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Blackwing Collaborates with TRAVELER’S COMPANY

We've teamed up with our friends at TRAVELER'S COMPANY to create a new capsule collection dedicated to our shared love for all things pencils and paper.

Weekly Discoveries 01.29.2015 – Dork Tower, Zanadu Comics and Control

Alex Dork Tower A recent Twitter conversation led me to discover that John Kovalic, illustrator of the popular card games Apples to Apples and Munchkin, is a Blackwing user. Not only that, he uses Blackwings on all of his Munchkin work. @Blackwing…

Weekly Discoveries 11.27.2014 – ODY-C, My Brother the Bear and Ien Levin

Mahlon Nobles Matt Fraction and Christian Ward's ODY-C  As a fan of comics and Greek mythology, I owe it to myself to check out the latest effort from Matt Fraction. This limited series titled “ODY-C” is essentially a retelling of Homer’s…

Weekly Discoveries 11.14.2014 – Carl Anderson, LAZY, Mary Kaye, Silver Snakes and House of Leaves

Grant Carl Anderson I was familiar with Carl Anderson only as the writer of “Heavy”, a track off Andrew Combs’ debut album Worried Man. That a great writer like Andrew Combs would think highly enough of someone else’s work to cut their…

Weekly Discoveries 10.31.2014 – Ebbets Flannels, Horchata, Doug Seeger and Voodoo

Alex Ebbets Field Flannels I, like all sane people, have a favorite hat. It's a grey wool, six panel ball cap with a leather adjustable strap. Last week, my favorite hat decided it wanted to take a plunge into a mud puddle and, despite my insistence,…

Weekly Discoveries 10.23.2014 – Ground Kontrol, Keen, Woolen Men and Higo No Kami

Alex Higo No Kami Knife I spent most of the past week in Portland attending Coffee Fest (and the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, but that's another story). While there, I spent a good deal of time in the Pearl District, where I enjoyed some killer…

Weekly Discoveries 10.16.2014 – Noodles, Trigger Hippy, Kenner, and Borges

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Alex Frank’s Noodle House I’m a sucker for handmade stuff, and that includes food. Last night, I finished up the 12 hour drive from our headquarters in Stockton, California to Portland, Oregon, where we’ll be exhibiting at Coffee Fest…

Weekly Discoveries 10.09.2014 – Sway, Richard Hell, Realistic Pokemon and Heigh Ho

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Alex Whirr - Sway I’ve neglected listening to Sway for the past few weeks, despite the near constant urging of my circle of friends. The album is currently sitting at 141 on Billboard’s Top 200 list and, for this genre, that’s an astounding…