EZ VS DPM debate

I had this up originally on my blog, but the I Am The Trend guys made it look more pro!
ding ding ding!

http://iamthetrend.com/2009/11/19/how-much-does-it-cost-to-make-a-t-shirt-the-gloves-come-off/

Another Success, thanks to you!

I honestly don’t know where to start since usually when I write something up it usually ends up being long and drawn on rant babble.

so I guess I’ll start by thanking all my friends and fans and anyone who has ever supported me from the start.

It’s seriously the reason why I do this. I’m not doing this for the money or metaphorically compare clothing line cock sizes. I do this because I want to be praised and for the recognition, that’s all I’ve ever wanted. For kids to be as excited for my line to be released time and time again as if it were christmas morning, or the night before that really bad ass field trip you’re about to go on.

I’ve never been more proud of any line than I have this one. mainly because it’s something I believe in. I loved the summer line but basically everything was limited. To be completely truthful I did some more girlier designs and colors because I was hoping that the retail success would continue. I found myself sort of selling out and I immediately felt guilty. I found myself wearing 3 of the summer line and just putting the rest in storage. That’s like calling your own kid ugly.

I also saw a lot more culture spoofs. Now I am not one to say that I started the trend or that I am the spoof mastermind, but it just got ridiculous. I knew it was something I couldn’t do.

Most lines are claiming that they want to go more mature or that they went more mature. I think those people don’t know the meaning the word mature. Some people say that’s what I’ve done and that’s what the new trend is and will be. The fact of the matter is. I did what I want, what I wear, what I respect and appreciate and I didn’t open my photoshop with dollar signs in my eyes.

What makes electric zombie so successful? Perhaps it’s the fact that I don’t look at it as a way to make some cash and take advantage of trends and kids allowance or their parent’s money. This is all fun for me, and I’m not doing it to quit my job and sit back and watch the money come in. This really means a lot to me. I don’t see the point of charging over 20 bucks for a shirt. That’s just ridiculous and most of all greedy. You really need to sit back and look and listen to your customers, because without them, you’re just another failure waiting to implode on yourself.

I hope you realize that no one will really give a shit about your almost 30 dollar price point. You aren’t Johnny Cupcakes or Mishka or any other respectful line thats been around the block and back and have a following that makes yours look embarrassing.

I try and do my best to do whats right for myself and for my fans. If it’s spending about 2k on free goodies. To staying up until 3am tagging every shirt, putting 500 goodie bags together. Folding pizza boxes. It’s all me, this line is all me. My heart goes into every single one of these shirts. I know as gay and lame as that sounds it’s the truth.

For almost 2 years now I have spent nights, days, weeks, thinking of what to do next, what can I do to make everyone excited line after line. What trend can I set, what lines can I cross and who faces can I melt.

I know I get this reputation as this horrible sarcastic fuck head who hates everything and everyone. That might be the case. If you spent a day in my head and you juggled the things I do single handedly, you would understand. I don’t do this because I have to, I do this because it’s fun and so rewarding to get emails, to do interviews, to see things sell out, to be inspiring to people is the complete pay off. There’s times I’ve let shirts go for 5 bucks and hoodies for 10 just because I want to make fans happy.

I can’t express enough how grateful I am to be in the position I am, after spending hours and days yesterday / today to get this ready. To sit back and read responses is so amazing, words can’t even describe.

so all you nay sayers and all you people out there who think kyle crawford is just a dick head and electric zombie is just a joke. Perhaps you should back peddle and look at your situation and really get your game plans and priorities straight. If you do this to try and be the next big thing, the next big pay check and throw it in everyone’s faces, I will be sitting behind the screen smiling my arrogant told you so smile. Doing what others do, trying to fit into trends instead of making your own, trying to be something your not, ripping off your fan base and showing your like of integrity will be your ultimate downfall. Without your fans, you’re nothing but just another speck on the wall.

I want to thank everyone at merch now,

welcome, the dude that used to have dread locks who’s name I dont know, for helping me fold and get some tagging done…

Christian and B-RAIDs for helping me perfect and realize my custom garment visions

Rob Dobi, Horsebites, Deal and The Black Axe dudes for being stoked to work on my projects and supporting it after almost 2 years.

Munk one, Chris Lovell and Felix for being the new kids on the block.

