in which @fablor teaches me to wing it...

for those very few of you who don't know who the Fabulous Lorraine is, she is Neil's right-hand assistant. I am his travel/LA assistant/merch queen, the west-coast Pepper Potts.

I just spent the last few days out here with Lorraine after C2E2, helping as she got Neil on that elusive ashcloud-blocked aeroplane over the sea.
We traded secrets and assistant-ing tips. Her best advice to me, just write your entry, it doesn't have to cover everything, just get it up there...because, as you may have noticed, i like to detail...everything...& time is at a premium...

The weekend in Chicago, Neil's CBLDF event, flying to Minneapolis, next Neil event in Stillwater, all of this has been super- documented. However. since I fly tomorrow and go straight into shipping the beautiful Molly Crabapple/Neil DESERT WIND prints, i am going to do a mini-post..

so! a quickie on Quiche's advice...

batmobile!

CBLDF!!

(Charles, Brady & Cheyenne)

The amazing Tony Harris, who illustrated Neil's In Reilig Oran poem for the Fund, came to the booth and signed and signed...

Here we are at the Arie Crown theater, where Neil & the sparkling-like-a-twilight-vampire Jim Lee signing the 100 WORDS prints that we donated to the CBLDF.

here is a clip of Jim introducing Neil's talk (the camera shakes in the beginning because i was so fan-girl-thrilled):



The next morning, we flew to Minnesota to do Neil's next event in Stillwater, and FabLo picked us up with both dogs in the car:





I will leave you with a screen shot of Neil holding one of the full-color DESERT WIND prints, they are going to ship out to you as soon as I get home...

CABAL CONTEST RESULTS!!!

They used to say at the Oscars, "and the Oscar goes to.."
and this year they reverted back to, "and THE WINNER IS..."

well I have to say, THE WINNERS ARE...
because I can't choose.

Neil said to me cheerily, "Kitty, you are on your own.."
No help there.

The Fabulous Lorraine, well, Quichie is a woman decided, let's just say...
never any confusion about what SHE is thinking...

another reason to love that girl.

i tallied the votes on the blog and in the Neverwear email....
hmmmmmm.....

WE HAVE EIGHT WINNERS.

by Jenny Robins:




by Chris Lincoln:




by Joey Lee:



by M.C. Matz:



by WonderBink:



by Jouni Koponen:



by Jess:




and by Wai-Jing Tsang:




(i loved all the others as well, esp. Danny Dillen & DH's (Daria Hlazatova)--really beautiful work)

I want to make sets of eight -count-em-EIGHT CABAL POSTCARDS.
These eight artists will be featured (that is, if they agree to a one-time license use, they will still own their original art).

My plan is to print a limited edition set run of 220...

each of the winners will get complimentary sets,
and the WINNER-WITH-THE-MOST-VOTES: WONDERBINK gets the signed-by-Neil HOW TO TALK TO GIRLS AT PARTIES print.

Jouni, came in 2nd, by the way! who can resist a talented Viking from Finland, his design will go to decorate the
soon-to-be-announced Cabal doggy bags, totally green biodegradable dog bags...the profits of which will go to benefit
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

This is where i got my dear Batman, who after five years of blanketed love on him, he is finally coming out of whatever trauma befell him.

Cabal was rescued from an abusive situation by our hero Neil. The Fabulous Lorraine has been an unwavering supporters of animals in need since we all were just tiny kittens.

These doggy waste-pick-up bags won't be expensive, but they will help the Earth by biodegrading quickly and the donations will help animals to find the kind homes they so deserve.

please stay tuned for more details as I speak to the artists, but there, you have the results...

meanwhile 2 new sticker designs are up on Neverwear.net.

"DREAM DANGEROUSLY"

and

"CATS DON"T NEED NAMES" from Coraline.


a reminder, the Anansi Boys heather grey tees are only $15.00 each and I have sizes small, medium, large & x-large left.

here is magician Crow Garrett wearing his...

and finally, I am trying to get more Vikings to come to America....

HELP BRING THE AMAZING JOUNI KOPONEN OUT TO
THE AMERICAN GODS HALLOWEEN HOUSE ON THE ROCK EVENT.

The artist behind the wildly successful print of SAUCERS lives in Finland,
and I am trying to get him out here for this event.
For a ten dollar donation, you, generous donor will get a limited edition 4" x 10" sticker made up from the SAUCERS print artwork.

CLICK HERE FOR JOUNI SAUCER STICKER/DONATION
If we get Jouni to come to this can't-miss event, he WILL sign it for you...

I am completely OUT of the SAUCERS print and so I am starting the donations with $500 toward his ticket.

ten bucks can make a difference!! (and you can donate more, should ye be feelin' rich, each tenner will get a sticker...)

