We will be at Crafty Wonderland this Saturday, May 12th, from 11am to 6pm at the Oregon Convention Center for their Super Colossal Spring Sale. Not only is it a great opportunity to get last-minute cards and gifts for mom, but it will also be your very first chance to check out our brand new batch of cards from Becca Stadtlander, Paul Morgan, Lizzy Stewart, Hannah Waldron, and Scuba! There will be over 200 booths along with craft activities and best of all, it’s free. We’ll be at booth 37 so please stop by and say hi!

Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Sale
Saturday, May 12th, 11am-6pm
Oregon Convention Center Exhibit Hall D
777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR
all ages, free admission, goodie bags for first 200 shoppers

Jo Dery is appearing as the first guest artist at Ladies Night at Graham Cracker’s Comics tonight, March 7th, from 6-8pm. Come see Jo and talk comics!

Jo is also part of the newest issue of Chicago’s Trubble Club, along with Little Otsu favorites Lilli Carre and Jeremy Tinder (among many more). They’re having a release party the same night, so swing on by afterwards. Jo made a new screen-printed comic and there should be stickers and other goodies as well. The issue looks really great–it should be a lot of fun!

Trubble Club Issue #5 Release
March 7th, 2012 from 7-10pm at The Post Family
1821 W Hubbard St, #202
Chicago, IL  60622

Hey Portland, put on your shopping shoes as there are two great events this weekend (December 10th-11th)! Admission is free to both and it’s a great opportunity to pick up some unique gifts from the people who make them.

We’ll be at Crafty Wonderland‘s Super Colossal Holiday Sale with our pals APAK in booth 75 at the Convention Center (Hall C) on Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm. The first 150 shoppers each day get a goodie bag and there are free craft activities throughout the day.

We’ll also be at the inaugural Portland Bazaar which is being held at Sandbox Studios (420 NE 9th Ave) on Saturday and Sunday from 9am-6pm. It’s being organized by Grace Bonney (Design*Sponge), Greg Hennes (Antler and Co.) and Matt Pierce (Wood & Faulk) and in addition to all the makers, there will be food carts, bands, and book signings. You can also sign up for DIY classes being offered throughout the day.

We’ll be in Seattle this weekend for Urban Craft Uprising, Seattle’s largest independent craft show! We’ll have special show prices and tons of great holiday gifts like calendars, planners, journals and more.  So come on down to the Seattle Center exhibit hall this weekend and say hi (and bring a friend because admission is free). We’re in booth 1!

You can also enter to win a set of our Becca Stadtlander seasons cards by adding a comment on our UCU interview!

Urban Craft Uprising
December 3rd & 4th, 11am-5pm
Free Admission
Seattle Center Exhibition Hall
321 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA

Urban Craft Uprising: promo from Behrens Films on Vimeo.

We are excited to be participating in the inaugural Short Run small press fest this Saturday in Seattle! LO artist and good pal Martine Workman helped launch this event with her co-coordinators and it looks like it’s going to be a ton of fun with lots of artists and publishers from the Northwest!

Saturday, November 12th, 10:30am-4:30pm
The Vera Project at the Seattle Center (corner of Warren & Republican Ave N)
free to the public

There’s also an after party & art show at the Fantagraphics Bookstore (1201 S Vale Street) from 6-9pm.

Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation 2011 Poster Trailer from Eyeworks Festival on Vimeo.

Lucky Chicago! Lilli Carré and Alexander Stewart have organized another Eyeworks Animation Festival for this weekend! Here is the lowdown from their website:

Eyeworks is a festival focusing on abstract animation and unconventional character animation. Festival programs showcase outstanding experimental animation of all sorts: classic films, new works and rare masterpieces.

The Eyeworks programs showcase a range of animation techniques, including paper cutouts, stop-motion, 3D computer animation, and a wide variety of hand-drawn methods. The content of the films is even more varied, and includes cosmic abstraction, psychedelic characters, geometric patterning, and surrealistic narratives.

Eyeworks celebrates animated moving images that express unusual vision, unusual approaches, and unusual style.

November 5 & 6, 2011
DePaul CDM Theater, 247 S. State Street, basement level
Jackson stop, Red Line
Chicago, USA

Our Minneapolis pals Landland are in town today at Jupiter Hotel as part of the Music Fest NW Postermart, which is going on until 10pm. It’s a nice manageable show of a dozen or so poster artists and Dan is there with a great selection of their awesome screenprints. Here’s a peek at a couple that we picked up!

This beautiful pile of pachinko machines by Jes is for a Ted Leo poster that’s getting released at his show tonight at Backspace!

Very funny and detailed poster by Dan that he did for a Coen Brothers themed show. It’s full of great hand-drawn fact-checked anachronisms from No Country for Old Men.

Our pop-up shop at Reading Frenzy in downtown Portland is two weeks old and going strong! Thought we’d share some photos of it as well as a couple of pieces from the corresponding art show of original art by APAK from Living Things Vol. 5 and drawings by Martine Workman inspired by her book Water & Fall.

The lovely sign that Martine made for us!

Our weather-worn sign from our SF store in all its glory

Be the first to get your hands on the new Living Things Vol. 5 by APAK and Becca Stadtlander’s seasons cards!

A drawing by Martine inspired by her book Water & Fall

Original paintings by APAK for Living Things Vol. 5

LO poster sale, Martine’s Water and Fall inspired art and her zines

Our friend (and LO Artist) Martine Workman is participating in Paper Kingdom tomorrow in Seattle. It’s described as, “…a mixed media event interweaving live performances, sound installations and paper art.” Should be a good event and it’s always fun to see Martine. Stop by and say hi!

Paper Kingdom
Thursday, August 11 · 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Avenue N.
Seattle, WA

a preview of the cover to our next Living Things!

We’re happy to announce that for the month of August we will have a special pop-up shop in the renowned downtown Portland small press emporium Reading Frenzy (which turns 17 this year!). We’ll be celebrating the release of volume 5 of our Living Things Series by APAK along with a show of their original art from the book. We’ll also be highlighting our first mini art book from a couple years back, Water & Fall by Martine Workman, with new art based on the book created just for this show. Both APAK (Portland) and Martine (Seattle) will be in attendance for the opening this Thursday, so stop by and say hi!

We’ll also have our complete line of illustrated books & paper goods for the entire month of August. Thanks to Chloe & Reading Frenzy for hosting us and I hope to see you at the opening reception!

Little Otsu Pop-Up Shop at Reading Frenzy
921 SW Oak St, Portland, OR
August 4th-31st, 2011

Opening reception: August 4th, 6-9pm