DURING THE FALL OF 2008 - WHEN WE WERE WONDERING HOW TO FUND THE FUTURE GHOSTSHRIMP VILLAGE - HOLLYWOOD OFFERED US A DREAM JOB THAT WOULD MAKE US WIGGER RICH:

PENDELTON WARD INVITED US TO DESIGN THE MAGICAL WORLD FOR HIS NEW SHOW ADVENTURE TIME ON CARTOON NEWORK! IT WAS JUST THE SORT OF OPPORTUNITY WE WERE HOPING FOR!

NEEDLESS TO SAY - THIS IS BY FAR OUR MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECT TO DATE. THE FIRST SEASON OF ADVENTURE TIME PREMIERED IN APRIL OF 2010 - AND GOT NOMINATED FOR AN EMMY! IT'S ON CARTOON NETWORK MONDAY NIGHTS AT 8PM AND ALSO AVAILABLE ON iTUNES ALL THE TIME!

AT THIS VERY MOMENT WE ARE HARD AT WORK - IN HOLLYWOOD - DESIGNING THE SECOND SEASON OF ADVENTURE TIME.

WE JUST GOT WORD THAT CARTOON NETWORK HAS PICKED UP A THIRD SEASON AS WELL! DOES IT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS? YOU BET IT DOES: EATING STEAK AND EGGS IN THE HOT TUB - RACING LIMOUSINES ON PRIVATE BEACHES IN MALIBU - POUNDING MAD DOG 20/20S AT OJ SIMPSON'S CELL BLOCK PARTIES.

YES. HELPING TO CREATE A HIT TELEVISION CARTOON SHOW IS A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE. WE ARE COLLABORATING WITH A GREAT GROUP OF FOLKS AND DOING SOME OF OUR MOST IMAGINATIVE WORK YET. THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL TIME IN OUR LIFE AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT!

WHEN ADVENTURE TIME IS OVER WE WILL BE DRIVING OUR 1982 VW VEGGIE / DIESEL RABBIT ACCROSS THE COUNTRY FROM LOS ANGELES TO CAMP GHOSTWOOD. THIS MAY BE AS SOON AS SUMMER 2011 - IT MAY BE LONGER - ONLY DESTINY WILL TELL.

POLYGLOT VOLUME ONE: OFF THE WAGON IS A 140 PAGE BOOK MADE UP OF ELEVEN SHORT STORIES WE HAVE DRAWN SINCE 2005:

DREAMING THE WORLD AWAY, SNOWDAY, A LABOR OF LOVE, COLLECT CALL, NOT GOOD, LE VOYAGEUR, GREAT CHILDHOOD MYSTERY, SHARKBOX, EDUCATION, POOP COOKIES, AND SHARKBOX 2.

INSIDE THE PAGES OF POLYGLOT YOU WILL FIND: PENISES FALLING OFF OF BOYS INTO URINALS, HANDS COMING THROUGH TELEPHONES, BOYS EATING POOP, DEAD CHILDREN, DEAD ADULTS, INSECTS EATING TEACHERS, WOMEN VOMITING, SHARK DISPENSING MACHINES, PEOPLE WITH CANCER, MONSTERS GETTING SHOT WITH ARROWS IN THE EYE, FRENCH BODY BUILDERS, AND JUST ABOUT EVERYONE WILL BE SMOKING CIGARETTES.

SOME OF THESE STORIES HAVE BEEN SEEN IN ANTHOLOGIES, NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, AND ON THIS WEBSITE. SOME OF THESE STORIES HAVE NEVER BEEN SEEN ANYWHERE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY WILL EVER BE COLLECTED IN ONE PLACE. THE BOOK WILL ALSO CONTAIN A SET OF DRAWINGS WE DID FOR A GALLERY SHOW IN NEW YORK CITY.

