Every month should start with Friday and end with Friday. To celebrate Leap Year Friday, save $10 on any order of Murphy Design Art Books when you purchase $25 or more. All you have to do is redeem this coupon code SAVE10 to save $10 on all available titles at www.murphydesign.com : Feel free to pass this along to your pals and take advantage now, as this special ends Friday, March 7 :

+++ Ray Caesar Update
Thank you for all of those who have pre ordered the new Ray Caesar book : Unfortunately, we're still running behind on production, but the book features 168 image pages and many new images, never before seen. Every book, will also be packaged with an old fashioned shelf card (advertisement) set that will feature 4 new images : The revised release date will be updated soon : Thank you for your advanced understanding :

+++ "In the Land of Retinal Delights: the Juxtapoz School" Exhibit
Over 150 artists will be featured at the Laguna Arts Museum this June in celebration of the lowbrow, pop-surrealistic, and figurative art movements : Mark Murphy has been chosen to design the exhibition catalogue published by the Laguna Arts Museum and Ginko Press : Artists will include: Mark Ryden, Takashi Murakami, Joel Peter Witkin, Robert Williams and many more : Stay tuned :

+++ ComicCon 2008 in San Diego : 07/24 - 07/28
More and more artists gather each year in San Diego for a celebration of freaks, geeks, comics and blockbuster super hero films : Murphy Design will be featuring new books by Ray Caesar, Jeff Soto, Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters : There will also be a innovative art exhibition, "SuperHero," that looks to inspire the ComicCon frenzied public : Stay tuned :

+++ Thank you for an inspired 2007 and Look for more in 2008
Last year was amazing, thanks to all of you : New books featured Brandon Boyd, Hanna-Barbera and Jeff Soto. Art exhibitions featured over 60 artists in Santa Monica {Green/Robert Berman Gallery} and Miami {Know/ArtNow Fair} : 2008 is looking to be a major celebration of the arts with books for Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Ray Caesar, Jeff Soto, Greg "Craola" Simkins and the Laguna Arts Museum, not to mention art exhibitions in San Diego and Miami. Check out http://murphydesign1.blogspot.com/ for all of the latest and greatest, as it develops throughout the year