ABOUT GUMBALLHEAD THE CAT:
Gumballhead is a loner- a seemingly indestructible, tough as nails cat, equal parts Incredible Hulk, Steve McQueen, Charles Bukowski and Heathclif the cat. In the tradition of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti western "Man With No Name", Gumballhead is a wandering rogue who always finds himself in the midst of trouble, and who's adversaries always find they've bitten off more than they can chew. While humorous, Gumballhead is an action hero, but unlike Sylvester and Tweety, Tom and Jerry or Itchy and Scratchy, in Gumballhead's world explosions have impact: glass shatters, bones break and cars blow up.

Some characters never come back to finish a punchline.

Gumballhead is an independent stray cat- the world is his home. In one episode Gumballhead may be involved in a high speed motorboat chase down the streets of Venice, in another fleeing from the CDC across the Midwestern United States, and in another, battling mummies in Egypt. Sometimes mixed up with small time hoods, sometimes helping scientists save the world.

Gumballhead first appeared on a series of album covers for the underground band Mount Shasta throughout the 90's, and has since been featured in a number of self-published mini-comics, T-shirts and as an ongoing feature in Roctober magazine. Most recently, a full length Gumballhead comic book was released to critical acclaim worldwide, accompanied by a CD soundtrack from the progressive rock band Cheer-Accident.

As an underground comic character, Gumballhead has received an incredible amount of notoriety with only a few scant appearances to date. Gumballhead T-shirts have appeared on television programs ranging from MTV's The Real World to The Morton Downey Jr show to Late Night Japanese TV. His image has been bootlegged on posters in Bologna, Italy and homemade T-shirts have been spotted as far away as Zagreb and Eastern Europe! In the SKiN Graft Records Fan Art Gallery, Gumballhead is the character fans draw and submit most often - and at least two Gumballhead tattoos are known to exist (soon to be three!).

In 2003, Gumballhead's career took an unexpected turn. Gumballhead's ugly mug was licensed to Three Floyds brewery, and the character now has his own 4-Star wheat beer. Gumballhead Beer is currently distributed on tap and in bottles to 15 states across the country. Gumballhead will be appearing in six-packs in 2005.

Now cartoonists Rob Syers and Mark Fischer, are at work on the definitive Gumballhead series, currently being serialized in the Chicago Reader.