Archive for the '826' Category

The Amazing Toast-O!
Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Here is a comic I illustrated for a recent 826 Valencia field trip:

 

MGPOD for 826
Thursday, April 17th, 2008

For the next week, $2 of every album that I sell will be donated to the marvelous 826 National. 826, a nonprofit founded by Dave Eggers and his McSweeney’s cronies, is dedicated to teaching creative writing, screenwriting, publishing, ESL, and numerous other classes to students. I have been volunteering at the 826 Valencia (also known [...]

Quickies
Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Tonight I gave a yo-yo presentation at Quickies, a fundraiser for 826 put on by Ideo. It was a blast to see Ideo’s killer office space in Pier 28, and to perform a twist on my normal act (tweaking it slightly to fit a tech-ier crowd). My presentation was around 9pm, and I went on [...]

When I’m on my trike, I put most cars to the test
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Here is a quick sketch I made to warm up before drawing The Three Jungle Friends story at 826 last week. I like to loosen up before the kids get there, because once they start writing their book I have to move fast.
This shot also gives you a sense of scale of the art that [...]

The Three Jungle Friends Learn to Swim
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

A few days ago, I did some volunteer work for 826 Valencia. A class of 20 third grade students came and, with the help of some 826 staff, created a story called The Three Jungle Friends Learn To Swim. I called my friend Mike and he came along to create some artwork for the book. [...]

A day without a pirate…
Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

I spent most of the day at 826 Valencia yesterday, having a good time and getting stuff done. In the morning I illustrated a children’s story involving rocketships, martians, and a 100 foot giant super computer with spikes named Gina. (Yes I did remember to take my name tag off.)

I came back to 826 later [...]

The Purple Coconut, 826 illustrations
Monday, November 6th, 2006

Here are some illustrations from today’s volunteer storytelling at 826 Valencia. The kids where from Nueva Elementary School and the story was about a cow and a penguin searching for the mystical purple coconut. In order to find it and the evil water bottle pirates that gaurd some great treasure, the pair have to travel [...]

Designer Eye Patches
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

I’m helping out with a pirate craft fair thing at 826 Valencia. I’m getting a bunch of local designers together to work on customizing pirate eye patches for it, so I put together my very first instructable on how to re-make an eye patch using ties or whatever other scrap you have lying around.
Read it [...]

Swords for Teef
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Sunday, February 26, 2006
Here are two quick sketches I did today.
Swords for teeth is based on something some kids created while I was illustrating a story at 826 Valencia. It was about an arachnophobic spider with a pet alligator with swords for teeth.
The Monies sketch is just some weird thing.
These both took a few [...]

Volunteering at 826 Valencia Wednesday, July 13, 2…
Tuesday, May 30th, 2006

Volunteering at 826 Valencia
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
I think I’ve posted about this before but I sometimes volunteer at 826 Valencia, also known as “the pirate supply store” or “that McSweeney’s thing”. It’s a non-profit that focuses on teaching creative writing. They have all sort of different workshops, I help out with one that they call [...]