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Emilio Sanchez.
Untitled (Venta
nita entreabierta)
oil and waterc , 1981,
olor on paper.
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Postage
United States
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When the two
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The
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stamps were produced
with a holographic
treatment so they
shimmer in the
included
seascape.
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Transcontinental Railroad / The text Jupiter, No. 119, and FOREVER USA are in
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August Wilson / January 28 / Pittsburgh PA
bsessed with strange lifeforms, Elise Gravel finds endless FEBRUARY
fascination with monsters, slugs, rats, and even eccentric people. Year of the Ox / February 2 / Chicago IL
Chien-Shiung Wu / February 11 / New York NY
A native of Montreal, she is the author-illustrator of more than 50
Garden Beauty / February 23 / Bloomfield IN
children’s books and writes in both French and English. Recently,
MARCH
she collaborated with stamp art director Antonio Alcalá to create the Colorado Hairstreak / March 9 / Estes Park CO
whimsical Message Monsters stamps.
APRIL
What do you like about monsters? Espresso Drinks / April 9 / Seattle WA
MAY
Monsters are a little bit ugly. They’re not perfect. My monsters also have no gen-
Star Wars™ Droids / May 4 / Nicasio CA
der and no race, and they have all different body shapes, so they can be used Heritage Breeds / May 17 / Mount Vernon VA
to promote diversity and to show that we’re all weird in our own way, but we all JUNE
deserve love. It’s very easy to draw a monster — you just draw something and put Mallard Stamped Card / June 1 / Fargo ND
googly eyes on it. So it makes kids feel like anything is possible, like you can be Go for Broke: Japanese American Soldiers
of World War II / June 3 / Los Angeles CA
whoever you want or draw whatever you want. Emilio Sanchez / June 10 / Miami FL
Sun Science / June 18 / Greenbelt MD
When did you start making drawings like the ones on the stamps?
Yogi Berra / June 24 / Little Falls NJ
I was just out of graphic design school, and I started practicing illustration to see if JULY
it was something I wanted to do. My first book was a collection of fake ads for silly Tap Dance / July 10 / New York NY
products, and I started my second one by just drawing monsters for fun. I turned it Mystery Message / July 14 / Washington DC
Western Wear / July 23 / Abilene TX
into a guide for kids on how to raise monsters, explaining that they need a lot of love Ursula K. Le Guin / July 27 / Portland OR
and care — and that they smell, but that it’s okay. Raven Story / July 30 / Juneau AK
sticker designs around them so that kids could decorate their monsters. It was one of SEPTEMBER
Happy Birthday / September 9 / Toast NC
the smoothest contracts that I’ve ever had. I can pretty much draw monsters with my
Message Monsters / September 24 / Topeka KS
eyes closed — I’m a child inside, and they’re what my inner child finds cool. Generally,
I don’t even think about what they are going to look like. They just come alive.
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