Wednesday,
October 19th, 2011 MATT
BUSCH GETS MARRIED!
On
September 18th, Artist/Writer/Filmmaker Matt Busch
wed Artist/Designer/Puppeteer Lin Zy in Royal
Palm Beach, Florida.
Years
prior, Lin Zy had been a student of Matt's, but
the two also shared common friends and attended
the same high school. Before dating, Matt and
Lin Zy had collaborated on a number of projects,
including the Matt Busch Playing Cards
and a number of Hollywood
is Dead posters. Lin Zy, an artist
in her own right, has provided art for several
STAR WARS Galaxy Trading Card sets,
and illustrated book covers for the Jake
Bashe mystery novels.
Matt
and Lin Zy wed in a private park in front of a
small number of family and friends, including
MattBusch.com designer/photographer Paul Michael
Kane, who captured the extraordinary images. Matt's
father, Frederick Busch was his best man. Lyn
Zy's father, Clayton Selestow, is the minister
who performed the ceremony.
After
their vows, Matt and Lin Zy wrangled up their
families and friends and hopped onto the largest
cruise ship in the world, Royal Caribbeans' Allure
of the Seas, for a week-long honeymoon through
the Caribbean, with stops in the Bahamas, St.
Thomas, and St. Martin. Look for videos soon which
will share the adventures through the vivid eye
of Paul Michael Kane.
As
for the future, on a personal level, the couple
will live happily ever after. (A larger reception
for the couple will be held in Michigan this November.)
On a professional level, expect to see some pretty
wild creative collaborations. Up first, Lin Zy
has designed all the puppets for the final "all-puppet"
episode of You Can Draw STAR WARS,
which drops this winter.
August
20th, 2011 NEW
VIDEO: THE INDIANA JONES WORLD MAP!
Years
in the making, Matt Busch is proud to unveil the
illustrated Indiana Jones World Map! Perfect timing,
being the 30th Anniverary of Indiana Jones this
year. Authorized through Lucasfilm, the map shows
all of the locations that Indiana Jones has made
archeological discoveries- not just the movies-
but the novels, the comic books, the Young Indy
TV shows, the video games, and more.
There
are 36 different archeological artifacts displayed,
each illustrated where Indy discovered it, and
numbered chronologically. 3 Legend sections list
info on the artifacts, including name, city and
country, year, title of the story the artifact
was discovered in, followed by symbols. The Key
chart lets you decipher those symbols for each
artifact to see how the story was presented, be
it film, novel, TV Episode, etc... In many cases,
these stories have been delivered in multiple
platforms. In other words, "Indiana Jones
and the Fate of Atlantis" was at first designed
as a video game, but later developed as a comic
book, too...
The
amount of research and detail Busch has put into
this is incredible. In each of the four corners,
he illustrated an exotic stone relief carving,
each representing a cultural motif from one of
the four Indiana Jones feature films.
The
print measures a whopping 24" X 36"
(fit for a world map!) and easy to frame in any
standard movie poster size frame. All prints are
signed and numbered (limited edition of 255) by
Matt Busch. You can order one now right HERE!
The video below shows a fantastic behind-the-scenes
look at how this monumental world map was put
together!
August
11th, 2011 NEW
VIDEO: YOU CAN DRAW STAR WARS: MAILBAG!
It's
been over a years since the last You Can
Draw Star Wars video was released. To
make up for the brief hiatus, artist Matt Busch
invites you into his home for a double-sized episode,
answering your emails with behind-the-scenes tutorials,
custom built for you!
This
episode covers a wide range of topics, from drawing
LEGO Star Wars sketch card puzzles,
to airbrushing, to working digitally and creating
animations based off of your art. You'll also
see Matt off-roading in the Vader Hummer and find
out the truth about Garrindan the Kubaz...
This makes episode 20 of a now-extended series
of 22 installments. The last two episodes are
well into production and should be available soon.
In the mean time, enjoy the new video!
