Name: Brady Baltezore | Artist page

Occupation: Designer/Director

Where are you currently?
Radium San Francisco

Formal education or self-taught? graduated CCAC SF


What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to deal out swift justice with a sword, like ninjas or Conan.

How’s that working out for you?

Turns out I can’t stand blood.

All-time favorite shoe?
I’ve got this pair of cuban heel boots all black pony hair that I can’t stop talking about. But I guess Jack Purcells would be my desert island shoe.

Is work play?
It is when the cat’s away

What was the first piece of music you owned?
Survivor “eye of the tiger” on cassette. Me and my brother used to run around with a clenched fist making up the words.

Favorite comic?

Dan Clowes, Lynda Barry, Chris Ware

Last great book you read?
Yukio Mishima “Confessions of a Mask”

What’s the best thing you’ve seen recently?
Eyeball NY’s new promo short

If you could have named yourself, what would your name be?
Joe Kickass

Two truths, and a lie, please:
I used to be a gravedigger. Life is its own revenge. I love you.

If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

Spiderman

What was the last song stuck in your head?
“Laika” – arcade fire

Favorite punctuation mark, and why?
semicolons are a moment of thoughtful pause

A haiku, please:
momma's on welfare
daddy's an alcoholic
na na na na na

What website accompanies your morning coffee?
www.agentprovocateur.com

Define importance:
That which creates a moment of thoughtful pause

If you’d like, tell us a story about something wonderfully bizarre that has happened to you, or someone you know:
1994 through 2004 was wonderfully bizarre

What’s your favorite font?
Baptismal font

What did your parents want you to do with your life?
not waste it working in the sun