I’m excited to announce that I have tricked talked Sean Cliver into joining the fake staff at Skate and Annoy. Basically, we’ll just be syndicating his posts over at the Disposable blog, so you’ll always be able to read the same thing a little earlier over there, just don’t do it, OK? I asked Sean to write up a little intro for those of you are unfamiliar with his work as an artist and an author:
Hello. My name is Sean Cliver and I’ve been very fortunate to have had two books published in the past related to skateboards and the related artwork. Well, I guess I’m even more fortunate to be able to do some of this art upon them, but for as much as I’ve been called a skateboard artist I’m actually much more a fan of the art form in general … although that did just sound rather gay there, didn’t it? Hmmm. Anyway, since I’ve pretty much exhausted my ability or means to do any further books about skateboards, I’ve since turned to the Interweb to openly muse about them in a way that would’ve been far too trivial and page-consuming in print. Luckily this whole “information superhighway” has proved to be nothing more than a limitless trash heap upon which more and more stuff gets tossed every day, so I can now satisfy these random urges without having to worry about the bigger picture, e.g. page counts, budgets, and editing. Although if the Interweb has taught the world anything it really is the value of having a good editor. You know, someone to tell a writer when they’ve gone too far and that’s fucking enough with the superfluous wordage already. Like now.
There you have it. Expect to see some Cliver posts very soon. I’ll be mining his back catalog since it’s recently new. Say hello to Sean, but don’t, I repeat DO NOT ask him how much you can get for the board that you found in your parent’s basement from when you used to skate.
12 comments
rob almeida
how about the 1985 channel islands deck that is on pg 152 of disposable as a photo copy would he want to contact me to privately discuss the matter . couldnt even produce 1 to take a pic of its got to be rare.
Jessica
sean,
ran across your name and was reminded of days spent in madison the summer you won your contract. still have artwork you drew for me and copies of a comic you did. i will dig them up, scan and email if you’d like.
congrats on making a go of a leap of faith,
jessica
Estes' Ghost
The staff is almost legit.
shvitz
Awesome – welcome Sean! Have loved your blog posts thus far.
Talentlessquitter
Yes,I ment Neil…sorry!
Talentlessquitter
Welcome sir,it’s an honour!
Does this mean you also going to contribute advice/info on the ebay-watch? Not that Kilwag isn’t doing a great job,sorry,he is!
jakeandannoy
Sean, whatever happened to Earl Parker/Thomas Schmidt?
I was an early BB reader and that dude was funny.
Talk to him? FBA now? Alive still?
Bevilacqua
Welcome Sean !
Cool, I’ll be able to bug you here and there as well !
“Old debris never die, they just become Vintage.”
heath
Rad!
sean cliver
as a side note to kilwag’s last remark there… “…unless it happens to be an NOS powell-peralta steve caballero model from 1980/81 with the dragon/bearing graphic. in which case sean would like you to contact him privately to discuss the matter.” thanks!
Concretin Nik
FanBoy approves!!! Most Excellent!
Gene
No way! Stoked. I keep forgetting to go back to his site. I love those books. Way to go.