July
29th, 2011 MATT
BUSCH IS DRAWN BY SUCCESS!
DRAWN
BY SUCCESS is a fantastic website designed
for aspiring artists and pros alike who are looking
to improve their business side by attracting better
clients and higher fees. The site is run by Carlos
Castellanos, who is mostly known as the illustrator
of the popular nationally syndicated comic strip
Baldo.
Recently,
the DRAWN BY SUCCESS team caught
up with Matt Busch for an awesome 1 hour interview
that you can listen to! The conversation covers
the map of insightful ways that artists can market
themselves and make their mark in the creative
industries.
Friday,
June 17th, 2011 COMEDIAN
MIKE BOBBIT INTERVIEWS MATT BUSCH!
Comedian
Mike Bobbit and artist Matt
Busch share a lot of coincidences, from
growing up with an affinity for Star Wars
in the suburbs of Michigan to... Well,
you'll just have to check out this fantastic interview
on Mike's official website, http://OffTheMike.com.
The
interview is is extremely insightful taking a
retrospective look at Matt's career. Check it
out HERE!
Thursday,
June 16th, 2011 NEW
HOLLYWOOD IS DEAD SHIRT FROM FRIGHT RAGS!
Artist
Matt Busch has made a huge splash
in the year and a half with "Hollywood
is Dead," a series of parody
movie posters in which he recreates them with
a zombie twist. Beginning with zombifying the
6 Star Wars movies (Zombie
Wars) for StarWars.com, Busch
has gone on to destroy nearly 50 cinema classics,
including Breakfast at Tiffany's (Breakfast
is Tiffany), Indiana Jones (Indiana
Bones), and Toy Story (Toy
Gory).
While
the official site, www.Hollywood-is-Dead.com,
has been selling graphic black and white T-shirts
for a while now, the number one producer of fine
horror T-shirts, Fright Rags,
has licensed Busch's take on The Empire
Strike Back (The Living Dead Strike
Back) to create a brand new full color T!
Fun
Fact: MattBusch.com designer/webmaster
Paul Michael Kane created the
logo for this shirt!
The
shirt is as high quality as you can get! 9 color
super smooth screenprint on the softest 100% pre-shrunk
ringspun cotton. Plus- who wouldn't want to wear
a T-shirt where a zombie Han is blood vomiting
into zombie Leia's face?
Get
your shirt right now, exclusively at Fright Rags,
right HERE!
Tuesday,
March 1st, 2011 New
iPad App:
INTERACTIVE SKETCHBOOK with Matt Busch!
Matt
has been quietly working on this huge project
for a year now, and finally- it's unleashed! He
has collaborated with Digital Wave Creative to
develop a new App for the iPad: INTERACTIVE
SKETCHBOOK! The reason this took so long
to get out is because Matt and DWC really wanted
to make the best digital sketchbook on the market-
one that Matt would be proud to put his name on.
Ladies and gentleman- THIS IS IT!
What
does it do? Well first and foremost- it's a sketchbook.
You can draw anything you want in it. However-
you'll never run out of pages. You'll never need
to buy another paper sketchbook again! You know
what else paper sketchbooks don't have? A variety
of drawing tools. Zoom. An undo and redo button.
Layers! And- you can import your own photos to
draw from- side by side, or even to trace! You
can draw with a stylus, or even your finger with
amazing results!
What's
more, the Interactive Sketchbook comes with 4
portrait tutorials from Matt himself! 11 steps
and over 3 dozen tips, tricks, and techniques
for each one! Because the whole thing is interactive,
it's as detailed as you want Matt to be. Of all
the How-To Draw books and magazine articles Matt
has worked on, nothing comes as close to sharing
all his secrets!
You
also have a portfolio section where you collect
all your art. From there you can edit, continue
a drawing where you left off, or export and email
to family and friends!
If
you have an iPad, you really need to check this
out right HERE!
August
30th, 2010 BUSCH'S
CV PRINT NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE!
Matt
Busch's STAR WARS Celebration
V limited edition print is now available
exclusively HERE!
