bad book ideas

and a workshop, and stuff

Hi Friends,

A short one today, again, because who needs words? I️ for one need some quiet. First, a little housekeeping.

Events.

I’ll be doing this event with Bess Kalb (!!!!) this Wednesday evening, for Lilith Magazine, near Grand Army Plaza, and am wildly excited about it. Please come!

And I’ll be part of a small group show at Tiger Strikes Asteroid in Bushwick - organized by Ethan Greenbaum, also featuring my husband Scott. Opening is Sat Night, 6-8. 1329 Willoughby Ave Do come say hi.

As always, you can find my letterpress prints and books here - or at Fishs Eddy, which has a new location in Chelsea!

A couple of Book Recs.

Austin Kleon. A smart and joyful book about how to make art like a kid. Which is something we all need to relearn.

Joana Avillez’s new illustrated version of this Joseph Mitchell classic. Just read it.

Live Workshop.

And - had such a nice time getting to see your names pop up on Instagram live, and look at your early-stages comics, on Sunday. Can’t wait to see your progress. I’m see if I️ can make this community thing a little sustainable, which for me means confronting the demons of (1) finding time and (2) looking squarely at the technological weirdness and trying to make it work better. Will be doing a bit of trial and error to see what happens.

So this coming Sunday at 2 PM I’m going to try something new: zoom; might be nice to see each other’s faces (tho that part is optional). I’ll throw out an assignment and we can draw together in companionable silence. Or maybe I’ll natter. For paid members who can’t join, I’ll post the weekly assignment in the chat and look at your work in the chat too. I’ll try and do some iteration of this once a week this summer - sometimes with a live meeting (might try different times of day), sometimes just over chat.

A comic.

I’ve been looking back at old work as I️ try to piece together a self again after my maternity year - a nice moment to be in. I️ found this comic and thought I’d forgotten to publish it - and resolved to post it here - then realized it had been published in the Paris Review, online, which made me happy. In 2017. Anyway, here it is. The original title had to do with writer’s block. The dog book was really a children’s book I️ pitched - I️ pitched so many and scared so many editors away.