Daily Archives: September 25, 2012

Artist Watch: Dan McCarthy

Reminiscent of Eyvind Earle, Dan McCarthy creates stark graphic landscapes with bright colors and bold color.  The stunning gradients in his prints give atmosphere and mood to each on of his pieces.  His use of bright colors set against stark black really pulls in the observer.  Sometimes his color usage is subtle; other times he’s full-on rainbow! Check out more of Dan McCarthy’s work here.

Star Wars Reads!

On October 6th, 2012, fans will come together to celebrate reading and Star Wars!  Matthew will be appearing at the NYC event along with several other Star Wars authors  – so come joint the fun!  Click here for more details about other Star Wars Reads events all over the galaxy.

Pop-Up Showcase: Flanimals

We like to celebrate and showcase all kinds of movable books by authors and paper engineers from all around the world!  This hilarious book by comedian Ricky Gervais features fantastic pop-ups by veteran paper engineer Richard Ferguson with illustrations by Rob Steen. Flanimals is published by Candlewick in 2009.

Gervais introduces us to Mernimbler, Grob, Bletchling and many other “pointless ugly creatures” from the Flanimal kingdom. Ferguson matches Gervais’ humor with clever “poppy-upness.”