POLYGLOT WOULD HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED YEARS AGO IF DREAMING THE WORLD AWAY HAD NOT GROWN TO MORE THAN 50 PAGES LONG, INCLUDING 10 FULL COLOR DOUBLE PAGE SPREADS. OUR IDEAS ABOUT THE BOOK HAVE CHANGED MANY TIMES AND EACH TIME IT HAS BECOME MORE MAGICAL. THE LAST PAGE HAS BEEN INKED AND THE BOOK HAS BEEN COMPLETELY LAYED OUT.

WE ARE SLOWLY WRAPPING THIS BOOK UP DURING OUR FREE TIME AND THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLISHING POSSIBILITIES. WE HOPE TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE IN SOME FORM - SOMETIME DURING 2010.

WHEN WE LEAVE HOLLYWOOD BEHIND - WE WILL BE DRIVING OUR 1982 VW VEGGIE / DIESEL RABBIT ACCROSS THE COUNTRY FROM LOS ANGELES TO CAMP GHOSTWOOD.

THIS CLASSIC CALIFORNIA CAR GET 50 MILES PER GALLON AND DOES A MEAN 70 MILES PER HOUR FLAT OUT DOWNHILL.

WE HIRED DIESEL WIZARD JEFF PHILLIPS AT DIY BIOFUELS TO INSTALL A SECOND HEATED FUEL TANK IN THE SPARE WHEEL WELL OF THE CAR. NOW - IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD DIESEL FUEL - WE CAN RUN ALL SORTS OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS INCLUDING BIO DIESEL AND VEGETABLE OILS. IT'S TRULY AMAZING. WITH THE HEATED FUEL FILTER AND HEATED FUEL INJECTORS WE'LL ALSO BE ABLE TO RUN THESE ALTERNATIVE FUELS DURING THE WINTER IN NEW ENGLAND!

WITH THE BACK SEAT REMOVED - THIS RABBIT HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO THE WORLDS SMALLEST STATION WAGON. THIS GIVES OUR DOGS - SPACE WOLF AND DINO TRON - PLENTY OF ROOM TO RELAX ON ROAD TRIPS.

NEVER TRUST ANYONE WHO DOESN'T ALLOW DOGS IN THEIR CAR. PERIOD.

WE HAVE REMOVED OTHER UNNECESSARY INTERIOR ELEMENTS OF THE RABBIT AND DRAWN UP DIAGRAMS FOR A MICRO KITCHEN AND STORAGE COMPARTMENTS - AND SINCE THE FRONT SEATS CAN RECLINE COMPLETELY FLAT - WE PLAN ON MAKING THE MICROWAGON THE WORLDS SMALLEST CAMPER CAR!

LEGEND HAS IT THAT ONCE UPON THE SUMMER OF 2005, DANIEL BANDIT TOOK A CHAINSAW AND HIS DOG SPACE WOLF DEEP INSIDE THE 100 ACRE WOOD OF MYSTERY MOUNTAIN. SOME SAY THERE WERE FRIENDS IN THOSE WOODS WITH HIM - SOME SAY GHOSTS - NOBODY CAN SAY FOR CERTAIN.

LOCAL POLICE BEGAN HEARING REPORTS OF LARGE CHILDREN PILOTING AN AMPHIBIOUS SIX WHEEL ATV ACROSS PONDS AND OVER MOUTAINS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT. MILLED LUMBER SCRAPS AND OLD PALLET WOOD BEGAN DISAPPEARING FROM BACKYARDS THROUGHOUT NEW ENGALND. THE NEWSPAPERS STORIES REFERED TO THESE WOODLAND BANDITS AS THE GHOSTSCOUTS.

SEARCH PARTIES WERE ORGANIZED AND A NAKED WOMEN PLAYING A FLUTE IN THE FOREST WAS TAKEN IN FOR QUESTIONING. SHE REPORTED SEEING A TINY SOLAR POWERED BARN - BUILT FROM 80% SALVAGED MATERIALS - DEEP INSIDE THE WOODLANDS. WHEN PRESSED TO LOCATE THE SPOT ON A MAP - THE NAKED WOMAN DISSAPEARED IN A PUFF OF SMOKE - LEAVING BEHING A PILE OF CASHEWS AND ANIMAL TEETH.

