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Pics and Picks!
First off, a big fat thank you to everyone who hauled themselves up the four flights of stairs to come to my Open Studio event. It is a rare treat for me to see people respond to my cartoons in real time. My head swelled to epic proportions but is slowly making it’s way back to normal size. Hats no longer hurt. Yesterday’s head:
I had a huge whiteboard outside of the studio for people to draw on, and draw they did!
Children’s book supersonic superstar Mo Willems stopped by and drew “The Pidgeon,” which inspired many…
A few others gems:
This year’s signature item was the Luke Dogwalker Baseball Tee. Our lovely model today is former women’s pro basketball star Christy Hedgpeth. If you want one for yourself (the T-shirt, not the basketball star) you can order them in my website store.
I also made up a fun magnet. If people are interested I will make those available. Just e-mail me. I’ve got four non-Rhymes With Orange holiday gift picks– all cartoon-related.
Good Eggs, by Phoebe Potts. It is a very funny and honest graphic novel about her and her husband’s exhaustive quest to have a baby. If you know anyone who has struggled with fertility, get them this. (Disclaimer– I wrote a blurb for the back of her book since I liked it.)
Sandra Boynton’s Amazing Cows. Boynton goes crazy for cows with a bunch of stories, jokes, poems and drawings. She’ll be doing a big signing, with a mini-stage show, on Dec. 4th in NYC. There’s also original art to look at in a gallery. I am a huge huge fan of Sandra’s work and of the woman herself.
The Looney Tunes Treasury, by Andrew Farago. Andrew is the curator of the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum and an all around great guy. This books has secret pockets, pencil sketches, fold outs– there’s so much to do while you are learning about Bugs, Porky and Friends!
The Funny Times. A funny, leftward- leaning assembly of single-panel and editorial cartoons, delivered monthly. Though it is definitely liberal, even my Wall Street Journal toting conservative dad likes The Funny Times, because there are plenty of non-political humor cartoons. Like I said, thanks for coming to the Open Studio event! I’ll be posting a few of the prints I did for the event in a few days. |
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2010 Open Studios Event & Holiday Sale- Nov 13 & 14
Come visit me! There will be teeny cups of wine, funny prints and magnets and postcards, and the FIRST EVER RHYMES WITH ORANGE T-SHIRT! I guarantee you, if you love dogs and you love wearing shirts, this is the garment for you. |
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Video interview at Open Studios, with a cameo appearance of my mom, Buzzy!
Comics aficionado Mike Peterson made and posted this on his blog. I think I look rather chesty in it. |
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A sneak peek at the other artists at Open Studios
There are so many artists in this years Open Studio event on Nov. 14th and 15th. Check them out!  The Open Studio Artists |
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The Charming-Yet-Infrequent Newsletter, in case you missed it…
Hi Friends! Today’s Headlines: ________________________________________________________________________________________ OPEN STUDIO & HOLIDAY SALE- SAT & SUN, NOV. 14th & 15th, 10 am to 5 pm It’s that time of year again, time to throw open my doors and say, “Get in here!” Mark your calendars for November 14 & 15, 10-5. ________________________________________________________________________________________ MY AMAZING INTERN My only regret with my amazing intern Juana Medina is that I had her sign the two month agreement versus the fifty year indentured servitude agreement. Since you might not have been in New York city to see it, I bring it to you: http://www.artistascitizen.org/competitions/burningembers/AAC_JMedina_Entry082309.swf To see pictures of all the events that happened all over the world that day, check out http://www.350.org/ ________________________________________________________________________________________ I DREW ON SOMEONE FAMOUS’ DINING ROOM WALL If you have children under four feet tall, or have read to other people’s children of approximately that same height range, then you have read them books by Mo Willems. In addition to the ornithological best seller “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!” and the hare-raising “Knufflebunny: A Cautionary Tale,” he writes and draws the pachydermal/porcine beginning reader series of “Elephant and Piggy” books. On an evening when he was not tending to his imaginary zoo, I joined his family for dinner. The other lucky guests were young adult fiction writer Holly Black and her illustrator husband Theo Black After plying us with wine, Mo and his wife Cheryl and daughter Trixie handed out chalk and we all headed to their dining room, which is painted to the ceiling with green chalk board paint. The evening’s theme was “Circus” and we went to town. There were tight rope walkers, people flying out of cannons, poodles on unicycles– the whole three-ring business. Then we dined among our creation. What a night. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks for tuning in to the newsletter! See you at the studio in a couple of weeks! Hilary |
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You’re officially invited to my studio Nov. 14th & 15th
It’s coming on that time of year again, time to throw open my doors and say, “Get in here!” Mark your calendars for November 14 & 15, 10-5. I’ll show you around the studio, we can sip wine out of teeny cups, and you can pick up your favorite postcards and prints and books for holiday gift giving. I will be one of many artists participating in my building’s Open Studios Event, so give yourself time to meet the potters, painters, weavers and sculptors I share the building with. The address is 221 Pine St. Suite 414, Florence, MA 01062. PLUS, in other news, the TEACHER JEDI MOVES Series is now up in the Favorites section. |
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