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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Arts The Magic of Amy Jean Porter

Posted by Derek Erdman on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 10:43 AM

Last week a friend sent me a link to Amy Jean Porter's "Frog Wins!" comic that is a part of her Drawings in a Hurry series, collected on the current events & culture website The Awl. Instant fondness for her comic led to reaseach into more of her work and eventually to her website, which is absolutely full of vague charming brilliance. I asked her a few quick questions. You can see her answers (and more of her images) after the jump.

Amy Jean Porter

Where do you live?

I live in the woods in the middle of Connecticut.

What time is it right now?

10:52 pm.

Amy Jean Porter

What has your day been like so far?

Not bad! Super rainy and misty though. I kept waiting for the ghost monkeys to come out of the trees.

What do you like to eat?

Cookies, oatmeal, fruit things.

Amy Jean Porter

What are your favorite things to draw?

I do like to draw animals, also trees and insects. Anything that grows really. Also architecture.

Are you a tidy or a messy person?

My baseline is tidy, though if there's a giant mess it means I'm getting something done.

Amy Jean Porter

Do you have any pets? If so, what kind?

No pets, but we have two little kids and a forest full of birds and rodents.

What is the best thing about life?

The people and creatures who live it with you.

Amy Jean Porter

H/T: Jeff Steichen

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Nice "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives" reference Amy Jean! Unless of course Ghost Monkeys are a more pervasive myth than I was aware.

Posted by Tovirus on October 18, 2011 at 1:11 PM

Amy is amazing! She drew an Aardvark and an Aardwolf for the covers of Filter Vol. II -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/29509177@N0…

And her erasure collaboration with Matthea Harvey, "Of Lamb" is really fantastic. .

Posted by Jennifer Borges Foster on October 18, 2011 at 3:14 PM