Harry Pujols

1000 Miles

2008-07-23T19:44:00.006-05:00

I started using this Nike+ thing on July 17, 2006. Two years later, I'm the person #5,896 to log 1000 miles. Uff. I need a drink.

Porn

2008-06-18T23:56:00.001-05:00

New job

2008-06-17T17:44:00.000-05:00

Mighty Montauk 08, Completed!

2008-06-09T07:21:00.006-05:00

Saturday I completed the Mighty Montauk Triathlon. I wasn't as in good shape as I was last year for Chicago, but I still managed to do a little better (This triathlon was International Distance and in Chicago I did Sprint, which is half the distance). My total time was 3:01:58. I'll produce a video and images of the adventure soon.

Harry at the MoCCA

2008-06-09T06:54:00.004-05:00

This was a busy weekend. Saturday I finished a triathlon in Montauk and Sunday I went to my favorite event in the whole universe: The MoCCA Festival! No action figures, no people dressed as Hulk, no nerds playing role-playing-games in a corner. Just comics, mini comics and artists. The highlight of the day were Liquid Television's Bill Plimpton signing one of his comics for me. Apparently, I'm not the only one moonlighting in comics, since director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) debuted his new comic book at the festival. Here are pictures of him signing his comic book for me...

It was not just an autograph, he drew a picture of me! Tell me if he did a good job:

The point for you, advertising people is, real creatives do comics.

Subway Bunnies

2008-05-21T12:00:00.000-05:00

Indie, Underground Comic Book Cartoonist

2008-05-15T01:58:00.003-05:00

Moonlighter Comics Founded

2008-04-16T12:37:00.004-05:00

Anticipating the 2008 New York Comic Con, I decided to put all my comics under one label: Behold, Moonlighter Comics. It's essentially the same crap I do, only now it has a name. The dead lizard is still my signature and the picture here is just an idea for the logo.

My cuz Al

2008-04-01T17:00:00.003-05:00

Okay, I had quite a laugh when I saw this. Since I was raised in the Dominican Republic I was never exposed to people making fun of my name (by the way, gringos, you mispronounce it). Since I do comic books, I think a funny name fits perfectly. I am a big baseball fan (I'm Dominican after all) and I have a blog to prove it. I use a pseudonym there so I don't get it confused with that famous ballplayer of the Pujols clan. Oh, and I couldn't care less what he does. I'm a Yankee fan.

I am Matt Damon

2008-04-01T15:07:00.003-05:00

Bleep

2008-04-01T13:13:00.002-05:00

Business cards

2008-03-25T09:38:00.004-05:00

I distributed these on a party las week. Hope you enjoy them folks. They're one-of-a-kind.

The unfortunate example

2008-03-25T00:23:00.004-05:00

So this is how I do comics

2008-03-25T00:09:00.002-05:00

Letter to the Publisher

2008-03-13T07:21:00.003-05:00

Click!

2008-03-12T22:42:00.004-05:00

Self Portrait

2008-02-27T02:57:00.003-06:00

A look into "The Creative Agency"

2008-02-24T16:47:00.011-06:00

Imagine a company that produces a product so bad they actually have to pay people to consume it. Can it be possible? Well, that's what hundreds of thousands of people all over the world do for a living in advertising agencies. You say "am I getting paid to watch advertising"? In a way you do. The free TV and radio shows, and even content like this blog, YouTube, or your free e-mail account is paid for advertising.

Advertising agencies are intermediaries. They were born during the Industrial Revolution to market products for corporations that rather use their time making the products. At the time, advertising agencies offered also something the corporations needed to spread the word out: creativity. Thanks to advertising agencies' innovation we name those headache pills "Aspirin", there's a condition named Athlete's Foot, and Santa Claus wears a red outfit. Advertising agencies are the only corporations in the world with departments dedicated specifically for creativity. That's all advertising agencies talk about ad nauseam (no pun intended): Creativity, creativity, creativity. While companies who wouldn't be here today without their tremendous creativity, like Apple, Disney, Google, Nintendo, Nokia, Ikea and an endless list, just shut up about it and innovate.

Ad agencies today are dinosaurs roaming the Earth, doing work for dinosaurs of the Industrial Revolution. An ad agency haven't produced an innovative product, perhaps since the soap opera. Google, which essentially is an advertising company (not an ad agency), is bringing the first innovations in advertising in a long, long time.

But let's go back to ad agencies. They say they're creative, they're not (so is the irony of the title of my comic strip). Even the ones considered "creative boutiques" base their greatness on industry awards, which frankly, no one (even most companies who pay for the ads) gives a shit about. Ad agencies creative departments have some of the highest population of douchebags per capita you can find.

Of course, they need the praise to lure talent too lazy to wait until they get their break to live out of their craft. These people are brainwashed as if advertising will let them be "creative," I imagine because other companies don't, except thousands like the ones I previously mentioned. People who work in advertising is not smarter, more intuitive or innovative than anybody else, they just think they are. But they need to believe it so their lives have a sense of purpose even though their contribution to humanity is practically non-existant. Essentially, advertising -the career- offers you the same that advertising -the product: bullshit.

My comic strip is based on things I saw and heard in ad agencies, and even though is exaggerated and comical, is not too far from reality. Sorry you guys outside agencies are not going to understand a lot of the lingo, but I hope you get to understand at least why the product you see coming out of ad agencies is so crappy.

More desktop wallpapers

2008-02-24T16:16:00.001-06:00

Bon appétit

Wallpaper

2008-02-24T03:12:00.004-06:00

I'm going to do desktop wallpapers of all my comics. In the future, maybe t-shirts. Who knows?

The Creative Agency: Now a weekly online strip!

2008-02-20T23:56:00.004-06:00

So I decided to bring back those guys from the Creative Agency. See what they've been up to lately.

BW and Color

2008-02-09T14:55:00.000-06:00

I don't remember when I did this. Probably 8 years ago. Something from my vault.

Untitled Comic Book Cover

2008-02-03T14:57:00.002-06:00

My comic book, printed

2008-01-04T09:22:00.000-06:00

Chillin' With Chicago

2007-12-13T00:00:00.001-06:00