Release Date: October 30th, 2009 To the right is a video of Thought Nog - Issue 6 - being put together...check it out! ------>

Thought Nog is a quarterly publication of various artistic absurdities that I put out for two years to help promote my art and other creative endeavors. As a mini-zine, each issue measured 4.25in x 5.5in, twelve pages from front to back. I distributed quite a few copies of Nog on the streets while doing Stubberfoam and at art shows; I even sold a handful online - not only in the U.S., but also to people in Canada, the UK, and even Guam. God bless all those Nogaholics! Although I am no longer making Thought Nog, I plan to release select content from all eight issues in a mini anthology sometime in the spring of 2010, so stay tuned.

Release Date: October 30th, 2009 Issue #8 Contents pg. 0 : Zine Intro pg. 1 : Extraterresticles pg. 2-3 : Clever Costumes pg. 4-5 : Argumentative Primitives Comic Strip pg. 6-8 : New Videos pg. 9: Heystacks Album Art Backpage: Thumbnut Kid	Release Date: July 5th, 2009 Issue #7 Contents pg. 0 : Zine Intro pg. 1 : Peculiar Foodstuffs pg. 2-3 : Heystacks Music Project pg. 4-5 : Close Encounters of the Turd Kind Comic Strip pg. 6-7 : Quarter Phenomenon pg. 8 : Stoner Humor pg. 9 : Unicycle Football Backpage: Soundtank Music Studios Blurb
Release Date: April 1st, 2009 Issue #6 Contents pg. 0 : Zine Intro pg. 1-3 : Jailhouse Drawings pg. 4-5 : Dr. Diagnosis Comic Strip pg. 6 : Stubberfoam Film & Video Project pg. 7 : Cartoonomancy: R. Thies Tarot pg. 8 : Artist Wordsearch pg. 9: Mannequin Sex Cult Backpage: Vinyl Sticker Blurb Solution to Issue 6 WordSearch here.	Release Date: December 5th, 2008 Issue #5 Contents pg. 0 : Zine Intro pg. 1 : Nobunny Show Flyer pg. 2, 3 : Captain Snarky: Some sort of Alter Ego pg. 4, 5: Dentally Retarded Comic Strip pg. 6 : Captain Snarky continued pg. 7 : Art shows and stuff pg. 8 : Yuletide Animations pg. 9: Deck the Balls greeting Backpage: Deck the Balls greeting
Release Date: September 27th, 2008 Issue #4 Contents pg. 0 : Zine Intro pg. 1 : Dentally Retarded comic strip (pt 1) pg. 2 : Cartoon Apocalypse: Art Exhibit pg. 3 thru 6 : Full-color spread feat. work by fellow cartoon artists Miguel Aguilar, David DeGrand, and Tyson Summers pg. 7 : Dentally Retarded comic strip (pt 2) pg. 8,9 : Stubberfoamin' Around Oregon Backpage: Bookmark promo	Release Date: May 22nd, 2008 Issue #3 Contents pg. 0 - Zine Intro pg. 1 - Sculpture blurb pg. 2 - Random Doodle pg. 3 - Short Story: Sunbather's Nightmare (pt. 1) pg. 4 - By the Power of Grayscale! pg. 6 - Short Story: Sunbather's Nightmare (pt. 2) pg. 8 - 3-D Art: Shelf-Portrait blurb pg. 9 - Fancy Charts & Graphs Backpage: Stubberfoam!
Release Date: February 22nd, 2008 Issue #2 Contents pg. 0 - Zine Intro pg. 1 - New Artwork pg. 2 - Talent Show Reject: Stubberfoam music video blurb pg. 4 - Dentally Retarded comic: Mr. McToothbrush gets tormented by a hairy tongue pg. 6 - Short Story: Poodle Mishap pg. 7 - Animated Fartoon: Diarrhea Diaries 2-D animation blurb pg. 8 - Absurd WordSearch: Art titles, madeup stuff, etc. pg. 9 - Fun Facts: Tidbits of factual obscurity about Thought Nog's creator Backpage: Button fun Solution to Issue 2 WordSearch here.	Release Date: November 1st, 2007 Issue #1 Contents pg. 0 - Zine Intro pg. 1 - Artwork pg. 2 - Short Story: The Gravy Goblin pg. 3 - Stubberfoam: Music/Performance Art Blurb pg. 4 - Dentally Retarded comic strip: Mr. McToothbrush and Mr. McToothpaste pg. 6 - Sascrotch: The well-endowed creature and tentative comic book pg. 8 - Perturbed Pizza: 2-D animation blurb pg. 9 - Brief Bio
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