If you were wondering what was Shock / Collapse up to these days, the truth is that hasn't changed much. However, seems like he has moved to the dark side (the good one): open source. The good old chap, not only keeps doing amazing illustrations, but he has been working on a set of brushes and modifications for Gimp to make things easier when doing paintings in Gimp.

http://ramonmirandavisualart.blogspot.com/