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the hubbahubba wrote the line above and i had to draw it. this is for him on the eve of our fifth wedding anniversary (although we’ve been together for 12 years!) the best decision i ever made was marrying you. happy anniversary! ^_^
meanwhile, we’ve chosen a winner for the canvas giveaway! we had over 100 entries – thank you! if you want to buy a canvas now is the time! zazzle is having a 50% off sale on canvases with the code: GRANDPARENTS through september 7th.
have a great weekend ^_^
cookies
I’m back in the studio after a few weeks of shows. I hope to be back to somewhat regular posts next week ^_^
pashmina (big news! ^_^)
I am super excited to share that I have signed with First Second (Macmillan) for my debut graphic novel, Pashmina.
This is the big project that made me pull back from daily drawings and I am happy to finally be able to share the news! I’ve been writing (and re-writing, mostly) the book for about a year and will be working on the drawings for the next two years. Thus far it has been one of the hardest things I’ve done in my career and I’m nowhere near finished! The above drawing is one that I used in my initial pitch to publishers. It isn’t final art and won’t appear in the book but I believe it captures my feelings and the essence of the story.
That’s all I can share for now. Have a happy Monday! ^_^
(The official announcement was in Publisher’s Weekly)
pre-parents
I had this thought the other day that I couldn’t shake… that our worries follow and haunt us. I started to sketch and ended up with a comic where love destroys the worries. The hubbahubba looked at it and said “But it wouldn’t happen so quickly.” And I agree, some worries we can fight with love and some we carry with us.
Anyway, I hope you have a great weekend ^_^
running
this is a page from my journal ^_^ due to a variety of things that are shifting my focus, i will be posting on tues, thurs and saturday only for the next few months. have a happy week!
for my boo
for my boo, my hubbahubba, my best friend, happy birthday!
my first thanksgiving
this is a comic i created a little bit ago about my first ever american thanksgiving – happy thanksgiving everyone! i hope you have a wonderful weekend ^_^
lessons i learned from music #1
this is a very rough page from my journal, i use it to work out a lot of my stress… it really helps sometimes to write and draw it out ^_^