First stop was at Monkey See Monkey Doo bookstore in Buffalo!
A great crowd that included SFs CJ, Max, DarkPalkia, Chewbacca47!!!
See pic below…,
And Darth Vader and some friends from The North Ridge FanForce were there too!
And then I went to B is for Books and met even more Stooky folders!
Look at the cool hat CJ and Max brought me from Pittsburgh:
On to Milwaukee where I met SF NickTheFolder and lots of other cool folks!
And that’s a dude named Daniel with two handfuls of great origami!
And here’s NickTheFolder’s Han Foldo
In Chicago, Longwood Elem made signs for me:
This school is the Vikings just like McQuarrie!
What an event at anderson’s!!! Met some great SFs, including DarthMaul57, RJ, Hank Foldo, Vader and … Jessenia!!!! So awesome! Thanks for coming guys!!!
Up top is the Stooooooky OY rubber band bracelet Jessenia have me! (She made one for Cece too)
Then onto Michigan to see the Parma Panthers!
And in Grand Rapids… More SuperFolders!!!
Who brought awesome stuff to show me:
Plus Darth Vader, Chewbacca and a Jawa!!!
And then in Detroit: SF Prime gave me an awesome Kawahata Yoda, SF K_Origami brought a box of Stookiness and SF Twilight124 showed me PL and her own Greedo design!!
Plus troopers and more!
And then all the way across the country to Santa Clara, CA.
And then in San Jose…. SF PaperDragon and a bunch of cool folks:
Then got to see Newbery winner K A Applegate speak at Hicklebees. (Also saw MacBarnett eat at Hicklebees)
Then an early morning flight to LA for a fun school visit.
At most schools the students help me make a poster explaining how OY works. For some reason I never take pictures of these. But today I did:
And then The Pegasus School… Note all the giant Yodas on the walls …
And the Mission Viejo:
I often do a special drawing for last person in line. This guy wanted me and all the characters:
Took a break (finally) to juggle with my pal Will Murray:
Then off to sign stock at Children’s Book World:
And then my last US event at Once Upon a Time:
On to Vancouver:
A smudge on my lenses see up these pictures. I REALLY wish I had better photos of SF Captain Origami and his jumbo bag of amazing, detailed origami!!!
Got to meet an incredible professional origami artist: Joseph Wu. (Note his paper hat)
That was a long trip… But worth it to meet some of you in person!!!
Thank you for coming to the shows!
And if you didn’t make it… Don’t worry, I’m not done yet ! Just got to get back to work….