Each print is hand signed and numbered by Busch,
and limited to just 250 pieces. It measures 18"
x 24" (standard poster frame) and it's printed
on 100 lb. paper with a nice matte finish. They
won't last long!
The
image features all the tenacious bounty hunters
from The Empire Strikes Back, and the tagline
at the bottom reads:
Commemorating
30 Years of
No Disintegrations,
No Lightspeed
and No, I Am Your Father.
These
will never be available again, so if you want
one, nab it now!
You can get them at StarWarsShop.com right HERE!
August
3rd, 2010 HOLLYWOOD
IS DEAD
Things
have been relatively quiet around Planetmatt lately,
but of course this means that Matt Busch is hard
at work on something big. And you heard it here
first!HOLLYWOOD
IS DEAD! This collection of re-imagined
parody movie posters is faithfully recreated by
Busch’s ability to adapt any painting style
thrown his way. Busch has painstakingly hand-painted
every detail with traditional mixed media, before
slaughtering them with a zombified treatment.
In
2009, Busch was tapped by Lucasfilm to recreate
all six STAR WARS movie posters
as if the living dead were interwoven within the
saga’s plot. The fan reaction was immense,
and even before Lucasfilm strangely opted to remove
the images, buzz had already spread across countless
fandom sites covering the clever parodies. Since
then, Busch has had an overwhelming demand to
create zombie parodies of all the classic movie
posters.
A
labor of love, the artist has been immensely on
re-imaging a slew of iconic images. Comments Busch,
“HOLLYWOOD
IS DEAD has been one of the most fulfilling
projects I’ve ever worked on. I grew up on
great movies, but the movie posters themselves
are almost more vivid in my memory as iconic images.
So the opportunity to really study the original
master artists like Drew Struzan, John Alvin,
Bob Peak, Richard Amsel and others has been awesome.”
And
what of the zombie menace? “It’s an
ironic twist,” says Busch, “to take
these beautiful master-works and attempt to recreate
every detail, while at the same time, shredding
them to bloody pulps. Literally. Nothing here
is sacred, but it’s all in good fun and out
of the utmost respect to the original posters
that had such an impact on my life.”
Here,
these vivid and infectious images are yours to
enjoy and ingest. If you find yourself hungry
for more, then be rest assured that more are on
the way! Says Busch, “I wanted to have a
nice chunk of posters to get HOLLYWOOD
IS DEAD started, but dozens more are
on the way.” And where will this all lead?
Busch hints, “Aside from individual posters
and prints, the idea is to have them collected
into a sweet coffee-table art book. There are
also plans to have a traveling gallery show of
the original art. After that, I do have something
huge in mind that will spin all of this on its
ass. But way too early to talk about it now.”
In
this bleak vision, Hollywood may be dead, but
these box office cadavers are sure to bring you
coming back for more.
July
20th, 2010 MATT
BUSCH ARTIST SERIES FROM ZAZZLE!
From
Lucasfilm and Zazzle, a new Online
Store featuring the STAR WARS art
of Matt Busch has just been unveiled! Here you'll
find 25 different artistic images of the 'galaxy
far, far away' that Matt has illustrated, and
with any given image, you can order tons of different
products! T-Shirts, Hoodies, Stamps, Buttons,
Magnets, Mouse Pads, Key Chains, Coffee Mugs...
Even clothes for your Dog!
The
products you purchase through Zazzle are also
customizable, so for example... If you want a
T-Shirt that has one of Matt's Yoda pieces, you
can customize it to say "YODA LOVES YOLANDA...
FOREVER!" ...Or whatever you like.
The
possibilities are endless! Check out Matt's store
and get some rare, one-of-a-kind products for
the STAR WARS fan in your life...
Christmas is almost 5 months away, so get your
Christmas Shopping done early!
Check
out Matt Busch's STAR WARS Artist
Series Store HERE!
July
13th, 2010 BUSCH
TO UNVEIL NEW ITEMS AT COMIC-CON!
