SUPER! 1011010011001...

Atomic aged angel, through the cosmos sends a signal. Carried out along a set of sparks and squeals. The meaning cannot be fully grasped. If it could be heard clearly, with the feeling behind the message, it would bring a smile. A dream not better than reality. This one is coming true.

Pen and ink on paper then tinted with color on the Mother Box.

ATOMIC,
MORTEKAI

SUPER! hell...

Pens and ink in blues and red on a piece of calendar.

MORTEKAI

SUPER! I should have told you when I had the chance...

This image was done on cigarette paper with pen and ink. It is from the first issue of SUPER!

Say it while you can,
MORTEKAI

To place an order please step up to the window...

"Hello and welcome to Mortekai is SUPER!, can I please take your order?" That would be great if I had a drive through window. Everyone could drive up and be like, "Hey I will take a copy of SUPER! and a Mortekai Button Set." Anyway, here’s how to order SUPER! and the Mortekai Button Set through the internet or by using snail mail, it is simple and easy.

Here is a list of items that are available at this time (with pictures!):






*SUPER! Issue One Mini Comic*
This is the first issue of my mini comic called SUPER!

Issue one contains two eight page mini comics. The comics are about love, loss, pain, war, happiness, and life. They are meant to be read in any order working off of each other. Both minis are full color. The package also contains two buttons and two stickers.

There are two cover choices, monster or flower. Take a look at the image to see what they look like. Let me know your preference and I will try and accommodate you.

($3.00)








*SUPER! Issue Two Mini Comic*
This is the second issue of my mini comic SUPER!

Issue two contains one sixteen page mini comic with a floss binding. This issue again has a variety of stories and images. In addition this issue contains the seven page story titled, "Oh GOD" about a strange addiction. Colorful and vibrant this issue of SUPER! also comes with two buttons and two stickers.

I think this issue is keen and I think you will too!

($3.00)

ISSUE THREE










*Mortekai Button Set One*
This is the first Mortekai Button Set.
This set includes four 1" pinback style buttons. The colors featured are pink, white and black. The buttons are super cool I promise.

($3.00)





*Mortekai Button Set Two the Roomates*
This is the second Mortekai Button Set. The title of the set is the Roommates.

This set includes four 1" pinback style buttons. The pins included are of three roommates and the plant that their neighbor gave to them. They all cherish this plant. The reason is that each of the roomates secretly has a crush on their neighbor. Awww poor love sick roommates. These buttons are sweet, I swear.

($3.00)






*Wolfboy Shirt (Mens/Womens)*
WOLFBOY
"Wolfboy" is the first screenprinted shirt from Mortekai Clothing. Three colors were used in the printing process. The image is printed on a Jade Dome colored Gildan shirt. The tee is 100% preshrunk cotton, 6.1 oz., heavyweight, seamless collar, taped shoulder-to-shoulder, fully double-needle stitched.

"Wolfboy" is one of the Roommates series. This series is also represented in the second Mortekai Button set titled "Roommates'.

I have the following sizes available. Please indicate which size you would like when you place your order.
YL, SM, MD, LG, XLG

($10.00)





*Everything From Mortekai is SUPER! But The Kitchen Sink*
So with this set you get a Wolfboy shirt, the first and second button sets and the first and second issues of my mini comic SUPER! If you decide to purchase this set it will probably be the best decision of your life.

($20.00)



Individual Buttons, SUPER! issue three, prints and many other items will be available soon!!



*ORDERING INFORMATION*

To order from me please email me, mortekaiissuper@yahoo.com, first to let me know you want to order something.


*SHIPPING*

Shipping for each copy of SUPER! or a Button Set, will be one dollar each ($1.00).

Shipping for the Wolfboy Shirt will be three dollars each ($3.00)

Shipping for Everything from Mortekai but the kitchen sink will be five dollars ($5.00)


*PAYMENT*

You could send the payment through PayPal. Make all payments to this email address: mortekaiissuper@yahoo.com

(Please write Mortekai is SUPER! on the envelope someplace)

You could also go to my ETSY shop Mortekai is SUPER! to purchase these items.

Thanks for the support
MORTEKAI

SUPER! life on mars...

