What people have said about Michael LaBash, the designer

Awards

What people have said about Michael LaBash, the artist

What people have aid about Michael LaBash, the designer:

"…you are a fine designer as well as a true artist!"
- Fred Hatt, artist, dancer

"The big thing is that he stayed neutral and really listens - he only gives opinions that you as the customer need to hear, but he never makes you feel that your idea is not valid."
- Michael Saunders, Streetgrease Clothing

<palo> which web authoring software did you switch too?
<labash> dreamweaver 4
<palo> ok
<palo> so, the luver site is built by dreamweaver 4?
<palo> the reason I ask is because it's probably one of the best sites I've seen anywhere...
<palo> and they layout is great...

"Just to reiterate, Sano is pleased as punch with all your work and thinks you're the best thing since sliced bread."
- Cathryn Streeter, Bioscience Securities, Inc.

"The new look and feel (of the website) is terrific. Also, I've gotten complements from folks about how fast it loads and how good it looks. Congratulations on a great design."
- Jonah McLeod, www.literatureview.com

"Everybody that sees my featured artist gallery raves about the design of the site – well-conceived, clean, elegant, easy to navigate, loads quickly, great use of color. I always give you credit….I was working for a big internet company with 300 employees and a bunch of sites and I have to say though they have a few nicely designed sites, yours beats the crap out of most of them. Nearly everybody I’ve shown it to, their first response is "Who designed that for you – it’s beautifullyl done!"
- Fred Hatt, artist, dancer

"Wow --seeing the photos next to the text is stellar and colorful --I like what you are doing with this. It's enjoyable to look at--the combinations!"
- Marie K. (about NYC 2002)

Awards

1992 Ozzie Award for Design Excellence, Silver Award
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks Magazine

1992 Ozzie Award for Design Excellence, Bronze Award
ASIC & EDA Magazine

1991 Ozzie Award for Design Excellence, Honorable Mention
Ellis Island & Statue Of Liberty Magazine

1990 Warren's Waller Ptress, Award Of Merit
FPI Slaes Kit

1989 Ozzie Award for Design Excellence, Gold Award
ASIC Tecnology & News

1984 CA-84 (Communcation Arts) Design Annual
Award Of Excellence
Vintage Club Book

1981 National Zoological Park, Research Traineeship in Graphic Design

What people have aid about Michael LaBash, the artist:

BONUS ARTIST OF THE MONTH: MICHAEL LABASH
"LaBash is from Berkeley, California and does work for the amazing but infrequent Berkeley publication The Cherotic (r)Evolutionary. His style is generally triumphantly sexually fueled and will probably disgust some of you wimps out there. He will be a featured artist in an upcoming issue of The Astonisher. Ain't he cool? Look for him soon..."
- The Flashing Astonisher #4 April 1996

OUR TITS OF THE MONTH uh...ARTIST OF THE MONTH
"Michael LaBash is from Berkeley, CA and is one of the most chaotic and beautifully perverted artist in the underground. He works with Frank Moore and they produce one of the coolest and free-spirited mags around called The Cherotic (r)Evolutionary. Hopefully he will draw the attention of some over religious and over sheltered right wingers with his cover and get GARY arrested."
- The Flashing Astonisher #6 June 1996

"I like the collage effect of the characters with multiple genitalia and their sinister garish quality perfectly combined with a cartoon sweetness."
- Marnie Parrell, Pleasure Dome, Toronto, Ontario

"Checked out the LaBash show at Cafe Abir. It rocks. Twisted erotic funny psychedelic imaginative kinky multi-uni-gendered and truly original hard working quality art."
- Keith Hennessey, performance artist/curator, 848 Community Space, San Francisco, California

"...thought the graphix (on the website) were energetic and fun. visited mike's site afterwards and liked it very much as well. he's a talented boy! it's interesting how he operates in two such different worlds, his graphic design aesthetic so clean and crisp, his art so wild and free. both are beautiful."
- Jodi Bloom, Washington D.C.

"Michael LaBash's drawings are hilarious and delightful."
- Ralph Haselmann, Lucid Moon

"Thanks for the LaBash artwork. I dig it. Fuckin’ really cool, man. I love all that psychedelic shit. Something for the eye to look at in every corner. And he’s not afraid to delve into the perverted areas of the human psyche. Keep it up LaBash. Keep it up."
- Dave Dannov, artist

"Your drawings are charming, and playful, more fun than Blair Wilson's which are good and comparable in style to you but his are mostly monsters and gargoyles...yours more playful and details within details you really have to look all over each drawing cause a lot is going on...wonderful!"
- Ralph Haselman jr, poet/publisher 11/11/99

"Fascinating stuff! Marquis de Sade meets Basil Wolverton."
- Reed Waller, artist

"Your artwork is lookin great! I fuckin love these things! I haven't seen anything _this_ hot since I first looked (many years ago) at the work of my friends S. Clay Wilson and Keith Haring! Your work has sharpened up and crystallized into a really snazzy psychedelic view of heaven, hell, and purgatory---all at the same time! (insane man!) cool cool"
- Art Long, artist