A Colorado Bomnubble by Mr. Jay Myers

Dear Featherheads, today's post is a little bit late, but I have a good excuse and two interesting things to show you.Do you remember Mr. Jay Myers, the artist drawing our Florid Sword comic book? He and his family are moving cross-country this week, and they just happened to be driving right past the town where Professor Sidler and I live—so we got to have a playdate, and he drew me a picture. :-) We really enjoyed hanging out with the Myers family. Jay and Raynna and their six kids are super cool. We all had a lot to talk about, and we got to spend a couple of hours with them and look at mountains and find pine cones and see some wildlife (including a tiny but alarming spider that their youngest dispatched to save me from it. Brave and clever!).So I promised you two interesting things, and here is the first one. Jay and Andrew know each other through their art. The Myers family appreciated Andrew's music, so once when Raynna and the kids went to a concert Jay sent along a drawing to thank him. Andrew then tracked Jay down to thank him, and now he is going to be drawing The Florid Sword and Shadowblade. You want to see that picture, the one that started it all?https://instagram.com/p/BYWCxUJAwqL/The Klausen story is interesting and I for one am eager to read it. Check out Jay's website or Instagram and you might catch a few glimpses.And speaking of catching glimpses, here is the other interesting thing: the picture Jay drew for me today while we were hanging out looking at mountains. Jay knows everything there is to know about Bigfoot,¹ and he says that every state has their own name for this mysterious creature. In Colorado, he says, Bigfoot is called a Rock Ape. So that's what he drew me.  At least, that's what he says he drew me. But it looks an awful lot like the pictures in a certain  scarytale I used to read as a little girl in Ban Rona!

1. Bigfoot! Woe!

Some sweet fan art

Andrew received a little bundle of sweet drawings earlier this summer, and we would like to share them with you. They were drawn by a reader named Addy. A couple of them are a bit spoilery, so I will put just the non-spoilery ones here in this post, and then you can click links to the others if you'd like to see them.Here's Artham: Just look at those eyes! I am also very impressed with his nose—noses are hard to draw, or at least they are for me. But his eyes are my favorite part. I love his brave, sad face.Now, if you have already read through book 3, it is safe to click here. (Then click again to zoom in.)And if you have finished the whole series, you can safely click this one too.Thanks so much for sharing your art with us, Addy! So glad you loved the books. :-)

Online concert tonight!

Team Peterson dropped Aedan off at college last week!https://www.instagram.com/p/BXvoK_MDvUfSo what with this big change around the Warren and having a few new songs to share, Andrew decided to host an online concert tonight. Bonus: Your ticket price helps pay for Aedan's tuition. ;-)The show is tonight at 8:00 pm Central. Click here to buy a $5 ticket!

Speaking of concerts: Andrew's Behold the Lamb of God tour dates are now on his music site! Click here for dates and ticket info.

Exceptional art by exceptional artists

Today's fan art post is super fun for three reasons: One is that the art was delivered in person (Miss Linda is visiting and she played the part of carrier midgeon). Another is that it was delivered to ME, the shadowy librarian, which makes me feel gloaty. A third reason is that the art itself is awesome, and one of the two pieces is 3D-printed, which is something new for us!Here is the first one, by Hannah (age 12):Is that not cool how she so expertly aged him, just enough? Impressive, Hannah, that you were able to mimic Nicholas Kole's style so perfectly. That is a good method of learning how to improve your art. Besides the aging, I like his determined expression and his brocade vest. He seems like he knows he has a lot of work ahead of him, but he is ready for it.And here is the second, by Aden (14):Isn't this amazing? Anyone else out there play with 3D printing? I took music lessons as a young girl but haven't kept up with it. This makes me want to practice my whistleharp fingerings. Miss Linda tells me Aden strung it with violin strings. It's a prototype—the whistle part isn't bored; that is really fiddly to do. But I could not be happier with it. The wood grain and details are lovely.Hannah, Aden—thanks so much to both of you! This made my day.

Book Club News: The North! Or Be Eaten book club kit is nearly finished and set to release next Monday! I know it's been a long wait, but you are going to love it. :-)

Yurgen concept art

Our concept artist for the animated series, Nicholas Kole, released new images (and a video!) for Yurgen on Saturday. Check this out—and notice Leeli for scale!https://www.instagram.com/p/BXG-XHGDI0JIf you are able to swipe through to the video, it's super fun to watch him draw. On a mobile app, that works just like it sounds: swipe your finger to the left. On a laptop or desktop computer, hover your mouse over the photo above and arrows will appear. (I think. Let me know if that works.)Nicholas posts all kinds of things on his Instagram, including Wingfeather art, other projects he's working on, and his own creations, Jellybots.

The stories are true.