Thomas Bailey for always listening to me bash and trash and making the best ez sites and look books a reality

All the twitter and facebook lurkers.Iamthetrend, coty, My fans and everyone reading this…

Thank you so much for a glorious 2 years.
here’s to many more (fingers crossed).

I have something special coming out for the 2 year anniversary. So keep your eyes peeled!

Happy Friday The 13TH!

New Blog, but no blog...

I got a new blog layout coded by the infamous justin turtlesdove. Butttt they’re won’t be a new blog tonight as I will be a part of the I Am The Trend halloween broadcast tonight answering questions and talking about what thickness of wood is best to beat up grandpa with.

Check out their new site which launched today

www.iamthetrend.com

and I will see you tonight 8PM cen / 9pm EST

oh make sure you check out the new EZ facebook page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Electric-Zombie/161544398675

and as always follow me on twitter butt wipers

www.twitter.com/kyleisez

somebody called the wahhh-bulance

So this past weekend was the photo shoot for the electric zombie winter line. It was such a blast. Adam is a good friend and an even better photographer. I am beyond excited for these shots. I flew out on thursday. During my layover in dc, I was rushing to my gate. then something caught my eye. A shiny red bright light shining 8 letters. (thanks v)

I had to stop and get it. It was pretty good too for airport food. Airport food is about as good as mall food. The price wasn’t bad either, same as a normal five guys.
when I landed in San Diego, we went right to a bar and had some drinky poos. Then proceeded to watch Maximum Overdrive.
The next day we went to missions and had breakFEAST! so good. Its probably some of the best breakfast places I’ve ever had besides waffle shop in orlando.
I got this breakfast burrito with potatoes, eggs, bacon, black beans and chipotle’ sour cream. it came with chips and salsa and this toast that tasted like the bread at macaroni grill

adam basically got the same thing, just not in burrito form and with chicken apple sausage

then we went and looked at the locations he picked. Everything was perfeeeccctt. Checked out a mall where I got some stuff from h&m that they didnt have here at mine. That night I went out with some of my designer friends bailey bear and raul rhino. I honestly dont know raul’s last name, ha!
Took me to a glorious mexican place and had some delicious margaritas. Checked out Zombie land as well. Such a good movie. the middle was slow and there were some flaws, but nothing that wasnt enjoyable. I was kind of bummed that all of the deaths were pretty much in the trailer.
the next day was the day of the shoot. We of course went to missions again. It was too good to not go again. This time I got the french toast. It was so huge that I could only finish 1 slab of it. It’s way bigger than the picture. don’t be fooled.

it took a few hours to get set up and for people to arrive. But the time passed very quickly. those 2 hours flew by so fast I dont even remember what I did.
We broadcasted the shoot, it was wayyyy too dark for anyone to make out anything,I apologize about that! we had almost 500 viewers, nuts!
all the models looked great and so did the shots. once we did all the product shots, we went to the location shots. After 5 mins of the shoot, a marine officer pulled up. Then another and another. They walked up and said that a woman called saying we were tagging on their bridge. after about 30 mins of questioning, one of the officers said it was out of their jurisdiction and that the san diego police would be on their way. 4 san diego police cars pull out. so we have 3 marines and 5 cops. at first they made it seem like that we were busted. the worst part of it is, I changed my jeans and left my wallet in the previous pair I was wearing. They asked everyone for their id’s and then asked who drove. I tried to say adam did and he said “no i didnt”. I was so nervous. I seriously thought the whole thing was going to be ruined. About an hour later we were allowed to continue shooting. The cops became friendly and less douchey. We tried to take a picture with them but they said that the US government wouldnt like it too much. Another one said they were going to be on youtube. Some of the models have pics and everything of the event and plan on posting them when I can…
after all the amazing and fun shots we all went to cheesecake factory and had a blasty.
all in all I feel like it was an awesome trip. The best people and models that I’ve ever worked with, fantastic locations, great shots. I can’t express that enough. If I had/have it my way I would LOVE to use the same people next line. Seriously….
below are some shots from this weekend taken by nicole rork http://www.nicolerork.com/
























I still have so much left to do. It’s insane. I can’t even think of all of it off hand. Posters, postcards, catalogs, line sheets, websites, look books, goodie bags and so on and so on. That and I’m trying to do my book too! so much work, Until next week!

so behind!

