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So, last post I told you about the new book, and Saturday's event.
But FRIDAY, Dec. 10, at the Jacobs Gallery in downtown Eugene, is the opening of the—
"Small Pleasures" invitational. 19 artists, including me, will be exhibiting diminutive-sized artwork on sale for the holidays. My pieces are little 3x3 inch portraits / snapshots of my characters. All originals, and hand-colored, in festive frames.
Artist talk, Dec. 10 3:30 - 4:30 • Reception 5:30- 8:30
UPS drove up my driveway and delivered 6 boxes of my newest book yesterday... Christmas has come early to my neighborhood!
When you are a cartoonist, the coolest job in the world, you never ever ever get tired of seeing your work in print. BUT...your work appears in a medium that ends up in the recycle bins of coffee shops and offices and homes across the country every day. Poof, it's gone.
And the online version? Well, it's there... but you can't put it on the fridge or leave a collection on the coffee table.
UNLESS...
You have a book! Hallelujah, a book. Where you can read strips more than one at a time, follow story lines, watch character development, linger over your favorites, read all the ones you had no idea you'd missed.
A book, that doesn't end up recycled after the news cycle, but sits on bookshelves in lovely preserved color, waiting to be read and re-read, proof of all our labors, the sweat of our brow, the...
sorry. I don't mean to carry on. It's just SO COOL. And this new book... is my eighth. "We'll Be REally Careful". 192 pages. Full color.
If you live in my area (Eugene, Oregon), I'll be signing books this Saturday, Dec. 11, 10-6pm, at the Lane County Fairgrounds. Come see me!
If you can't come to the event in Eugene this weekend—because it's just not practical to fly into my little hippie backwater for the day from wherever you live (assuredly cooler than Eugene) — but you want a book...
order it off this site! You'll make me very happy, and I'm betting the book will make you laugh. Deal?
Happy Holidays... JE
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