The Street Sketches series is a collection of books from Joey Mason, a Cartoonist, Animator and Visual Journalist based in Los Angeles, CA.
In the tradition of Searle and Sasek, Joey combines travel and traditional cartooning for a lively look at city life around the world. Each self-published book collects dozens of sketches from a single street or subject, capturing the rich variety within a place. The art is drawn on location through real experience, and includes cityscapes, architecture, people drawn from life, and sequential elements— along with captions that add context and background to each image.
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What People Are Saying
“you’ve really captured the individual specific vibe of each city”
— Customer review, Lightbox Expo
“from an outside perspective…but Feels like the authentic galway we know.”
— Vinny Brown, Charlie Byrnes Bookshop, Galway Ireland
5th avenue sketches (ny)
Figueroa street sketches (la)
quay street sketches (galway, Ireland)
porto & madrid sketches
upcoming book collections
Ireland, Tokyo, Los Angeles Wildfires
exhibiting with you
The Street Sketches books have been shown at MoCCA Fest, Lightbox Expo, Designer Con, the Galway Cartoon Festival, and various comic conventions, and are carried in retail locations such as Nucleus Gallery and Charlie Byrne’s Bookshop in Ireland.
Books retail for $20-30 and are personalized with a signature, message and sketch from the artist.
If appropriate to an event, original art,, prints and/or postcards can be made available for sale to compliment the book collections. Some free items such as stickers or finbacks are usually provided.for guests.
Hoping to join you and share these stories with your attendees!
Joey Mason is an Illustrator, Comic Artist and Animator based in Los Angeles, CA. In his personal work he documents cityscapes and events around LA though expressive, on location ink drawings. Joey is known for his urban landscapes and ongoing coverage of protests in LA.
Inspired by street photography, mid-century cartooning, and carnets de voyage, he hopes to capture often overlooked moments in an accessible art style, and cultivate an appreciation for everyday life. In the current artistic climate, Joey is pivoting from a career in the struggling US animation industry, and leaning into pursuing this documentary work full time, focusing on traditional art and storytelling from a human perspective.