Chattanooga!!

There is a new chapter of Taco Bell Drawing Club in Chattanooga. I think that is in Tennessee!

The guy in the back right of the picture was sitting at the booth by himself when the members of Taco Bell Drawing Club came and started drawing all around him. They thought that he looked like a perfect candidate for the club. As they all enjoyed their seven layer burritos and crunchwrap supremes and then got into their drawings he just sat there with his arms crossed. After this picture was taken one of the members offered him a piece of paper and some markers. He was reluctant at first but then accepted the supplies. He started drawing and continued, without looking up, for the following three and a half hours. He made the second best piece of art drawn at any meeting of Taco Bell Drawing Club ever (Katie drew a very good Alan Greenspan a couple of weeks ago here). When he was done with his drawing he lifted it up, the four other members (three in the picture plus the one who took it) all gasped, then the man took out a lighter and lit the drawing on fire. It burned then disappeared. The man said "Thank you." and slowly walked out the door.

I am not sure if this really happened.

Taco Bell Drawing Club is mentioned on the Cool Hunting site!

New York chapter of Taco Bell Drawing Club Official Meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 4-5:30pm at the Taco Bell on 14th Street just west of Union Square in commemoration of Mariah Carey's E=MC². That is a good title!

There will be a huge meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at Taco Bell 14th Street West of Union Square from 4-5:30pm.

I am sorry I have been terrible posting regularly for this blog. I have been busy eating a lot. That is why tomorrow's meeting will be huge.

ha ha, wow.

Taco Bell Drawing Club Volume Three has been completed and is now available. This is the best Taco Bell Drawing Club Volume yet.

The new Volume will be available in person at this week's Manhattan meeting. If you live in other places please let me know your address (send email to art@jasonpolan.com). I will not be able to get to Taco Bell until about 5p. Of course, go and draw whenever you would like, but I will be there with the new books from about 5-6:30p Wednesday 14th Street West of Union Square Taco Bell.

There has been a limited "8.3% color" edition produced to commemerate the third issue, and to showcase the beautiful work of Nicholas Vandermolen (also the cover artist). If you would like to purchase one of these, good luck (ebay?) they are limited to 6.



That ebay line was a joke. The 8.3%'s are $100? This money will go right back into the club (literally? Tacos or other things: art supplies, mail, field trips, etc). The regular supreme full black and white edtions are free to members and also, $100 to non-members.

Taco Bell Drawing Club member Steven Katz and two other "people" (non-members) made an outstanding animation that is available to watch right here. I thought the drawing and the writing and the sound editing were terrific, especially for the life like James William Van Der Beek, Jr. character.

Purple!?!

After purchasing my chicken grilled stuffed burrito minus the baja and fiesta sauce I turned to the little packets of border sauce and was jolted/surprised/flummoxed (I cannot think of the right word here so combine the three of these and multiply intensity by five) to see purple sauce packets. The HOT ones were the ones that were purple. The other two kinds were the same (yellow and red, respectively). I noticed that the message on all of the Hot ones was the same: DirectDaniella.com Obviously I ran home to check this out. It turns out, if you haven't already looked yourself, that this is a site where you "direct" a photo shoot with a swimsuit model. yawn, boring. There was one good part though where you got to choose what she does, obviously the right answer is "rock out on bongos".

In more exciting news, Taco Bell Drawing Club, the New York Chapter, will be holding our regular hours this Wednesday, March 5 at the usual, just west of Union Square on 14th Street, Taco Bell from 4-5:30pm.

Also, I will be holding special meetings of Taco Bell Drawing Club in Michigan the following week. I will not be at the usual Wednesday meeting on March 12th on 14th Street. That does not mean it is not happening. If you would like to go and draw please do so, and have fun. Let me know if anyone is going to meetings and needs a membership card. I will mail it out.

In most important news, Taco Bell Drawing Club Super-Hero Level member Nicholas A. Vandermolen was recently featured here. The only complaint I have is, that article is not long enough. I wanted more.