A BOOK!!! Serious Drawings to be released in April

I'm so excited to announce that a book of my drawings is being published and will be released in April. Yes, that's next month!

It's 144 pages, full colour, hard cover. It's being published by teNeues, the venerable art, architecture, and photography book publisher. Serious Drawings is how I've unofficially labeled my work for a while now, and seems like a pretty good title.

The introduction was written by the brilliant visual-arts writer Carolina Miranda, of C-Monster fame. From the book's dust jacket: "Carolina A. Miranda is a freelance writer based in Brooklyn, New York. She has contributed to Time, nytimes.com and ArtNews and is the author of the uncouth and saucy arts blog, C-Monster.net." Saucy indeed. I've been a fan of her blog and her writing style for a while now, so I was thrilled that she agreed to write the intro.

Publishing a book is a dream come true. I've always imagined my drawings in a book. I think it's the ideal format for my work, and I can't wait to do another.

Here are some photos of the proofs from the printer. It looks a bit funny, because it's just the printed pages at this point, unbound.

Here's the cover:

Here's the first page. I couldn't decide which drawing to put first. The pressure was too great! So I drew this:

Some pages for the "drawings on regular paper" section:

More pictures and words after the jump...

Some pages for the "drawings on sticky notes" section:

The back cover, with placeholder text:

The folks at teNeues have been terrific. Work on the book began in earnest late last fall, with image selection, bio writing, etc. Most of the drawings came from the last two years. I'm so happy with how it all turned out. See the book on the publisher's site here.

I'll let you know when it's available to buy online.

The internet has been very good to me. After posting my work online for two years, it is now being put together in a book. I really want to thank everyone who has supported me by commenting on my blog, on Flickr, and elsewhere, adding me as a friend, emailing me kind messages, and buying my artwork. And a special thanks to everyone who has blogged about my drawings, and shared what I do with your friends. You all played a part in making this happen. Thank you.

Comments

[.tiff]

I will buy this. I will buy this. I want it now!!!

(so excited)

[T.]

Congratulations! *squeee* I'm so excited! I remember when you were having a hard time writing something serious -- and I found out that it's for this book :) I live on the other side of the world, but I'm definitely buying your book when it comes out.

I'm so happy for you! I'm sure more great things are on their way to you right now. Thank you for always sharing with us your works. They're terrific and now I'm glad more people are going to see it :)

[Austin Kleon]

Looks great, man! Congrats!

[C-Mon]

hot damn dude...rawk on!!!

[li]

sweet! Looks great!

[Raena]

I vote for retaining that quote on the back as-is; it's funny.

Well done :)

[ewebber]

Good stuff Marc, how exciting.
emily

[Natasha]

I'm so freaking excited!

Also I'm glad I can comment now.

[JoanJohnson]

great! can't wait to have my own copy:)
Congratulations :)

[Kimberley]

I can't wait for this to come out, will be buying as soon as possible!

[Morgan]

I was expecting yet another horrificly overpriced art book.. but $19.95!! My god that's a good deal.

[Matt]

Congrats, Marc. This looks fantastic. Can't wait to pick up a copy!

[leendadll]

I am RIDICULOUSLY thrilled for you and you can be certain that I will be on the advanced buyers list!!

I know you're not maintaining Vox anymore but, please, if your profile is still up then post this info over there too!!

[Julie]

Congrats! That's so wonderful! I'll definitely pick one up :)

[renee anne]

ah such an "inspiration" and "breath of fresh air" kind of blog (and art).

And yes you are great.

[kristian]

i want on

[Michael Nobbs]

This looks wonderful!

[sprawka]

damn, i allways wanted to create something exactly like that book!, its fantastic! i love it and i need to have it in my hands to look at it every day and be inspired:)

[Jennifer Mann]

Great stuff, and funny too! Congratulations on the book.

[m.h]

umm..yay!!! in the whole skittering my feet in excitement! I'm glad to see you have a book.
Look forward to getting my hands on a copy.

[eric tabuena]

Great stuff!

[chriskalani]

I am buying this. Or else.

[jen b]

congratulations that is so great. i adore you drawings and sense of humor. i will be buying a few copies of this book for sure.

[dara]

congratulations! just discovered your work and you definitely deserve a book!

[sarah]

oh, how exciting! i'll definitely pick up a copy when it's available.

[liz]

yes, yes, yes! yaaaaaay. All of my friends will be getting this for xmas.

[stacey]

So glad to hear about this! I'm really happy for you!

[Marie Mainguy]

I really really really love your work. Brilliant !

[Fleur]

Seriously, I found out about you only like.. 3 minutes ago, and you already have me wanting to buy your book.

You must be some miracle worker.

[federica]

really want one.
wandering how long will it take before i can see it in Palermo's bookshops :/

[Susie]

you had me in stitches in the bookstore! i bought a copy and open it up when i need a laugh. love the humor.

[ram]

Hi,
It's wonderful. I would love to have a copy when released. Anyway great work.

[Marc Johns]

Thanks Ram! The book is available now. I've provided a bunch of links to various online retailers in the upper right hand section of this site.

[Ellen18sw]

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