I haven’t blogged in 2 weeks, ahhhh! Time to catch up. (If I can remember everything)
Let’s seeeee.. Raw. Oh yea, raw was awful. The best thing was that the hell in a cell was there. I was so fucking bored. The best thing about the whole entire night was when orton and cena climbed the cell, that was it.

the shitty thing is when I went to the pay per view, that didnt even do that. They didn’t climb the cell. no blood, no nothing. I was beyond disappointed. HHH and Ted Dibase ended up fighting on the aisle we sat at the end of, so triple h was beating the shit out of him on my dads foot while my dad watched the ring. He had no idea what was going on and I was freaking out. That was probably my highlight, in case you’re wondering. They didnt even film that. They filmed the other 2 wrestlers fighting, awesome.

heres some pictures I took at the event

thats right 4 pictures. Shit was a boreeee fest…

All the shirts are done and packed in my suitcase. I was going to take a pic, but then you’d be getting more peeky poos! I don’t think so.

I updated my site over the weekend. I added over 50 tees, 3 cd layouts and about 12 new posters. I have a couple more things to add. Just waiting for some last minute approvals. check it out here

www.theelectriczombie.com/index2.htm

I also organized all my shirts of my designs I took copies of. Soooo damn many, theres this…

and 2 more just like them in storage. I might have to buy a unit, yikes!

thursday at 1pm , I officially go on vacation which is glorious. Flying to san diego on thurs afternoon. Tons of crap planned. Going to hang with some friends see zombie land and caress each other ever so gently, raul rhino and bailey bear are gonna cuddle it up! I hope thomas doesn’t shave, he’s a sexy man with facial hair, I hope he gets some taco cheese stuck in it. MMMMM

Probably going to go check out mayday parade and set your goals as well while I’m out there. Then the ez shoot which will be broadcasted live I hope. I think both adam and I will be broadcasting it. BLOWWWWING YOUR MINDDDDD….

stoked to work on the new ez sites and look books. Adding 5 new bands to the roster. Working on my book. It’s a much needed vaca.

hmmmm what else am I missing.
goodie bags should be awesome. I ordered a good amount of stuff. Can’t wait to cram it all in (that’s what she said)

Stickers are going to be awesome. I hope that the custom mailers turn out great too. Should be getting a sample in a day or so.

I wish I had more hints to stuff I could give out. The only semi secretive thing I can think of off hand is, something I said I would never do in a million years, I might be doing. Opportunity knocks, I just might eat my words.

Seeing how it’s the 13th, I made a list of top 13 horror movies for halloween.
(In no order)

1.Christine
2. Dawn of the Dead Remake
3. Nightmare on Elm Street 1-3 in a row, yea I know I’m cheating but watching them back to back rules. 3 by far is the best of the series though
4. Hatchet
5. Friday the 13th 6 & 7
6. Child’s Play 2 (fucking glorious)
7. Grindhouse (as a whole, not that split shit)
8. Brainscan
9.Tales from the Crypt Demon Knight
10. I might get some shit for this but my bloody valentine remake in 3d, how could you not love a 3d movie in your own home?!
11.Maximum Overdrive (how could you not love the soundtrack)
12. Shaun of the Dead
13. Final Destination 2, these movies suck, but I love the death scenes in this movie. Ridiculous

honorable mentions :

Army of Darkness (but you can watch that any time)

day of the dead - original

I’m not a fan of the actual halloween movies. I think they’re terrible. the character sucks and it makes me want to shit on grandma

I’m actually downloading drag me to hell and night of the creeps to watch on the airplane this weekend.

Also on the 26th I wont be blogging as I will be doing a video chat / interview with IAMTHETREND answering questions and possibly showing more sneaky peeks…

speaking of which.

see you next week loserssss until then, catch me on twitter

http://www.twitter.com/kyleisez

It's fall! eerrrrr tomorrow

That’s right! Tomorrow is the first day of fall. Bet you didn’t know that! I’ve been taking some much needed R&R, even though I’m kind of bored, been rearranging and organizing and cleaning. Mainly because I was getting a new computer set up, which rules BTW, you can see the new set up righttttttt HERE! (look close and you’ll see a not so noticeable preview of a new ez fall design)

I just finished half of the stuff I’m working on for new found glory, the stage set up is going to be awesome. I’m really excited to see it in person. Now i just have to crank out a bunch of tour merch and I’m done til november… Well, I might sneak some innerpartysystem in there and some miss may i. MAYBE! tons of shows coming up that I’m going to. Just a pile of crap coming up, I have to go through my calendar and schedule… So, I am going to go a little out of order and jump into one of the questions, because well it ties in with what I was going to talk about.



