Page by Paige: 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011

Holiday Specials: Books & Prints for sale!

Please help support me as I start my second book by

Purchasing a copy of Page by Paige!

The holiday special:

**Inside each book is a sticker, fun permission slip, and artistic license.
**I'll sign each book and personalize it for the recipient with a little doodle.
**Please order by December 15th to receive before Christmas.
**FREE GIFT WRAPPING upon request! (non-denominational)

Buy Page by Paige:

*I also have PRINTS AVAILABLE!*

Here are all the different prints I have in stock for $12! They're on nice watercolor paper, signed, and mailed safely in a packing tube. Heres a photo of the "Brooklyn Sky" print to give you an idea of scale.

Buy a Large Print:

Here are the other pieces that are available! (Click to see larger) Be warned, quantities are limited.

There's also a smaller sized print of my "Let's Make Rainbows" drawing that's available for $5!

Buy a Small Print:

Which Artwork?

(Shipping just in the US, sorry)

*I also have products available on SOCIETY6!*

There are Ipod & laptop skins and such. These are items that THEY print and I get a small percentage from, so I don't have these items on hand myself.

*And ORIGINAL DRAWINGS are available!*

Original illustrations/drawings/paintings are up for grabs as well as original pages from Page by Paige. Just email me about which one you are interested in! My prices are quite reasonable. ($30-150 plus shipping)

{PS--I just made these paypal buttons and I'm not very savvy with this sort of thing, so I apologize in advance if I hit an unanticipated snag!!}

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Children's Book Festival @ Brooklyn Museum

This weekend I took part in the 5th annual Children's book Festival

at the BROOKLYN MUSEUM!

Most of the authors there had multiple titles so I was especially thankful to be included. I did really well, having some great conversations and selling all my books with just two copies leftover!

I shared a table with the lovely writer Colleen Venable who was selling copies of her Guinea Pig Pet Shop Private Eye series!

Colleen had little guinea pig comic strips for kids to fill in, so I did one myself...

One supporter who stopped by was my friend and absurdly talented comic artist Simon Fraser who picked up books by both Colleen and I!

Afterwards I checked out their current exhibition "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" which is a particular period that directly inspired me aesthetically in school. It's up until January 29th and I highly recommend it!

Currently Reading: My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

Monday, November 14, 2011

Brooklyn Museum THIS SATURDAY!

This Saturday I'm pleased to announce that I'll be one of participating in the...

Brooklyn Museum: Children's Book Fair!

Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 12:00–4:00 p.m.
Brooklyn Museum: 200 Eastern Parkway (at Washington Avenue) Brooklyn, NY 11238
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Visit Web Site Free with museum admission

Over 30 Brooklyn authors and illustrators will join us at this year's fair, featuring story books, picture books, and graphic novels. Come enjoy author readings, a game for children, and café service.

Please come by and say hello! It's perfect for combining with exploring Prospect Park or one of the wonderful exhibits. (Have you not seen The Dinner Party housed in their Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art?!)

In other news....

Holiday Windows COMING SOON!

Next week I'll be DONE with all these holiday windows that have been keeping me busy since July! I'll keep you posted here with pics from behind the scenes as well as the finished products. Pics and video. But you can see the past 4 years of windows I've worked on here in my very special Christmas window blog: ItNeedsMoreGlitter. Stay tuned! We're livin' the dream...

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Latest appearance, interview, and press!

**Page by Paige is This Week's Pick on 60second Recap!**

Check out the video review by book critic Jenny Sawyer, who normally isn't really into graphic novels so that makes it an extra special honor to be featured. Doubly awesome!!!

**Latest Long Island library appearance!**

Today I was just the guest speaker at the Suffolk County YA Librarian event "Put Art in It" out in Ronkonkoma. Special thanks to Barbara Moon for being so supportive of me and my work. And this was really quite a great workshop that she put together!

**Audio interview on Geeking Out About... !**

The lovely Trisha Lynn interviewed me at my table at NY Comic Con, I'm in the 13:30-17:30 minute mark in the recording. So you can hear the little pitch I gave everyone who came by my table! And I actually sound pretty articulate, too...

Currently Listening: Eddie Vedder...Ukulele Songs

Monday, October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween!

Last weekend BUSHCRAFT got together for some pumpkin carving and here are the results!

I made a Death Star pumpkin, Diana made the classic vomiting pumpkin, Jasmina made a Darth Vader mask, Bishop carved one of his characters (Bangels), and Josh carved a Clockwork Orange face. This is our Breakfast Club inspired pose on the roof! (Thanks for taking the photo, Kurt)

Here's a close up of my Death Star-O-Lantern!

Then last night for square dancing and pub songs at The Drink I dressed up as Cursed Pirate Girl! (I simply had to give a shout out...) It's an AMAZING COMIC by Jeremy Bastian which I learned about at Baltimore Comic Con and highly highly recommend. Aye, matey!

Currently Listening: Wilco...The Whole Love

Thursday, October 27, 2011

My apartment is in Time Out!

My apartment is featured in the current issue if TIME OUT NEW YORK!

Kurt and I are absurdly ridiculous in this! With the rainbow colors, the awful haircut I had just given Kurt before this photo was taken, and how they play up our romance, this article definitely makes me smile. How did we get in? I simply emailed them after seeing a blurb in the magazine asking people with cool apartments to contact them. I said, "I have a fun apartment! Here are some photos!" Easy peasy.

Here it is in the print magazine...

Then when you go online, you can see us on the main page for Time Out NYC! That's just crazy.

And when you click on the story there are DOZENS of photos in the gallery capturing everything from our cat to the shower curtain to our matching tattoos. With lots of info on all our stuff and lots of shout outs.