THE LOCATION OF CAMP GHOSTWOOD REMAINS ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF OUR TIME - AND BEGS THE QUESTION - DOES IT REALLY EVEN EXIST?

YES INDEED IT DOES - BUT IT CAN ONLY BE FOUND BY MEMBERS OF THE SECRET SOCIETY OF GHOSTSCOUTS. LUCKILY ANYONE CAN SEE HISTORY OF CAMP GHOSTWOOD HERE.

THE GHOSTSCOUT'S NEXT PROJECT AT CAMP GHOSTWOOD - WHEN WE'RE DONE WORKING ON ADVENTURE TIME IN HOLLYWOOD - WILL BE BUILDING A WRAPAROUND DECK AND AWNING FOR THE MICROBARN.WE WILL ALSO BE EXPANDING OUR WATER SYSTEM - REPLANTING AND EXPANDING OUR GARDENS - AND ADDING MORE SOLAR PANELS AND STORAGE BATTERIES TO OUR POWER SYSTEM.

AFTER THAT - WE WILL BEGIN WORK ON A SECOND CABIN MADE OF CORDWOOD. ONCE THESE MAJOR BUILDING PROJECTS AT CAMP GHOSTWOOD HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WE WILL BEGIN WORKING ON THE FUTURE GHOSTSHRIMP VILLAGE IN VERMONT. BOTH CAMP GHOSTWOOD AND THE GHOSTSHRIMP VILLAGE WILL BE LIFE LONG PROJECTS FOR ALL GHOSTSCOUTS - PRESENT AND FUTURE.

THE BEE HIVE BOY IS ONE OF THE CHARACTERS IN A STORY WE HAVE BEEN WRITING.

AFTER WE LEAVE HOLLYWOOD BEHIND - AND HAVE SETTLED BACK IN TO THE SIMPLE LIFE AT CAMP GHOSTWOOD - WE WILL BE FOCUSING THE MAJORITY OF OUR ILLUSTRATION PROJECTS TOWARDS MAKING AN ONGOING SERIES OF BOOKS BASED ON ORIGINAL GHOSTSHRIMP FAIRYTALES. IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT APIARIA - THE STORY IN WHICH THE BEE HIVE BOY LIVES - WILL BE THE FIRST OF THESE FAIRY TALES.

NOW OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THE STORY- AND THERE IS MUCH LEFT TO BE WORKED OUT- AS WE ARE ONLY ON THE SECOND DRAFT OF THIS WONDERFUL TALE. BUT WE WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT IS WELL UNDER WAY AND WE ARE IN LOVE WITH IT. WE ALSO CAN TELL YOU THESE OTHER THINGS:

THERE IS A BOY NAMED RODNEY REYNOLDS WHO HAS DONE SOME VERY BAD THINGS.

THERE IS AN ABANDONED CIGARETTE FACTORY WHERE CHILDREN WATCH FOR UFOS.

THERE IS SERIOUS DEATH IN THE STORY.

IT WILL HAVE LARGE FULL COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS.

IT WILL HAVE PAGES OF WORDS WITH SMALL ILLUSTRATION MIXED IN.

THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE HARD COVER COPY MADE.

IT WILL BE ONE OF THE STORYS WE ARE MOST REMEMBERED FOR.

THE GHOSTSCOUTS ARE A SUPER SECRET SOCIETY DECICATED TO LIVING THE BEST LIVES THEY CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE.

THE GHOSTSCOUTS DON'T BELIEVE IN RULES. THEY BELIEVE IN SIMPLE STREAMLINED LIVING WITHIN THE NATURAL SYSTEM OF THEIR HABITATS. THEY ARE UNCIVILIZED CHILDREN OF THE WILDERLANDS. THEY ARE CLEVER AND INVENTIVE. THEY BUILT CAMP GHOSTWOOD AND THEY WILL BUILD THE FUTURE GHOSTSHRIMP VILLAGE.

