As a meager gift to you readers, here’s a few goodies scavenged from the piles of scrap paper that litter the studio. Thank you, endlessly,
for being there — for reading the books and your encouraging comments!

1) mindless doodles, circa 1999. One day, the “flaming meanies” will be resurrected.

2) The scribbly rough of page 56 in Chunky Rice

3) The penciled version of page 442 of Blankets ~ July 1st, 2002

4) The photo that became the cover of Carnet de Voyage. 2ème arrondisement, rue des Moulins, Marseilles –
I claim that I didn’t use any photographs on those travels — but Top Shelf needed me to provide a
promotional cover for the book before it ever existed. So before I left for the trip, I used this photo
from January 2001 to capture a trip yet to happen in March 2004.

Peace on earth!

8 Responses to ““and the bells were ringing out…””

1. KesheR Says:
   December 25th, 2007 at 11:25 am

   Merry christmas and happy new year from Spain!

2. Mark Says:
   December 25th, 2007 at 1:40 pm

   yeah thanks for posting on christmas…really appreciate it

   love mark

3. Jocelyn Says:
   December 25th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

   this is fabulous, thank you.
   merry christmas!

4. Menachem Says:
   December 25th, 2007 at 7:21 pm

   I want to buy that Blankets Pencil Sketch, please!

5. Jordi Says:
   December 26th, 2007 at 3:27 am

   Merry Christmas, Craig!

6. Mark Says:
   December 27th, 2007 at 9:46 am

   yeah, i know its kind of capitalist and self-serving but I think you should be selling more stuff too

7. Shane Brouwer Says:
   January 2nd, 2008 at 4:22 pm

   Wow, it really was 1999. ZIP DISKS!

8. dana margo Says:
   March 8th, 2008 at 11:54 pm

   “fairytale of new york” always makes me cry. i’m posting this nearly 11 weeks into 2008 ’cause i just saw it, but wanted to say hi anyway. this was a great entry-thanks for sharing all yer tidbits!

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