BOZO LOCKE

I MAKE ZINES AGAIN

I used to write a lot. I was never good at it but I was always getting better. Now I'm writing again, sorta.

My passion for writing led me to a three-year-run working as a Managing Editor for a weekly arts newspaper. This was 2005-2009, or so. That specific job grew my skill set greatly, and I fell in love with parts of the work besides the writing.

Fast-forward to 2015 and I'm working as a Graphic Designer at the Strand Book Store in Manhattan. I'm surrounded by writers and books, and I meet this girl who considered herself to be the Zine Queen of New York. Weird co-worker with a weird haircut.

Through her I fell in love with making zines, and made many over a three-year period in New York. Then stopped. This was 2015-2018.

Fast-forward again, this time to about a month ago. Late summer 2026, Portland, Oregon. I spend all my non-work-hous alone at my apartment, mostly sleeping. Also watching movies and painting and thinking. I've been slowly going off of a max dose of a heavy brain med, and it has me playing it safe - staying away from people while my brain stabilizes or whatever.

I was going through my yearly Stephen Malkmus obsession and suddenly had an idea to start a zine. Lots of lists and rankings. Fun stuff. Doodles, weird design, fonts. And it just took off. I ended up spending every non-work, non-sleep moment working on the zine and ended up with this here: Malkmus for Bozos.

It's a 32-page BW zine that I made all by my lonely self. I made hard copies by hand that I think look and read great. You can scan through all the pages above.

Oh, and I have another zine coming up soon called Listshit for Bozos that I did, top to bottom, all alone, in a sleepless 40-hour period of obsessive work.

Portland, OR; October 19, 2026

S U M M E R U P D A T E
My art show, "Bozo Street Malakas" (see below posts), was very fun to prepare for and satisfying - if exhausing - to plan out and execute. By the time of my opening I had been averaging working over 40 hours per week on the show (while also working my full-time job).

I remember how I felt when I got home from setting it up. The next day, the day of my show, I would sleep in and relax for the first time in weeks. Some of my Portland friends showed up and we hung out and drank and eventually I pulled off an Irish Goodbye and went home feeling pretty hopeful.

"Bozo Street Malakas" was 109 pieces, most of which I made in the year since moving to Portland. While the show was up I decided to take a break from painting. I had spent all my extra money on art supplies and on setting up the show. By the time I got it all sorted, I had used all my art supplies. So I took a break.

During the five weeks my show was up I made four new pieces that I'm really happy with. They're essentially large collages made entirely from pages from my sketchbooks. But that was it for five weeks - four collages.

Eventually I went to take the show down and learned that of the 109 pieces I had put up, four had sold (I believe all to supportive co=workers). After the gallery took their cut I walked away with something like $380.

I brought everything home, figured out how to store it all, and that was that. Enough with this art stuff. Failed writer. Failed filmmaker. Failed painter. In the months since taking the show down, when I'm not at work, I'm either asleep or laying in my apartment, trying to sleep. Trying not to spend money.

I randomly sold a painting recently, which allowed me to justify spending a tiny bit of money on student-grade art supplies. That was less than two weeks ago and in the time since I have completed four paintings that I am very happy with. You can see one of them above.

Click on that thing and zoom and and scan around. (I have an idea for how to use it as album art if anyone is in need.)

Portland, OR; June 14, 2026

Portland, OR; February 12, 2026

H E L L O W E I R D O E S
Thank you for visiting the Bozo Locke Archive, which collects the various works of artist Greg W. Locke. If this is your first visit, I hope you'll navigate through the various collections (paintings, films, illustrations, writing, videos, photography, design, etc.). If you're looking at paintings, I hope you'll zoom in; if you're watching films, I hope you'll view on a proper screen.

In the above carousel you will find a handful of paintings done this year in Portland, Oregon. To see larger versions of these paintings, please visit the Paintings archive.

Portland, OR; November 22, 2025

S I T E U P D A T E, E T C.
Over the past few months I've been slowly expanding, updating and tweaking the Bozo Locke Archive (aka, this website you're currently reading). Added to the site: a film page, featuring three feature films and a handful of short films; an expanded videos collection; a new resume; an updated About page; a page with 15 or so pieces of writing; a whole lot of new paintings; much more. I hope you'll take some time to explore.

Also: above you'll see a new poster for the most recent film, Skinjob in Trashtown. The film's festival run has concluded. It played at nearly a dozen festivals and won one award (Best Editing). Click the poster to watch the film.

Portland, OR; November 1, 2025