Blight’s out of body experience and Barry Mitchell pays tribute to everyone’s favorite clown!

So here is is folks,

The silly dose of sleaze ball slapstick non sequitur humor you all have been waiting for:

-THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #14-
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This weeks comic was inspired by a brilliant piece of Blight the Clown fan art drawn by the one and only INKBLORT. Check it out below, I believe you can find Blight easily on the page:

Image by Inkblort

(For more info on INKBLORT click here)

-VIDEO OF THE WEEK-

So finally after months of not posting any original video content up for you beautiful people here is something truly special:

-BLIGHT THE CLOWN TRIBUTE SONG BY BARRY MITCHELL-

This is a lovely musical tribute song. Written and performed by the worlds best accordion playing comedy, parody, polka guy, Barry Mitchell. For more info on Barry please visit: http://www.barryfunny.com

-IN OTHER NEWS-

I put together a BLIGHT THE CLOWN FAN PAGE, over at FACEBOOK. So if you want to show your love for Blight, check it out here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Blight-the-Clown/19049493940

I also got Blight his very own Twitter feed, check that out here: http://twitter.com/BlightTheClown1

Well, I am getting rather sleepy, so until next week, keep it clown-tastic!

Your Pal,
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
www.blightproductions.com

Chvad the thug busts some caps in comic 13, Bitter middle age guy gets pissed for the first time, and more strange adventures in the land of Second Life

So as you all know, or maybe you don’t know, Blight the Clown is the bass player in the super funky crazy industrial circus swamp rock band, “Things Outside The Skin.” Some of you that have been following “The Missing Adventures of Blight the Clown”, may have been wondering when the singer/screaming bastard, “Chvad S.B.” of “T.O.T.S.”, would be entering the wonderful world of Blight the Clowns silly comic. Well, here it is. The debut of “Chvad the Thug” in:

-THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #13-

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Something different:
I am sure you all remember my good friend (super crazy polka guy and star of “A CLOWN CAROL”) Barry Mitchell, well for all the years I have know him, I have been begging him to create a character and comedy skit based on his true self. The real thing is always funny. He came close to it in his performance of Scroogie the Clown in my little clown movie, but he nails is on the head in his latest Youtube video shenanigans:

-Bitter Middle Age Guy: On the Air-

For more Barry Mitchell check out his website here: http://www.barryfunny.com/

In other news:

The human psyche is a strange creature. There is this interesting social experiment going on right now, created by a company called Linden Labs. This social experiment takes the form of an online virtual world called Second Life. I have been experimenting with this “game” for a little while now trying to find interesting ways to utilize the technology for promoting my art and possible creating some legitimate form of virtual art. As you know, I have several ongoing projects in Second Life. One being a virtual art gallery for promoting my real world art (which has actually led to some real sales), I have created “T.O.T.S. Land”, a virtual head quarters for my band, and most recently, I have been working on a horror/ swamp themed sim. The Swamp sim is the largest project I have attempted in Second Life. It is basically a land to explore with lots of creepy shit. I will just list off several of the features I have created in this world: A Haunted Hotel, several shooting gallery games, pirate boat battles, swamp shacks, caves, a swamp boggin’ off-road racing game, and a virtual “outdoor” movie theater, showcasing classic horror movies. I tell you all this so you get a basis for how I use this game, as basically another tool to create art.

The reason I called this “game” a social experiment is because there are many people around the world who play this game on an entirely different level. The economy in this “game” is based on real money exchange, meaning you buy something in the game, you are spending real money. Someone gives you money in the game, you can cash it out for real money. There are some folks that have full time businesses based in this game, they actually make enough money “playing” this game that they have no need for real day jobs. Lets take this “game” a little deeper.

