Lisa Hanawalt

Toucan/Toucan’t

…So it is with faint disappointment that I have learned that Pizza Island, the happened-to-be-all-female studio in Brooklyn, which consists of Kate Beaton, Domitille Collardey, Sarah Glidden, Meredith Gran, Lisa Hanawalt, Julia Wertz, and Deana Sobel, will be disbanding at the end of the month after two years.

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All the artists remain friends and are continuing with their work, though Beaton is indeed returning home to Canada, and Glidden will be Artist-in-Residence at Angoulême, France for the next 7 months (go see her photo journal of a day walking around the town!) I wish them all the best and look forward to everything this lot of talented ladies will unleash upon the comics world!

Aw, it’s true, Pizza Island is over, although it didn’t really sink in until I was cleaning up my desk today.

Read our scandalous reasons for disbanding here. I also like Julia’s post about it.

It’s been really nice reading all the sweet comments about our studio and seeing how psyched people were about it. This might be the funniest comment we received:

Oh, a dude, don’t be sad! We probably were.

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The Therapy Session

I made this strange little comic in order to practice using some Nikko nibs I bought eons ago. Enjoy!

Crimestoppers Club Show

I’ll be reading some comics at Michael Kupperman & Kate Beaton’s show tomorrow night! Come to Luca Lounge in NYC if you want to watch and listen to some fun.

The Transitive Property of Equality

I read this story in The Hairpin and remembered that I’ve also touched a Monet! It was an accident.

Liddin’ Around

Instead of doing any real work, I’ve been having fun trying to recreate a few of the looks from my eye makeup comic . A couple of you were awesome enough to try them! Click to see more:

NYT “Fruit Flies and Love”

Handsome, no? He’s the Cary Grant of fruit flies!

Illustration for New York Times Sunday Op-Ed. AD Aviva Michaelov

See the full article here.

War Horse: An Illustrated Response

I could write an entire book about horses and how into them I am, but let’s just say that I was a horse from ages eight-to-fourteen. Former classmates still ask me, “Were you that girl who drew ponies and crawled around on all fours ALL the time?” You guys, I’ve seen a shit ton of horse movies.

Paper Birdies

I made these awhile ago as part of a window display, peep peep! They are available for sale here.

We Bought A Zoo!

That’s what you’ll say after shopping in my new Etsy Store!

It’s a lot of the same stuff as my Tumblr shop, but I think Etsy might be a better platform for peddling wares. We shall see, it’s an experiment!

I’m able to do Priority (2-3) shipping until Wednesday Dec. 21 for about $5 extra per order if you need last minute items for the holidays.

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I’m working on some new stuff and will have non-merchandise-related news soon, I swear.

Look, I’m making fingers:

Look, I’m drawing Crocs:

And look, I’m trying to decide if I’d rather write a movie review of: A) Ghost Protocol B) War Horse C) We Bought a Zoo D) ALL THREE!?

What’s new with you?

How to Draw an Ear - Lisa Hanawalt

Published in The Believer

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Walruslug Island Prints

Available from Electric Works Gallery, “This limited edition print by illustrator Lisa Hanawalt is from the forthcoming McSweeney’s McMullens’ title “Benny’s Brigade.” The book isn’t out until spring 2012, but everything we’ve seen from it is astoundingly great.”

Dimensions: 17 x 17
Edition size: 20

250 each. ORDER HERE.

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