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Squid and Owl

My most ambitious graphic design project to date, Squid and Owl is being serialized weekdays as a Flickr set. I'm planning to have the book out by X-Mas. Check back for a buy link by November. I'm still sorta hoping some conventional publisher will swoop in and make a reasonable offer. Could that be you, dear reader? Otherwise: vanity, vanity, all is vanity. Ergo, there's nothing really wrong with self-publishing.

In the meantime, I've set up a nice Squid and Owl section in my CafePress store, Rhinobird. You can buy a Change mug. Or t-shirt.

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I found this on flickr recently - I really love it! I hope you find a publisher because I want to buy a copy!

Posted by: Lisa Dadabo | 09/15/2009 at 04:14 AM

Thanks very much for the kind words. I'm planning to self-publish it by X-Mas. So you should be able to buy a copy soon.

Posted by: jholbo | 09/15/2009 at 08:21 AM

Wow! This is pretty cool. Do you have photos of the mugs or t-shirts? I recommend you post them here.

Posted by: BookWhirl | 06/02/2010 at 08:04 PM

Wow.. I've never considered coionkg squid.. but that looks AMAZING and now I want to try. Thanks for this post! I haven't hosted large dinner parties, so the best tip I can give is for when we have guests.. and that's to tag team. My husband and I always do best when we tag team; he takes one part of the meal (often the main dinner dish) and I do one part (often sides and dessert). We always enjoy the prep and the meal so much more that way.

Posted by: Elvio | 09/20/2012 at 06:54 AM

I am not a squid girl myself (something about the txerute, I think), but your photos sure are gorgeous!As far as my best entertaining tip goes...don't be afraid to let a little potluck sneak into your life! If someone offers to bring a dessert, or some wine, I'm always more than happy to have that taken care of. :)

Posted by: Raafly | 09/22/2012 at 11:03 AM

Great instinct! I don't know on how you compare them to the reality, but I believe in your creativity.

Posted by: BookWhirl | 02/13/2013 at 09:54 AM

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  • John Holbo is an assistant professor of philosophy at the National University of Singapore. His academic homepage is here. This page, on the other hand, is more for his non-academic/semi-academic/graphic design projects. He has several in progress or in various stages of fallowness/marination. John Holbo has too many blogs. His personal blog is here. He also blogs at Crooked Timber and The Valve. Go ahead and email him: jholbo-at-mac-dot-com.

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  • Rhinobird is my store on CafePress. It's also - perhaps confusingly - my Lulu store. Basically, I make stuff and put it up for sale and call it Rhinobird. (The logo was designed by Zoë Holbo, when she was 4 years old. I have her permission to use it. On CafePress you will find my Haeckel stuff and Squid&Owl stuff (for the time being.) On Lulu, I've put up a few fun old titles that I polished up, made all typographically nice, and made nice covers for. You can download all the PDF's for free, so go ahead and check it out. (I'm planning to clean up those editions a bit in the near future, and add some more.)

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