Over the past few months, I have gotten to know another artist in Second Life named “Eifachfilm Vacirca.” He is a really interesting fella from Switzerland. I got to know him while I was promoting my “Clown Carol” movie, he enjoyed the movie and contacted me. He has done some really amazing artistic things in the game, mostly using the medium of the game itself to create art. He has also done some cool stuff promoting film and video to the European audience (including my movie). Check out his website here: http://d-oo-b.cc. Recently, he let some student film makers come into his house and interview him about his experience with this “game” called Second Life. This is his story:

-SECOND ME-

Well, thats it for this week,

Your Clown Pal,
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
www.blightproductions.com

Blight the Clown Comic 12d, The end of the first Jane Rose Saga!!!

I am a little Clown,
And I write a little Blog,
I update weekly comics,
And I live in a swamp bog.

Here it is the moment of truth, the last panel in the first Jane Rose saga!

THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #12D

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For those of you that have had issue following the weekly Jane Rose saga here it is all together as a single strip:

THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #12A-D

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Also,
I have been working on a big ass painting for a few weeks now. I put in a few more hours over the weekend here are some details:

Clown Party 2 Detail 1:

Clown Party 2 Detail 2:

For this week’s influences section I paid a visit to the Brooklyn Museum of Art over the weekend and went to the Takashi Murakami exhibit. Very interesting work. I was very impressed with the images, video and sculpture, but as I walked through the exhibit I read the facts posted on the walls of the gallery and I learned that Takashi Murakami does not actually “make” most of his works. Now, he does conceptualize them on his computer, he designs them, does all the layout and planning, but when it comes to the actual process of creating the work, he hires “masters” to execute the physical work. I know many many artists throughout history have done this, but I still don’t know if I like it or agree with it. For me, his work lost a bit of integrity when I found out this little fact. I took a few stills with my cellphone camera so they look like shit but here you go:

I poked around on youtube and found an interview with Takashi Murakami, that was produced by MOCA in LA. If I ever get the chance to produce another television series about artists I bet I could make a more interesting “Takashi Murakami” segment, given the amount and variety of content.

In other news:

I asked the question last week if folks thought weekly Blight postings were too much. The majority voted and the clowntastic postings will continue to be weekly.

Well that’s it for this week folks. Stay tuned for more clown-ariffic antics every week here in the Blight Productions half-hour hour comedy hour.

Your Pal,
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
www.blightproductions.com

Comic 12C, What are we gonna do with this Little Jane Rose?

Howdy folks,

Come get your clown comic right here:

The Missing Adventures of Blight the Clown #12C
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Stay tuned next week for the thrilling conclusion to the Jane Rose saga!

I had the chance to color another drawing:

Where Have All The Clown’s Gone? -Color Version-
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Influential work of the week:

Balance:

This animation is a lesson every one could learn from.

Side note:

I am wondering how many of you are enjoying my weekly blog postings? Would you all prefer I post to the blog monthly or weekly? Please let me know your feelings on this ASAP. Email me @ brian(at)blightproductions.com.

On a personal note:

Last week I got a big nasty grape sized sty cut out of my left eyelid. It hurt like hell. And over the last few days it has felt like I have had sandpaper under my eyelid. I guess this is because the scab formed where they made the cut under my eyelid. It has sucked. Just thought you would like to know.

Take care,
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
www.blightproductions.com

Comic #12B The saga of Little Jane Rose continued, and where have all the clowns gone?

Everyone’s favorite clown continues to get abused by everyone’s favorite film-making special effects guru. Just what does this crazy woman want from our hero?

The Missing Adventures of Blight the Clown #12B
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Even though she is still kicking Blight’s Clowny ass, she is an awesome artist friend and film-making special effects guru. She will be in 2 more comics before we know just what she’s after. So check out her website: http://www.jane-rose.com/

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Here is another drawing I finished over the last week. I plan on colorizing it next week, but I thought you all might like to see the black and white version this week.

Where Have All The Clown’s Gone? -B&W Version-
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This weeks influential video clip:

Rubber Johnny (Aphex Twin)
Directed by Chris Cunningham

Chris Cunningham is a fantastic video artist/ music video director. He frequently works on music videos for Aphex Twin and Bjork. For more info on Chris Cunningham check out his wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cunningham

Well thats it for this week. I have a massive headache caused by the pressure on my eye from the gigantic grape sized sty growing on my left eyelid.

