New Criterion Website!

Have you checked it out yet? It's super-fun. Trailers, video clips, full movies to watch... it's worth spending some time with.

My personal favorite part is the Jason Polan welcome video on the front page. (Or, since they'll have to put something else on the front page eventually, archived here.) Click the "full screen" option in the lower right corner of the video... it's worth watching big! I got to help out a bit with the production of that video, and it was really fun to spend some time in the parts of the company I don't normally work in. So, thanks, Jason, Ryan, Chris, Curtis, and everyone else who helped make that happen!

Campaign design

As a little post-script to the election, check out the interview with Sol Sender, designer of the Obama "O", in the NY times from a few days ago. Always nice to see good design getting some media attention...

(Hat tip to Yglesias for the link.)

FINALLY...

Know hope (updated)

Between the stoop sale and those I've mailed out since, there's about 40 of you out there with those super-limited edition Obama t-shirt transfers... I'd love to see what you've all done with them! Here's an update from Dominic (and his ENORMOUS sign!):

Thanks for sending the cool print and it is proudly worn to all weekend events. We were putting up the last set of blitz signs (the attached pics are from the lot next to the WAL-MART / Hell). In case you are wondering or want to throw it in the caption, I do happen to be a Western PA resident that does have guns and religion but I also have the hope for the future that Obama will help bring us. Hope is my single issue here; hope for jobs, progress, fairness, and a deer in every pot (it is hunting season so the camo hat did come out...its a habit).

Thanks, Dominic! Now let's all go out and vote!!

EDIT: One more photo, from Amy of South Carolina, just after results came in last night:

Donation made. Election won. Picture attached.

Second chance to Shop for Barack!

EDIT: Okay, now you've missed the stoop sale. Unless you didn't, in which case, thanks! But there are still leftover t-shirt transfers to be had, all you need to do is email.

ORIGINAL POST: The "Shop for Barack" stoop sale today brought in over a grand for the Obama-Biden campaign! But there's still a LOT of great stuff left, (including quite a few t-shirt iron-ons), so the organizers have generously decided to extend the sale to tomorrow (Sunday)! If you weren't able to make it out today, then stop by tomorrow.

Just a short stroll from the Bergen St. F train: 44 Tompkins place.

And again, if you live outside the NYC area, or just can't make it tomorrow, but would still like an exclusive Skillman original Obama '08 t-shirt, just email me and I'll send you one if you promise to make a small donation to the campaign. (Honor system, people.)

Shop for Barack!

Not to get all political again, but if you're anything like me, you can hardly think of anything but politics these days anyway, so what's the harm? Anyway, if you're in the New York City/Brooklyn vicinity this Saturday, some friends are having a "SHOP FOR BARACK" stoop sale, selling lots of books, clothes, movies, furniture, toys, nick-knacks, bric-a-brac, and, if the flyer is to be believed, grapes, all to raise money for the home stretch of the Obama-Biden campaign. TONS of people are donating stuff to the sale, so it should be a really good selection, and of course it's for a good cause. It's worth mentioning here because, in addition to some used books and things, I'll also be donating iron-on t-shirt transfers of that Obama '08 graphic I made a while back. It's cheaper and easier than selling actual t-shirts, because they're one-size-fits-all so you don't have to worry about keeping various sizes in stock. Just iron directly on to your favorite plain t-shirt.

Anyway, if you're in the area, stop by 44 Tompkins place in Brooklyn—I think it'll be starting up around 11 AM or thereabouts. (If you're not in the area but want a t-shirt transfer anyway, email me and I'll see what I can do... I imagine I'll have a bunch left over after Saturday.)

The Triple Big Head

This is how they do it in the big leagues:

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