Upcoming...Book Signing & Misfits Party

Lookie! Upcoming events!

Book Signing

This Saturday I'll be signing copies of Page by Paige at the Barnes & Noble out in Manhasset on Long Island! It's part of their Educator Holiday Shopping event...

Saturday December 3rd 11:00am - Noon

Barnes & Noble: 1542 Northern Blvd, Manhasset, NY 11030

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Misfits Party

Kurt and I are hosting a Misfits viewing party at the infamous bar-with-a-TARDIS...The Way Station!

Saturday December 10th 4:30-7:00pm

The Way Station: 683 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn (Prospect Heights) 

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Are you still going through Doctor Who withdrawl? Are you ready for your new TV obsession? Let us introduce you to BBC's Misfits! It's about a group of teenagers doing community service for past mistakes, only to find their lives changed after a storm gives them strange powers. It's superpowers meets Breakfast Club minus Heroes' blunders. It's bloody brilliant...literally!

First we'll be showing the pilot episode for you newbies. Then we'll show the festive 2nd season Christmas special where the gang has to kill Jesus and Santa gets his shag on. There will be some special curated shorts, some Fisherman's Friend for the taking, and drink specials such as the "Save Me, Barry!"

Kurt Christenson and Laura Lee Gulledge will be your orange-jumpsuit-donning hosts, inviting you to dress in character (real or made up) or simply wear your favorite shade of orange. 

Currently Listening: M83...Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

Holiday Specials: Books & Prints for Sale!

Please help support me as I start my second book by 

Purchasing a copy of Page by Paige!  

The holiday special:

**Inside each book is a sticker, fun permission slip, and artistic license.
**I'll sign each book and personalize it for the recipient with a little doodle.
**Please order by December 15th to receive before Christmas.
**FREE GIFT WRAPPING upon request! (non-denominational)

Buy Page by Paige:

Paperback or Hardcover?

Paperback $9.95 USD     Hardcover $16.95 USD

Need free giftwrap?

Yes wrap it up!     No thanks.

Who to inscribe the book to?

(Shipping just in the US, sorry)

*I also have PRINTS AVAILABLE!* Here are all the different prints I have in stock for $12! They're on nice watercolor paper, signed, and mailed safely in a packing tube. Heres a photo of the "Brooklyn Sky" print to give you an idea of scale. Buy a Large Print: Which artwork?     Brooklyn Sky (12x15.5in)     Revelationary Poster (12.25x17.75in)     Adult Suits (12x16.5in)     In A Bubble (12x12in)     Doctor Who Poker Night (12x15.75in)     Fishing (12x16in)     Foolish & Brave (12x15in)     Pity Party (12x16.5in)     Waiting for a Playmate (12x17.25in)     My Backburners (12x16in)   Here are the other pieces that are available! (Click to see larger) Be warned, quantities are limited. There's also a smaller sized print of my "Let's Make Rainbows" drawing that's available for $5! Buy a Small Print: Which Artwork?     Let's Make Rainbows (4x8.5in) $5.00 USD (Shipping just in the US, sorry) *I also have products available on SOCIETY6!* There are Ipod & laptop skins and such. These are items that  THEY print and I get a small percentage from, so I don't have these items on hand myself. *And ORIGINAL DRAWINGS are available!* Original illustrations/drawings/paintings are up for grabs as well as original pages from Page by Paige. Just email me about which one you are interested in! My prices are quite reasonable. ($30-150 plus shipping) {PS--I just made these paypal buttons and I'm not very savvy with this sort of thing, so I apologize in advance if I hit an unanticipated snag!!}

The Holiday Windows!

It's that time of year again....
HOLIDAY WINDOWS!

So this was my 5th and pretty much last year working as a scenic painter on Christmas windows. They are OPEN to the public so now I can share some photos! (And videos) You can see ALL the pics from this year and the past 4 years in my annual window blog: ItNeedsMoreGlitter.blogspot.com

SAKS

These were what I've been working on the most! I painted ALL the linework on these ten windows so it'd be consistent, and it's funny how it has my inking style. Three-dimensional drawings?! Yeah, this was pretty the perfect combination of my graphic novel & scenic painting worlds. And I'm super thankful I got to paint it.