Have a great day,
Your Pal,
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
www.blightproductions.com

Comic #12a, SL haunted house, another influential video, and it’s hot as hell tonight!!

Well good golly, it’s so damn hot outside my gigantic clown balls are sticking to the side of my leg!

Oh my, what kind of language is that? Who wants to read that kind of shit? I know the only reason you people check out this site is to see the next exciting episode of everyone’s favorite clown. You are in luck, I just finished this week’s extra special comic. This is the first panel in another strip inspired by my real life. My good friend, “Little Jane Rose” is introduced to the world of Blight this week in the first part of a four part continuing miniseries. These are extra large panel drawings so they are being released as a miniseries. Enjoy the adventure:

THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #12a

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Although Little Jane Rose seems to be a crazy psychopathic abuser of clowns, she is actually an extremely talented special effects makeup artist and filmmaker in real life. For more about this talented clown abusing psychopath check out her website: http://www.jane-rose.com/

In other news:

I have been building a crazy haunted house in the video game virtual world “Second Life”. It is 5 floors featuring textures made from a photo of an actual haunted house I took on a visit to New Orleans a few years ago, a spiral tunnel, crazy ghosts, a demonic labyrinth, a torture room, a mad scientist laboratory, and many many more creepy surprises! I will be posting updates here on the progress of the house and the sim. When it is finished I will post a url so you can experience the insanity!

This week’s influential video clip:

This video was featured on youtube’s front page a few weeks ago. It reminds me of some of the work I was doing back in college, but to a much, much larger degree. When I was working on making animations with a pencil, eraser and a sketchbook, this guy is using the walls of buildings, paint and an entire city as his canvas. When I saw this video it completely blew my mind. While watching this just remember that every image is a complete painting photographed with a still camera. The scale of this is just incredible.

That’s all for now. Stay tuned next week: subscribe to the blog, the mailing list, the facebook page, myspace or anything else that will send you reminders about your favorite clown-arific blog! All the required links are here: http://www.blightproductions.com

Your pal,
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
Blight Productions
www.blightproductions.com

Blights gets a sty in comic #11, and dwells a little to much on eyes this week.

Meanwhile…

Blight Productions presents:

—The Missing adventures of Blight the Clown #11—

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My Latest Drawing:

Here is a new drawing keeping in line with my eye theme this week:

—Eye Want You To Have A Look At My Eye—
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This weeks Influential artist

—The Residents - Wormwood - Burn Baby Burn—

The Residents are one of my earliest creative influences. I was fortunate enough to experience the Wormwood tour(199 live at the 9:30 club in D.C., and in many ways it changed the way I viewed art. This was the first time I had ever seen music, painting, spoken word, and theater combined on the same stage in such a way. The dedication and passion that the Residents put into everything they do it phenomenal. This is only a small taste of the massive career this group has had. And guess what, they are touring again this year. If you get the chance go and see them, DO IT, it is a life changing experience.

Well thats all I got for you this week, stay tuned for next weeks exciting adventures.

Your pal
Brian A. Bernhard
Blight the Clown
www.blightproductions.com

Blight the Clown Comic Strip #10, My Feetz Too Big, and a pretty flower!

So this posting will be short and sweet so I can get back to working on some art!

On top of the pile is the latest greatest funktastic comic strip:

THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #10
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Next up is a fancy new Blight the Clown dancing panel:

My Feetz Too Big!
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(Available through Deviant Art as high quality print and a drink coaster)

::::NEWS::::

I think I will start a collection of my favorite clown performances on this here blog. These will help people understand my perception of clown. I will begin to share things that inspire me. I will do my best to label the videos properly so there is no confusion between my work and the work of other that inspires me.

Here is the first posting of videos that inspire me:

Housch-ma-Housch

This is an amazing performance by Housch-ma-Housch, it is a tad bit out of sync in some of the audio, but thats hot his fault, I blame Youtube.

And I will leave you all off with a pretty flower picture I took last weekend!

