J. G. Angeles Art
"Jose Angeles is a goddamn national treasure." ~ undeadair
'To capture the madness is beauty.The fact that you can jump through their eyes and bootkick them directly in the brain is a human service." ~ David Arshawsky
"San Francisco-based illustrator, Jose Angeles, depicts the crude and the disturbing through his detailed artwork. With intricate, dark line work, he creates monsters and distorted pop culture that illustrate the strange presence of the universe." ~ Juxtapoz Magazine
"I didn't agree with this guy's worldview and was certainly put off by all the gore" ~ zintethug.com
"Crude is right, but I think right on." ~ Razorcake
"If there ever was a comic-book equivalent to grindcore music, Jose Gabriel Angeles is it!" ~ Tom Neely
You are a fucking maniac. ~ Noah Van Sciver
"I like that while wallowing in complete and utter sickness, you still are able to make some pointed observations about this world." ~ Mark Thompson
"if u love drawing pepole killing eacother why dont u just do it instead way easieier" ~ some kid
"The Comics by your friend [me] were good" ~ Richard Ramirez
"you have a knack for pointless violence and sometimes, you say some really brilliant shit" ~ Billy
"Crude Dude is a great collection of violence, political debates, controversy, honesty, fun and all around whackieness." ~ Monkey Pants Comics
"I came onto the internets to find sites about trees, and children playing by trees. I was directed to your deviant site. This kind of thing should not be allowed on the internet. I will be writing my congressman about you and your filthy website." ~ Susan Adams
"you and your art is evil as hell ,that is a good thing. ". ~ Mike Diana
"Messy art, messy violence and messy nihilism from a cut-rate Mike Diana clone who reeks of high school". ~ zintethug.com
"I hope you get fucked beyond recognition in an AIDS-infected gangbang, punk". ~ Voices in my head
"This is a sick sick comic but you might just find it funny". ~ Q-Boy
"You have a great sense of humor and I really appreciate your honesty." ~ Dread
"You've got a good eye for looking through bullshit". ~ Angry Drunk Steve
"That kicks ass, very well done". ~ Maddox
FAQ
Why do you make such fucked-up art?
Should I blame a chemical imbalance or my shitty experiences with society? Is it some primal attraction in human beings that dates back to the gladiator days? Is it the same curiosity that gets drivers to turn their heads towards an accident on the freeway? Honestly I can't explain it in some contrived essay, I just do and if it pisses you off that's your problem, not mines.There's no practical reason to explain people's fascination with fucked up art and entertainment really. So get your priorities straight, we should be worrying more about asshole politicians, terrorists, religious extremists, gangsters, and Celine Dion than some guy that draws a bunch of bloody corpses just for fun.
Who does your shirts?
either my buddy at Bootleg Screenprinting or my other go to guy at Willcott Printing, I've tried a lot of printers over the years but those guys are my most reliable
How long have you been doing art?
I've always been drawing since I was like 4 years old and obsessed with Ninja Turtles. But my art was super shitty up until 2003 when I was 18. It wasn't great at that point but it sure as hell was significantly LESS shitty than before.
Do you work for Superjail or are you just a really big fan?
NO. In fact I never even knew what Superjail was until a bunch of different people at conventions kept making the comparisons. So far I've seen clips on youtube, it's all right. I can kinda see similarities but you can make similarities with Superjail and anything else with excessive gore really.
Feel free to hit me up on facebook or joseangeles AT muchomail.com for whatever the hell reason (commission inquiries, love/hate mail, interview requests, guest appearances, fornication, etc)
Yeah I know, simple piss poor html design. Well people came here to see my art/writing, not some html/java/flash/whatever bullshit so fuck fancy pretentious-design websites.
