Shrined

Mark M.

2009-01-01T20:58:00.001-08:00

Gina's husband is about 8" tall and he's a rocket scientist or something. I'm glad that I now have this photo to look at anytime I feel intimidated by him.

Betty

2009-01-01T20:54:00.000-08:00

Gina's mom. I could sit around, drink coffee and listen to her stories all day -- and that's not just because she spikes my coffee with Kahlua.

Rick and Sandra

2009-01-01T20:49:00.001-08:00

Rick has been my friend since college. So far, his lovely wife Sandra seems to tolerate our high jinx, but that might be because we live in different states.

Jinny and Dan

2009-01-01T20:45:00.000-08:00

Here are my mom and dad. He's the guy who gave me this fez collection. I can't figure out why they're staring into space like that. They did that in every photo I took.

Virginia

2008-12-01T12:32:00.000-08:00

Sandie's paternal grandmother, Virginia, thought this was the silliest thing in the world. She's a good sport.

Paul and Sandie

2008-12-01T12:28:00.000-08:00

My ex-wife Sandie and her dad, Paul, are roughly the same height. That is to say, they're both shorter than me. It's the only thing I have on either of them, so I feel compelled to exploit it.

Leia

2008-11-18T19:51:00.001-08:00

Leia does Sandie's hair. She also used to sit around and watch bad movies with me in the middle of the afternoon, but suddenly everyone got too busy. It's also worth noting that she was actually named after Princess Leia, of Star Wars fame.

Scott

2008-11-09T18:14:00.000-08:00

Scott is an art director. He listens to more audio books than I thought humanly possible. Thousands of them.

Alex and Rafael

2008-11-09T18:10:00.000-08:00

Alex is the head of Studio 407, which I'm doing some work for. Rafael created Sonambulo, one of my favorite comic books. They met about thirty seconds before I took this photo, which makes them both excellent sports in my book.

Josh

2008-11-09T18:06:00.000-08:00

Josh is a comic book writer. If you ever go to a party at his house, make a point of using the bathroom. You haven't whizzed until you've whizzed as Miles Davis' Kind of Blue softly plays in the background.

Erika

2008-11-09T17:59:00.001-08:00

Erika is an artist. She plays bassoon in the Beach Cities Symphony Orchestra. She's a marine veteran. If that's not a renaissance woman, I don't know what is.

Sue-Anne

2008-11-09T17:15:00.000-08:00

Sue-Anne and I teach Hands On Art together. She has a South African accent and a sense of decorum that it makes me feel that I should work on my own manners a little.

Lester and Lena

2008-11-01T15:28:00.001-07:00

Lena and Sandie used to work together. Lester is a brown belt in Aikido. Don't mess with him.

Mike D.

2008-11-01T15:26:00.001-07:00

Mike is married to Michelle. He has no problem putting on weird hats.

Mike L.

2008-10-20T13:02:00.001-07:00

Mike is an enigma. I don't know anyone who's more appreciative of being written about, yet he refused to pose for this photo unless I put his little Don't Forget to Validate Your Parking face over his real one.

Marla and Greg

2008-10-19T20:31:00.001-07:00

We met Marla and Greg through our daughter's school. I totally bum-rushed them to get this photo.

Chris

2008-10-19T20:28:00.000-07:00

Chris is a documentarian, among other things. He is the only person I've ever met who has a bigger head than my dad.

Adam and Jun

2008-10-19T20:26:00.001-07:00

Adam works at the Comic Bug. Jun co-owns the Comic Bug with Mike. I didn't ask either of them to make those faces.

Mark

2008-10-18T08:27:00.000-07:00

Mark is a comic book writer. Contrary to what this image suggests, he's not just a disembodied head floating in space.

Omar

2008-10-18T08:23:00.000-07:00

Omar and I met through Mike Le. The man can hold his alcohol.

Michelle

2008-10-18T08:20:00.000-07:00

This is Michelle. We met through our daughters' school. In this shot, she just arrived from Jazzercize. Yes, Jazzercize.

Mike W.

2008-10-16T08:24:00.000-07:00

This is Mike. He's a comic book writer and co-owner of The Comic Bug. He's my comic book writing guru and a huge fan of Van Halen.

Tom and Gina

2008-10-16T08:23:00.001-07:00

Here are Screenwriter Tom and Actress Gina. We socialize quite a bit. Gina can be stubborn sometimes.

Renee

2008-10-16T08:21:00.001-07:00

Renee is the accordionist in the Mortified After School Orchestra. She learned how to play the accordion to comfort her grandmother when she had to go to a nursing home.

Dave and Jillian

2008-10-16T08:16:00.000-07:00

Dave is a Mortified producer. He really warmed to the idea of wearing a fez. Jillian spoke at a Mortified Live show recently. She read a fictional tale she wrote as a young teen about making sweet love to John Taylor and Simon Le Bon from Duran Duran.

Anne and Neil

2008-10-16T08:14:00.000-07:00

Anne and Neil are producers at Mortified. Here, they're selling t-shirts.

Bruce

2008-10-14T20:32:00.000-07:00

Bruce is my dog. He's probably a lab/pit mix. It took a lot of treats to get him to hold still.

Jim

2008-10-14T20:31:00.001-07:00

Jim is my neighbor. He's married to Cheryl. I don't think he knew what he was committing to when I took this picture.

Cheryl

2008-10-14T20:30:00.001-07:00

Cheryl is Jim's wife. She was reluctant to take this photo.

Bobby & Kitty

2008-10-14T20:27:00.001-07:00

Bobby and Kitty are neighbor kids.

Me, Dave & Jerome

2008-10-13T19:47:00.001-07:00

Dave and Jerome are from Australia. Dave owns a brewery. Jerome, seemingly, is a man of leisure.