Release Party Photos

Like Kerry said in the last post, we've been super busy relocating across the United States but you can view some photos from the release party here. We'll be back with more important news soon. Until then enjoy.
Stay warm and if for some reason you check this and not our other projects, there is a release party for issue 6 of my zine, Holeshot, tomorrow night!

Xcountry update/JAMN94.5 rules

We apologize for the lack of updates; Amigos HQ has been on the move and will be setting up shop in a new location TBA. We'll be sure to update soon with pics from the release party (thanks to everyone who came out!) and more. Right now, you should check out this song that's basically on repeat on Boston's hottest station, Jammin' 94.5!

Release Party!

Come to our party! There will drinks, arts, and Amigos 001 and 002 for sale!! And stickers!

What's up with the Editors

The pretty faces behind Amigos have been busy doing life and cooking up some sweet happenings for the company. More info on those happenings will be available later this week...In the meantime, we thought we'd let you know what we've been up to IRL. Nick is psyched to announce that he is now doing some blogging (and hopefully some vlogging) over at ESPN. He recently had the chance to interview Ryan McGinley homeboy/photographer extraordinaire Chad Moore. You can peep that interview HERE. You can also view more of Chad's work and be in contact with him on his website here. Enjoy!

Kewl show up at Space 1520

MAIN STREET: AN EXHIBITION OF NEW VIDEO ART AND ANIMATION is up at the Hollywood gallery/UO store Space 1520. The show features video work by greats such as Peter Sutherland, Miranda July and Lucky Dragons. The (debatably) best video is by Andrew Sutherland, cleverly entitled "Trail Mix", the 20+ minute long video is a sometimes beautiful/sometimes hilarious montage of images from mountain biking trips on the road. The show is up until Dec. 6 so we definitely recommend checking it out if you get the chance. You can view all the details here.

Amigos Press + New issue of Girl Talk

Hey! Our pals at Defgrip were kind enough to put a new blog post about Amigos up on their site. We sent them over our first two zines and some stickers. Check out the blog to see the photos they snapped here.

In other news, Kerry has finished the latest issue of Girl Talk and you can peep/order it on her blog here.

New Mark Gonzales via Elk

One of my favorite publishing/art/cool things, Elk, has produced a new Mark Gonzales publication in conjunction with his “Round N’ Round” exhibition at New York’s Franklin Parrasch Gallery in October and November 2009. Sometimes the Gonz hype is a little much for me but there is no question that I'm still a big fan. And if you haven't had an opportunity to click around or even look at an actual copy of Elk, I think it would be in your best interest to get your hands on one. Just saying.

Amigos on Defgrip!

Defgrip has recently posted a nice, little write-up about Amigos and our latest release, Hands Wide Open by Dylan Goettlich. Please check out the piece on the Defgrip site here. Remember you can still check out the latest zine and pick up a copy in our online store here. Thanks for the support! XO

"Chinese Box" at Overduin and Kite

If you're in the LA area, you should stop by Overduin and Kite, a Hollywood gallery, for the group show "Chinese Box". You can view a limited amount of info about the show here. Amigos' pal Barry Johnston has some work in the show and it's definitely worth checking out.

New York Art Book Fair

Hey! Our friends at Ooga Booga are having a zine release tomorrow at the New York Art Book Fair. The fair, put on by Printed Matter, hosts hundreds of vendors, including many independent art publishers. The OB zine release is happening tomorrow at 2PM in the lobby of PS1. You can find all the details of the book fair here. You should totally check it out. We wish we could be there!

Thanks

Amigos would like to thank Say Mayday and Small Victories for helping us out. We appreciate it! The image above is the flier, feel free to repost/ spread the word!

Amigos 002 Hands Wide Open

We here at Amigos are proud to release our second publication, Hands Wide Open by Dylan Goettlich. Hands Wide Open is a 24 page black+white zine of illustrations by Dylan Goettlich. Dylan's drawings evoke an apocalyptic world where humans, animals, and other creatures are forced to coexist. Each zine comes with a vinyl sticker featuring one of Dylan's drawings. It's available in the store and for only 8 Bucks! Some of Amigos 001 by Vinny Martin are also still available, so feel free to order away!

Maintenance Records and The Do's & Don'ts

Friends of Amigos, Maintenance Records are releasing the new 45 of Sister Carrie & The Love Choir tomorrow night at the Mast Bros. Chocolate Factory in Williamsburg.