THE GHOSTSCOUTS WERE FOUNDED BY DANIEL BANDIT. THEIR FIRST MEETING TOOK PLACE AT CAMP GHOSTWOOD IN 2005 . TIGHT JEANS MOCLINSON - MARC GARDENS - AND DADDY BALLSCOUT WERE THE FIRST SCOUTS TO EVER PLEDGE THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE SECRET SOCIETY. FORT FREEDOM FOUNDER - AND MYSTERY MOUNTAIN MASTER - EBEN ACRESON WAS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE. THE FIVE LARGE CHILDREN SPENT A WEEK PLANTING THE SEEDS THAT HAVE GROWN INTO THE EXPANDING ORGANIZATION THAT TODAY BOASTS OVER 30 ELITE MEMBERS WORLDWIDE.

IF THE IDEAS ON THIS WEBSITE ARE RINGING BELLS IN YOUR HEAD - AND YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PLEDGING YOU ALLEGIANCE TO THE SUPER SECRET SOCIETY OF GHOSTSCOUTS - PLEASE REQUEST A GHOSTCADET APPLICATION BY MAIL:

GHOSTCADET APPLICATION REQUEST
5250 STROHM AVE
NORTH HOLLYWOOD CA
91601

DURING HIS TIME AT CAMP GHOSTWOOD - DANIEL BANDIT HAD A PROPHETIC VISION OF THE FUTURE GHOSTSHRIMP VILLAGE.

IT WOULD BE IN THE FOREST - A FEW MILES OUTSIDE OF A SMALL NEW ENGLAND TOWN. THE LAND WOULD PROVIDE AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR GENERATIONS OF HIS FAMILY TO DRAW UPON. PONDS AND STREAMS - FORESTS AND FIELDS. A SELECT FEW GHOSTSCOUTS WOULD LIVE THERE - CONSTRUCTING SMALL SIMPLE DWELLING THAT PEFRECTLY FIT THE LANDSCAPE. THE REST WOULD VISIT OFTEN. THEY WOULD ALL BE COMPLETELY INDEPENDANT OF ONE ANOTHER - YET UNITED THROUGH WORKING ON CREATIVE PROJECTS. MUSIC - BUILDING - DRAWING - WRITING - LIVING THE BEST LIVES IMAGINABLE.

THERE WOULD BE A CREATIVE LIVING CENTER OPEN TO THE PUBLIC DURING CERTAIN SEASONS. A WOODEN SHED FULL OF BICYCLES. ANCIENT STONE SCULPTURES AND TOTEM POLES HIDDEN AMONGST THE TREES. A BUNK HOUSE FOR SUPER SPECIAL SLEEP OVERS. A MOVIE THEATER. A MUSEUM. EVERYTHING ANYONE COULD IMAGINE AND HAVE THE GUSTER TO MUSTER.

NICE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT RENEWABLE BUILDING WOULD BE INVITED TO STAY FOR VISITS AND GET HANDS ON EXPERIENCE WORKING ON PROJECTS ALONGSIDE THE GHOSTSCOUTS.

GHOSTSHRIMP VILLAGE WILL BE THE GREATEST LEGACY OF GHOSTSHRIMP.

IN AUGUST 2010 WE ARE SET TO CLOSE ON 25 ACRES OF BEAUTIFUL LAND ON TUCKER BROOK ROAD IN THE LOVELY TOWN OF HARDWICK VERMONT. THERE IS A POND AND A STREAM. THERE A FORESTS AND FIELDS. THE BUFFALO MOUNTAIN FOOD COOPERATIVE AND CAFE - CLAIRE'S RESTAURANT AND BAR - AND THE GALAXY BOOKSHOP ARE JUST A 4 MILE BIKE RIDE FROM THE PROPERTY. THE ROLLING HILLS SURROUNDING HARWICK ARE COVERED WITH ACTIVE FARMS PRODUCING FRUITS - VEGETABLES - CHEESES AND MEATS. COULD THIS BE THE PROMISED LAND? IT SURE LOOKS THAT WAY.