Skull Face asks : Tuffy or Rowdy? I’m going to have to say rowdy. Tuffy, is the far superior dog when it comes to looks and cuddles. But rowdy, sorry rowdy pupper, Is possibly one of the coolest dogs ever. He attacks tuffy all the time and steals shit from her and when he does he sounds like he’s saying “HI-YA!” SO AWESOME. that and he has some awesome nicknames.

-Rowdy Man
-Rowd’s (taken from Black Sheep)
-Rudes
-Poo Poo Man
-Doo Doo Dude
He had to get his teeth taken out today and he’s all tuckered out, good thing I was able to get this good shot of him I’m prob going to get printed 18x24 and hang it up, yesterday.




Took some pics of him in his halloween costume too (he’s actually got 2, because before his surgery today he had 2 rows of teeth top and bottom and I called him shark man, so he’s got a shark costume too) once he and tuff get groomed this weekend, should look awesome



anyway enough of the puppy talk. Onto the rest of the blog. so my PS3 died. I was watching Wolverine and BOOM, froze and cut out in the middle, won’t even read a disc now, awesome. So now I have to go buy a new one, it’s cool there’s a new slim one anyway with a bigger hard drive, in which I can now buy turtles in time, yes! speaking of buying things, here’s one of the first new halloween things i bought this weekend. Awesome vintage bat…



The weather has been so damn glorious. Windows open at night, sunny, wind blowing. Leaves are starting to change, I love the fall, and it’s so much better in NY, I don’t think I could ever go back to FL. Highlight of my week last week: Blink design of mine in hot topic, snagged this weekend, can’t wait to wear it!



here’s some ez news for you

- Something cool (to me at least) is going to happen on october 13th. Mark your calendars

-Something may or may not happen on Sept 26th (remember 13 is the magic number)

-First new EZ fall piece comes in tomorrow, or is it pieces?



I unfortunately won’t be able to blog next monday as i will actually be at Monday Night Raw, 2nd row ringside, prob going to bring an EZ sign. Not so stoked that the guest host is Rev Al Sharpton. WEAK SAUCE! be on the look out!
I’ll be posting a pic of the sign if i do indeed decide to bring one. here’s the rest of this week’s questions….

Rob Dobi asks: One wrestler I could design merch for I think in the past I would say Something NWO, Ultimate Warrior or Sting, big bossman would rule, maybe even Razor Ramon, wrestling was so amazing back then. Present Time… I think I would destroy CM PUNK merch, but I’d like to Jericho/HHH merch, as they are and have always been my fav wrestlers for the past 8 years.


Amee Asks: Do you have a good relationship with your family? ehhhhhhhhhh It’s a lot different now, so I guess it’s, better? I’m more into the idea of my own family and other people’s families other than my own. so I guess that’s a no. I haven’t seen my mom In almost 10 years and haven’t spoken to her in 3.


If you have any questions, you can email them to kyleisez@gmail.com until next weeeekkk, thanks for (maybe) reading!

week 2, not too shabby

So we are less than 2 months away from the release and we are officially a month and a half away from halloween!

but who really cares about the actual day halloween. I am more excited for the decorations. In fact a bunch of stores have already started stocking the stuff. I bought some cool shit already at joanns, including some scarfs for the dogs. Got these gnarly little headless body things that you set a pumpkin on, got a mummy and frankenstein. pretty sweet. Started to think of what we’re going to do for the dogs as costumes. Rowdy is going to be a ninja turtle and I’m not sure what Tuffy is going to be yet. Last year she was a werewolf.

Best candy ever for halloween = pumpkin flavored hershey kisses

I’m going to make sure to make my weekly trips to target and walmart this year. Target has the best character themed decorations. Last year they had this awesome frankenstein dude, in which I bought a mug and a bowl. This year they have these 3 little monster creatures. They didn’t have everything out yet. Maybe for the blog next week….

