Ken Arkind and Charly Fasano Reading Dec 28 @ Mutiny Info Cafe

Please join us for a rare Denver storytelling and poetry reading by our own Ken Arkind and Charly Fasano at Mutiny Information Cafe (2 S. Broadway Denver) on December 28 at 7 pm.

Ken and Charly have been collaborating and sharing the stage for years. Their most notable team-up is a book entitled “Denver” published by Fast Geek Press. It is a love poem to Old Denver by Arkind and illustrated by the scratchy block prints of Fasano.

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Ken Arkind is an American poet, author, performer and educator originating from Steamboat Springs in Colorado. Arkind is highly celebrated, holding the 2006 title of the American National Poetry Slam Champion and the 2010 title of Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam Champion amongst other awards. As well as performing his work throughout the world, Arkind has also delivered tremendous TedX talks and worked in initiatives such as Denver Minor Disturbance and Action Education NZ. Arkind now resides in Auckland and is a recent graduate from the Manukau Institute of Technology’s Creative Arts Programme.

Charly “the city mouse” Fasano is a poet, filmmaker, painter and block printer from Denver, Colorado. He has released two spoken word records accompanied by the music of Memphis’ Lucero. His short animated films have appeared at the No Budget Film Festival, Blackbird Film Festival and The Lowlands Film Festival. His short animated film Teddy’s Bowling Alley was awarded a Jury Prize at the Machinima Expo 7 Film Fest in 2014. Books of his poems have been published by Sunnyoutside Press (Buffalo NY) and Spartan Press (Kansas City). His drawings and poems have appeared in Suspect Press Magazine, Yellow Rake Magazine and Birdy Magazine. He also illustrated a book length poem by Ken Arkind called “Denver” with a series of block prints. Named to the Westword Magazine’s 100 Creatives 4.0 list, his drawings and paintings have also featured in group exhibitions at Bitfactory Gallery and Cabal Gallery in Denver.

Tigers and Snakes Paintings by Vincent Cheap

Here is another batch of new paintings by Vincent Cheap. If you want to inquire about the availability of any of these paintings, please email us HERE or visit his Instagram @vincentcheap. We always have a bunch of Cheap paintings in our WEBSHOP too!

Ahhh Matchsticks Series by Charly Fasano

Charly Fasano here. Check out a little preview of my newest project.

Ahhh Matchsticks is a dance before the flame.

Ahhh Matchsticks is a series of drawings that I have created on canvas and turned into a series of animated sequences. It is a study of how patterns and movement emerge from random configurations of an item that can provide safety and warm or produce unmitigated disaster.

As if someone dumped a box of matchsticks on the floor, the unplanned patterns that emerge in my drawings create their own kind of movement. When arranged in stop-motion sequences at varying frame rates, the drawings become an undulating dance of shapes that are rhythmically hypnotizing.

Here is a sample of some of the film sequences. The series of drawings range in size from 6x6 inches to 30x30 inches and are drawn with acrylic paint pens on un-stretched canvas.

Stay tuned for more news and previews of upcoming Ahhh Matchsticks zines (Walk Off Hot Issues 7 and 8) and short film screenings.

For more please visit Charly’s instagram at @charlyfasanoart or visit our instagram at @walkoffhot.

Walk Off Hot Zine Sale!

We are having a Holiday Season/End of Year/We Want Money Zine Sale. Buy issues 1,3,4 and 5 all at once for $12! Get em while supplies last.

Get issues 1,3,4 and 5 of Walk Off Hot zines in one grab at a great discount and you will save on shipping! Great gift for zine enthusiasts. Features drawings by Charly Fasano and Vincent Cheap.

4 Issues. 16 pages each. 6x9 inches. Issue 5 is 8.5x5.5 inches (digest size). Black and white. Quality satin paper.

Issue1: Summer 1987

Issue 3: Unpaid Vacation

Issue 4: Quit You

Issue 5: Colorvoido - Featuring Art by Vincent Cheap

Ships all at once.

New Block Printed T-Shirt!

These block printed t-shirts by Charly Fasano are inspired by an Alabama man named Sim Lovejoy. He was a legendary crack-shot with a flip, better known to most as a slingshot. He passed on his passion for slingshots by making over 10,000 “flips” for whoever asked for one in-person or by mail without ever expecting anything in return.

