For two weeks now, Kate Johnson and I have been collaborating on a series of broadsides that combine poetry and graphic art. We have created a short sequence that explore through words and imagery the fantastical machinations of Martians and the legends and myths of bigfoot and yeti, mixed with equal parts of the ordinary world of family holidays, housekeeping, domesticity, and the natural landscape. Next week, at the Prairie Center of the Art‘s digital lab we’re printing a limited edition print-run of the series. Yeah! This is so super exciting!

For Kate’s process, check out her PCA interview and her recent blogging. For my process check out my PCA interview. I can also say there have been many edits, revisions, rewrites, new poems, new starts, and many wonderful, kind, and insightful comments and suggestions from PCA staff, friends, and family. Finally the design process is most easily demonstrated by visuals. After the art and poems were paired, we set out for a general design by Adam Wagler and arrived with this:

After several of our own suggestions, a critique or two, a couple rewrites, a new poem, several color changes, and six proofs later we have this:

There are one or two teeny things to change, but otherwise, I think they are finally perfect!

What will they look like when they’re done? You’ll have to stay tuned to find out what happens next.