Got part of my new computer system today. right now next to my imac, are 2, 24 inch LED displays. The tower comes soon and I cant wait to hook it up. I think in october I am going to do another cribs revisit type thing and you’ll get to see it in all it’s gloriousness

got my sweet new backpack today as well… you can see it here
http://goincase.com/products/detail/cl55176

it’s even better in person. Definitely going to need it on my trip to san diego to do the fall shot with Adam Elmaki-maki

going to have a busy ass remaining of the month, I have a massive pile of New Found Glory stuff to do and I am super stoked on it

I decided to take off of freelance until November. I have to wrap up on NFG the rest of the month. Then I flew my dad out so we could go to Hell in a Cell, wrestling pay per view the first weekend of October. Then Working on some previous scheduled stuff the weekend after. Then the next week is the photo shoot. Then probably going to work on my book and EZ stuff until the release. Going to be INTENSE, so probably won’t be until the middle of November til I’m back in action…

I really need to get my game face back on when it comes to outside work. I’m a machine at work, I actually think Im over 30 approved tee’s already. I feel like I am lacking in the outside work, even though I always have something to do…

I feel like all my designer friends I talk to is just smashing through shit and is always busy. I feel like I am only naming off 1 thing while theyre naming off 5.6.7.857608476845 things

thats the great thing about numbers, theres no typo, you can mash things together and no matter what it’s not wrong. IT ISSSSS a number…

speaking of halloween, DID YOU KNOW? that daylight savings time lands on halloween this year?

In this time off I am taking, I am going to be once again adding new work to my site. I have 3 cd layouts and some vinyl stuff and tons of posters and shirts that aren’t up and I can’t release yet.

Heres some EZ tidbits/news/secrets I am giving away

- The Magic # is 13
- There won’t be anything coming out on Halloween and I am not releasing it early so you can wear it on halloween like last year
- I will be having some sort of sale at some point for halloween, might just be a 24 hour thing, haven’t decided yet
-There will be NO holiday shirts this year, I know shitty. But with the release happening in november it’s just another hassle, MAYBE NEXT YEAR!

I think thats it… now onto this weeks questions!

some of these I’m sorry guys I wont be answering, becase it’s weak stuff like, where do you like to eat etc etc….

if you have a question email it! kyleisez@gmail.com

Justin Ryan asks:lots of people talk crap on you and hate on you, why do you think that is? what do you have to say to “the haters”?

I think a lot of it has to do getting what I deserve. I admit I am not always the nicest person on the internet. Not that I wouldn’t say any of this to anyone’s faces. I am a very vocal person. But it’s the truth, a good percentage is just shit talk but I’d like to say a good 95% is just the cold hard FACTS. I am not one of those people to SUCK your nuts and kiss your balls to get somewhere in life. I feel no need to pat someones back and make them feel good. I think that’s a big problem. I think another big chunk comes from me having this “KNOW IT ALL” attitude. I think there’s a big difference between thinking I know and Knowing I know. I am watching everyone, if you know it or not, I am. I always keep up to date on who’s doing what, and what’s coming out. I think it’s IMPERATIVE as a designer in such a competitive profession….

I’ve asked a bunch of people their opinions, even you Justin, why people dislike me and a good majority say 1 of 2 things. “I’m an asshole, a truthful asshole” and then there’s the typical “They’re just jealous” answer. Now, I don’t FULLY believe that. I know people think I am this cocky arrogant dude. In a sense, yes I am. I work very hard and I can juggle multiple tasks and succeed 99% of the time. That is the only bit of cockiness I do have. I feel extremely lucky and privileged to even have GOT where I am today. I still don’t even think am as success as people like to perceive. I am not one of these dudes who quit their jobs and freelance full time. That’ just not realistic. Someone who is “Successful” wouldn’t HAVE to freelance and work a day job and own a clothing company. I have debts, I have bills. I don’t just flash my money and success around. I don’t think I ever have. I may say check out these BLU rays I bought. Or I’m going to wrestlemania. But I am not always going on vacations, or taking days off. I am always and I mean always working.

So I mean I think jealousy could be an issue. I know some people think that “All he does is throw a movie poster on a shirt with a band or his name on it”. Which is completely false. So much more than that actually goes into it, Textures, blending, airbrushing, text, customizing, ETC ETC. I wish it was as EZ (that’s for you jud) to do, but it’s so much more complex than that.

I feel also, that the arrogance, comes from me doing any style and being able to do it. I might not be the best at illustration, but I’d like to think I’m pretty good. I think that the vast areas I can cover might annoy some people in an envious fashion.

