Work It In Your Eyes
Well, still no new comics, but here’s a ridiculous music video I made to a mashup of Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” with Missy Elliott’s “Work It”!
Ruins 2005 v. 2.0 (very short film)
1. Sorry I haven’t published any new comics lately. I’ve been focusing on multimedia shit.
2. Here’s a short film I made for a college video art class in 2005. It’s pretentious and artsy as fuck, but I still like it. It was supposed to be about unrequited love or some shit (in a really abstract way).
My friends and I shot the footage at an abandoned prison at Fort Ord in Monterey, California. The song used for the soundtrack is Tim Buckley’s “Song to the Siren.”
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Get “Don Depresso, Volume II” in black-and-white ($15) or in color ($24.99)!
You will like reading the Don Depresso comics series if you’re into any of the following things:
- Depression
- Drug abuse and addiction
- Alcoholism
- Self-destructive behaviors in general
- Linux/open source software
- Bad dates
- Unintentional celibacy
- Painful series of romantic rejections
- Ex-girlfriends you can’t escape
- Unemployment
- Sinead O’Connor
- Martha Wainwright
- Portland, Oregon
- Dead cats
- Self-deprecating humor
Don Depresso is a depressed freelance writer (read: unemployed) who does a lot of drugs and pines for his ex-girlfriend. This book contains a collection of all the Don Depresso comic strips created from October of 2012 through March of 2013, along with commentary. The Don Depresso comics series deals with depression as well as other recurring themes, such as drug use and abuse, technology (particularly Linux and open source software), dating and relationships, and what it’s like to be an American in 2012.
Hey, look! Don Depresso, Volume II is available for ordering from my Createspace shop now ($15)!
There’s also a color edition ($24.99).
You can also order Volume I in a black-and-white or color edition.
P.S. If the prices in my Createspace shop are too expensive for you, you can find all my books here on Amazon.com for slightly cheaper. I try to get people to order from Createspace, though, because I get better royalties from them.
Free Don Depresso buttons available now!
If you want any of these buttons, send me a message here and include your name and mailing address. I’m only giving them out for free for a limited time!
NOTE: Since I’ve gotten an unexpected volume of button requests, I’m now charging for the shipping and handling of each 8-button package (sorry, it’s the only way I can afford to continue sending out free buttons). It will be $5 if you live in the USA; shipping to other countries will vary in cost, but it will be around $10 in most cases.
This is not really a re-post; although I posted the same video earlier, I’ve since uploaded a better version of it (that being this). Here’s the video description:
“Don Depresso Will Forever Die Young”
You should probably be stoned for this partially animated music video starring Don Depresso, my lovely, depressed, drug-abusing comic strip character (http://dondepresso.rujic.net).
The songs included in the mashup are:
Xiu Xiu - “Honey Suckle”
Meat Loaf - “I Would Do Anything for Love”
Alphaville - “Forever Young”
Katy Perry - “Hot ‘n’ Cold”
Matchbox 20 - “3am”
2pac - “Changes”
Nine Inch Nails - “March of the Pigs”
Lana del Rey - “Ride”
Rihanna - “We Found Love”
The Verve Pipe - “The Freshmen”
Ke$ha - “Die Young”
Xiu Xiu - “Suha”
Also: New comics coming soon! Sorry for the delay. I’ve been spending my free time on video work lately.
“The Sweeping Insensitivity of the Birds in the Summer Breeze”
Another animated Don Depresso (http://dondepresso.rujic.net) music video. The mashup is made from segments of the following tracks:
Leona Lewis - “Bleeding Love”
Lana del Rey - “Ride” and “Young and Beautiful”
Cocteau Twins - “Heaven or Las Vegas”
Robyn - “Be Mine” and “Dancing on my Own”
The Smiths - “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want”
Imogen Heap - “Hide and Seek”
The Supremes - “Baby Love”
This Mortal Coil - “Red Rain”
willfindyouintheend asked: You are absolutely amazing and immensely talented. Please don't forget it or lose sight of it.
Thanks! I really appreciate it!
Anonymous asked: Are you still in rehab?
Don says: “No, I’m actually out of rehab now, but my author has been too lazy to finish drawing the comics about how I left.”
“Don Depresso Will Forever Die Young”
You should probably be stoned for this partially animated music video starring Don Depresso, my lovely, depressed, drug-abusing comic strip character (http://dondepresso.rujic.net.)
The songs included in the mashup are:
Xiu Xiu - “Honey Suckle”
Meat Loaf - “I Would Do Anything for Love”
Alphaville - “Forever Young”
Katy Perry - “Hot ‘n’ Cold”
Matchbox 20 - “3am”
2pac - “Changes”
Nine Inch Nails - “March of the Pigs”
Lana del Rey - “Ride”
Rihanna - “We Found Love”
The Verve Pipe - “The Freshmen”
Ke$ha - “Die Young”
Xiu Xiu - “Suha”
jeannetto asked: I'll be at selling my books at the Portland Zine Symposium, too. (See you there.)
Awesome, see ya there!
Anonymous asked: Just curious, I know Don lives of his parents, can you as the author make a living of your comics?
Ha! I wish. I don’t make that much off of my comics. I get a small cut when people order my books off Amazon.com, and I earn a bit more from selling books at conventions. It still isn’t much when you consider the cost of tabling at something like APE (Alternative Press Expo), which is the only convention I’ve tabled at so far (FYI, I’ll be tabling from August 10-11 for the Stumptown Zine Symposium in Portland, OR).
I mostly earn money by doing freelance writing gigs about the Linux operating system.
