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B is for Beard Hot Off the Presses

B is for Beard is finally back from the printers! Here’s a shot of me collating like mad last night. I took them over to the IPRC and bound about 30-40 of them after this; still have a lot more to bind before Stumptown this weekend and Crafty Wonderland the next.

Also, below is a short video of the book being run through the two-color Heidelberg offset press at Gann Brothers Printing here in Portland. I also took quite a few photos which are up on my Flickr.

Speaking of Stumptown, I will be tabling at booth 95 all weekend long, except for a short time on Sunday at 11, when I and some of my studiomates from Tranquility Base will be putting on an inking demo for anyone who wishes to come and watch. My plan is to ink a few new Baby Otto pages.

The Banner Year Pre-Order special $25 deal is still in effect until Friday. If you’re still thinking you want to buy B is for Beard and BEARFIGHT!, you should take advantage. After Friday, BEARFIGHT! will be $12 separately, and B is for Beard will be $20.

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Some Fun Things

I took a little break from thesis work this last weekend, a much needed break I might add, and decided to make a few pieces without thinking too much about things. These are actually going to end up in the grand opening art show, “Growth” for Tender Loving Empire’s new location in SW Portland. First Thursday, May 6th. I’ll have two other pieces that I’ll show here later this week.

I also printed these merchandise bags for my upcoming shows, Stumptown Comics Fest and Crafty Wonderland. I find that not too many tables offer bags to customers at comic shows and when I have in the past, people really like it, so I decided to print up a big batch of these. Hopefully they work!

And, of course, the Banner Year Pre-Order is still on! B is for Beard will be finished next week, so if you’re still on the fence about pre-ordering, now is the time!

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B is for Beard

Two more pages from my upcoming book, B is for Beard. Hope y’all are liking these cause I’ve been having fun drawing them.

And here’s the mockup of the front cover that I just finished. After much deliberation, I decided to go with a cover that was stylistically similar to books I have already published, as opposed to really pushing the children’s book aesthetic and doing a fully-illustrated cover or something. The brown beard will be flocked on the first 100 covers.