Bike Finks

Just finished this design for the rockin' Chillax line of T-shirts over in France. I'm crankin' out new work like crazy lately so expect more regular updates to this here blog thing in the near future. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Goin' To The Chapel...

Here's my first ever attempt at a wedding invitation design. Best of luck to Álvaro and Júlia! Lots more new art coming soon so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Fun In Bed

Here be a T-shirt design I done drawrn for thee #1 local garage rock combo here in Weenerpeg, The Vibrating Beds! Check out their boss 7" on Transistor 66 Records. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Poor Traits Of The Artist

Here's my spankin' new self portrait. It's pretty accurate if I do say so myself. I think this is gonna be part of a secret project I'm workin' on. More on that later (maybe). I should be finishing a new record sleeve project today so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

TV Party

Just finished this promotional illustration for party-rockin' VJ Tom Yaz. Got to exercise a bit of my Hanna-Barbera influences on this one. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Saucer Attack!

Here's the cover art for the ultra cool, long awaited Roctober interview compilation tome, Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll! This astonishing volume features in depth interviews with amazing musicians like our three cover stars, Sam The Sham, Zory Zenith (the singer of Zolar X) and Sugar Pie DeSanto. Also included are 10 interior illustrations by your old pal King Merinuk! I'm not sure of the exact release date but it should be out by this summer. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

News Of The Saucers

Latest word is that Flying Saucers Rock'n'Roll, the amazin' compilation volume of wigged out interview action from the august pages of Roctober magazine which I have been blabbin' about since the very beginning of this here blog will finally be hitting the streets sometime in the spring or summer of 2011. In fact I have just agreed to draw the cover art for this epic tome to go along with the 10 interior illustrations that I drew back in 2009. To celebrate this thrilling news flash, here's another illo from the book featuring outlaw country legend David Allan Coe. This career spanning DAC interview is probably the single best and most astonishing conversation in Roctober history. In fact, it's actually the thing that made me the huge DAC fan that I am today, so I was super-stoked to get to do this illustration to accompany its reappearance in FSR&R. More info on the book (and maybe a sneak peek at the cover art) as we get closer to the street date. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Santa's Booze Blast!

Here's my 2010 Xmas card. Hope you kids are having a swingin' holiday season. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Kreepy Kristmas

This sepulchral Sanata was drawn a few years back for my old pals The Independents. It was used to hype a Christmas merch sale on their website. More weirdo Christmas stuff coming up tomorrow so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

She's My Vampire Girl

Here's yet another drawing I did for The Independents. This was the CD label art for the Live From Murder Beach album on Amp Records. This drawing started a tradition of Merinuk drawings of sexy monster girls which have appeared on most Independents CDs since this one came out in 2003. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

More Trash

Here's another logo/drawing for Ottawa blues/garage trashters The Middens. This one will be made into some snazzy buttons certain to add a touch of elegance to your choice of formal attire whether it be tuxedo, straitjacket or birthday suit. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Let's Have A Party!

Hey kids, today is the one-year anniversary of this blog, so pour a beer and celebrate! Back when I started this thing I decided that I would do a post a day for one year and somehow or other I actually managed to stick to that schedule all the way through. From here on out I'm gonna drop the post-a-day rule. New work will get posted as soon as it's done and there is still a fair sized pile of worthwhile older stuff to scan and put up here but updates are gonna be a bit less relentlessly regular in the future. Please do keep an eye on this space for more wild weirdness coming at you when you least expect it. Oh yeah, today's image is the last of the wacky parody T-shirt designs I made for a local upstart entrepreneur back in the '90s. Scroll down a ways if you want to see the other two in the series. This one was printed along with the Merinuk interview that appeared in Dig It! magazine back in the late '90s. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Severed Head

Ew, gross, a severed head. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

The Mule And The Pussycat

Here's another of the half dozen of so illustrations I did for Pussycat magazine back in the mid-'90s. This one illustrates editor Mark's pugnacious interview with the bass player of bluesy alt-rock combo Mule. I thought all of these Pussycat drawings came out pretty well but this one is my favorite. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Freaks!

I made this drawing back in the mid-'90s for a friend of mine who ran a copy shop. It's a weird inside joke that would take too long to explain for non-Winnipeggers so you kids will have to figure it out for yourselves. Good luck, you poor souls. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Acromegaly Alien

Here's another drawing originally intended for my unpublished Ugly Art zine The Unbelievable Uglies #2. This one was used as a cover for the cool Terminal Brainrot zine outta Ohio back in the '90s. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Hot Rod Zombie

I drew this one back in 2001 for some project that never got completed (details of which I don't recall at this late date). It was later recycled into T-shirt art for Bay Area car club the Road Zombies. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Like, Long Hair

This one was drawn back in 1996 as the cover for a cool Italian zine called Mondo Capellone that covered '60s garage rock and related topics. The drawing is mostly based on the song "Riot On Sunset Strip" by The Standells with some references to the movie of the same name and various other mid-'60s long haired happenings. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Portrait Of The Artist As A Rotting Zombie

I drew this zombified self portrait back in 1997. It was printed in an issue of Winnipeg's premiere alt comix anthology Sunburn. I changed phone numbers awhile back so don't bother trying to crank call me. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!

Castle Of Freaks

When the (Chicago, Roctober-connected) Goblins started their fan club back in the mid-'90s, they held a contest for fans of the band to suggest possible names for the club. My humble suggestion ("The Swingin' Creepers") failed to make the cut even though there ended up being two winners; "Castle Of Freaks" highlighting the creepy Halloween side of the band's persona and "We're A Winner!" reflecting their socially conscious, positive-message-for-the-kids proclivities. This logo was designed to be the masthead for the official fan club newsletter which ran for a few issues back around 1997-98. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!