In the Barnes Bookshop my book is front out. FRONT OUT! That's rare, picture books take up lots of space and so spines rule. I was pleased to see this alright.
PS: I didn't reposition it like this.
LUCKY screen prints are available…
Today, to coincide with the publication of LUCKY, I made a limited edition of 50 two-colour A2 screen prints. The print shows Leo's brother walking through the cafeteria, thinking. They sure are fine. They look good in a frame, or tacked to a wall. If you'd like one let me know.
Or you can watch the musical trailer instead (it's free).
Unexpectedly Good Graffiti…
Hammersmith, London.
Trial and error…
My old A4 inkjet printer has a lot of life left in it. I went out and left the printer to print a whole lot of pages and now I have these beauties. If I tried to screen print something like this I'd never get it right.
Two pot screener…
Today, on the hottest day since records of hot began, we started printing a limited edition of LUCKY screen prints, to coincide with the book's launch in a couple weeks. The inks were pretty close to the test proofs, and Chris Ratcliffe got them looking fine. I wish I'd taken a picture of the green ink in its plastic pot.
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.
Photo of the Hour (#7)…
Underground floor.
Photo of the Hour (#6)…
Xavier drawing his heart out.
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.
