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This is a cover I just did for YETI, a great magazine and music comp put out – by hook or by crook – by Mike McGonigal.  Apparently this is what happens when I walk around downtown Boston, fly home, sleep for like three hours, wake up, and start drawing.

Download audio file (12-Courting-Blues-21.mp3)

Dana Dart McLean and I are currently accepting applications for a free drawing workshop that we teach for teens each fall at the Portland Art Museum.  We'll meet Tuesdays after school for 12 weeks starting on October 11th.  The application deadline is September 20th and class size is very limited.  We're looking for 13 – 18 year olds who love to draw.  For more information, visit our page on the PAM website.

Here's last year's class.  We called ourselves MAD PAW, which is almost an acronym for Portland Art Museum Drawing Workshop for Teens. 

Presented by McSweeney's and available in select papers on Thursdays.  This was available last Thursday.  Oops.

Brian Biggs and his terrific book "Everything Goes" is on the left.

Yesterday was Wildwood's release day!  And as previously mentioned, we'll be doing some book touring.  Here's the schedule.  Hope to see some of you out there…

Friday, September 2nd

DECATUR, GA

The Decatur Book Festival (Keynote Address) – Agnes Scott College's Presser Hall – 8:00 PM

Saturday, September 3rd

SEATTLE, WA

Bumbershoot Festival – Seattle Center Park – 7:00 PM

Monday, September 19th

PETALUMA, CA

Copperfield's Books – 140 Kentucky St. – 7:00 PM

Wednesday, September 21st

AUSTIN, TX

BookPeople – 603 North Lamar Boulevard – 7:00 PM

Thursday, September 22nd

NAPERVILLE, IL

Anderson's Bookshop – 123 West Jefferson Avenue – 7:00 PM

Saturday, September 24th

NAPERVILLE, IL

Anderson's YA conference at Hotel Arista – 2139 CityGate Lane

Monday, September 26th

NEW YORK, NY

Barnes & Noble Union Square – 33 East 17th Street – 6:00 PM

Wednesday, September 28th

BROOKLINE, MA

Brookline Booksmith off-site @ Coolidge Corner Theater – 290 Harvard Street – 6:00 PM

Monday, October 4th

SEATTLE, WA

Secret Garden Bookshop (Off-Site Location TK) – TK – 7:00 PM

Saturday, October 8th

PORTLAND, OR

Wordstock Festival – Oregon Convention Center – 5:00 PM

Wednesday, October 12th

PORTLAND, OR

Forest Park Conservancy – On-Site at The Mission Theater – 6:00 PM

Saturday, November 19th

PORTLAND, OR

Wild Arts Festival – Portland's Montgomery Park – 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

[image error]Mac is on the cover of the Willamette Week this week and there's an excerpt from the book within.  Wildwood comes out next Tuesday!  We'll be doing a reading (well, Colin will be – I think I'll be projecting illustrations) at the Bagdad theatre to celebrate on Tuesday night.  It's a ticketed event, hosted by Powell's.  More info here.

We'll also be heading out on a proper book tour in mid-September.  Details to come…

Laura is a favorite musician and a favorite friend of mine.  I'm the proud illustrator of the cover for her beautiful LP July Flame and also of the cover for her equally wonderful latest, Tumble Bee, which she announced today.  More info here.