All you ever need to know…

We have just posted a new film about making picture books, in particular LUCKY. Thanks go to Anne Sinclair and Neal Apel for their groovy sound patterns. Please turn off your mobile phones.

Quiet in the front.

Marshall, Tadeu, Mauricio, et al…

I was asked if foreign editions of Marshall Armstrong are the same as the UK edition. Well, no, they're not. I like them all though. The Portuguese (not the Brazilian) edition calls him after Vasco da Gama, because he was an explorer like Neil Armstrong, I guess. They figured Portuguese school kids may not be as familiar with Armstrong. I was interested to see that there is a lunar crater named after da Gama, which kind of made a connection with why I named him what I did. (It's also published by Planeta Junior!). I think the Brazilian edition is just a catchy name. What's it called in French? I don't know, it didn't go into France.

LUCKY duck…

I have some advance copies of LUCKY which is published on July 31. The US edition has bespoke artwork with a trophy and ukelele, while the Danish edition has reduced the size of my name so that it fits on a grain of rice. I like all of them.

Screen test…

 
The LUCKY screen print will be ready for its close up very soon. The test proofs are as light and airy as a lamington. Thanks to Chris Ratcliffe.

The LUCKY screen print will be ready for its close up very soon. The test proofs are as light and airy as a lamington. Thanks to Chris Ratcliffe.