You are going to freak OUT…
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
When I tell you just *who* is illustrating my next book.
Yeah, WOW! (And you haven’t even seen the sketches I got yesterday!!!)
When I was asked, years ago, who my dream illustrator would be for Scratchy Mountains, I said quickly, “N.M. Bodecker.”
“He doesn’t work much these days,” I was told. Â “He’s dead,”
Oh.
So I tried again. “Hilary Knight?”
“We’ll try…” they replied with a knowing snicker. “But dont get your hopes up.”
Indeed, Mr. Knight never responded to any of my fan letters.
So… given that Tenniel is also unavailable, I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED!!!!
YAY!
Pham’s work reminds me of my favorite artists, actually. There’s something funny and smartypants and artsy at the same time. Something off kilter. Everything looks a little too big or a little too small, and everything looks like it has a touch of vertigo. Everyone she draws look like they just heard a good joke.
(Yeah, you could say I aim for the stars… but how else you gonna fall to the moon?)