I mean I honestly can’t really answer that question. I feel as if some people feel like they can do what I do, and don’t get how I get the clients I do, but I think that if those people spent more time on art and less time calling me a dick and watching every word I say and always try to bury me and hating me, then maybe they’d get the work I get.

Nothing was handed to me, I worked (and work) my ass off….

Volatile V asks:Are you bothered by the fact that Hot Topic has not yet changed their name to Kyle Crawford?

I don’t think thats much the case anymore. I think Hot Topic, is slowly trying to figure themselves out and what’s cool in the scene anymore. I have a good amount of stuff in there now. But NO WHERE near as close as lets say 6 months to a year ago. I think now it’s got a good mix. So maybe it’s a good thing they never did change their name….

Seibei asks: with all the horror film franchise reboots, is there one horror film you’d like to see redone, and what would you like to see done differently?

I think (and heard they are) redo the chucky series. The first 2 were incredible. It got so cartoonie and shitty, and corny (as they usually do) and it ended as a complete piece of shit series. And for the love of god, can they make a decent looking chucky toy?! I mean the dude IS a toy. They always manage to make it horrible.

I really hope that they don’t ruin A nightmare on Elm Street. It’s my favorite franchise out there. I think that another (not remake) gremlins would be awesome. New Batch FTW!

Hopefully next week they’ll be some goodies to show you as well as the cribs redo.
Sorry If I bored you and put you to sleep! See you next week!

tomorrow it begins. I order the brand new Electric Zombie line and I am beyond excited about it. This is really going to put to the test the future of the company. Right now I am a little up in the air about it. For some time now every body has been zombying something. I’m tired of seeing it. It’s like peanut butter and jelly’s. Boy do I love them, but when I and everyone around me is eating them every day, it almost makes you want to gag.

Everyone uses the same exact people. I get it they do great work. But it’s literally the same. It might not be a zombie or some kind of monster. But it’s the same people working for the same people.

I did a lot of the new stuff myself and used 3 people I have never used before and went back to some old friends. I am beyond excited just to see the first strike off of the designs. Doing some new things as well. I don’t want to give it all away just now, as I am looking to do this every Monday until the new line comes out, which is in 67 days.

I plan on showing some previews of some stuff as well, as it gets printed and try and get more video stuff going. This is all wishful thinking and I hope that I can actually live up to it.

Work has been calming down a little bit. Or maybe it’s the fact that I am gettiing it done faster or that I have a little more time to get some stuff done. Who knows. All I know is that October I won’t be doing too much. I have my dad flying out for a wrestling pay per view in jersey we got ringside seats to. So he’ll be down for a few days and then I am flying out to San Diego for the EZ shoot. and then getting ready for the Launch. I am hoping to get a book done for all my friends and family as well. Again, this is all wishful thinking and hoping.

I am also going to start answering peoples questions every week as well, in case I run out of things to talk about, HAHA… so if there’s any questions you like to know / ask feel free to email me kyleisez@gmail.com

that being said, let’s get crackin’

I’m just going to go for the first 3 questions that were asked….

What was the hardest part in your life as a designer?

I would say the hardest part was trying to make time for it. For a good 4 years I was working 3 jobs, always. I was either working at Pizza Hut, Or Chilis, or Hollywood Video, or Pac Sun, or Hot Topic, or Fueled By Ramen, or a Record Store, or Einsteins. Constantly working. So finding time was hard. I think in different parts of my life there’s the hard parts. Not really specifically 1 thing or 1 instance. There’s always the getting paid part. I would say right now the hardest part is getting ideas. I mean it’s getting really bad. I’m not sure if it’s me being burnt out or getting older or what. But I am finding it harder and harder to come up with ideas for designs anymore. I find it super annoying that bands can write music and songs but they have absolutely NO VISION for designs. They just say “Do your thing” and they’ll reject it. Getting direction is getting harder and harder. But I would have to say to actually answer your question is “TIME”. Having enough to complete a design, having it to experiment, to research. I take on so much work and do way too much that the time I do have, I just sleep and eat.

If you could do graphic work for a horror film, which would you choose?

I would have to say, that if it was a film that I was dying to do. It would be anything Freddy Kruger related. But if it was a film to fit the style that I do and can do. I think working on the Saw series would be pretty ideal/awesome.

