Imaginary Friends

Even though we aren't done with the zine or had the show, we have already started working on our next idea of a show. We are super excited for this one because we are collaborating with Ashley Forrette a absolutely amazing photographer in Portland,OR.

The show is going to be based around imaginary friends and where they go when we grow up. We are looking for any stories, names of imaginary friends, drawings, anything really to help us dive into that world.

Email me at josh@jolbyandfriends.com if you don't want to post your imaginary friend stories. Thanks and have a great day.

Automatic Satsifaction

So about this time last year Colby and I were asked to create the identity and first collection of tees for Automatic Satisfaction. It was one of the first clothing projects Jolby did since the Substratum Apparel days and we are super happy with how everything turned out. We are excited to share with you their collection and hope you find something you like and buy it!

The Dead Pirates present "Wood" by McBess + Simon

Wow. NSFW. Wow. We suggest you watch in HD.

We ♥ the Forrettes

Our awesome friend Ashley Forrette just launched her new site filled with all of her photography goodness. The site was designed and coded by her husband, and best pal of ours, Chris Forrette. Check out the site here. Seriously great stuff!

Hung Out To Dry Sale

Our good friend Ryan Seaman is having a sale on his supertastic tees at Hung Out To Dry. Buy yourself one. You deserve it.

"Home is Where You Make it" Montage by Andy Roush

Our good friend and music man behind the "Home is Where You Make it" show just finished up an awesome montage of pictures of the artwork/show along with the music that he so masterfully crafted. Check it out!

American Craft Beer Week

This week is American Craft Beer Week and we couldn't be more excited. We love craft beers and we love any week that celebrates drinking them. The page above is from the "&1" Zine and it's our promise to drink better beer. Cheers!

"An Eye for Annai"

Dig on this Jon Klassen & Dan Rodrigues collab called "An Eye for Annai." We're in love with it.

Jolby Art Show Announcement

We're real excited to announce our second Jolby solo show (in the same year as our first)!

"&1: Everyday Shenanigans"

Jolby Art Show and Zine Release 

at Artful Goods in Portland, OR

Opens August 7th 2009

To celebrate their first zine release, Jolby will be displaying prints and paintings inspired by their everyday, nonsensical humor. All of the artwork displayed and more will be available for purchase as a zine at the show as well. It's a departure from our last show which was heavily story-driven and will be a collection of our weirdness tied together by palette and style. Mark those calendars. More details coming soon...

Thanks Netdiver

We wanna thank the folks at Netdiver again for their postage. Lots of new visitors. Cheers!

Tangible Worldwide - Jolby Project

Colby and I just finished this awesome poster we did at work for Explore Chicago.org. Turned out pretty sickle and very Jolby. Enjoy

Monthly Art Give Away: Winner!

This month we've been hoping for more posts from our awesome readers (that's you) and everyone pulled through! We put your names in our wizard hat and pulled out a winner:

Congrats, "Ben!" You posted 1 billion times which is totally awesome and upped your chances a ton. We'll be sending you a 3 color limited edition screen print from our "Home" show. Shoot me an email (colby at jolbyandfriends.com) and we'll send it out! We'll be doing the same thing next month with a different prize. Cheers!

Keep Those Posts Comin'!

Keep posting people! We've gotten a lot more this month that we've had in the past and we wanna keep that flowing. This month's giveaway ends Thursday night which is when we'll pull a winner out, so comment away. You could comment about anything, really. The more you post the better your odds. Thanks!

Don Clark from Invisible Creature interview

A cool interview with Don Clark from Invisible Creature over on the Takeover. He talks about the future of Invis. Creature and what to expect from them next. God, we love these guys.

Go Buy Yourself a Graduate Tee!

The Graduate just put up the "Is This A Dream?" tee we did for them on their merch site. Pick one up for just $10! That's economic stimulus right there. CLICKY CLICKY.

Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything To Nothing

Yesterday was the release of one of my favorite bands Manchester Orchestra new album Mean Everything to Nothing. They have progress alot from their first cd but still feels like Manchester. Also the artwork done by Brian Manley is very full done. Love the textures and type really brings the art to life. Sorry about the crappy pic of the cover the internet didn't provide anything good so I had to take a pic.

Poketo This Friday, April 24: Bang! Bang! Draw!

If you live in LA, then make sure you check this out. Sounds awesome:

Bang! Bang! Draw! with Poketo.

&1 Zine Progress: 1/2 Centaur

Here's a new page from our zine &1 about the fact that Jolby is 1/2 Mustached, Cyloped Centaur and 1/2 fish. Click the wide pic for a super-large view. Enjoy.

Tangible Giveaways

Tangible has decided to start holding daily giveaways on Twitter. Straight from the bauce:

"We have all sorts of goodies around the office -- posters, prints, toys, music, tickets, etc. -- and think that this could be a cool way for us to use this crazy service. Follow us @tangibleww to automatically be entered in our giveaways. Today we're giving away The World Needs More Stach t-shirt. Who knows what Monday will bring?

We may eventually give a free tattoo session from our pal Patrick Cornolo, tickets to Pitchfork Music Festival, custom painted vinyls from our art direction duo, Jolby (hey thats us!), tickets to Second City, bottles of Effen Vodka (if that's legal?) and so on. We're also showing daily Grabba Beast previews leading up to the site launch. And we'll continue to try to post interesting/inspiring links we found on the interwebs."

Follow Us on Twitter

Follow us on Twitter for mini-updates on what we're working on, news updates like mustached cyclops attacks, and future art giveaways: @jolbyandfriends