Magazines are all the rage these days, we can never get enough of them, large or small, in the shops, with your newspaper, online or on a bottle? iLove is the world’s first Magazine on a Bottle! There’s not much to red on this one, the usually celeb gossips, advice, hot list, horoscopes and ads. I can see the bottle recylers now, having to peel off all the unread magazine stuck on the bottles.

Congratulations to Marc and Sue on their wedding over the weekend. Haline and I drew/painted this for their new home as a wedding present. We thought it was nicer to give them something that would warm up their home rather than give money. Although its tradition to give money, this would last longer than any amount we could give them. All the best guys, I hope we get to see lots of lil Marc’s and Sue’s scampering around soon.

Click the image to see the full drawing, we used two brown MDF boards to draw on. Its like drawing on thick, hard cardboard. They were both framed in brown wood frames which were painted white and had the paint scrapped back to give it that rustic feel.

Meet Sam and Woody, my two dogs whom I love for their happiness and stupidity, in turn they love me for my ready supply of Smackos. Chuc Mung Nam Moi, Happy New Year. This year is starting to look great already, much happiness, work and love.

Reading through my copy of Emigre 69, I am enlightened and fascinated by its history and run. Mainly for insights into what it is like to “publish” which means literally “to make public” (got that from the magazine) an independant magazine. I have never bought a copy of Emigre when it was in print, but decided to get the last issue which comes in a paper back book form and features 69 stories of its history to see what all the fuss was about. I am now both inspired and scared to think of doing the next issue of KLEFT.

One interesting recurring point in reading the stories is the mention of David Carson, from his early days of using the Emigre fonts, to his rise to fame and then his rivalry with Emigre, really funny stuff.