It’s fun for me to get my box o’ art out for taking to a new show – looking at it reminds me that, gosh, I kind of like the stuff I draw:) Nothing like a frame to spiff things up. It’s also kind of scary to be set loose with aforementioned box of art in one of my favorite public libraries, with kids gurgling nearby and people actually looking for books right by my display shelf. Don’t mind me! Just setting up my life’s blood on this bookshelf here and walking away. All in a day’s work for CAPTAIN CARMEN. *GO SEE IT. IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, STOP YOUR HEART, AND REMIND YOU OF YOUR CHILDHOOD. I WOULDN’T MISS IT IF I WERE YOU. Actually, it’s not that exciting. But it’s actually kind of exciting. GO SEE IT.

No? Well, maybe next summer:( Feeling some autumn ennui.

Pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting help.

Check out some of my art in the September/October issue of the awesome magazine New Moon Girls, which can be found at bookstores and newsstands through November 1st. See page 8! I laughed when I heard what article I would be illustrating. P.S. If you know a girl between ages 8 and 15, this magazine is a great resource, and a subscription would make a great gift! Me and my friends grew up reading New Moon. 

Some more  babies with attitude:

Here is a collection of cards and drawings I’ve given my sister over the years. Her name is Katharine but she answers to a variety of obscure and unrelated nicknames, including Chinn, Chinn Bear, Chinn B., Beeks, Bikkhu, etc, etc (I picked up Bikkhu in a religious studies class. The Buddha called his disciples ‘bikkhus.’ Naturally, I now call my favorite disciple Bikkhu.) Oh, and she likes pandas…

Somewhere I actually have a small, rhyming, illustrated book by myself titled “Panda Partay.” Don’t worry, when I find it I’ll show it to you.