Block printing or relief printing is a process by which the artist carves an image into a hard surface like wood or linoleum with a sharp carving tool, essentially creating a very large stamp. Ink is applied with a roller or brayer and the stamp is applied to the shirt with an enormous amount of pressure. A t-shirt is born.

Every block printed image on these t-shirts are unique in that the hand application of the printing or stamping process is a one of a kind impression. Each print will appear just a bit different than the next. That is what makes hand-printed apparel created in small batches such unique items.

Printed with Speedball Fabric Block Printing Ink on Gildan Softstyle 4.5 oz Pre-shrunk 100% Cotton shirts.

Please allow 3 to 5 biz days for us to ship them to you.

Studies of the Poudre River by Vincent Cheap

Vincent Cheap has drifted from the bustling city streets of Denver and found himself a quiet spot along the banks of the Cache la Poudre River in northern Colorado. It seems like he’s taken the electric colors of Miami and the Caribbean and thrown them across the surface of a Rocky Mountain river. The sketchy silhouettes of the trees create movement against massive clusters of high elevation clouds. Neon shadows dance like fire with patches of drought parched grasses. Get drawn along by the river’s current while you browse through eight new painting studies of nature as only Cheap can create.

Short Film - Porch Roar by Charly Fasano

Here’s another short film by Charly Fasano featuring the music of his pals Booger Sugar. “Porch Roar” is a poem that was initially included in Fasano’s multimedia book entitled Excuse Me, Did You Drop Your Dreams, released by Fast Geek Press in 2012. Before QR Codes were all the rage, Fasano inserted them onto pages next to the poems throughout the book in order to link to recordings and films he created. The whole project was a way for Fasano to combine print media and the digital world to create an immersive, multimedia experience. Enjoy the future past.

Tales Of Any Every: Poem - After the After Party by Charly Fasano

Have you ever wondered what happens after the after party on any given weekend night? Well, here is a what could’ve, might’ve or should’ve occurred at one of these exclusive and hip happenings only people in-the-know get to enjoy or endure. Enjoy another poem and illustration by Charly Fasano about crashing one of these after parties.

Both poem and drawing appear in his book N.E. Every - available now in our webshop - Click Here.

After the After Party Party

Phil Collins says it’s after midnight late on stereo,

a skinny dip kind of late.

Peel off the wrinkles

crash is on at the

after the after party party.

Open shirts with four buttons down

mustaches

mase red noses

blood stained peepers

jacuzzi

squirt gun uzi

fake chains.

Flop through younger games

wrapt in stolen tuxedo.

Eavesdrop  like yellow chases solid gold.

Network it.

Too much eye contact.

Just smile and say New York a lot.

Free drinks for the big thirsty.

When this is over

we will shuffle to

post-breakfast pre-brunch

Big crash is go

at the after the after

party party.

Tales of Any Every: Poem - Pusher by Charly Fasano

Welcome to another episode of Tales of Any Every. We have a poem called “Pusher “by Charly Fasano which appears in his illustrated book of poems entitled N.E. Every. Get a copy at our webshop by clicking HERE.

Pusher

The good listener’s 45 minute hour

and pharmacy tool box.

My therapist gives me the same pills he gives himself.

Empty pen inks its last prescription.

The joystick that steers my needle

towards more than normal.

Add to my medicine collections and

remote control robot fuck all.

Easy swallow

less stress

colorless.

Pastel my neon impulse

bridle my flinch to quit and think out loud.

Throwback fist fulls.

Take more pills to fix all the things these pills are already doing to me.

Knowing all along, most problems are solved by drinking more water.

Percolator Drawings Part 2 by Charly Fasano

Welcome to part 2 of Percolator Drawings Series by Charly Fasano. Each of these drawings are 8x10 inches on canvas and created with acrylic paint pens and acrylic paints. Stay tuned for more drawings of coffee pots and coffee what-nots in the near future. This is an on-going series that sees no end.

A bunch of these drawings are available in our shop by clicking HERE. If you don’t see one that you like that is not in the shop please contact us and we can hook you up! Email us HERE.

