcoming NYC FringeFest play The Legend of Julie-Taymor, or The Musical That Killed Everybody! Here’s the poster I … Read More →
Explicit Stuff vs Censorship #YAsaves
This past weekend, the Wall Street Journal printed an article called “Darkness Too Visible: Contemporary fiction for teens is rife with explicit abuse, violence and depravity. Why is this considered a good idea?” In it, WSJ book reviewer Meghan Cox Gurdon blasts YA literature today … Read More →
Shitty Kitty Can Can
Shitty Kitty is back this Thursday at Mission Dolores bar 7pm along with her new best friends: $2 pint cans of Sixpoint Beer. Haven’t you heard? They’re selling Sixpoint cans! Mission Dolores bar is on 4th ave in Park Slope between President and Carroll.
To Timbuktu Tap Taken Over!
Thank you everybody! To Mission Dolores Bar, to Sixpoint Brewery, to Amy Adams at Bergen Street Comics, to Timbuk2 Bags, to everyone who bought a book, to everybody who came to the event and supported us, and to everyone who came to Mission Dolores Bar … Read More →
Seriously, what are you doing this Thursday?
See you on Thursday 7:30pm at Mission Dolores Bar, Brooklyn. More info about event details here. RSVP on Facebook here.
Welcome to Theft Mag!
Many Brooklyn readers of this blog most likely know Liam McWilliams best as the bouncer at our favorite bar in NYC, Mission Dolores. (Seen here with his very own Shitty Kitty creation at one of our many Meet Ups at M.D.) That’s certainly how we … Read More →
To Timbuktu Tap Takeover!
Save the date for a real party– To Timbuktu and Sixpoint Brewery are taking over Mission Dolores Bar on Thursday, May 12th! Brewmaster Shane C. Welch is going to be bringing out all kinds of cool Sixpoint brews, including some especially crazy ones that don’t … Read More →
Design
Casey and Steven are a design duo. They use a variety of handmade and digital elements to create unique results tailored to each client. Proficient in the Adobe Suite products like Photoshop, Illustrator and Design, they can come into your project at any stage—from laying … Read More →
Art & Illustration
Steven makes pictures. All kinds of pictures, for books, the web, invitations, posters, and is still waiting on that tattoo commission. Here is his work in oil, watercolor, ink & conte crayon, and digital color. Keep scrolling down to see it all. For book projects … Read More →
Comics
Casey and Steven make a slew of mostly inappropriate comics and have way too much fun while making them. For the most part, Steven draws and Casey captions. Telephone and Soup The very first comics Casey and Steven worked on together. Steven draws the birds, … Read More →
Top 10 Awards: West Coast Round Up
We began our 2 week West Coast tour in LA with Oscar’s. No, not actually at the Oscar’s– for some reason we weren’t invited. But the Oscar spirit got into us nonetheless! So without further ado, this tour’s winners are… Hottest Reading-The-Book Photo Laura + … Read More →
We’re blushing. Thank you very much Publishers Weekly.
Our cheeks are very red right now. Publishers Weekly gave our book To Timbuktu a very flattering starred review this week. Not only did they call Casey’s writing “Impressively witty, perceptive, and candid” and describe Steven’s art as “fluid cartoon sketches, seamlessly incorporated into every … Read More →
The Internet Strikes Back!
There’s some very important stuff going down this week in the world of net neutrality. In the words of our friends at Public Knowledge: On February 16th, Congress will hold a hearing on Net Neutrality where Members will make known their intentions to repeal the … Read More →
Guest Comic on Unshelved
We got to do a guest comic on the librarian-run website Unshelved where got to recommend any book in the world. We chose The Last Musketeer by Jason because we LOVE Jason. You can see the whole post here or the comic below.
Drawing Across India
And we’re back! (Didn’t know we were away? That’s cool. It was pretty quick.) We just spent about a week and a half in India to go see our friend’s wedding in Mumbai and then also to check out the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. … Read More →