Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Brixton Brother(s)

On this tour Mac and I have started talking about Mac's forthcoming mystery novel, which I illustrated: The Brixton Brothers #1: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity. I'll be posting some art from the interiors in the coming weeks, as the book is officially released on October 6.

But yesterday we got word of a great review posted by Betsy Bird at her School Library Journal blog, Fuse#8. She really gets how funny and amazing Mac's novel is, and she posts a cavalcade of videos and supporting links, too. You know, the sort of thing I'd do myself if I weren't so lazy.

Anyway, here's the novel's cover, sans type. Painted in Photoshop on a Wacom, natch. Click to make big.

5 comments:

Nina Crittenden said...

Oct 6th is right around the corner! Congrats on this new book- it looks terrific!

Suzanne Young said...

Wow! Creepy and amazing!

Chelsea Greene Lewyta said...

Hey, I just discovered your work and I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy it. Your blog is also quite humorous. Take care :)

Anonymous said...

PLEASE...write # 2 quick! My son enjoyed this book and read it in 3 days...he is only 7! LOVE it!

Adam Rex said...

You need to tell Mac Barnett that, Anonymous, he's the writer. Though the truth is he's already written #2, and everyone's waiting on me to illustrate it, so...nevermind. You were sort of right the first time.