I learned years ago that, when it comes to collecting sketches and commissioned art from cartoonists, it’s best to have a theme. If you ask for just any old thing they’ll do the same sketch they’ve memorized and done a million times, but if you ask for something specific, something creative, something fun, well then the results are miles better and the artist is often happier as well. One year I asked twenty different artists for sketches of ducks and they were some of the best pieces I’ve ever received.
Jamie S. Rich is in a unique position. As former editor-in-chief of Oni Press – the wildly successful and popular independent comic publisher responsible for Whiteout, Blue Monday and Scott Pilgrim – he has a lot of cartoonist friends who are willing to put that little bit of extra oomph in personalized art. He’s also a big fan of Audrey Hepburn. Ooh, now wouldn’t that make an elegant theme for a sketchbook? As luck would have it, that’s exactly what Jamie asks for, and here are just a few of the pieces he’s received, including wonderful versions by Craig Thompson, Christine Norrie, Joëlle Jones, Dan Krall and Mike Allred.
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