Hey! Lisa Hanawalt, Eleanor Davis and I are talking about stuff (stuff TBA) at the Society of Illustrators this month. All info here and below:

Work Plus Play: Jillian Tamaki, Lisa Hanawalt and Eleanor Davis
Society of Illustrators, NYC
February 23, 2012 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 Non-members, $10 members, $7 students. Purchase tickets here.

Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator, cartoonist, textile artist, and SVA instructor. She has 3 books of comics, including SKIM (co-created with Mariko Tamaki), which was listed as one of Publishers Weekly best books of 2008. She has won 3 gold medals from the Society of Illustrators. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

I won two gold medals from the Society of Illustrators this year, in the Book and Institutional categories. HOORAY! This means you can see the original embroidery for Black Beauty (and The Secret Garden) at the show, which runs Jan 25- Feb 18. The opening is Feb 3.

The second gold medal is for this Croquet Poster, which was commissioned by Cramer-Krasselt to benefit the Penfield Children’s Center in Milwaukee. This image will be included in the Institutional/Advertising show, February 23, 2012 – March 17, 2012. Thank you, Society and jury!

Hey guys, a few things I wanted to mention.

1. A Student FAQ! I made one. It’s here.

2. Tomorrow (Dec 14) I will be on my husband’s radio show, Your Dreams My Nightmares. You can ask a question via call-in, email, facebook, or twitter. All the info for that is in this post (I keep on telling him to GET RID OF THE RED, but I’m sorry. My powers only extend so far.) Your question has a much likelier chance of being answered if it doesn’t involve asking what kind of brushes I use. The interview will be archived and I’ll post the link here when it is.

3. Happy Holidays!

(The picture above is from a few months ago. It was originally commissioned by Toronto Life Magazine.)

Here is a sketch that no one was ever meant to see. it’s from a job that got killed. Boo-hoo, would have been fun. Oh well.

I will be signing at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival this weekend. Drawn + Quarterly table, 3-4. I am always happy to sign older books if you like, since if you’re reading this right now it’s likely you’ll have already bought my D+Q petit-livre.

Well, here’s something different: a MutantMagic crossover recipe comic for Saveur.com.

(Small reminder: you can read the MutantMagic webcomic here.)

Another comic-related newsie bit: tomorrow, Oct 25th, 7PM, I’ll be at BookCourt in Brooklyn for a little reading/Q&A for the Best American Comic anthology.

BookCourt
163 Court Street (between Pacific & Dean)

I have some very exciting news: some of my work has been acquired by the Library of Congress! Yes, THAT Library of Congress! In Washington, DC! I sent off the two items, a short comic and one of my sketchbooks, last week. [The comic originally appeared in The Guardian UK, and much of the work in this particular sketchbook ended up in my D&Q petite livre, Indoor Voice.]

Godspeed, old friends!

I’m very honoured to be a part of the Library’s Collection. Thanks to Martha Kennedy for her interest and facilitation of the purchase.

I’m speaking at Art Center this month for the school’s “Illustration Mandatory Meeting”. You are MANDATED to watch me flap my gums, dear illustration students! Unfortunately, I don’t think this is open to the public, but perhaps there are some non-illustration students who would be interested in coming too.

… did that get your attention?

Anyway, I’m putting in a short appearance at the Brooklyn Book Festival this weekend, signing Indoor Voice at the Drawn + Quarterly booth #27-28, Sunday 1-2pm.

Brooklyn Book Fest
Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St., Brooklyn

Would knowing there’ll probably be food trucks there persuade you? I HOPE SO!

Hi all,

I’m on vacation until July 13, but will periodically checking email.

Here’s something to read while I’m away: a Comics Journal interview I did when I was at TCAF a few months ago, by Chris Randle.

[Did you win something in today's contest? I'll be sending out things asap when I return. Sorry for the wait!]

-J

The Walrus Summer Reading cover is available for purchase!

I saw and signed these prints when I was in Toronto last month and I can personally attest to their quality. They are large and look just as good in person as they do on-screen. Toronto Image Works (Edward Burtynsky’s shop) printed them, so the quality is really above and beyond what I could produce myself. What I’m trying to say is that this is step up from your standard inkjet – and there’s only 24 of them.

FOR TODAY UNTIL JULY 1 ONLY, the print is 25% off, at $375 CDN. The regular price is $500 (unframed). All proceeds directly benefit The Walrus Foundation. And how about this: show me proof of purchase and I will send you a small, postcard-sized drawing + goodies, on the house.