MACY'S

These windows feature different celebrity designed ornaments which will be raising money money for the Make a Wish Foundation. It featured a 3-D animation and a touch screen design-your-own-ornament thingie! It's sorta like a steampunk wedding invitation meets Christmas card...

LORD & TAYLOR

These windows were based on Children's drawings about what Christmas means to them. I think they turned out really whimsical and fun! And getting to paint like a kid was REALLY refreshing.

Some of the process pics...

Oh, and my infamous companion Mr Duck tagged along!

(Here are some pics of him in Peru, Iceland, Spain/Portugal/Scotland, Turkey, and Ghana...)

Children's Book Festival @ Brooklyn Museum

This weekend I took part in the 5th annual Children's book Festival

at the BROOKLYN MUSEUM!

Most of the authors there had multiple titles so I was especially thankful to be included. I did really well, having some great conversations and selling all my books with just two copies leftover!
I shared a table with the lovely writer Colleen Venable who was selling copies of her Guinea Pig Pet Shop Private Eye series!
Colleen had little guinea pig comic strips for kids to fill in, so I did one myself...
One supporter who stopped by was my friend and absurdly talented comic artist Simon Fraser who picked up books by both Colleen and I!
Afterwards I checked out their current exhibition "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" which is a particular period that directly inspired me aesthetically in school. It's up until January 29th and I highly recommend it!

Currently Reading: My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

Brooklyn Museum THIS SATURDAY!

This Saturday I'm pleased to announce that I'll be one of participating in the...
Brooklyn Museum: Children's Book Fair!

Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 12:00–4:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum: 200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington Avenue) Brooklyn, NY 11238
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Visit Web Site Free with museum admission

Over 30 Brooklyn authors and illustrators will join us at this year's fair, featuring story books, picture books, and graphic novels. Come enjoy author readings, a game for children, and café service.

Please come by and say hello! It's perfect for combining with exploring Prospect Park or one of the wonderful exhibits. (Have you not seen The Dinner Party housed in their Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art?!)

In other news....

Holiday Windows COMING SOON!

Next week I'll be DONE with all these holiday windows that have been keeping me busy since July! I'll keep you posted here with pics from behind the scenes as well as the finished products. Pics and video. But you can see the past 4 years of windows I've worked on here in my very special Christmas window blog: ItNeedsMoreGlitter. Stay tuned! We're livin' the dream...

Latest appearance, interview, and press!

**Page by Paige is
This Week's Pick on 60second Recap!**

Check out the video review by book critic Jenny Sawyer, who normally isn't really into graphic novels so that makes it an extra special honor to be featured. Doubly awesome!!!

**Latest Long Island library appearance!**

Today I was just the guest speaker at the Suffolk County YA Librarian event "Put Art in It" out in Ronkonkoma. Special thanks to Barbara Moon for being so supportive of me and my work. And this was really quite a great workshop that she put together!

**Audio interview on Geeking Out About... !**

The lovely Trisha Lynn interviewed me at my table at NY Comic Con, I'm in the 13:30-17:30 minute mark in the recording. So you can hear the little pitch I gave everyone who came by my table! And I actually sound pretty articulate, too...


Currently Listening: Eddie Vedder...Ukulele Songs

Walking Dead Party: ZOMBIE PAINTING

So last week I did body painting with Matt Mikas at the UNDEAD CARNIVAL at The Box! It was put on by io9 and AMC's The Walking Dead. A wonderful undead time was had by all!

I did the post-mortem-rotting-flesh airbrushing and Matt was the perfect bloody-wound-stylist! Check out some of the results...

Some of the zombies were creepy.

While others were pretty.
Then some were just...dead.
And others searched for brains!
While others...wait, what were Kurt and I doing?! Perhaps zombie-making-out?
Currently Listening: Fleet Foxes...Helplessness Blues