When I was little I dreamt of going into space. Drifting about as the stars covered me like a blanket. I became an astronaut, a space-man. Freedom gliding along amongst the emptiness of space. But now that I am here that is all I feel, the emptiness. I used to dream of space, but now I dream of home.

For the Stars,
MORTEKAI

SUPER! its not easy being green...

All Hulk want to do is be friend. But Hulk get mad and SMASH! Hulk not mean to SMASH, Hulk just get confused and confused make Hulk angry, you would not like Hulk when he's angry. Angry Hulk is a Hulk who SMASH! Now Hulk sad. Maybe Hulk go SMASH something to make Hulk feel better. Have nice weekend try not to get SMASHED!

Hulk green
MORTEKAI

SUPER! green like my mucous...

I somehow seem to be getting sick on the regular lately. I hate it. I really do not feel like looking at the computer screen right now. I feel like I have a golf ball behind my right eye that is trying to push its way out. Hard. So you get Neo in green in honor of my mucous. Neo may be able to catch bullets or stop them from moving but I bet if I sneezed at him he would be covered in gross green germs.

"There is no spoon."
MORTEKAI

SUPER! Mini-Comic is available...

Here it is, the first edition of SUPER! is done and is now available for purchase. SUPER! contains two different minis (16 pages total) that are full color. The whole thing comes inside an envelope which doubles as the cover. There are two different covers, both are in full color on glossy paper, let me know which you would prefer when you order.

Now speaking of ordering, for right now it will have to be done through traditional mail or you can purchase the mini from me directly. I am working on setting up a Paypal account. The cost of SUPER! is $3.00 in US funds plus $1.00 to cover the cost of shipping. You may send payment in the form of check, money order, or well hidden cash.

Make sure to write Mortekai is SUPER! on the envelope.

If you have any questions, please email me at: Mortekaiissuper@yahoo.com



Thanks!
MORTEKAI

SUPER! Mini Comic preview number 3...

This is the final preview before I put my mini-comic SUPER! up for sale Monday. It is two eight page full color minis that come packaged in an envelope with a glossy color cover. The two minis work to inform each other by bouncing topics back and forth. It is about friends, work, trust, love, and loss. The page below involves my co-workers and meetings I have to go through at a 9-5. Hope you like it. Get ready SUPER! is coming!



MORTEKAI

SUPER! Mini Comic preview number 2...

These are the cover options for the minis. Well technically they are the cover options for the envelope which contains the minis. No matter which cover you pick there will be no difference to the content inside the envelope. I felt like making both, it was fun to see which one people would pick. It turned out to be about even at Freshmeat this past Saturday. Again let me say how great the show was. A big thanks to Keith Mayerson and the Cartoonist Alliance at SVA for setting it up! Well tomorrow may bring another preview or a Mortekai design, we shall see. The mini will be available soon so get that money saved up!

SUPER! Mini Comic preview...

The SUPER! mini comic will be available to order soon! At Freshmeat, held at the School of Visual Arts in NY, this past weekend I was selling the mini comic and giving out some Mortekai Stickers. Thanks so much to anyone who bought one or took the time to stop by! It was a really great event and I had a lot of fun checking out everyone's work. The mini comic will be up for purchase soon. I am printing up a few more and then they will be ready to ship. Until then here is a preview of an interior page (this one may be my favorite).

MORTEKAI

SUPER! KAIZILLA...

SUPER and Mortekai working hand in hand?!? The Multiverse must be collapsing! Run for your life! Earth-1 is folding in on Earth-2! Dogs and Cats are living TOGETHER! Up is down, down is up! Superman HATES Lois Lane! The words coming out of President Bush's mouth actually make sense! AHHHH!!! Ok I may have exaggerated. It’s not that earth shattering that Mortekai and SUPER would cross streams.

This drawing was sketched out on sticker paper with some ball point pens and a few highlighters. It then got scanned and I used photoshop for some minor tweaks. I think I am going to put it in the upcoming SUPER! mini-comic, which should be out by the middle to end of April. I am also thinking of using this as a Kai design for shirts and stickers, but I have to clean it up a little bit for the printing process.

SUPER! red and black...

I hate Mondays,
MORTEKAI

SUPER! ROBOT ROBOT I'm A ROBOT...

