When I was a youngun’, one of my favorite books was a simple, but effective little tale called something like “Good News Bad News”, which followed one young man as he went through a fairly rough day. First, he fell out of an airplane: bad news! Onto a haystack: good news! With a pitchfork in it: bad news!, etc… until either he got home safely, or was torn to pieces by a herd of irritable porcupines. I can’t remember which.
My week has been like that. Porcupines included.
Good News! Postcard Pack Three is now, at long last, available. You can find it in the shop, along with Packs One and Two.
Bad News! My printer has died. Ignominiously during an attempted coup. As such, the new postcards will have to ship without nifty packaging for the time being. Also, all invoices will be handwritten. By me. Think of them as autographs.
Good News! Even better, all fifteen (15!) postcards are now available in one MEGA-PACK for the ultimate in cut-paper art card-iness. No longer will you have to decide which cards you love most.
Bad News! But what if you want to share your favorite with all your friends, or hang a copy on every wall…and the ceiling?
Good News! Not a problem! For the first time, I’m experimenting with 5-of-a-kind packs! Just scroll down to the bottom of the Postcards Page, and choose your favorite card from the “larger image”. You’ll get five! If this option proves popular, I’ll add a ten pack. If not, I’ll quietly disappear it and deny it ever existed. Thoughts?
Bad News! The Japanese Yen (¥) is so darn strong that I’ve had to bump the shipping price a tad. It sucks, I know. I kept it small.
Bad News! Remember that dead printer? Well, until it gets fixed, I can’t make any more Prints. I’ve got a few in stock (check the print page for availability), and then they are gone. Until I get a new printer. And I’m gonna level with you; that might take awhile seeing as I just moved across the country. Not to mention that my computer is starting to act a little rebellious too. Yeah, big bad news, but there may be a golden lining…
Good News! The art for the 2013 Cut paper Art Calendar is done! This year, I want to try something different, namely using Kickstarter to cut out the middleman and make the calendar myself. Look for more news very, very soon. Of course, if it doesn’t work out, it could turn into bad news… hey, are those porcupines?
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こんにちは, Patrick
This is awesome sauce! Just ordered some cards; love to receive stuff in the mail. Mourning the loss of your printer; perhaps you can resurrect it from the dead, CPR or call Dr. Xerox in for a house call. Can’t wait to see the Rabbit…she’s so beautiful!
take care,
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Thanks Bridget. Unfortunately, I think the printer is finally dead this time. It looks like the print head box thingy has come detached from the gear doohickey which moves it. Sad. It would probably take 5 minutes to fix, but cost more than a new printer since it’s off warranty.
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Patrick,
Great to see these cards! The book you reference is, I believe, Fortunately, by Remy Charlip, a great picture book. Illustrator Brian Selznick speaks of it being a huge influence on his learning about page turns a major inspiration as he created The Invention of Hugo Cabret. You’re in good company!
The good news…printers are cheaper these days.
Good luck!
Holly-
Holly, you could be right. After a bit of research, that certainly sounds like the book I had as a kid, although I remember it as “Good Luck, Bad Luck”. It has been so long since I’ve seen it though, I’m almost certainly wrong. It certainly kept me turning the pages. And might explain why the words “fortunately” and “unfortunately” are among my favorites.
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Patrick,
It was also published at one time as “What Good Luck, What Bad Luck” I believe. “Fortunately” is so much better!
Holly-
That is exactly right! I must have had the original (?) “lucky” version of the book. Its amazing how these things stick with a person so many years later. Especially since my grandmother worked for Scholastic (and maybe Troll too?) at the time, and we got tons and tons of books.
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Just put an order on the pack of 15. Can’t wait to brighten up my uni room walls with those bad boys =) Keep up the excellent work and don’t let the printer get you down! All the best.
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Thanx! I’m slowly making peace with being printer-less. We’ll see how long that lasts next time I need to print out a map or have to write out invoices longhand.
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