This
year's Comic-Con International in beautiful
San Diego is sure to be the biggest yet! Matt
Busch will be there as usual in booth 4419,
and enjoying all the festivities as a mutual fan.
He'll also be serving up an incredible amount
of brand new items available for the first time
anywhere.
First
up is MATT BUSCH PLAYING CARDS, which feature
54 iconic images from the Rock Star of Illustration!
These decks play just like any playing cards,
yet you get to enjoy an ecclectic range of art
that spans Busch's career in several genres. Having
a get-together
that's kinda quiet? Bust these out. Not only are
they a nice conversation piece, but they come
with the perfect playlist that'll turn it up loud...
in your mind!
Next
up is the latest installment of Busch's Pin-Up
Sticks Drumstick series: PERCUSSION
CONCUSSION! This tall drink of water is serious
about her drumsticks, and
you should be, too! Busch will also have previous
drumsticks available, including SOUTHERN BELL,
METAL MISTRESS, and BUILT FOR POUNDING!
The
final sneak peek for today is Busch's latest STAR
WARS T-Shirt, brandishing a rendition
of every's favorite space smuggler, Han Solo!
This SCOUNDREL T is a play on the classic
Scarface movie poster, and wearing it will let
your lady know who the scoundrel is in her life...
Or, if you *are* a lady, you may want to broadcast
what kind of guy you're looking for!
Busch
will have plenty of other exclusive items, including
the Boba Fett shirt he illustrated for KOHL'S
that are now SOLD OUT! Come say hi and hang out
with Matt at booth #4419. Comic-Con 2010 runs
from July 21st - 25th. See you there!
March
31st, 2010 LATEST
VIDEO: HOW TO DRAW AND PAINT
THE CLONE WARS!
Matt
Busch delivers another pulse-pounding episode-
this time illustrating an epic montage poster
promoting the animated television show, The
Clone Wars.
Here,
Busch dons the fedora one last time for the final
chapter of the Indiana Jones parody, an incredible
STAR WARS crossover three years
in the making.
Only
2 more episodes left to complete your training!
Stay tuned!
On
September 18th, Artist/Writer/Filmmaker Matt Busch
wed Artist/Designer/Puppeteer Lin Zy in Royal
Palm Beach, Florida.
Artist
Matt Busch has made a huge splash
in the year and a half with "Hollywood
is Dead," a series of parody
movie posters in which he recreates them with
a zombie twist. Beginning with zombifying the
6 Star Wars movies (Zombie
Wars) for StarWars.com, Busch
has gone on to destroy nearly 50 cinema classics,
including Breakfast at Tiffany's (Breakfast
is Tiffany), Indiana Jones (Indiana
Bones), and Toy Story (Toy
Gory).
Matt
has been quietly working on this huge project
for a year now, and finally- it's unleashed! He
has collaborated with Digital Wave Creative to
develop a new App for the iPad: INTERACTIVE
SKETCHBOOK! The reason this took so long
to get out is because Matt and DWC really wanted
to make the best digital sketchbook on the market-
one that Matt would be proud to put his name on.
Ladies and gentleman- THIS IS IT!
Matt
Busch's STAR WARS Celebration
V limited edition print is now available
exclusively 
Things
have been relatively quiet around Planetmatt lately,
but of course this means that Matt Busch is hard
at work on something big. And you heard it here
first! 
This
year's Comic-Con International in beautiful
San Diego is sure to be the biggest yet! Matt
Busch will be there as usual in booth 4419,
and enjoying all the festivities as a mutual fan.
He'll also be serving up an incredible amount
of brand new items available for the first time
anywhere.
get-together
that's kinda quiet? Bust these out. Not only are
they a nice conversation piece, but they come
with the perfect playlist that'll turn it up loud...
in your mind!
and
you should be, too! Busch will also have previous
drumsticks available, including SOUTHERN BELL,
METAL MISTRESS, and BUILT FOR POUNDING!
