It's NOVEMBER again at Melt bar & grilled, which means it's time for the New Bomb Turkey to explode back onto the scene in Cleveland. It's a very popular sandwich, with very good reason. So, without further typerbole, here's the jam:
NEW BOMB TURKEY
Mesquite Smoked Turkey Breast
Mom’s Sage Stuffing
Roasted Butternut Squash
Homemade Turkey Gravy
Muenster Cheese
with a Sweet Cranberry Dipping Sauce
Yes, there are both vegan and vegetarian options. Yes, this is a poster for a sandwich. No, I don't seriously expect people to put together a turkey using the provided cut-outs, tooth picks and an actual OLD TIMEY BOMB. I do think that yes, there's a possibility that someone, somewhere, might use the instructions to make a New Bomb Turkey out of a fresh apple. It's a pretty common craft activity for children of all ages. I'm not really sure where one would even get an Old Timey Bomb... I'm pretty sure the fact that I've called it an "Old Timey Bomb" i enough of an indication that this is meant all in good fun. It's a joke. Bombs may not be funny, but Old Timey Bombs.... hilarious.
Previous NBT posters: November 2009, November 2010, uh... I still have to post the one from JUNE of this year... my blog arm has gotten soft this year.
SUPERHERO DAY at MELT, both the Lakewood, and Cleveland Hts locations. There's a facebook event page, HERE. It's going to be a blast. The staff will be dressed as superheroes, patrons are encouraged to dress as superheroes. Carol & John's Comics will be at the Lakewood Melt giving away comics. Comic Heaven and Big Fun will be supplying the freebies at the Cleveland Hts Melt.
To be honest, I don't really draw superheroes very much at all, and I'm not very certain I should. I like this piece, a lot actually, but drawing superheroes is just such a particular thing. I think feels like it's natural and inherently easy because so much of comic book illustration is based around superheroes, but it's actually a lot more complicated and difficult than you would think. You have to make things look dynamic and interesting or exciting, but not so completely unreal that it's just impossible to suspend your disbelief. At the same time you have to account for style and there's a built in visual language that has developed over the course of like, 70 years, which has all been blown away by the last decade of superhero movies like Dark Knight or Captain America (which I still haven't seen). Anyway, this was a blast to work on, a challenge, and I like the outcome. I used the Lakewood Melt facade as a model for the building and tried to incorporate the characters I used on the dessert cards from October.
So, Tremors is playing at The Capitol on Saturday November 19th at Midnight, and Melt is doing the most insane promotional sandwich since the Breakfast Club sandwich.
Hickory Smoked Bacon
Applewood Smoked Bacon
Black Pepper crusted slab bacon
Italian Pancetta
Sweet Candied Bacon
Herb Cream Cheese with crisp bacon bits mixed in
In-house made Mayonnaise infused with bacon
Sharp Cheddar
Fresh Romaine Lettuce and Tomato
What else is there to say about that?
Last, but certainly not least, here is the Dessert Card for November. I think I had kind of a break through with this one. I spent a huge amount of time on this, way more than I ever spent on a dessert card before, and I think it was worth every minute. There's comics in the air, here, in Cleveland. It's deep, and thick, and it's awesome. Like Pumpkin Cheesecake or Bread Pudding. This was kind of sorta inspired by this 360˚ shot of my homie Brandon Graham's studio/lair: HERE.
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