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Graham Roumieu’s collaboration with Soapbox Design won an award from Applied Arts in the Design category. The entry, Some Thoughts on Ideas: NuARs Call for Entry 2008, plays with the idea of ideas, both good and bad. Congratulations go out to Graham and everyone at Soapbox Design!
Congratulations to Graham Roumieu and Ben Shannon who were recognized at this year’s Advertising + Design Club of Canada Awards. Graham Roumieu won a Silver medal for illustration in the Editorial category for his work with The Walrus, as well as a merit award in the Miscellaneous Graphic Design category for his work with Soapbox Design on NUAR’s Call for Entries. Ben Shannon’s work for the Axe Skin Contact Wrestling campaign with Dashboard also received a merit award in the Miscellaneous Interactive Design category. Thanks and congratulations go out to everyone at The Walrus, Soapbox Design and Dashboard!
Graham Roumieu, The Walrus
Graham Roumieu, page from NUAR’s Call for Entries
Ben Shannon, Axe Skin Contact Wrestling
Graham Roumieu’s latest book is out now! Cat and Gnome, published by Blue Q, is an “awkward portrait of a one-sided relationship between a real cat and a ceramic garden gnome. Throw in characters like Reggie the snail and an exploding robot from the future and you get this hilarious tale… For anyone who ever felt like they were doing everything wrong but got a happy ending anyway.”
Bigfoot released this statement via www.boingboing.net regarding recent reports that Bigfoot’s body has been discovered in the woods in Northern Georgia . . .
Graham Roumieu’s hilarious Bigfoot books are available through Penguin and Amazon.
Bigfoot: I Not Dead
In Me Own Words
Me Write Book
Graham Roumieu illustrated for The New York Time’s OpEd page in today’s paper. His illustration can be seen in Trying to Fathom the Human Condition, letters in response to The Luxurious Growth, a previous article by David Brooks.
Last month’s wake themed book launch party for Graham Roumieu’s newest book Bigfoot: I Not Dead was a spectacular success. The concept of a wake clearly resonated with people as The Gladstone Hotel management estimated the crowd at well over 250, which is about a hundred over capacity.
Each of the ‘eulogists’ did a wonderful job. Much like a real wake, their testimonials contradicted one another with five eulogists presenting five bigfoots; Douglas Bell’s intellectual, Sean Cullen’s zen master, Jeremy Keehn’s clandestine lover, Damian Rogers’s soulful hipster bassist, Nathan Whitlock’s philanderer and Michael Winter’s practical joker. Tim Beresford, the host, was hilarious and the acoustic guitar “candle in the wind” was the perfect choice to end evening.
Although a good portion of the crowd had a copy of Bigfoot: I Not Dead under their arm as they walked in, an astonishing 79 additional copies were sold that night. We hope Graham’s inspired inscription for the Bigfoot poster - “buy book at Pages or me kill you” - will drive sales for months to come.
Thanks to Pages Books and Magazines, The Walrus, Penguin and The Gladstone Hotel for a wonderful event and please check out the pics of the evening if you missed the fun.
All photos courtesy of Chris Reed. Thanks, Chris!
Damian Rogers
Douglas Bell
Graham Roumieu
Michael Winter
Nathan Whitlock
Sean Cullen
Tim Beresford
Graham Roumieu will be appearing on Seán Cullen’s Seán Schau at The Drake Underground in Toronto on Wednesday, May 28th. Seán Cullen, a comedian, actor, singer, broadcaster and author, hosts a monthly talk/comedy show at The Drake and regularly features literary and musical guests. He also delivered a eulogy at the recent launch party of Graham’s Bigfoot: I Not Dead.
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Doors Open at 8:30 pm
The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto
The launch party for Graham Roumieu’s third Bigfoot book, Bigfoot: I not Dead, is taking place tonight, Thursday, May 15th, at The Gladstone Hotel Gallery in Toronto, ON. The party, which is billed Bigfoot: This Not Wake, will feature short eulogies delivered by Graham Roumieu, Douglas Bell, Michael Winter, Nathan Whitlock, Tim Beresford, Sean Cullen, Damian Rogers and Jeremy Keehn.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 7:30 pm free admission
The Gladstone Hotel Gallery, 2nd floor, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
Pages Books / This Is Not A Reading Series
Graham Roumieu’s third Bigfoot book, Bigfoot: I Not Dead, has received glowing reviews from Mark Medley at National Post and Paul Corupe at Rue Morgue magazine. You can catch the review in the Arts & Life section of today’s National Post and in the current issue of Rue Morgue.
The Walrus’ managing editor, Jared Bland, caught up with Bigfoot himself at his home in the woods. You can read the interview on The Walrus’ website now and Hannah Sung at CBC News also interviewed Graham about the release of his third book in the Bigfoot series.
