Welcome, all new subscribers, and happy October! I’m giving away a copy of my comic, A Map in the Dirt, right here on the blog. All you have to do is leave a comment on any post between now and October 31. I’ll pick a comment at random and the winner will receive a copy…
Yikes! There are just 3 days left to order your copy of The Chaing Gang issue #1. This is a project I’m super-excited about, but it will only work if we’re able to launch the first issue! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz77mVAXAiY] THE CHAIN GANG is the hilarious 1,000-page ultra comic about a group of unwanted and forgotten bicycles…
More pages from my sketchbook. Some pages are filled with nothing but notes, while others are crammed full of drawings. Nothing in my sketchbook is considered “finished”—it’s all working towards something, working out the ideas, techniques, methods, and content for whatever it is I’m doing. My sketchbook is my notebook, journal, To Do list, calendar…
6 years in the making. 672 pages. Arabic calligraphy. Islamic mythology. Hardbound. Foil-stamped. Out today. “I never know the endings of the books when I’m working on them. I spent a year on the first rough draft and couldn’t figure out the ending. Then I spent another year on the second rough draft, and still…
You can no longer talk about children’s book art in Utah without hearing Willy Terry’s name pop up. This is a good thing. A very good thing. See what I mean? This is a typical painting from Will—and by ‘typical’ I mean teeming with rich, luscious colors, playful contrast between light and dark tones, endearing…
Artwork for the long-awaited John-Ross Boyce and His Troubles album, Black Shuck/Old Crow, out later this month. This is some of the most visceral, intelligent and important music I’ve heard in some time and it’s been quite the catharsis for me to listen to the songs over and over and over again and make the artwork to…
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/22894261] Nelson Boles is the hands and brains behind this beautiful little animation.
Such an incredible interview with Native American poet and writer Sherman Alexie. I caught part of this program on NPR last Saturday and I was so glad to find the full hour-long program online. Amongst such topics as what life is like for him as a writer and the use of language in poetry, I…
Poor grandma. Every now and then she gets an email (an inconvenience in and of itself) and, even less often, a picture or two of the grandkids. Maybe she needs Postcardly, where you can send emails with photos in the form of a printed postcard.
This is fantastic! It’s a card for all occasions and you select the message: Grain Design‘s “Utility Card uses a word search puzzle to hide over 100 classic well wishes. Ready for any occasion, simply circle the sentiment you wish to communicate. Blank space for writing provided on the back. The card is letterpressed on…