Online at the D&Q website
The Ojingogo book is now “in stock” on the Drawn & Quarterly website.

Your Local Comic Shop
You can also order the comic any time this month from your local comic book retailer (it’s in the September issue of Previews comics catalogue). The code is: SEP083988

Attend Upcoming Events
I just found out I’m going to the Small Press Expo this year with Drawn & Quarterly. So here’s an updated list of upcoming events. Please come and bring a friend.

• Halifax Book Launch – September 20 @ 7pm
  Strange Adventures Comic Shop
• Toronto Book Launch – September 27 @ 5pm
  The Central (next to Beguiling comic shop)
• Toronto Word on the Street Events – September 28 @
  Word on the Street Graphic Novel tent
• Bethesda, Maryland – October 4 & 5
  Small Press Expo, D&Q table

As soon as I have time, I will also add a Paypal button to the shop so you can order limited run of signed books (with sketches) directly from the site. These will also ship in November.

That photo is of the stickers we’re printing (thanks, Stone!) to give away with books.

Oh and here’s an article about the book from the McGill Daily News.

We’ve scheduled Ojingogo book release parties for Halifax and Toronto.

I’ll do a 20-minute presentation about Korean cartoon culture and then signing and drawing in books and stuff.

If you live in Halifax or Toronto, please come down and bring some friends – I’d love to see you. Otherwise if you’re not in Halifax but you know people in Halifax, you can let them about the event with this handy Facebook Event.

Halifax Ojingogo Release Party
Saturday, September 20th @ 7pm
Strange Adventures comic shop, 5262 Sackville St (Directions)
Invite people to the Facebook Event (I don’t know very many people in Halifax!)

Toronto Ojingogo and Pohadky Release Party
Featuring Matthew Forsythe, and Pat Shewchuk and Marek Colek
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 @ 5pm
The Central, 603 Markham Street (next to The Beguiling)
Invite people to the Facebook Event

I picked up a few copies of the new Ojingogo book on Monday. Here are some photos…

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We set up an Ojingogo window display at the Drawn & Quarterly store here in Montreal.

Here’s what the shop window looks like normally. Not bad, but it could use more whales.

Here’s a Photoshop mock-up of what I was proposing to do with the window.

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There’s a story in this week’s Montreal Mirror (arts weekly) about the Ojingogo book.

And look at the cover – that’s my comic!

The grey Ojingogo shirts are now for sale and will be shipping in late June.

Last month I asked people to vote on their favourite T-Shirt colour and grey won by a landslide, with blue coming in second and orange a distant third. Twenty-seven kind souls responded with strong opinions. Thanks to everyone for their feedback, it was really great and confusing to read all the opinions.

My new T-shirt shop is over at the incredibly-awesome Topatoco.com – which is basically Jeffrey Rowland‘s one-stop-shop for web-comic creators. They have tons of awesome shirts in the shop by Ryan North (Dinosaur Comics), Kate Beaton (Glasses makes you sexy), and many others – including this new one by Jeffrey himself:

Hey, so now that I have a proper T-Shirt shop, I’m going to start filling it with T-shirts.

People have been asking for Ojingogo T-Shirts for years and now seems like a great time to do one. But I need your help…

Which colour is good?? (Please leave a comment below)

Blue

Orange

Grey

The above sketch is for Jenogo in Brooklyn! Who requested a “ghost-birds”-type sketch in their book.

Just sent out a big shipment of books and prints. Thanks to everyone for their patience. Every spare minute of the last month has gone into finishing the Ojingogo book which is very nearly done. I’m looking forward to putting it all online in the coming months.

Here’s a book sketch for Paul in Amsterdam: