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A Peek Inside Tomi’s Studio, by Aria Ungerer

May 21st, 2018

A Peek Inside Tomi Ungerer's Studio, by Aria Ungerer

Tomi’s studio is full of stuff. The air is perpetually thick with cigarette smoke. It contains a smorgasbord of various random objects found on the farm, in a field, skip or on a sidewalk. In a corner at the back is an old dentist chair found on a New York sidewalk in the 1960’s.  Standing to greet you upon entering, an aging, life-sized skeleton.

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Tomi at Kilkenny Animated 2018

Feb 26th, 2018

Tomi Ungerer Gary Groth

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to see Tomi at a screening of Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story at Kilkenny Animated this weekend. Tomi was interviewed onstage by Gary Groth, co-founder of Fantagraphics Books and editor of The Comics Journal, who flew all the way from the USA for the event. Their conversation took some interesting turns, covering everything from butchery to bordellos…

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Event: Tomi to Appear at Kilkenny Animated!

Feb 9th, 2018

Tomi Ungerer Public Appearance at Kilkenny Animated

Attention fans in Ireland! We’re delighted to share the exciting news that Tomi will be making a public appearance at Kilkenny Animated on February the 25th in Kilkenny! 

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Blog: Book Covers from the Archives

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Jan 19th, 2018

With over 140 books to his name, translated into countless languages, it’s hard to keep track of all the different editions of Tomi’s books that exist in the world! We’ve collected a few favourites to share, from first editions and out of print gems to bestselling books in unusual languages.

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Tomi Ungerer promu commandeur de la Légion d’honneur

Jan 8th, 2018

Tomi Ungerer Offset

Quel merveilleux début pour 2018! Tomi a eu le grand plaisir de recevoir cette lettre officielle du président Macron l’informant de son passage à Commandeur de la Legion d’Honneur.  J’ai le très grand plaisir de vous annoncer que j’ai décidé de vous promouvoir au grade de commandeur dans l’ordre national de la Légion d’honneur.  Cette prestigieuse distinction, […]

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Tomi Responds to Birthday Messages!

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Dec 24th, 2017

Tomi Ungerer birthday

Earlier this year we invited fans to send Tomi a drawing or card to celebrate his 86th birthday. Tomi was delighted with all of the special messages and we filmed his reaction to each individual card. Enjoy! You can see all of the birthday cards in our gallery here.   

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Blog: How Dandelooo Made Adelaide Fly

Dec 11th, 2017

Adelaide, © Tomi Ungerer

Earlier this year we shared news of Adelaide the flying kangaroo’s ascent to stardom, when she appeared in Dandelooo’s popular children’s series La cabane à histoires. We’ve caught up with the TV series’ producer Emmanuèle Pétry Sirvin, to find out more about the process behind making Adelaide fly.

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Send Tomi a Birthday Message!

Nov 6th, 2017

French and German below. We have some very exciting news to share! On the 28th of November, Tomi’s 86th birthday, we will be launching an updated website, which will feature more of Tomi’s work, a new regular blog series, and much more. We want to celebrate by inviting Tomi’s fans, young and old, to wish […]

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Tomi at Offset 2015

Feb 26th, 2015

Tomi is delighted to be participating in OFFSET in Dublin this year.  He is scheduled to be interviewed by illustrator Steve Simpson at 12pm on Saturday, March 7th.   He will also participate in a Q&A session on Sunday, March 8th.  There will also be a screening of Far Out Isn’t Far Enough: The Tomi […]

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Press for Tomi Ungerer: All In One

Feb 2nd, 2015

This is a list of the press and reviews so far but there is plenty more to come so watch this space! Huffington Post Christopher Herz’s wonderful review of Tomi Ungerer: All in One Black Book Editors pick Tomi Ungerer: All in One as among the top five shows this week. February 27, 2015 Hyperallergic.com […]

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