Fillmore Art Walk tonight!

Granted, we probably should have posted about this a bit earlier, but tonight, Friday, April 23rd, we'll be selling a limited selection of our prints and ties and will be live painting from 6pm-10pm (maybe later?) at the Fillmore Art Walk!

We will be working collaboratively (!!!) on smaller canvases outside of Jazz'z Hair Salon, right across from Yoshi's on Fillmore, at Eddy. Look for the bright green tablecloth! It should definitely be a night to remember, and it's your first chance to see what an Eve Skylar-Rick Kitagawa painting looks like!

Cool new zines: Ochre Ellipse 3 + Bird Brain

So Monkey is buddies with Jonas Madden-Conner of Family Style, but disclosure aside, his newest work Ochre Ellipse #3 is pretty amazing. Both Monkey and Seal have been re-reading it the past few days and we have to say that it is a damn good comic.

The illustrations are cute, but the overall storytelling shown here is damn good. The story follows a man of the future who travels back in time (a common recreational pursuit in the future) to try and revisit his childhood. The whole thing unfolds as smoothly as..well, something that unfolds really smoothly, and the ending is sure to pull at a few heartstrings (or you are a cold, dead human being).

Monkey is also buddies with Francois Vigneault, editor of Elfworld, creator of Friends, lead Family Style dude, and grand organizer of the SF Zine Fest. Francois also happens to be an avid bird watcher, and he mixes his love of comics and nature in his latest work, Bird Brain.

Filled with illustrations of various birds around the SF Bay Area mixed with hand-written observations, Bird Brain works well as it is such a personal work. Not only are there little stories about identifying birds, but there are little snippets of Francois' life while watching the birds, and the trips he took while checking them out.

We highly recommend heading over to Family Style to pick up a copy of each comic/zine ASAP (although Ochre Ellipse 3 isn't up yet, issues 1 + 2 are, and are also awesome) and you might as well browse the entire Family Style offering to find something great to read tonight!

Bird Brain #1

Our good friend, talented illustrator, independent publisher, and mastermind behind the SF Zine Fest, Francois Vigneault, has just started a blog for his newest zine, Bird Brain. Monkey was lucky enough to do an advance trade of Bad Date Zine 2 for a copy, and Francois' newest work is pretty damn spiffy! There are plenty of cool facts, great illustrations, and interesting excerpts from Francois' life looking out for birds in the SF Bay Area.

There are lots of fun page previews of Bird Brain at the blog, and until they get it up at the Family Style catalog you can pick up a copy at the Zine Fest at the Family Style table! Go now, and buy lots of stuff!

The SF Zine Fest

Monkey + Seal will be tabling at the SF Zine Fest!! Woo! It will be held on August 22+23 at the SF County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park. Admission is free, and there will be panel speakers, workshops, and tons of great independent creators!

Monkey will be co-instructing the Bookbinding workshop, where you'll be able to learn about hand-stitching your own zines and books!

Seal will be doing a weekend-long (or at least one full day) gouache demonstration, where she will be painting some of her newest works from start to finish! She'll be on hand to discuss color mixing, temperature, paint handling, and any other questions you might have about the medium, her paintings, or her techniques!

Also, word is on the street that the Zine Fest still has a few tables open, so sign up now!!! (Full disclosure - Monkey runs registration for the fest :P )

Anyhoo, stop by and say hi! We hope to see you there!