Rebecca Kraatz’s Snaps
Another reason things have been a little slow lately is that I recently took a road trip across Canada. Yup, Edmonton to Quebec City, all 4,261km of it. It wasn’t my first drive across the country but probably my last for a while! I did get to spend some time with my dear old dad, who bought a nifty little camping trailer as a retirement adventure plan.
Anyways, I got dropped off in Montreal, where I spent a few glorious early-fall days wandering about before flying home. One of my favourite stops in Montreal (aside from all the bakeries) is the Drawn+Quarterly bookstore in Mile End. I can never leave without an armload of books, and this time part of my haul included Rebecca Kraatz‘s graphic novel Snaps. What attracted me to the book was the brushstrokes (and hairstyles!) in her panels, but beyond that, reading it is pure imaginative joy. Kraatz found a WWII era photo album at a flea market and made up of loosely intertwined stories for all the album’s inhabitants - what follows are some of the most imaginitive, sad, and touchingly beautiful moments these people may have never had. Pick it up for the tiny sum of $15 at Conundrum Press and see for yourself.
Posted by Vikki on October 12th at 12:23pm
Vintage postage stamps
Hey, there’s a lovely vintage postage stamp tumblr out there! Eye candy galore!
ps: oh yes, I know posts have slowed to a crawl. I was busy getting married to my ever-so-wonderful husband Jim this summer…and do I ever have pics to share with you so very soon! :)
Posted by Vikki on October 11th at 11:50am
Katie Daisy
Katie Daisy’s sugar-sweet illustration, lettering and pattern work caught my eye recently - she’s great with colour and whimsical with her drawings. Neat-o, bravo.
Posted by Vikki on August 29th at 9:22am
Wrap magazine
Have you heard of London-based Wrap magazine? It’s brilliant - use and reuse in one design and illustration magazine package! You get a gorgeous large format magazine in the mail, and once you’re done looking at all the tasties inside, you get to rip it up and use it as wrapping paper. Or just frame it, or wallpaper your wall with it. Or whatever floats your boat. As if that’s not enough, the rest of the pages double as postcards. Oh, and they’ve got a submission deadline for their next issue for August 31st. I’m sharpening my pencil!
Posted by Vikki on August 24th at 1:09pm
