Day to started with the return of Mr Toast fan Maggie, decked out in her Mr Toast in Outer Space shirt. I really enjoy seeing how much people enjoy Mr Toast. Lots of other people came by including Officer Byrd, Matt and Jane, Shannon's mom Kathi, Phranc (with a copy of Krazy Kids Food!), and about a million others. The show was a total success and we should be back again next year.
I was hoping that the Festival would be busy. It was CRAZY. Just as busy as Comic Con which is saying something. We were slightly out of the way which turned out to be perfect because everyone walking by could get a good look at the booth. We ended up giving away almost 1000 Fan Club bookmarks. It was an exhasusting day but we are restocked and ready to head back on Sunday.
A big thanks to all the super cool Mr Toast fans that came by.
Our newspaper today came in a colorful plastic bag with illustrations by J Otto Seibold for the LA Times Festival of Books and the Target Ready Set Read program. It is great when cool illustrators work is used for stuff like this.
Also check out my new banner which I just painted for my booth at the Book Festival.....
My dog Maizie explores the mountain of toasts that I am getting ready for the book festival. So if you buy a Mr Toast from me and he has a couple dog hairs on him, I am not to blame.
If you don't have plans for the weekend....admission is free. I will have a booth in the Children's Area South by the Inverted Fountain. I will be giving out free bookmarks!
The love that characters get in Japan is a wonderful thing. Moomin Mayonnaise....pure genius.
Opening tonight is one of the coolest shows in Los Angeles, I Am 8-bit at Gallery 1988. In the show artists reinterperet their favorite videogame characters. I am going to go to the opening tonight and it should be quite a party with 8-bit Weapon playing. The gallery is at 7020 Melrose and the show runs til May 12th.
I love the work of Sara Varon. She lives in New York and draws robots, racoons, snowmen and turtles and other many more cool characters. Many of her stories are wordless but not to a fault. Some of the best parts of life are not filled with words, those are the special moments she captures.
Sweaterweather is great because it is filled with stories and cutouts and fun stuff. Chicken and Cat is her children's book, all about friendship and nature and life. She also does incredible printed postcards (the robot one is in metallic ink!). Look for her new graphic novel (208 pages) sometime at the end of the year. Hooray.
