Illustrator and cartoonist Kevin Cannon's "most popular piece of art thus far is a newly released poster of his Minnesotan bookstore drawings," City Pages reported, noting that at the beginning of October, a woman Cannon was seeing went to Wild Rumpus Books in Minneapolis for the first time.
"She called me and raved about it, so as a gift to her, I drew a little drawing of the bookstore," he said. Cannon then decided to make bookstores his focus for Inktober, an October event in which "artists are challenged to create new ink drawings daily and to post them on social media," City Pages wrote.
He wasn't initially certain there would be enough Minnesota bookstores to fill the month, so he asked social media for help. "People just flooded me with all these great ideas for Twin Cities bookstores and stores in Duluth and Stillwater, places I hadn't been to," he said. "It was an eye-opening experience."
Not only did the bookstore poster sell out its first run of 100 prints--with a second run on order--but Cannon "continues to receive e-mails from bookstore owners who want their businesses depicted in his drawings, too. If he can get 30 more bookstore suggestions, he will likely do a second poster," City Pages said.
