hi all & happy lunar new year & black history month <3
oooo I needed this break. I’ve been busy & got plenty to show for it. ahead lies:
an invitation to join me virtually in making some kunde this Saturday! we’ll discuss food, memory, seed saving & survival, featuring black eyed peas and the afro-atlantic diaspora.
new illustrations, prints, & a limited run, hand printed t-shirt
info on where to buy some signed & editioned risograph prints from me, as well as a slew of others with all profits going to aid in Gaza
book tour things, as COOK LIKE YOUR ANCESTORS returns next month!
a NSFW comic bundle I have some work in, organized by the Cartoonist Co-op
been thinking a lot lately on what it takes to sustain a movement. I think USAians expect protests, boycotts, and letters to be met with instant results, and when this doesn’t happen, there’s helplessness, burnout, and the movement is quietly dropped.
the idea of 2024 - another election year, against the backdrop of ongoing genocide and degregation of human rights globally - just filled me with dread. but it is a dragon year, and I love dragons. volatility can lend itself to newness & radical change. the image of the hydra stayed with me. so what does it really take to build a new world? who do we need? drawing on those who did it best (the global south truly has all the answers, as well as the BDS National Committee) and came up with the following:
all I know is that our feelings of helplessness are by design. we cannot do it alone. it will not happen overnight. when one head tires, there must be two others to take it’s place. happy new year. we all have a role to play. which one are you? (I’d say I’m storyteller sun, uplifter moon, worker rising~)
gallery quality, made to order prints of these guys are available here, with all proceeds going to Care for Gaza, an on the ground organization with dedicated routes around the blockades that are currently stopping hundreds of aid trucks from getting to the people who need them most.
I also tried some firsthand risograph printing (I’m in love) for the first time and handed off about 25 signed & editioned copies to Tomorrow Today, a lovely bookstore in Los Angeles’ Chinatown that agreed to distribute them on my behalf. you can cop one by donating $15+ USD to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund.
another print is live, made in honor of the now-extinct population of Falasteen crocodiles, the sunbirds that almost lost their names, and everyone else surviving the attempted erasure.
this is available via free prints and paid, and it has since been translated, wheatpasted, and flown on kites all over the world from Saigon to Scotland...!!! due to popular demand, it’s now a t-shirt too, screenprinted by hand by the amazing folks at Raw Paw. same deal: all profits go to food, medicine, and other critical supplies.
monetary donations are never a substitute for holistic political action, and a push for a different world... but the shows of solidarity and support have lifted my spirits so much.
here’s some more info on the cooking demo this saturday. hope to see you there!
otherwise, if you’re around the bay area next month, I will be too~
catch me Friday, March 8 at Silver Sprocket’s brick & mortar to say hello, have some tea, and get a freshly restocked copy of COOK LIKE YOUR ANCESTORS signed. details to come~
now if you’ve made it this far you deserve something nice…
the Cartoonist Cooperative has put together a bundle of sexy comics for a really good price! I have some work in it, and a stretch goal to unlock bonus content has already been hit, so if you nab it now, you’ll get the 25 comics plus a collection of produce-themed pinups I’ve been hoarding for a couple years…
I have a ton of new sketches, a comic, pinups like these, and other fun things from the last months posted in the usual place
but I’m gonna cap it now as this message is approaching too long for most people’s inboxes, lol.
much love, and talk soon.