Tuesday, September 26, 2006


Okay, so after weeks of labor and toil my website, Goblin Fish Press is finally open for business. I undertook this venture with my collaborator and Brother, Josh Parpan. He’s also a writer and illustrator-- his first book under the Baby Tattoo Label will be out next year-- and we thought it would be a swell idea if we had a joint website where we could sell our books, merchandise and showcase our like minded artwork.

So sit back, relax and gawk at the ghastly freak show known as the Goblin Fish Press!

Also, my new book Gwango’s Lonesome Trail finally arrives in stores this Friday. You can order a copy right now on Amazon.com!

32 comments:

Pickledog said...

Yippee first post! Justin, great looking web site, and I love the name Goblin Fish Press.

Eric Dyck said...

Why? Why? Why do birds look so good with teeth?

Wonderful work...can't wait to get my hands on a copy of the book...I will stay tuned!

GFP site looks fantastic.

Gary Fields said...

Justin,
Really nice work. Great layouts for your book. Good luck with everything!!

Alexei Martins said...

Awesome work!!!!OMG!!!!I love the colors that you use!!!!Perfect!!!!

Jeaux Janovsky said...

Howdy Justin!
Gwango looks amazing and the new site is fantastic! I spent some time peeping it out. you can be sure I'm linking to GFP!
thanks for yr kind words friend!
hope all is well!
-JX!

Alfredotron said...

congrats man! good luck with everything n great illustration, ur art is amazing, cheers

Jeremy Spears said...

Hey dude, I was just in Palm Springs this weekend, I have never been there before...pretty interesting place. My wife's grandpa turned 80! and he and his wife reside in a nice trailer park in the middle of nowhere, so we were there hangin out in the gorgeous heat. We also took a drive up to Joshua Tree...we went to the wrong side however...we did some hiking though....anyways, really cool place that desert is...(as yoda would say) Thanks for stopping by

donnachada said...

Hooray!!! Great news. Looking good Justin. Can't wait to get my book.

sarah said...

sigh

i'm so jealous of all you people who draw so well!

your dinosaur is awesome!

Mattias Adolfsson said...

Great and mentioned on Drawn as well, best of luck

Edward Juan said...

I should do a comic about you and your bro. THE AMAZING PARPANS!

bobby casumbal said...

congrats! i was wondering why i couldn't find your book at the bookstore this past weekend. i'll be picking one up saturday!

Joe said...

Wonderful image. Your design sense is unmatched.

Ryan Wood said...

Great stuff, Justin! Hats off to you guys on the Goblin Fish Press site too, it is fantastic!

justinpatrickparpan said...

Ed,

You can do a super hero comic based on us only if it was a Justice League kind of thing. You of course would be a member of the league, and I can think of a bunch of your CalArts amigos that would also be perfect. Oh yeah, and our home base is in a giant pencil.

Thanks everyone for the pretty words. I have a ton of work today, but I’ll be thanking each of you when I get some free time.

SteveLambe said...

Congrats on the new book, Justin. I'm off to buy a copy on Amazon!

Unknown said...

Great master!!

Anonymous said...

very nice.
good stuff on the site.
lots to enjoy!

Jampix said...

This is fab artwork!

Great style and the color design is amazing too!

Art Grootfontein said...

You've got such a style, Justin !

Congratulations for your OWN book, it's a really big challenge to illustrate AND write your own project. You must be very proud !

Go on, go on !

Adrian Molina said...

I just got my copy in the mail a couple of days ago, very snazzy! I also especially like the author's description, heh heh. I'll have to get you to sign it one of these days. Congratulations again, Justin!

fellipe said...

just awesome, turned out to be one exellent website. must be great to have a brother who shares the same interests (and talent!)

Toni Reyna said...

Great job , colors and compositions are excelent.I like it very much!

peterparpan said...

I can't wait to see your book Justin! Over the next few days I will scour amazon for a $7.06 or more item which will ride along with Gwango and qualify me for supersaver shipping.

Ben Reynolds said...

Man..I REALLY love this piece...very cool

Ken said...

wow congrats on the book!

this illustration is class!

Andrew Glazebrook said...

Hey in my opinion there just aren't enough pink stripey Dinosaurs with bright white teeth. :) This is supeb man !!!!!

Maxetormer said...

sweet work mate, thanks for posting it!

Craig Mackay said...

This look's great! Love all your work, but this is singing to me.

Unknown said...

Your pink dinosaur is cool. I like your style, it's so particoular.

Anonymous said...

=^_^= Cuuuute! I like to think it's been eating frosting.

Anonymous said...

Congratulations on the book. It looks amazingly cool, and I can't wait to get my own copy. I can only dream of following in your radical footsteps! Rock on, kids-book rockstar!