Ojingogo de Matthew Forsythe
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This is cool…

My French publisher, Petit Lezard, put together this wonderful little animated trailer for my book. Ojingogo was released in France last month at Angouleme comics festival. If you’re in France, you can buy the book at fnac.com.

Et en francais…

Mon éditeur français, Petit Lézard, a réalisé cette jolie bande-annonce d’animation pour présenter mon livre. Ojingogo a été lancé en France au Festival de bande dessinée d’Angoulème le mois dernier. Vous pouvez commander la version française ici à fnac.com

While I’ve been at home struggling to find a workable balance between my day-job and my art (which is also work), the little ojingogo book has been off and out in the world doing wonderful things…

Ojingogo was launched last month at the Angouleme comics festival in France. The French edition is published by Petit Lezard – who also publish the Moomin books for France. It’s good to know ojingogo has friends.

The book is also available in Sweden, published by Ordbilder Media – who I consider to be good friends since my visit to Gothenburg late last year.

The second edition continues to do well at home with Drawn & Quarterly.

It’s a new year though and I am focused on the future. Working on new stories and drawing new drawings. Just need more time…

Just got back from a couple weeks in Europe. I was in Sweden for the Swedish launch of Ojingogo at the Gothenburg Book Fair. The Swedish edition is published by Ordbilder Media and can be purchased online at the popular Science Fiction Bokhandeln which has stores in Stockholm, Malmo and Gothenburg.

I’ll post photos from the book fair shortly. Here are some sketches I did while on the trip. Many more after the jump…

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Montreal designer Elaine Ho – aka Roadkill Roadkill – made a set of ojingogo jewellery and it’s all for sale on her Etsy shop. Here’s the post on her site.

There are three pieces including Ojingogo (the little squid), AK (the Domokun-looking dude), and Tubu (walking tofu). (Links to her Etsy shop).

Man, she even put little bowls of bap on Tubu’s head…

Also: Follow Roadkilkill on Twitter. She’s always full of great design links and …. photos of food.

Update: Yes, I do contract/custom book cover design. Please contact me directly to inquire about rates.

Here’s an early sketch I found for the Ojingogo book cover. I loved doing cover / production design. I wanted the cover to hint at the whole story – the same way Saul Bass’ credit sequences do for the films they introduce.

It was also important the cover be a good design and not necessarily a good illustration. Too many comics rely on good illustrations – or worse – ruin good illustrations by neglecting design.

I was also taking photos of book covers wherever I went. Here are a few book covers I found in Paris last Spring:

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