All the way from Finland, the smokin' hot Jouni Koponen illustrates Neil's poem: "The Day the Saucers Came" --- a personal favorite of ours here at Neverwear.

now! back to my laboratory.

DESERT WIND PRINT 24-HOUR SALE PRICE....

The new DESERT WIND poem print is up! Words by Neil Gaiman, artwork by Molly Crabapple and design/text by Nicola Black.
the first 24 hours, from 4 pm PST on April 2- 4 pm PST on April 3rd, we will sell it for $28.00.

just look at what the beautiful Molly Crabapple
created for Neverwear...(click on image to enlarge)

Molly worked in tandem with Nicola Black Design, L.L.C who set the glorious text and design of the piece... CLICK HERE TO SEE NICOLA'S PROCESS.

and

CLICK HERE FOR MOLLY'S ACCOUNT.


The print is a 10" x 21" full-color bleed print illustrating Neil’s dark mirage of a tale/poem DESERT WIND.
You can pre-order it now, Friday April 2, 2010 at 4 pm PST where, for a full twenty-four hours, it will be priced at $28.00 instead of the $38.00 that it will retail for.

$5.00 from each print will go to the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.
We love the CBLDF, those good guys fighting on the front lines for our First Amendment rights...

They will be in Chicago at C2E2 over the weekend of April 16-18th, 2010 (I will be there working at the CBLDF booth)

The printers have promised to have it in my hands by April 18th, when I return from C2E2, and everyone that pre-orders by April 18th, 2010 will get this full-color 4" x 6" Coraline "Cats don't need names, we know who we are..." artwork by Christopher Salmon sticker along with their DESERT WIND print:



TO ORDER DESERT WIND: CLICK HERE.

new NEIL GAIMAN print by MOLLY CRABAPPLE!

just look at what the beautiful Molly Crabapple
created for Neverwear...(click on image to enlarge)

Molly worked in tandem with Nicola Black Design, L.L.C who set the glorious text and design of the piece...


This is a 10" x 21" full-color bleed print illustrating Neil’s dark mirage of a tale DESERT WIND.
You can pre-order it tomorrow, Friday April 2, 2010 at 4 pm PST where, for a full twenty-four hours, it will be priced at $28.00 instead of the $38.00 that it will retail for.

$5.00 from each print will go to the COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND.
We love the CBLDF, those good guys fighting on the front lines for our First Amendment rights...

They will be in Chicago at C2E2 over the weekend of April 16-18th, 2010 (I will be there working at the CBLDF booth)

I did a mini-interview of 9 questions with the luminous Miss Crabapple the other day...




1. what inspired you to work with Neil Gaiman?

Neil has been one of my favorite authors since, as a seven year old, the rebellious goth girl at camp showed me issues of the Sandman. When he twittered me asking me to do a poem poster with him, I did an embarrassing glee-dance of joy

2. why did you chose to illustrate DESERT WIND?

When I was in college, I was torn between wanting to study art and do a Middle Eastern studies degree. I taught myself Turkish and blew my money on night classes in Arabic, snuck into Moroccan mosques and hitched rides with war photographers in Kurdistan. Desert Wind appealed straight up to my Orientalist fetish.

3. did any work in your past direct you to the style of DW?

My work is usually all snarky and bulbous and detailed. This poem poster keeps the detailed part, but goes in a direction of wonderment, of djinn and night hallucinations, that I've never probed before. Neil's art direction was invaluable- the tent city would have been way less fantastical if it wasn't for his pointing me to some delicious Beduin draperies.

4. did anything lucky happen during the making of DW?

My life is pretty blessed by the Goddess Fortuna, so I couldn't tell if any luck was poster-related.

5. what upcoming project are you especially excited about?

Me and long-time co-conspirator John Leavitt are launching our dream project, the rococo murder mystery The Puppet Makers, on DC's Zuda imprint in May

6. if you could meet any of Neil's fictional characters,
who would you like to have a conversation with?

Wanda, from A Game of You.

7. who would play you in the movie version of your life?

Oh man... I don't even know if I have a celebrity counterpart. Someone short and dark I guess?

8. will you be at C2E2 in Chicago in a couple weeks? any other future appearances?

Every other week, New Yorkers can meet me at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, the alt. drawing class I run at The Slipper Room. I'll also be suffering at San Diego Comic Con with my Zuda crew.

9. Cat, you should have asked me this: (fill in the blank)

You and me should drink absinthe and smoke hookah like proper grown-up goth girls...

(Molly photo by Lauren Goldberg)
dress by modcloth
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So order tomorrow to keep ten of your hard-earned dollars in your pocket.
It will go up live HERE 4 pm PST on Friday, April 2nd, 2010.

thanks Molly, Neil & Nicola for adding more beauty to the planet.