Sean Aaberg

Sean Aaberg was born in Oakland, California. He is the son of Philip Aaberg and LouAnn Lucke. He grew up in Oakland, attending Bishop O'Dowd High School and briefly attending the California College of the Arts.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} As a kid, he liked "anything weird, nasty and old", including cheap magazines which he bought thousands of, as he said in an interview. His friends and he read Mad, drew comics, liked to listen to Cheech and Chong and the Ramones on the Dr. Demento show, and later discovered the Church of the Subgenius. He admired the movies of Ralph Bakshi. The interviewer noted that Aaberg writes in ALL CAPS. Sean founded and played drums for Eugene-based Rock and roll band The Latrines and for the Oakland-based hardcore punk band The Masked Men. He also played drums for Baltimore-based anarcho punk band A//Political.{{cite book|last=Dread|first=Dennis|title=Entartete Kunts|year=2013|publisher=Ajna Bound|page=1|url=http://www.theajnaoffensive.com/products/entartete-kunts|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726094407/http://www.theajnaoffensive.com/products/entartete-kunts|archivedate=July 26, 2013}}

Aaberg came up in the international DIY Punk scene in the 90s doing zines and art for Punk zines such as Slug and Lettuce. Aaberg has created illustrations and comics for Bitch, Roctober, Kitchen Sink magazine, BANG! newspaper, and VICE magazine.{{cite web|title=Sean Aaberg|url=http://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/aaberg_sean-p.htm|publisher=Lambiek Comiclopedia}} Aaberg is mostly known for his Weirdo Art following in the foot-steps of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Basil Wolverton and Robert Crumb.{{cite web|title=Sean Aaberg|date=September 28, 2012|url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/sean-aaberg|publisher=Juxtapoz}} Sean has been noted for his ability to change styles and use different design languages in order to keep things lively. Such comic artists as Tim Goodyear have been published in PORK.{{cite news|last=Nilsson|first=Emily|title=Tim Goodyear: Multiple Maniac, interviewed by Emily Nilsson|url=http://gridlords.tumblr.com/post/41471902132/tim-goodyear-multiple-maniac-interviewed-by-emily|accessdate=March 24, 2013|newspaper=GRIDLords|date=February 2013}}

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Aaberg is the designer and artist, with Eric Radey, of Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom, a cooperative fantasy boardgame with a punk metal esthetic{{cite web|title=Dungeon Degenerates: Hand of Doom|year = 2017|url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/210232/dungeon-degenerates-hand-doom|publisher=BoardGameGeek}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/07/10/portlander-sean-aaberg-created-a-crowdfunded-cartoon-punk-dungeons-and-dragons/|title=Portlander Sean Äaberg Created a Crowdfunded, Cartoon-Punk Dungeons and Dragons|website=Willamette Week|date=July 11, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-21}}

He is married to artist and photographer Katie Aaberg, who collaborates with her husband on PORK. She told an interviewer for Tension Magazine that people do not always understand their sense of humor and that they frequently receive hate mail from "activists" who lecture them on appropriate behavior, but "cultural ownership" is against their artistic vision.[http://tensionmagazine.com/articles.php?choice=katie-aaberg-interview Katie Aaberg Interview by Josi Hannon Madera, Tension Magazine] The Aabergs ran a blog called The Daily Hitler, incorporating Nazi imagery in commentary on contemporary society.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2016/01/06/pork-army-wants-to-catch-alleged-sex-offender-wearing-pork-army-jacket/|title=Pork Army Wants to Catch Alleged Sex Offender Wearing Pork Army Jacket|last1=Louis|first1=About Matthew Korfhage Matthew Korfhage has lived in St|last2=Chicago|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-11|last3=Munich|last4=Bordeaux|last5=Portl|first5=but comes from|last6=City|first6=Where He Makes Guides to the|last7=Food|first7=Writes About|last8=booze|last9=newspaper|first9=books He likes the Oxford comma but can't use it in the|date=January 6, 2016 }}{{Cite web|url=http://dailyhitler.blogspot.com/|title=Daily Hitler|website=dailyhitler.blogspot.com|access-date=2019-06-11}}

In September 2018, Aaberg suffered a major stroke affecting his cerebellum and brainstem.  This event left him in critical condition, severely weakened and requiring life support.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/105742029507648/posts/in-a-horrifying-turn-of-events-one-time-ghoul-artist-hang-ten-and-full-time-geni/1917209308360902/|title=Sean Aaberg has suffered a debilitating stroke|last=|first=|date=|website=facebook.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-22}}

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PORK Magazine was created by husband-and-wife artist team Sean Aaberg and Katie Aaberg in 2010.{{cite web| last=Madera|first=Josi| title=Katie Aaberg Interview| url=http://tensionmagazine.com/articles.php?choice=katie-aaberg-interview| work=TENSION Magazine}} PORK magazine has been a big catalyst for Weirdo Art and Rock&Roll, with an emphasis on street culture elements like denim, studs, pizza, burgers, switchblades and anti-social behavior. Its roots are in 70s New York City.{{cite web | last=Felix| first=Chico| title=Underkomix #6{{hyphen}} Entrevista a Sean Aaberg artista esquisito, criador da revista PORK| url=http://contraversao.com/underkomix-6-entrevista-sean-aaberg-e-pork-magazine/| work=Contraversao| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406183038/http://contraversao.com/underkomix-6-entrevista-sean-aaberg-e-pork-magazine/| archive-date=April 6, 2016| access-date=April 2, 2018}} It was a free magazine and in circulation between 2010 and 2018.{{cite web | title=PORK| url=https://goblinkomegamall.com/collections/pork |publisher=Goblinko Megamall| access-date=May 15, 2020}}

From its inception until February 2017, PORK regularly incorporated Nazi imagery. Beginning in 2017, such images were removed from the magazine as a response to changing "national circumstances", according to an interview with founder Sean Aaberg.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2017/02/27/pork-magazine-has-stopped-printing-swastikas-because-trump/|title = Pork Magazine Has Stopped Printing Swastikas, Because Trump| date=February 27, 2017 }}

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• [https://goblinkomegamall.com/collections/pork PORK MAGAZINE: ROCK & ROLL, WEIRDO ART & BAD IDEAS]
• [http://eatenbyducks.blogspot.com/ Eaten by Ducks] Group art blog. Aaberg is a contributor: PORK 10 HAS HIT THE STREETS posted by Aaberg on March 23, 2013
• [http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=sean+Aaberg&ei=utf-8 Images by Sean Aaberg on Yahoo]
• [https://www.flickr.com/photos/seanaaberg/ Drawings by Sean Aaberg on Flickr]
• [http://beerpulse.com/2011/03/beer-labels-oakshire-free-state-pyramid-wild-onion-battered-boar/ Beer labels: Oakshire, Free State, Pyramid, Wild Onion, Battered Boar] Label artwork by Sean Aaberg
• [https://archive.today/20130415162717/http://www.portlandbeer.org/2011/10/18/oakshire-brewing-to-release-hellshire-ii-imperial-stout-aged-in-bourbon-barrels/ Oakshire Brewing to Release Hellshire II, Imperial Stout aged in Bourbon Barrels] Artwork by Sean Aaberg

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