{"id":600,"date":"2009-06-20T12:40:20","date_gmt":"2009-06-20T18:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=600"},"modified":"2009-06-20T13:27:21","modified_gmt":"2009-06-20T19:27:21","slug":"five-easy-questions-b-movie-artist-mitch-oconnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=600","title":{"rendered":"Five Easy Questions: B movie artist MITCH O&#8217;CONNELL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-601\" title=\"ghoulish\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ghoulish.jpg\" alt=\"ghoulish\" width=\"428\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ghoulish.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ghoulish-145x145.jpg 145w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ghoulish-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/ghoulish-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/>Chicago based artist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mitchoconnell.com\/\">MITCH O&#8217;CONNELL<\/a> has been wowing the world with his pop culture portraits for many years.\u00a0 Monsters, zombies, pinups, flying saucers, robots, tikis, comic book heros and especially B Movies all inform his eye-popping\u00a0 portfolio. Check out his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/mitchoconnell\">MySpace page<\/a> for more incredibly imaginative images. Recently I interviewed one of my favorite artists courtesy of our mutual friend, Marty Baumann, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmonster.com\/default.php\">the Astounding B Monster.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thrillville.net\">Will the Thrill<\/a>:<\/em> I don&#8217;t know how to subscribe your unique and instantly identifiable work except as &#8220;Surrealist Pop.&#8221; How do you describe it?<br \/>\n<em>MO:<\/em> The greatest art ever created by human hands (or alien appendages) for now and forever in the future until the end of time and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><em>Thrill:<\/em> What are some of your influences &#8211; both from the art world, and other media?<\/p>\n<p><em>MO: <\/em>Besides <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\">B Movie Nation<\/a>? Hmmmmm. Going to museums as a kid and being exposed to great art was a great early eye opener. The pop art drew my attention the strongest because it was so relatable. Growing up, thangs like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wackypackages.com\/\">Wacky Packs<\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Creepy\">Creepy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eerie\">Eerie,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Famous_Monsters_of_Filmland\">Famous Monsters<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playboy.com\/\">Playboy<\/a><\/em> (wink), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/comics.com\/peanuts\">Peanuts<\/a>,<\/em> Funny Cars, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horrorhosts.com\/\">TV Horror Hosts<\/a>, Carnivals, etc. Nowadays, anything weird, wild, wacky, kitsch, tasteless and strange floats my boat. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/mitchoconnell\">Myspace link<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/a> to see pics of my pad where I&#8217;m knee deep in &#8220;inspiration&#8221;!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-604\" title=\"bfest08\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/bfest08.jpeg\" alt=\"bfest08\" width=\"389\" height=\"598\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-605\" title=\"bfest09\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/bfest09.jpeg\" alt=\"bfest09\" width=\"512\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/bfest09-300x194.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/bfest09-785x508.jpeg 785w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Thrill: <\/em>What&#8217;s your favorite B Movie\/TV Show\/Album? (OK that&#8217;s 3 rolled into one, but your pop cultural knowledge and enthusiasm is obviously vast) <em>MO:<\/em> Off the top of my ample head&#8230;. as for movies, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space\"><em>Plan 9<\/em>,<\/a> anything <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jack_lemmon\">Jack Lemmon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clint_eastwood\">Clint Eastwood<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jerry_Lewis\">Jerry Lewis<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Destroy_All_Monsters\"><em>Destroy All Monsters<\/em><\/a>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0064888\/\">House That Screamed<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0064048\/\">Astro-Zombies<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0068414\/\">Corpse Grinders<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076271\/\">Kingdom of the Spiders<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0063612\/\">Skidoo,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0079714\/\">Phantasm<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0046248\/\">Robot Monster<\/a> (<\/em>could add 100 more easily, well maybe not that easily, the brain has slowed down over the years).\u00a0 TV Shows (I&#8217;m going to play along that someone is interested), <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Night_Gallery\">Night Gallery<\/a>, The Wire, I&#8217;m a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Brady_Bunch\">Brady Bunch<\/a>, Horror Host <a href=\"http:\/\/myweb.wvnet.edu\/e-gor\/tvhorrorhosts\/hostsg.html\">The Ghoul<\/a>, Deadwood, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/originals\/madmen\/\">Mad Men<\/a>, Judge Judy, The Office, 30 Rock, Pink Lady<\/em>, blah, blah, blah. Music? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebeatles.com\/core\/home\/\">The Beatles<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cheaptrick.com\/\">Cheap Trick<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Badfinger\">Badfinger<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/web.eltonjohn.com\/index.jsp\">Elton John<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kissonline.com\/\">Kiss<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lounge_music\">Lounge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ramones\">Ramones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gene_Krupa\">Gene Krupa<\/a> and a million more!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-603\" title=\"itcamefromgarage\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/itcamefromgarage.jpeg\" alt=\"itcamefromgarage\" width=\"393\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/itcamefromgarage.jpeg 600w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/itcamefromgarage-145x145.jpeg 145w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/itcamefromgarage-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/itcamefromgarage-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Thrill: <\/em>There is both retro-resonance and vivacious vividness in your art- do you listen to music when you work, and if not, what inspires you to create (besides the bottom line)?<br \/>\n<em>MO: <\/em>The children of the world. How can I deny future generations as many M.O&#8217;C illustrations of bouncy breasts as I&#8217;m capable of? Truthfully, doing better art is what inspires me. I want to keep going because the next piece is always going to be the best one!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-607\" title=\"tura2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/tura2.jpeg\" alt=\"tura2\" width=\"400\" height=\"586\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Thrill: <\/em>With this enormously cool body of work already accomplished, what is the main aspiration for your future career?<br \/>\n<em>MO: <\/em>Since I all ready covered improving, we&#8217;re right back to money. I have no other skills up my sleeve! It&#8217;s either hacking out a living doing this or sleeping on your couch. And frankly, your couch is not very comfortable!<\/p>\n<p><em>Thrill:<\/em> Actually, it&#8217;s a Petrie sofa from Crate &amp; Barrel. 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