And finally they include some stores we recommend...

Love the look? Get it here!

Desert Island (540 Metropolitan Ave between Union Ave and Lorimer St, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 718-388-5087, desertislandbrooklyn.com)
“It’s great for random artwork,” enthuses Christenson. “It’s a comic-book store, but they sell all sorts of prints from Adrian Tomine, Peter Bagge and Charles Burns.”

Dick Blick Art Materials (1-5 Bond St between Broadway and Lafayette St; 212-533-2444, dickblick.com)
The artsy couple purchases the majority of their frames and art supplies from this bi-level resource. “Most art stores in this city let me down because I’m always looking for random supplies—from airbrush paint to cheap picture frames,” says Gulledge. “But Dick Blick is always organized and always has what I’m looking for. Plus, the staff is lovely.”

Junk (197 North 9th St between Bedford and Driggs Aves, Williamsburg, Brooklyn; 212-260-1851, motherofjunk2.blogspot.com)
“The title says it all,” states Christenson. “A lot of places would overcharge for something like a typewriter, but at Junk you could probably get it for $50, and it would look nice.”

Pearl River Mart (477 Broadway between Broome and Grand Sts; 212-431-4770, pearlriver.com)
“You can get things to help fill up space for not a lot of money,” notes Gulledge of this Soho staple for festive, stylish Asian decor. “It’s the best bang for your buck.”

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Drawings about not drawing

In recent months, between working on the Christmas windows 6 days a week and other things like New York Comic Con, there has been no time to make any of my personal self-art-therapy drawings. But here are a few fast drawings I managed to crank out this week...all about NOT HAVING TIME TO DRAW. (Click image to see larger)

In this drawing I am quietly imploding. A side effect of not having my creative outlet. (I drew this at my table at Comic Con)

There's so much I have not been saying because there just hasn't been time to get into it. (Usually my art helps with this problem) Sometimes it's easier to lie and act like everything is fine, because it's just too exhausting to open up about it with people.

When I get drawing ideas I need to make them right away, because if I let the idea sit around too long then I lose the desire to create it. So when there is no time to draw them, they end up just getting tossed out. Which makes me sad.

Currently Reading: Doctor Who: The Forgotten...by Tony Lee & Pia Guerra

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

NY Comic Con Recap

Here's the recap from my first Artist Alley table at New York Comic Con!

I got the table last minute because someone else cancelled, so I was thankful to even get a spot. I sat next to illustrator Elliot Hernandez, and was happy to get to know him and his lovely wife Tara over the three days of the convention.

I sold some drawings & prints but mostly I sold a TON of copies of Page by Paige. It was amazing how positive everyone was! A bunch of different people even walked up to my table who had already read my book and told me how much they enjoyed it. And I was randomly interviewed on the spot a bunch of times. It's just so surreal to see someone connecting to artwork I was making back in a motel room apartment back in Virginia when my art didn't belong anywhere and I was just pushing myself to keep drawing anyway. Crazy! Anyway...

I did some commissioned sketches, including an unusual request on a purse...

And Gowanus Pete made a guest appearance!

This is actually the costume I made for Kurt to use for promoting his new digital comic Power Play. (Yes, Kurt is inside the costume.) I'm thrilled with how it turned out, especially since I never sew anything.

Then on Sunday I signed books and did some live drawing at the Abrams booth!

Including a couple silly impromptu drawings for these lovely ladies...

Thank you everyone who stopped by my table, and those of you who have been supporting in spirit. I still can't believe I had a table at New York Comic Con!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Scribble Press Gust Judge

I'm the guest judge this month for Scribble Press!

It's a fun studio (located in NY & LA) where kids can write, draw, and post their own original e-books. Each month they have a Faber-Castell Scribble Your Story contest where children submit their books for a prize package of art supplies. I was given the five finalist books to choose from, and it was really difficult to chose a winner! They were all so adorable, but I ended up picking "My Little Unicorn" by Sadie as the winner! (You can read it online)

Here's my review of "My Little Unicorn"...

I love tales with journeys and quests, so I was immediately drawn into “My Little Unicorn.” The unicorn travels through different lands, picking up other animal friends along the way. They are all different and looking for where they fit in, which is something that I think everyone can relate to. Because everyone feels like they don’t belong sometimes! In the story the characters include a unicorn who has a rainbow tail, the skunk who is albino, and the redbird who is blue. Even though they see themselves as “wrong” because they are colored differently than everyone else, I think they are each more unique and beautiful because they are different. What could be more fun than a unicorn with a rainbow tail?? The drawings themselves were very colorful, vibrant, and fun to look at. My favorite drawing was on the second page with the green trees and flowers. The unicorn in the center of the page really pops! Sadie should be really proud; she did a great job with this book.

Congrats, Sadie!

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Getting Ready for NY Comic Con!

Counting down to New York Comic Con...tomorrow!

My kitty Rory has been assisting me as I've been getting everything prepared. Here he is "helping" me paint my sign, which will be a big variation of the Page by Paige book cover.

And he helped me cut up Artistic Licenses and Fun Permission Slips to give away.

Then Rory helped me finish a costume that my boyfriend Kurt Christenson will be using to help promote his new comic Power Play at Comic Con. It's a character named Gowanus Pete who is half man half squid!

I've also made some simple block prints so I can offer up some human printmaking like I've done before at FIGMENT and other events. Rory couldn't help out with this part, it require fine motor skills.

Here's where my table will be located amid all the comic-y chaos. I hope you can stop by my table, I'll be there tomorrow thru Sunday!