Also, tonight at AS220 in Providence, Rhode Island be sure to check Out The Do's & Don'ts! It will be awesome, we swear!

Amigos 002 at the printer!

Amigos 002, "Hand Wide Open", by Dylan Goettlich is currently at the printer in NorCal. The new zine should be in the Amigos office and ready for shipment by next week. We'll be sure to keep you fully posted on any and all updates. Until then check out this preview and if you have the time this blog. It's for Amigos' mascot, Squanto. He's currently in the hospital with a bladder blockage. The Amigos' crew would greatly appreciate donations of any kind to help cover the cost of his treatment.

002 News Again

While we've clearly slacked considerably on our second publication of Amigos, I can assure you that it is a reality. In fact, it should be off to the printer this week. We also have a nice little extra that it will come with and we are extremely happy with how everything is coming together. Excuse our slacking though, we hung out in Portland and took a much needed, but terribly short, vacation.
-Nick

Inspiration

While we have slacked immensely on 002 of Amigos, we finally managed to lock down pretty much everything and we're looking for a release in about a month. In the meantime for inspiration we've been watching Point Break and the video below. Well I have anyway. I'm not sure what Kerry has been doing, probably looking at this photo. 4 million times.


-Nick

Excuses, excuses

Sorry for the lack of posting! We've been busy with summer and our other projects. Nick has finished up a new issue of Holeshot and Kerry has finished issue #7 of Girl Talk. Feel free to check out our other projects while we make some progress with Amigos002. Thanks!

Amigos 002

Well, we haven't started 002 but our second artist is going to be Dylan Goettlich. We're really excited to work with Dylan and hopefully we'll see the release in July. The photo above is from a zine by Dylan and Izaac Shlossman. For more of Dylan's stuff visit dylangoettlich.net.

Blogging

We're about to start work on our Amigos 002 and we are just excited about this one as 001! If you still haven't gotten a chance to grab Vinny's book, you can do so here. Does anyone have an AppleLaserwriter they want to sell (or donate!)?

Guest Blog

Kerry has an interview on Venus Zine's reader of the week here and Nick has an interview on the Dig BMX Magazine website here. I've just been laying around. Oh yeah they finished the website too, everything works (finally) check it out here.
-Squanto

Cut & Dry: Umass Dartmouth Photography Exhibition

If you're in the area, please check out the Umass Dartmouth photo show opening tonite on campus featuring the work of AMIGOS artist Vinny Martin. All event details are below. Thanks!

Cut & Dry: Umass Dartmouth Photography Exhibition

the 2009 Graduates

Come see the exhibition of:

Hilary Burkitt

Stella Kapalis

Eugene LaRochelle

Vincent Martin III

Kellie Perez

Alicia Petitti

Jenna Rodriguez

Caitlin Sherlock

Jeffrey Stiles

Matthew Sullivan

Lindsey L. Taylor

Kathryn M. Thornhill

Danielle M. Verzillo

You are formally invited to the showing of 13 photographers graduating from the Umass Dartmouth program!!! Their work will be displayed in two galleries, and there are two opportunities to make an opening and see how their hardwork paid off.

Umass Dartmouth opening is TONIGHT

CVPA Main Gallery space

April 21 through May 4, 2009.

5-9PM

The Firehouse 13 Opening:

(show will be displayed from may 17th to may 30th)

May 21st 6-9PM

First Floor Gallery

41 Central St.

Providence, RI 02907

Please come and view the work, have a drink and be in good company!!

Post Teenage Wasteland is Done!

Kerry and I finished stapling the first and possibly only 50 copies we made of Vinny Martin's Post Teenage Wasteland Friday night. We're really proud of how everything came out and we both think it's well worth the six dollars! Squanto does too. It clocks in at 32 pages with color and black & white xerox insides, and it's stapled. You can buy one here. There is also an added dollar for shipping if you buy it through paypal! Thanks for the support!

Post Teenage Wasteland

Amigos 001, Post Teenage Wasteland by Vinny Martin. Available next week!

Amigos Headquarters

Vinny Martin's Zine available in April 2009!

Welcome to Amigos Publishing

Amigos Publishing doesn't pretend to be cooler than it is. We don't want to hide the fact that we publish work by artists that happen to be our friends. There is no secret or pretense to the way we work or the work we put out. Here at Amigos we believe art and art-making should be accessible to everyone. To put it simply we publish our friends and we are always looking for more friends.
Feel free to contact us at amigospublishing@gmail.com.