The Robot-Robot is something I have worked on for a while. I have done a bunch of illustrations with this character as well as comics. There is one story I have to get to involving the Robot-Robot called, "A Horrible Way to Rust." Yeah that will be a good one when I finally get to it. In the meantime here is an image I did on canvas with some paint markers. Hope you likes.

Good weekend to all,
MORTEKAI

Time Capsule or Cookies...

I am thinking of making some more sculptures. This one is Time Capsule. I made this with Crayola Model Magic and painted it with Crayola Watercolor paints. I then modified the bag by cutting out a window in the front which I had sewn for me. The background inside is made from different types of paper. This image was scanned from a copy so sorry about the poor quality. This sculpture may be lost.



I have made a few other sculptures along the way. The latest was for the Fun Pack of SUPER! issue Three. I hope to be able to find the rest of these and when I do I will get a picture up soon.

MODEL MAGIC!

MORTEKAI

Buttons Available Individually or in Sets

I have accumulated a large collection of single buttons. These were created at different times. Some with the Mortekai button sets and others with issues of SUPER! or during reorders of either. Having these buttons at shows is easy. People can see them and decide which they want to get and charging for them is not difficult. Selling them at shops has proved more troublesome.

Each button has a production cost. Listing the items in my Etsy Shop or sending them to stores also has a cost. If I sell them through shops they sell buttons on consignment or buy them at whole sale. This usually means I get fifty percent and the shop gets fifty percent. Etsy charges for listing an item. Selling the items usually means using paypal which has a fee also. Trying to list buttons individually or sell them through shops that way is tough to figure out money wise. Everybody wants a piece of the pie.

I have wanted to make these buttons more widely available. The economics of this has gotten in the way. The solution I came up with is to put these buttons into sets. This way the costs off set a bit and when I sell them it makes sense. This is what they the sets look like.



I decided that I would include four buttons a sticker in each set. I am also hand printing the top closures. This turned out to be a fun process as I made a small drawing on each of the tops. Also I can now sell the sets for the same price as my other button sets, which I feel is fair.

I have tired to keep the costs of my comics and zines reasonable. I have also tired to do this with my shirts, buttons and prints. I think my work should be affordable. I would love for more people to be able to read and view all of my work. But there has to be a trade off. I cannot spend money to produce these items and than give them away. If I did that there would be no more. Also as stated there are production costs all along the way not to mention the time involved with producing the products.

Whatever the case I hope to list these in my Etsy shop soon. If you happen to live near Star Clipper you can go and get a set for yourself! They are the first store to have them. The sets, and SUPER!, will also soon be available at Desert Island in Brooklyn. I think these sets are fun. Each one is a mix of styles that work well together. I hope people will enjoy them!

MORTEKAI

P.S. sorry about the bad photoshopping in the first image :^)

SUPER! at Collector's Kingdom and Mocca!!

SUPER! is now available at Collectors Kingdom! This is an awesome shop located here on Long Island. Big thanks go out to Matt and all the guys there for supporting me and other Long Island artists!! You rule Matt! Here is the link to there site and the address for the store:

Collector's Kingdom

Collector's Kingdom
202 W. Jericho Tpke.
Huntington Station, NY 11746
631-549-4336

SUPER! will also be available June 10th-11th at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival in New York City! This is a great event where there will be many other guests and artists. Mucho mini and comic fun! I will have a table with mini comic goodness, snacks, and possibly some Mortekai product. The link for information is:

Mocca Art Festival

And finally here is the information on SUPER! again:

Here it is, the first edition of SUPER! is done and is now available for purchase. SUPER! contains two different minis (16 pages total) that are full color. The whole thing comes inside an envelope which doubles as the cover. There are two different covers, both are in full color on glossy paper, let me know which you would prefer when you order.

Now speaking of ordering, for right now it will have to be done through traditional mail or you can purchase the mini from me directly. I am working on setting up a Paypal account. The cost of SUPER! is $3.00 in US funds plus $1.00 to cover the cost of shipping. You may send payment in the form of check, money order, or well hidden cash.

