Lake Burntshore
Book launch for Aaron Kreuter’s latest novel
2025.04.18Last night I got to attend the launch party for Aaron Kreuter’s Lake Burntshore. It’s an excellent novel about the Jewish summer camp experience, and the conflicts between zionism and anti-zionism within Jewish communities. It’s also, about smoking weed and arguing over bagels. It was really an honour to design this cover and after a long cold isolating winter it was a joy to be in a room full of folks who care about books and care about other people.
You can get your own copy of Lake Burntshore here
Or get it at your local library. Canadian authors are financially supported when their books are in circulation at the library so that’s a good thing to do.
National Geographic Birds of Florida
Antique store art find
2025.03.26Get a load of the amazing art and typography on this National Geographic map of Florida, Puetro Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Found this weekend at Ethel’s, an amazing vintage store in the East end of Toronto. The map is dated 1973 and the art is signed Arthur Singer. I wasn’t familiar with him, but according to his Wikipedia he was friends with Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway, so a pretty cool guy.
THOG’s Hamlet
A forgotten masterpiece of Toronto theatre
2024.11.13Over 50 years ago a young group of actors and musicians put on an avant-garde production of Hamlet for almost no money in the basement of Bathurst St, United Church. The play would be filmed by legendary Cinematographer Richard Leiterman, but become mostly forgotten, until a small group of the original cast members decided to bring it back. Since I’m lucky enough to be friends with the Director/Polonius, Steven Bush, I was also luck enough to make a couple of new posters to help in the promotion of what is truly a forgotten masterpiece, and I am begging you to do yourself a favour and watch it while you can on www.stratfordfestival.ca
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Broken Pencil Magazine
The 2024 Summer issue
2024.08.26I am so pleased with the Summer 2024 issue of Broken Pencil. The editorial team of Zack Kotzer, Olea Kim, Jason Smith, and Maria Cichosz are making it as exactly as weird and interesting as this magazine should be.
Broken Pencil is probably the most fun project I get to work on. Because it’s a low-budget indie arts publication it’s far more important for the pages to be exciting rather than perfect, so I get to be messier and more creative.
You can check on the magazine online or subscribe to the print issue at brokenpencil.com
Nothing Bad Will Ever Happen Again
Opening night at Danu Social House
2024.04.12Some wonderful friends came out to Danu Social House last night in Parkdale to see some of my most recent drawings. It was a great time and the drawings are up until mid-may 2024. If you’re in Toronto and you’ve never been to Danu you really should come. They are a excellent café/pub with a strong sense of community and a calendar of fun events, including fortnightly Dungeons & Dragons.