This noir storyboard shows, in several interations, Tito emerging from the subway while ‘lookin for somebody’. Gary can be seen in the lower left corner cowering in fear. Unsure who that clown in the upper left us. A polished version of this design can be seen here.
Gary Masalam drives his low rider by Moe’s and hits Trash Can Man. He misidentifies the incident as a anti-communist blockade and the finishes his exclamation with “down wit chu all!”. That’s ‘down with you all’ for those keeping score at home.
Gary Masalam is the only human member of the Voltz communist Corner. Brodon (dog) and Rejinold (squirrel) are considered members but do not have voting privileges. The noir drawing shows the interior in detail and Gary is having an ephinony.
The furnishings in the corner are bleak. A large empty wire spool for a table and a single lightbulb hanging by a wire. The corner has a record player and very few records. The only confirmed record (7″) is Down on the Corner by Creedence Clearwater Revival. This song is the unofficial anthem of ‘da Corner’.
The blue line drawing is the first drawing of the communist Corner. Or “da Corner” for short. This drawing predates Voltz and Gary as we now know him. It was only natural for Gary to reside there and a shoe in for Voltz lore. This drawing could also be considered a pre Disco Boys reference with the ‘Disco Hole’.
W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G. (or WYSIWYG). is a Punk/Ska band in voltz. They follow a classic look of always wearing white suits. They destroy their instruments every show. The drawing on the left, shows Gary Masalam trying to pass a note to a guitarist. The band appears in the First Voltz Drawing and the Second Voltz Drawing.
This mixed media piece is stencils and various papers on canvas utilizing wheat paste. Overlayed with airbrush, spray-paint and paint pens. Most voltz work is not a crossover with anything but this is the exception. Tito can be seen with a switchblade raised and his right ring finger raised indicating for the viewer to ‘Go To Wayne’. Gary can be seen on the right raising a fist from behind the safety of a wall. Tito’s caption bubble is left empty by design so that the viewer may interpret the message for themselves.
This unfinished work was intended to be sand blasted art glass of Gary Masalam. This is the second piece in a series of two with the first being of Ike. The series is on upcycled auto glass from a 1980’s Volkswagen Rabbit.
This complete but damaged work was a voltz inspired way to show the scale of gray from white to black. This project showed the progression of Gary Masalam getting punched in the gut, curling up and then dying. It is museum board (gauche painted) on gator board (spray paint painted).
The sketch on the right contains initial concepts for Gary’s poses.
This was the front of a binder in High School. Gary is visiting what looks like a group session for a bunch of misfits. To quote Gary “Y’all need some help.”
This project predates this website by seventeen years. Sketch and finished product of the Voltz Life mural. It is sad that the finished version became more PG with Gary driving a car versus being hit by Tito’s car.
This is the first Voltz comic. In 21 Panels, Gary has an interaction with Ike, with whom he is well pleased and an altercation with Voltz’s lone rental cop Morty. Gary wrecks the driver’s side door of the 1983 Voltzwagon Rabbit security guard car in the process.