If you have any questions, please email me at: Mortekaiissuper@yahoo.com



SUPER!
MORTEKAI

SUPER ISSUE NUMBER THREE (3)

The third issue of SUPER! is complete and is available for purchase. This issue took a while to finish but until you start signing my checks I don't want to hear any complaints. Making these comics takes a lot of time. This issue also cost me a part of my finger. Yes that is right I cut a piece of my finger off while putting copies of this issue together. It happened on the train ride down to SPX. X-acto met finger and finger lost. Fun for all on the regional Amtrak to Washington Union Station.

Speaking of SPX, the show went well. Good people and good times. Mediocre sales were kind of a bitch. I think it may have been due to the fact that our table was surrounded by a black hole of bad comics and annoying people. Our table had a force field of shit around it that kept some people away. I did have several people who bought stuff last year come over to the table. That made the sliced piece of finger worth it. I also got to met some very nice new people. Plus I got some great comics, which I need to read. The table was also split with Mike and Chris Cornwell hence the our table thing.

Enough about SPX for now though. Maybe a full post in the future? I don't know. What I do know is SUPER! Three is the awesome. From start to finish there is a nice flow throughout. I think this is the best issue yet. I feel that all three issues have a nice easy cohesion. They work together well. This issue makes me look forward to working on the fourth.

Issue (3) is put together similar to issue number two. A sixteen page mini, this time bound with a rubber band, that comes packed in an envelope with two buttons and to stickers. I really treated the envelope as more of a cover this time. That had always been my intention but I think with this issue it is more evident. The comic starts with the envelopes cover and as you get to the first page of the mini you are already going into the comic. The buttons are both also taken this time from the comic. Here are some pictures. The first is the envelope cover image followed by pages one, two and three. The next two are eight and nine, I think. Sorry if the images are a bit blurry. If a bunch of you out there on the internets buy my comics I may be able to get a new camera in the future. That would be fun. The next two images are the buttons that come with the issue. I hope you likes. The cost is the same as usual $3.00 with $1.00 for shipping.








There is also a limited "Fun Pack" edition of this issue. While working on this comic ideas began to float in my head about making a print. That turned into a printed cover which lead to a separate print which was followed by a cigarette "place holder" sculpture and an additional button. Yeah this comes with a lot of beautiful stuff. The pack also comes with four stickers and the whole thing is sealed in a poly bag with a stapled card. Each of the cards are hand drawn. Here are some pictures so you can see everything that comes in the "Fun Pack" edition.

The first images are of two copies I have assembled. The next two are of the front and back of each of the copies. Here you can also see the cards that I hand made for each of these. Again sorry for the blurry images (buy my comics to get me a new camera). Next are images of the print that comes in the pack titled Dirty. This was printed on a few different kinds of card stock with red ink. Next is the Gocco printed cover. This was printed on Kraft paper with black, red and white ink. The "Place Holder" Cigarette was made with Crayola Model Magic, colored with enamel paint markers and wrapped in plastic wrap. I know it looks tasty but do not eat it. Trust me it won't taste good. Lastly we have the button that comes with only this edition. This is probably my favorite button ever. The SUPER! issue three "Fun Pack" costs $7.00 plus $1.00 shipping.













While working on the issue and specifically the buttons for the issue I ended up creating some extra designs. I decided to turn these into buttons that are availably individually. The images that follow are of these buttons. You probably figured that out from the layout of the rest of this post. Up first is Dance Love followed by Chunk, RBW, Werewolf Grey and Werewolf Brown. These are all one inch buttons. These are two buttons for $1.00. I have to figure out the shipping but it would probably be whatever one stamp is or nothing if you are buying anything else from MKIS.







If all that wasn't enough for one post, I also have a print of the cover that I am working on cutting. This is not going to be cut on a train so I am hoping not to cut another piece of myself off. This was printed on cardstock with white hot pink and grey inks. The final size is around 3 x 5 I think. Yeah so here are some pictures of the image. It is taken from the covers.




So there it all is. Third issue out now, I need a new camera, missing part of finger blah, blah, blah. Both the first and second issues are still available. Buy like ten copies of each in hopes that someday people will realize my true genius and each copy will be worth like a bunch of cash. Yeah that sounds pretty good. The Wolfboy shirt and buttons and sets are also still available. Sorry to be pushing stuff this time. Next post will be fun and full of either stupid jokes or maybe a review. Who knows maybe even some new comics greatness.

Next Time,
MORTEKAI