Ain’t it Just Dandelion!

(Available as a high quality print throught Deviant Art)

Thanks
Blight the Clown
Brian A. Bernhard
www.blightproductions.com

Blight’s big nose, Jackson Sq, Vampires, ART in Germany and a pretty rainbow!

Hello my super fine funk-defied clowntactic prople,

Boy-Oh-Boy, I sure have had a lot going on this week. Which is basically my way of saying, “there ain’t gonna’ be a lot of stuff in this weeks blog”. Well I don’t know, it’s 2AM on Sunday night and I just got back from helping my friend on a movie shoot. Let’s see what kind of stuff rambles out before I pass out!!

On the table first, just because you are such a sexy crowd, is:

THE MISSING ADVENTURES OF BLIGHT THE CLOWN #9
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Oooh! My thought patterns are getting weak, I can’t think of anything to say about this weeks comic. I just hope you all dig it. I have a bunch more on the way, been drawing until my fingers are cramped and raw, just for you people.

Just today I was working on a friends movie shoot. I can’t tell you anything about it just yet other than the fact that the thing is gonna be fantastic and it features one of New York City’s greatest acting talents, Mr. Jerrod Bogard, you all know him as “Crachie the Clown” from “A Clown Carol”, (you know the one whose fingernail fell off), and it’s a vampire movie. If you want to find out about the movie check out Biff Juggernaut Productions.

Anyway, as my mind slowly shuts down…
While we were shooting, we started to get a little misty drizzle, everyone was thinking, “Crap, we gonna’ get rained out!”, but no, we looked up and there was a huge rainbow reaching out of this bazaar nightmarish silo and stretching clear across the sky.

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This is the real thing here people, absolutely no Photo Manipulation!

An just because I am such a nice little clown, I also finally posted a cool panorama shot of Jackson Square Park in New Orleans a few years ago. Check it out.

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::::NOTICE::::
I need your help! I am planning a trip to Germany in a couple months and I am looking to find some cool art galleries that you think might be interested in representing my work. If you have any contacts, please email me ASAP!!! Contact Page

Thanks,
Brian A. Bernhard
www.blightproductions.com

Blight the Clown gets a lil’ sad in Comic #8, and GO OUT AND WATCH POULTRYGEIST!!

In this week’s “Missing Adventure”, Blight the Clown gets sad, and boy oh boy, do the shenanigans ensue.

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So, I started like 6 drawings this week and I am still working on my latest painting, which is why I have not scanned in any more art other than the new comic. I have not had the time to color anything else. But next week will be flooded with new images.

The one really fun thing I did this weekend was go to the NYC premiere of the latest Troma Entertainment cinematic masterpiece:

Poultrygeist - Night of the Chicken Dead
WARNING THIS VIDEO CLIP IS NOT FOR SMALL CHILDREN
(Unless you want them to become chicken zombies)

http://www.troma.com/

This gruesomely graphic musical masterpiece of hilarious sexploitation shock cinema was well worth my 12 dollars! It’s got everything a Troma fan could want!  Lesbian orgies, toilet-shit-splattered deaths, singing, dancing, chicken zombies, porn stars, decapitations, masturbation, and anything and everything else your week hearts might find offensive.  Good old Lloyd Kaufman did it again. I knew he would, because I had the good fortune of interviewing him last year for my television series “ART or something like it” and I got a sneak peak of the new film. You all should run right out and watch this movie now. If it is not playing at your local movie theater, go there and protest outside the theater until they get a copy. DEMAND POULTRYGEIST AT YOUR LOCAL THEATER!!!

Watch Lloyd Kaufman himself chat about his career and movie making on the EMMY Nominated episode of “ART or something like it” called “H.O.M.E of King Caricature or a Vulgar Toxie” Click here to watch the episode (Note-You must have Realplayer installed to view the episode)

Be sure to visit my website and sign up to the mailing list to you can be informed about the latest news from Blight Productions!

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Thanks
Brian A. Bernhard
www.blightproductions.com