I’ve spent most of the morning watching horror films.
Netflix has a plethora of schlock horror offerings and I’m overdosing on them. Blood everywhere. So despite normally trying to stay away from bloody content here on the scarblog, I figured today was a good day to feature something a little more… red.

Atom Moore shot this at Scarwars2 in California. Brian Decker is responsible for the cutting.

Quite a few important folks in my life are joining the “dirty 30″ club this year; today’s inductee is Brian.
Over the last 9 years Brian has fulfilled many capacities under the blanket title of “my consigliere”, some of which I don’t even know about (and I was there for them).

Claire pointed out that I normally post photos of him in some state of undress, so I dug out this Atom Moore shot from Scarwars2 of B relaxing in the Standard’s pool after a long day of work.

Happy Birthday, buddy- I’m looking forward to our next decade of good times!

Sorry it’s been so quiet here at the SW blog; my life has become very busy lately and regrettably the blog is one of the things that’s had to suffer in the face of not having enough time for everything.

Things are finally slowing down and hopefully I’ll be able to get back to a daily SW update.

Tonight we have our old friend Brian (photographed in ’06 at SWLA) apologizing for the lack of picture updates. Brian and I will be traveling a bit soon;

Easter weekend we’ll be in Dallas, TX for the SusCon.
May 2-8 we’ll be in Las Vegas for the APP conference.

So expect much more of Brian in the coming weeks!

There are plenty of reasons to feature a portrait here on the scarblog; all easily justifiable as to why we’re not featuring someone bleeding. Today’s justification? I miss Sarah. Posting this wonderful portrait (taken at SW2 in LA by Rachel) is a reminder to send her my love.

Things are quiet at Scarwars central.
My hectic work schedule has crept to a halt (which means the book/shirts ship on Monday!) for the time being and it’s time to slow down and spend some holiday time with the family.

I’ve just made a batch of deviled eggs (with bacon and truffle salt) and Claire whipped up some tasty froot loop treats; soon we’ll be in the car headed for the P5 Compound and 4 days of relaxation and present swapping.

My present to you guys/gals is this fine cutting from our good friend Thorsten. Done at SW2 in LA and documented by the spirit of Christmas himself, Atom Moore.

Happy Holidays!

I’ve told the story dozens of times now; but in place of a standard “happy birthday”….

The first time I met Dave Gillstrap, I happened to be exposing myself to a lady (she asked) and David walked up and SLAMMED me in the testicles. Before the shock could hit me, he started singing “yat-dat-dat-dat-daaaa” in a Carney-esque tone and was smiling from ear to ear.

I still love the guy. And today is his birthday. So there ya go. Happy birthday, ‘ol Blackballs- hope it treats you well!

(ps: I still owe you one)

Choosing a cutting by Ryan Ouellette (done at SW2 and photographed by Atom Moore) for our Halloween update had nothing to do with him dressing in all black or being Prince of Darkness-ey. Total coincidence.

That said, this flesh removal of a spooooky bat (which was one of two pieces that David had Ryan do at the event) seems to fit in perfectly.

Happy Halloween everyone!

When I was preparing the second SW in late 2005 I received a letter in the mail from a young lady who was confirming her invite for the West Coast event. Most people took care of that online, but Sam went oldschool with actual mail and, in a move that I still find adorable, included a photocopy of her driver’s license so I’d be able to recognize her at the event.

I was fortunate enough to have booked my friend Rachel (owner of BME and all around renaissance woman*) as the portrait photographer for that event; while the photo on Sam’s driver’s license was good, the pictures Rachel captured of her are, I think, much more flattering. (I think I still have that photocopy somewhere)

(PS: you can see more of Sam here, here, here and here. Her lotus cutting was done by John Joyce and Brian Decker.

*Rachel would like it mention that, despite my claim of her being a renaissance woman, she will not be eating any turkey legs at the Renn Faire.

We try to photograph everyone who comes to the SW events; even if they don’t have scars or aren’t covered in blood. Our goal is to document people who support our community. The portraits we take every year are usually my favorite pictures taken.

The Lovely Rachel took this shot of my friend Gregg at SW2 in California back in 2006. On my infrequent trips to Southern California Gregg always makes it out for a drink and for good times.

Today is his birthday, so I’m returning the good times and my wishes for a great b-day. If you have access to the iam.bmezine.com site, swing by and give him some love: KungFuGreg

This piece was done at Scar Wars 2 in LA, which was 3, maybe 4 years ago?? Man, time flies….
Anyway, this is what it looks like as of a couple days ago. Brian Decker was working on this piece while I was watching, and holding Sam’s hand, offering my support. He asked if i wanted to help out and I jumped at the chance. We pretty much split the piece down the middle, him working on one side, and myself on the other.

I just received a few more pics from Sam of the work I did on her ribs which I will post later today or tomorrow. And if you are in the Santa Cruz area, you can check out Sam and her boyfriend at their new studio Way Body Arts.