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above (from left)
Running Free
Pen on paper,
digitally colored
24 x 36”
2015
Bowl of Fruit
Pen on paper,
digitally colored
24 x 36”
2015
Working with the element of time is a completely new
universe to me. When things you make can suddenly move,
they exist in their own realm in a way that you no longer
have control over. It’s incredibly refreshing.
Broad City is a hit and your work sets the tone.
I’m a very fortunate human being because of that.
It’s all hand drawn?
Yes. It’s all frame-by-frame.
Have there been other significant shifts in your work?
I made that book, Hand Job, in 2003. I was really into type
and drawing a lot of it, and then I realized type was a whole
separate industry in itself. When you get some kind of credit
for something, all of a sudden you have to fight against
being pigeonholed. I just want to be the person who makes
things and has the best answer for the problem or question
at hand.
Would you like to recite your most recent poem?
I have a painting and show title that is kind of a poem—
Intoxicating Pollen Wiggling in the Moist Journey of
Constantly Blooming Tides.
That’s a very visual title.
It’s a complicated pile of words. I like words and how they
look on the page. I’ve always had a hard time spelling
things and putting words together, so I think that’s led
to being really visual so that I can remember what words
look like in order to spell them correctly. I had a period
of time where I was writing poems and wanted to share
them, so I made these incredibly complicated typographic
pieces that had the poems in them but were nearly
impossible to read.
What’s your favorite word?
My wife is named Anna, and I really love her name because
it’s so fun to draw. I also like things that start with the letter
W for some reason. I really like the word wiggly. I try to use it
in sentences regularly.
Do you have any current obsessions?
Blue. I’m deep into the blue world.
tuis.
(Tuis.)
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