If you're out and around Greenville, pick up a copy of the latest "The Beat" for a snazzy JCC cover illustration.

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5th Annual
Green Villain (Greenvillian)
NEW YEAR'S EVE
MASQUERADE
and Uber-Swell-Hangout-Time

Prizes for best Mask!
Homemade masks happily encouraged.

This Saturday Night
8pm Until
Shhhh!!! Secret Location in Greenville SC

Check out some previous year pictures Here and Here.

Get your very own Hee Yah Robot Karate Happy Fun Kick clothing right here.

Greenville Comic Show
January 14
10am - 4pm
The Consort Inn
at I-85 and Mauldin Road
(exit 46C)

Thousands of Comics for your purchasing pleasure! J Chris Campbell and Wide Awake Press will be on hand and they’ll have the salve to soothe your comic withdrawal symptoms.

Come watch J Chris Campbell, Duane Ballenger and Justin Gammon draw comics on the spot. Ask them to do the mamba or perhaps the watusi.
Oh the fun you'll have.

My power went out yesterday morning from the killer ice storm we had across South Carolina. And the power company says I will not have power until Tuesday. Today is Friday and I'm sleeping on the floor in my wife's office, while the rest of my family sleeps on coaches and cots through out the entire office. I'm typing this from the receptionist's desk. But we're all warm for the night and I guess we'll be here all weekend. I'm just happy to have internet access again. Man I was having some serious web withdrawl.

I got to test drive the newest gadget from Leapfrog.

The Fly Pentop Computer

It's a pen with a scanner in the tip that reads what you write.
There is a speaker built in that tells you what to do and reacts to what you've done.
You have to write on special "fly paper" for it to work.
The paper has small dots all over it, so the pen knows it's location on the page as you write.
Basically it's a computer without a monitor and You draw the icons and menus on the paper.

It's pretty amazing and I'm sure "tweenagers" are going to love it.
There are all sorts of game packs and learning packs you can purchase for it.
The technology behind this gadget will surely be expanded in all sorts of ways.
But for now, sneak a test drive from your nephew/niece on Christmas day.

Wal-Mart and Target
$99.00

400 ROBOTS STRONG AND GROWING!


Way back in February of 2002 I drew a robot on the computer in 3 minutes and sent it via e-mail to my friend Chris Harber. 3 years later I’ve done over 400. Zalvon here is number 400 in the official numbering.

In celebration I'm opening up my exclusive mailing list for anyone to join.
You can get robots via e-mail by subscribing to my mailing list. Just send an e-mail to:
3minuterobots-subscribe@jchriscampbell.com
Just reply to the conformation e-mail and you’ll be ready to go. Fancy Robots delivered almost everyday, right to your e-front door.

Upstate Votes J Chris Campbell Best Local Artist

The Beat announced the winners of the 2005 Best of The Beat and little ole me nearly fell off my horse when I heard the news. I never imagined I could have won a contest like this. Thanks to pure serendipity, I’ve got an art show up in downtown Greenville at the supper cool O-CHA tea bar. It's a really neat place, check out these pics. Stop in and order some bubble tea – I like the Mango Black Tea with Pearls and the Strawberry Green Tea with Pearls.



JCC Art Show
O-CHA tea Bar
www.ochateabar.com
Nov 1- Dec 4

Here are some of the "monsters" I've done for my mailing list this October.

The Buzzard from Eric Powell's the Goon



The Littlest wampire



Good Ole Franko





Bone Man



Dead Elvis



The robots will be starting up again in November.
You can sign up for the list by e-mailing
3minuterobots-subscribe@jchriscampbell.com
You'll be sent an e-mail so then just follow the instructions.