GQ – Dear Leader Dreams of Sushi

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I was happy to do a series of illustrations for the GQ’s June, the comedy issue.

The story was about Kenji Fujimoto, the sushi chef who served Kim Jong-il for a number of years.

Special thanks to AD Chelsea Cardinal.

* Here are the rough idea – tightened sketch – inking process below.*

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Screen Shot 2013-06-04 at 3.28.32 PMRead the full article HERE

Screen Shot 2013-05-30 at 2.35.35 PM**Bonus – a related post about the story Link

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Whitney Museum Comic Zine Party & Today is Sushi Day Zine vol.1!

While I pulled 300+ silkscreen yesterday, I had to say goodbye to one of my favorite Steve… 😦

I was invited to be participated of Whitney Museum’s Zine Party from Desert Island the other day.

The party is for kids, but I heard anyone can stop by, so come by and say hello!

So, here’s what I was doing for my very first zine called – Today is Sushi Day ‘ZINE’!

Inside pages. Each pages will be cut by hand in the shape of sushi!Your favorite is this?… or may be today’s lunch? 😀

Printing cover!Bonus – Wood cut sushi work in progress.