Door Knob Series by Charly Fasano

Door knobs have to be one of the most taken for granted tools in modern history. We use them constantly: countless grabs and twists and pulls. They also perform tasks and carry the weight of a lot of situations beyond keeping our doors securely closed. Here is a short series of drawings by Charly Fasano that contemplate multiple situations that door knobs help us without getting much credit.

If you are interested in any of these drawings and they are not listed in our store please contact us by clicking HERE!

“Anyone Can Be a Dentist” - To everyone out there who remembers that a door knob can pull a loose tooth if your dad or older brother slams it hard enough.

“Go Away, We’re Busy” - The tie on the door knob in most cases means that the inhabitants of a room do not want to be disturbed because they are having sex. They may also call sex “doin’ taxes” or “sleeping”.

“Gas Station Bathroom Key” - It is amazing the lengths to which gas stations will go to keep customers from stealing their bathroom key. The key-chain usually becomes a collection of the most random items that will keep a person from putting it into their pocket.

New Cheap's Littles Paintings Are Here

We are so excited to show off the new batch of Cheap’s Littles Paintings by Vincent Cheap. Cheap’s simple flower series is a collection of vibrant and compact works that have arrived just in time for summer. Those that follow Cheap's prolific painting trip will recognize the flower combinations, use of sheet music and bright color back rounds. This series of Littles highlights the floral ornamentation Cheap usually implements in his works by isolating it as the prime subject of each piece.

Each multimedia painting is 5x7 inches and created on stretched canvas. They are perfect for gifts or for gifting yourself, house warming and more. All five are available now at our webshop, so check ‘em out HERE.

Matchstick Series Drawings by Charly Fasano

Don’t play with matches, don’t play with fire. A dumped box of easy strikes is the chaos before the blaze.

Matchstick Series drawings by Charly Fasano are riffed abstract configurations created with acrylic paint pen on 16x20 inch canvas. He looks at every piece as a different jumbo box of matches dumped on the floor. It is an exercise recognizing certain patterns upon first impression, then using that quick glance as a template for composition and fluidity. From there, Fasano randomly lets the shape “run” around the canvas similar to how a fire starts and spreads. He is also working on using more “static” patterns that resemble shapes of bird wings, cascading water, hanging fruit, bee-hives or whatever the viewer decides it is for themselves.

He is currently working on Matchstick drawings that are 30x30 inches and more to explore where he can go with this idea on a larger and larger scale. Enjoy these pieces and stay tuned for more coming soon.

These drawings are available at our webshop by clicking HERE!

Percolator Drawings Part 1 by Charly Fasano

Welcome to Percolator Drawings Part 1 by Charly Fasano.

Enjoy a portion of the percolator and vintage coffee pot series of drawings that I’ve been working on. Coffee is a huge part of the daily routine of people from cultures around the world. The design and shape of percolators tell stories of location, influence and practicality. The different designs of percolators and coffee pots provide an endless amount of research and stories. The old adage that “everybody is doing it” is truth when it comes to coffee.

A bunch of these drawings are available in our shop by clicking HERE. If you don’t see one that you like that is not in the shop please contact us and we can hook you up! Email us HERE.

Vincent Cheap on Tenet Podcast

We are excited to share that Vincent Cheap has an in-depth interview on Tenet Podcast Episode 124.

Here’s a summery from Tenet Podcast about their latest episode with Cheap:

“Cheap talks about his youth and the pivotal events leading up to a career in art, the influence of his parents, the compulsion to make things, his routine and his process of creating, road tripping, music, his DIY esthetic and its roots, his collaborative projects with his twin brother Charly, evoking emotion with art, legacy, being a lifelong learner, dreamscapes, influences, western noir, Colorvoido and zines, narrative and storytelling, selling art, pricing, commissions, album art, and advice to aspiring Artists.”

Listen to it HERE - https://www.tenetpodcast.com or anywhere you listen to podcasts.

Give em a follow on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TenetPodcast/

Short Film: The Ringer by Charly Fasano and Jason Cope

The Ringer is a short film by Charly Fasano featuring music by Jason Cope of Chrome Pencils (Denver Ex-Tanger). This film is made entirely of pen and ink drawings on paper and was animated and filmed on a Asus Google tablet. Thank you to Roy Berry and Magic Cyclops for their likenesses.

