After going to school for print technology, Mr. Lobo published many humor
zine and
underground comics. Mr. Lobo is a very prolific freelance artist and writer with numerous multimedia credits and clients. He wrote, directed, and performed
Radio Theater for 9 years. Mr. Lobo is a short film and commercial director. He was the head writer for a long running local cabaret/parody talk show
The Moe Bettermann Show. Mr. Lobo has been covered in several horror magazines and in the national news. He has also participated in many B-movies, offbeat genre films and documentaries.
Cinema Insomnia Documentaries Mr. Lobo was interviewed for
American Scary, appeared in the supplementary content on
Every Other Day is Halloween, interviewed for
I Dream of Being an Artist... And It Makes Me Sick, was a consultant on
Watch Horror Films... Keep America Strong, produced and hosted the featurette
Bob Wilkins: The Sacramento Years, introduced the short documentary "I Was a TV Horror Host: The John Stanley Story" and is the host of
Virginia Creepers. Mr. Lobo is also interviewed in the short retrospective
Citizen Wood: Making "The Bride", Unmaking the Legend about the making of
Bride of the Monster featured on the volume 19 DVD set of
Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Directing In 1993 Mr. Lobo co-produced and directed a short film titled
Street Art which won an award with the Film Arts Foundation in
San Francisco. He directed a commercial for the California Tree Fruit Growers Association that was a parody of old
Slinky commercials titled "Pit Popper". Mr. Lobo directed animation for a public service announcement called Deputysaurus Rex for the Sacramento Sheriff's Department. He also directed animation for an educational film called Splash: The Mysteries of Vernal Pools which has been seen by over 10,000 school children. In 2009 Toy Fusion asked Mr. Lobo to direct a humorous G.I. Joe fan film which involved rare and forgotten G.I. Joe collectibles and they won two awards at JoeCon that year. Most notably in 2010 Mr. Lobo got to work with legendary exploitation film director
Ted V. Mikels to work as a second unit director on the new film Astro-Zombies: M3 Cloned.
Radio and voice work He wrote, directed, and performed
Radio Theater for the
University of California Davis Radio Station (
KDVS) from 1987 to 1992 and picked up again from 1996 to 2000. His two most notable projects are
Radio is Dead which was performed as a stage play in Sacramento, San Francisco and Chicago; and
The Last Thanksgiving which was a live remote parody of
The War of the Worlds. He did the voice over for numerous local TV spots for Pulte Homes and Super Cuts. Mr. Lobo voiced the "Pit Popper" in the California Tree Fruit Growers Association commercial.
Screamfest in
Vero Beach, Florida, Blobfest in
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and Monster Bash near
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He also takes part in live film shows at the
Crest Theatre in
Sacramento, California, the
Parkway Theater in
Oakland, California Cinefamily Theater in
Hollywood, California, The Castro Theater in San Francisco, California,
Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana,
The Colonial Theater in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, as well as many others. On August 14, 2010,
Cinema Insomnia had their first broadcast taping at the Guild Theater in Sacramento in front of a live audience. The film presented was
The Undertaker and His Pals and due to the graphic nature of the film, everyone was given a 'Barf-O-Vision' Audience Sickness Bag.
Art Mr. Lobo has designed, not only much of the cover art for the
Cinema Insomnia DVDs, but the art for many other
Apprehensive Films releases as
Hardware Wars and
The Undertaker and his Pals. In 1995 Mr. Lobo put out his own line of trading cards which he wrote and illustrated wrapped in a faux wax pack he also created. He also designed the packages for Horror Host Graveyard's
Horror Host trading cards as well as help design the
Hardware Wars trading cards.
Comics In 1991 Mr. Lobo wrote, illustrated and self-published an underground comic in full color called
Nuke Nova, a
post-apocalyptic comedy about a futuristic hero.
Nuke Nova was distributed by Diamond and Capital City to comic book stores across the United States. Mr. Lobo has also published the comic series
Funny Pages: Mr. Lobo wrote both issues of the
Queen of Trash comic book and inked the first issue. Recently, Mr. Lobo lent his writing talent to the comic
13 Hosts illustrated by Brian Maze.
OSI74 In 2015, Mr Lobo and his wife, graphic artist Dixie Lobo, founded OSI74, an online
web television channel. The channel was created as a permanent platform for
Cinema Insomnia, and as a host channel for shows created by independent producers from around the world. OSI74 specialises in broadcasting
horror host movies, independently-produced television shows, orphaned programmes from
public access and
community television, and shows by
Church of the SubGenius. While functioning primarily as a
video on-demand service from
Roku and from its website, OSI74 began broadcasting a 24-hour stream from
Twitch in 2021. In 2022, Mr Lobo and OSI74 opened up their first original production space, OSI Studios.
Other appearances On December 11, 2009, Mr. Lobo was the guest on the late-night
syndicated radio talk show Coast to Coast AM. On the second hour, the infamous caller and
right-wing extremist "J.C." called in to denounce Mr. Lobo and horror hosts in general. Mr. Lobo also has a cameo in the music video for the song "Hot Sahara" by the band
Fans of Jimmy Century. On October 21, 2010, Mr. Lobo posted a video response to
Elvira's "Elvira's Not a Witch"
viral video on YouTube titled "Re: Elvira's Not a Witch". It was a spoof on Elvira's video which was a parody of
Christine O'Donnell's popular "I'm Not A Witch" ad. On October 30, 2010, Mr. Lobo did a
spoken word parody complaining about how much the song "
Monster Mash" is played. In 2019, Mr. Lobo can be seen in several of the Cinemassacre "Rental Reviews" videos on YouTube. He plays the landlord for the building. In 2020, Mr. Lobo was interviewed by reporter Paul Dale Roberts, for the
Costa Rican Times. On April 5, 2021, Mr. Lobo was a feature guest on "Time for the Show". ==Acting==