AND THEN, THE WORLD

Hey, all! Big sloppy hellos to any GBQ newbies coming here from CONvergence. Just finished tweaking some stuff on the main website, and the new Amnio design t-shirts should be in the online shop within the next few days. ALMOST got the hang of this new Monday/Wednesday/Friday update thing. Almost.

As always, if you're local and looking for Grey Bouquet merch, you can save yourself some shipping costs and head to one of these quality Twin Cities hotspots:

* The Source, Saint Paul
* Magus Books, Minneapolis
* Sacred Paths Center, Saint Paul

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Seeing as this year's CONvergence theme was "Bring On the Bad Guys," I figure it's about time I revealed a nefarious plot of my own. My ultimate goal with this series has been to make a picture book around the Grey Bouquet crew, Dick-and-Jane style-- and this past week, I finished up the second draft of said book's script.

What does this mean? Well, after I turn out the "Nugget Is Confused By Colors" postcard (which looks like it'll be ready by the end of the month), I'm gonna be taking a hiatus from doing any new merchandise. The good news is, it's so I can start working on layout sketches for all forty or so book pages.

As soon as I've got some art to provide, I'll be looking for an inker to help trim down on how long it'll take to bring the book to print. Know anybody who'd be interested? Happen to be an inker who's interested? Drop me an email! All together now: greybq (AT) gmail (DOT) com !

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Speaking of merch that didn't get made, here's your sketch for the day. This not-card's for weddings.



Same deal applies for all not-card designs, of course; if I hear enough people want to buy a certain card, I can be persuaded. Sort of like a popularity contest, only this one's got a chance at a happy ending!

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Shameless plug time: heads up, fellow creepy-cute fans! You should check out Poe the Goodbye Puppy, pronto! I met the creators over the weekend-- keen folks, and proud mad scientists, the both of them. We seem to be of similar minds, yet these guys have the added visual bonus of a world that actually has colors in it.

Plus, there's no such thing as too many zombie dogs, am I right?

it's Valentine's Day in July

There we go! The site should be 100% keen-o now. If it isn't, drop us a comment, yeah?

Busy at CONvergence, but before I dash back to my table, here's something for y'all to chew on. Folks need birthday and friendship cards all year 'round, right? But the two GBQ holiday cards out there had mixed success, and only during those parts of the year, too. There's a bunch of greeting card ideas that've been kicking around the ol' noggin, but mostly they've just been jotted down in a sketchbook and left there.

Until today...



There's more where that came from, too. And nothing says these won't ever get made into cards. Give a comment if you like what you see!

SO ABOUT THAT WEBSITE

Woo! Slam your eyeballs against that snazzy new site redesign, eh? Should be 100% ready by later tomorrow, and by that I mean "There'll actually be something nifty that displays for the first few seconds when you first visit the site, instead of it sitting there until it goes to the main site by itself."

No completeness for me just yet, as I've gotta jet offline and pack for when I'm over at the Artist Alley booths at CONvergence in a few hours. Stop by the Sheraton if you're in the Bloomington area this July 1st through the 4th, eh? I should be there with a booth from 10AM-5PM on Thursday, 2-5PM Friday, and 10-11AM on Sat/Sunday. Fliers and business cards are always free! Like sunshine. Or a case of rickets.

Those of you in that neck of the woods, feel honored: New shirts are indeed at hand! They'll be available in the online shop soon after this weekend, but you CONvergence folks get first dibs on the third-ever GBQ shirts! (And tiny folks, we heard you-- there ARE Size Smalls this time around!)

All you non-con fans'll have to make do with this teaser sketch for now. Just the linework with no text, but the base idea is still there... even if it isn't as cool as it could be if you got a REAL shirt, one that shows the full-color FINISHED design. Subtle sales pitch am I, ho hoh.



They're so happy.

So anyhow... yeah! Keep those peepers on this space (not the Livejournal blog; we nuked that one, since both blogs pretty much did the same thing anyway). There's a metric crapton of miscellaneous GBQ sketches I'll be updating with on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, knock on wood.

Catch y'all later, if I catch you at CONvergence!
--Gerbil, head scribble wrangler for GBQ


SLEEP TIME IS NOW

Sad face goes here.

Well, Nakamacon's over and done with, and thanks to technical difficulties between two different printers, sorry to say, the new shirts still aren't here yet.

Looks like there's a good chance of a Grey Bouquet table appearance at CONvergence in July, though. Trying to hash out possibilities for other con appearances as well.

Did I mention the new postcard design yet? Well, there's that. Not going to jinx that with an arrival date just yet, other than SOON. But while you're here, have a whiff!


It's got an egg motif. WHO COULD IT BE?!

Look alive, Wisconsinites (and those in the area this week)! In just a few days, not only will you have a chance to poke GBQ's doodle wrangler in person, but you'll get first dibs on the newest GBQ T-shirt design! Yup, this time it's Amnio's turn.

For now, you just get a taste.


What's he so happy about, you ask?

You'll see.


...but if you're at NakamaCon anytime from Thursday through Monday this week, you'll be able to see sooner.

CON APPEARANCES 2010

Got your pocket planner ready?


I'll wait.


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Woot, here we go! Grey Bouquet Designs will have a table at the following conventions:

SPRINGCON
Saint Paul, MN
May 15th & 16th
http://midwestcomicbook.com/

NAKAMACON
Madison, WI
May 27th through May 31st
http://www.nakamacon.com/main/

FALLCON
Saint Paul, MN
October 16th
http://midwestcomicbook.com/?page_id=30


For these next cons, there won't be a table to speak of, but if you see somebody running around in 3-D glasses, call out "HEY GERBIL" and you will (probably) get my attention.

(And maybe a stare. Or blank look.
In that case, it's probably not me.)


SAN DIEGO COMIC CON
San Diego, CA
Friday, July 23rd
http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

CONVERGENCE
Bloomington, MN
July 1st through 4th
http://www.convergence-con.org/

What the-- it's spring already?!

As you may or may not have noticed, your faithful scribble wrangler's been on a bit of a break these past few months. No more, though! Like the flowers, the robins, and that odd-colored mold that won't stay away from your bathroom tiles, Grey Bouquet has returned to the Internets after a winter spent studying for med school classes.

So, let's have some updates!

* NUGGET'S DIARY SHIRTS BACK IN STOCK!
We've got your torso covered, so long as your torso is size M to 3XL.

* PRICE CUT ON SOCKPUPPET SHIRTS!
Profit from our bad math skills AND flaunt your pro-sockpuppet ways, all at the same time.

* GREY BOUQUET, NOW ON FACEBOOK!
It was inevitable. Add us, won't you? We won't pester you to come to any awkward school reunions.

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Plus, coming up within this next week or so:

* 2010 CONVENTION APPEARANCE SCHEDULE!
C'mon down and bug us in the third dimension! OOoOOooOOo.

* THIRD SHIRT DESIGN AND POSTCARD PREVIEWS!
See? We haven't been slacking off ALL winter. Just most of it.

* A RETURN TO TWITTER!
No promises as to whether Nugget's spelling has gotten any better.