Summer 2022 Vincent Cheap’s Littles Paintings Preview

Walk Off Hot is excited to present a preview of Vincent Cheap’s Summer 2022 Littles Paintings. Every so often Cheap creates a new series of 5x7 inch paintings that are available at Mutiny Info Cafe in Denver, Mutiny Info Cafe in Trinidad, Colorado and in our webshop. These “Littles” paintings make great gifts and are sold at more than affordable prices. They give the art fan the ability to witness and own part of the initial steps to Cheap’s painting process. If you look closely, raw imagery and color schemes used in the littles usually will show up in Cheap’s paintings in the near future. If you are interested in purchasing any of these Littles and they are not listed in our webshop please contact us and we will do our best to get you one.

Visit Vincent Cheap’s Instagram - @vincentcheap - to see more Littles and other paintings he is working on.

Walk Off Hot In Stores Now

We are extremely excited to announce that Walk Off Hot is now available in some of the coolest independent stores across the US. Check out this list of locations and give them some support. Walk up to the counter and ask for Walk Off Hot. If you would like to suggest a cool shop in your city that would like our zine please send us a message. Stay tuned, we planning to add some new stores to our list in the near future.

Get a copy of Walk Off Hot at these fine shops!

1. Mutiny Information Cafe - Denver

   2 South Broadway, Denver, CO 80202

2. Mutiny Information Cafe - Trinidad

   135 E Main St. Trinidad, CO 81082

3. Kilgore Books - Denver

   624 E 13th Ave, Denver, CO 80203

4. Atomic Books - Baltimore

   3620 Falls Rd, Baltimore, MD 21211

5. Quimby’s Bookstore - Chicago

   1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622

6. Chicago Comics - Chicago

   3244 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60657

7. Desert Island Comics - Brooklyn

   540 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211

We couldn’t wait. We had to go ahead and release Issue 5 featuring art by Vincent Cheap early! Check out the list of stores we stock or get it from our SHOP (click HERE) and we will ship it to you as quick as we possibly can.

Issue 5 features Vincent Cheap’s Colorvoido: sketches for paintings photographed in black and white. Colorvoido is Cheap’s dreamy, black and white play on the well-known “Colorful Colorado” state slogan. It’s a sharp departure from the electric color palette he uses in most of his paintings. Influenced by classic film and television, Cheap has created and photographed drawing studies draped with the drama of noir shadows and light.

Music Video - The Interview by Micah Schnabel and Charly Fasano

Check out this short film/music video Charly Fasano constructed for Micah Schnabel’s (member of Two Cow Garage) song “The Interview” from his album Your New Norman Rockwell released on Last Chance Records in 2017. It is made with drawings from Fasano’s “Going To the Party” Series, along with various stop-action animation sequences from his “Get the Bird Out” series. Enjoy.

Micah Schnabel is a member of Columbus, Ohio’s Two Cow Garage and tours endlessly as a solo act with his partner and artist Vanessa Jean Speckman. Please look for them cause I know they will be visiting your town soon.

Follow what they do

Micah Schnabel - instagram - @micahschnabel

Vanessa Jean Speckman - instagram - @vanessajeanspeckman

Music Video for Micah Schnabel’s The Interview by Charly Fasano.

Walk Off Hot Issue 5 Pre-Sale

We are excited to announce the pre-sale and release of Walk Off Hot Issue 5 featuring multimedia artist Vincent Cheap. Issue 5 is a collection of Cheap’s newest series entitled Colorvoido: sketches for paintings photographed in black and white. Colorvoido is Cheap’s dreamy, black and white play on the well-known “Colorful Colorado” state slogan. It’s a sharp departure from the electric color palette he uses in most of his paintings. Influenced by classic film and television, Cheap has created and photographed drawing studies draped with the drama of noir shadows and light.

20 pages. 5.5”x8.5” digest size. Printed on quality matte 100 text stock paper. Very nice.

Release date is scheduled for June 21, 2022. Pre-sale available now in our webshop (orders will ship on release day June 21, 2022). Copies will also be at Kilgore Books and Mutiny Information Cafe in Denver, Colorado. Stay tuned for more information here or on our instagram and facebook at @walkoffhot.

Get your pre-sale copy now