I woke up one morning about three weeks ago feeling very different, something new in my gut that didn’t have a human name to put to it. I’ve since spent alot time not-listening and not-thinking to myself, just enjoying the velvety feel of this newish skin:
Though I’ve spent much of this year with my head down busy creating “08″ and all this work nobody knows about yet, I imagine the constant cycling between multiple projects that I equally love is the root of this new feeling. My daily writing/drawing regimen used to be a concentrated effort of discipline and time-management, a focus/release of fire… but it now feels more like an involuntary system of my organism, a second heartbeat that sits above my skull and throbs ideas to me in secret code through my dreams and quiet waking moments.
On June 8th, I’ll be a guest of Toronto’s Luminato Festival of Arts + Creativity, taking part in a panel called “The Political Graphic Novel” hosted by The Beguiling’s own Peter Birkemoe.
And hey Torontoans, I’ll be sticking around through the 11th, so hit me up in the comments for a good time.
This past weekend I was a speaker at SXSW Interactive, giving a presentation on SHOOTING WAR and other comics in my immediate future as part of the multimedia “Book Readings” series. Any trip to Austin gives me a chance to see friends and family there and eat heaps of barbecue, but my experience at SXSWi was unlike any convention I’ve attended before: full of enthusiastic, intelligent and forward-thinking brains all gathered together to tear down old ways and build up new ones. Everyone had a dream, a project, a company and wanted to figure out a way to pool resources to benefit each other.
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I’ll be traveling to Austin TX for SXSW Interactive, a gathering of all things shiny, wired and AJAX-powered. As part of their Book Readings series, I’ll be discussing SHOOTING WAR’s genesis and execution as well as casting a fiery eye to the gorgeous future.
The French-language comics magazine Comic Box interviews me in Issue #47; my gratitude to Lise Benkemoun for both the interview and her friendship and support over the years. You find find Comic Box at better comic shops across the US and Europe.
Guess who’s back, glowing and exploding just for you in this week’s NSFW gorgeous glory?
Lilli’s gleaming black full-featured LILLOT website is LIVE.
All you lovely people asking where you can browse/buy her work, this is the place.
From my wife, the talented Liliam Higa:
I’m having my first trunkshow this Saturday to reveal my newest LILLOT creations, a preview of my upcoming collection of german expressionism inspired cocktail rings, earhooks, and other adornments. In the spirit of Carnival, there will be Brazilian cocktails, dancing in the streets (that is if you’re so full of caipirinhas) and a big 30-50% off sale on one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces.
kisses,
Lilli.
lillotnyc.com
LILLOT is the fashion-accessory work of Liliam Mayumi Higa, my lovely wife. As long as we’ve known each other, I’ve been watching her ideas about form and design meld and morph and they are ripe to escape into the world.
Click for LILLOT mini-site and stay tuned for further details; those interested in purchasing Lilli’s creations should write to her directly via her site email.