Freddy is my all time favorite character. I’ve always had this attachment to him as a character. It’s like I grew up with him. Plus I lived on a house on Elm street for 5 years right when the movie came out.

I think with my textures and my style and my clean yet gritty style the SAW series would be awesome. I think that’s something I could nail.

I am dying to do some movie stuff. I feel like I have done almost all I can do with the band merch / music scene.

The TMNT line seemed to be a big success. Do you have plans to release another line based on another beloved toy/cartoon/T.V. show/movie from your childhood?

I’m not entirely sure. I feel like the whole, let’s spoof this and that is way over done. I feel like everyone at some point has done it. Even with band stuff it’s getting a little ridiculous. I feel like I did it once and did it well. I’d be fine not to do it. I haven’t figured out if me doing it again or continuing might be too predictable or out of style. It’s really hard to say. The new line comes out in November. I pretty much plan on doing 2 lines now instead of 4 so that I can put out better product and conserve ideas and my brain. It gets a little grueling when you’re just 1 person making sure everything works and happens. After November, I guess the next forecasted line wouldn’t come out until around April-June. But in all honesty, I might not even do another one after this one. I’m tired of lurking and babysitting people/companies. I’m tired of taking it to a point and then right when I get something that works,it gets duplicated. I know thats the nature of the beast, but I am too busy to deal with it. It hurts my head. So to answer your question, I can’t answer your question. The line in the fall could be it. I don’t see that happening, but it’s a possibility. If I had it my way, the stuff thats coming out in the fall would be the direction I’d like to go. I just hope people will be into like I am

Overdueeeee

I am the absolute worst at updating this blog, especially with Twitter now (www.twitter.com/kyleisez)

Been pretty busy, but now it’s slowing down quite a bit…
new line is out now and has been doing very well…

in case you’ve been living under a rock.

check it outttt
http://theelectriczombie.com/ezsummerLB09/
http://electriczombie.merchnow.com/

want to thank Phill M (www.phillm.com) for having me stay with him and doing such a great job with the photos. I couldn’t have done it without him and of course Derek Deal (www.derekdeal.com) for his awesome “Gross Overs”

as of now, I’m getting ready for the fall stuff now, preliminary ideas are hatching out now.

Went to warped tour yesterday to check out all the designs I provided. I’m getting old. Totally not into it anymore. The place was a cluster fuck. I was just turned off about the whole thing. I used to bug all the bands to get copies of my merch. I didn’t even bother.

Plus I missed innerpartysystem, the main band I wanted to see. BUMMER. (p.s fuck you new jersey parkway)

I have a couple deals coming out soon. Be on the lookout for an awesome MYSTERY! dun dun dun…

got some cool stuff coming up..

-new found glory stuff
-paramore
-attack attack tour art
-those who lie beneath cd artwork

and a massive pile of stuff to do at work.

I also plan on updating the portfolio again. LONNGGGGG OVERDUE…
I’m so far behind and now that I have some time I can finally catch up.

I have no idea what I’m gong to do with my time off. All I know is, I’m ready to join a GYM, excited on the FALL line and other HUGE things coming up.

Blink shows are coming up. I was told I couldn’t post my designs yet, but if you lurk on ap.net you’ll find them ;)

Looking forward to halloween and christmas. I’m getting antsy to wear warm clothes agan, eating candy and making cookies and watching the crap out of some scary movies
especially this amazing piece of awesomeness

http://d-9.com/

oh and if you had your eye on beardo and party animal, in a few days zumiez will be the only place you can get it! (in stores and online)

http://search.zumiez.com/index?D=electric+zombie&Nty=1&N=0&Dk=0&Ntt=electric+zombie

I took some pics from my recent trip in NJ (not the shitty warped one)

I’m sure I’m forgetting something. Blahhhh
don’t forget to add me on twitter and keep updated with me, ez and my awesome randomnessssss

fuck I think I really am forgetting something… FUCK IT!

Bambooozzlleeee

Setting up

constantly making faces behind the signings so kids had some weird dude who ruined their pics of the bands. I know, very awesome of me. Adam snuck a shot of me doing so.

plotting….

realizing Adam was taking pics and making the stupid typical Kyle face. I may or maynot be holding a little secret. Who knows?

Silverstein Signing

Line for the A Day To Remember Signing

A Day To Remember Signing