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ZackRock

  1. Sometimes I'm like WHHAATT??? Other times I'm not like WHHAATT at all. It really depends.
  2. @vivschwarz Thanks! Hopefully I'll get lucky as well. I mean, with the pen.
  3. Catholic school nearby is having an all-day recess. Either that or studying the miracle of transubstantiation requires a lot of hula hooping
  4. @vivschwarz Nice shirt! Oh hey, is that Ahab pen still working for you? Tempted to snag one but have been burned by similar pens in the past
  5. @anca_sandu It happens. At times I had to reprimand myself, "NO! No art thoughts today! Today we are saving the universe from evil aliens!"
  6. @anca_sandu Good eye! That was the day after I finished my last illustration. Took a holiday. Forced myself to play video games all day.
  7. Each day I work, I cross the date off my calendar. Busy beaver indeed. twitter.com/ZackRock/statu…
  8. Amen. RT @Sherman_Alexie: As my city struggles with tragic and preventable gun violence, I say, "F*** the NRA."
  9. @zachbulick Right, or cocaine.
  10. I'd probably be a more successful illustrator if I didn't insist on getting paid in Nazi gold.
  11. @NadiaShireen Waits' hotness didn't last forever. When he came into my bookstore a few years back, I mistook him for a pedophiliac hobo.
  12. @meghunt That looks fantastic, easily the best of the (super-talented) bunch!
  13. A nice big cup of steaming frustration this morning: "Terrifying French Picture Books" guardian.co.uk/books/gallery/… (via @blogshank)
  14. Making picturebooks is like writing in pictures. Like an ancient Egyptian! That's my excuse if the cops ever ask about these jars of innards
  15. @blogshank Amen. Ugh, did you notice on her website she lays into Alexis' "While You Are Sleeping"? Stuffed animals and Santa. Terrifying.
  16. @blogshank Why don't French language picture books just fulfill the utility of enforcing acceptable social paradigms like English ones?
  17. Leo Dillon and his wife Diane made a career co-creating eclectic and beautiful illustrations in children's books. Look: leo-and-diane-dillon.blogspot.com
  18. Picture book creator Leo Dillon has passed on. Another fallen Titan linesandcolors.com/2012/05/29/leo…