Poohsticks, Eyeore and Doris Day

I used some of the illustrations from ‘The House on Pooh Corner’ as a basis for this comic. Did you know that the original illustrations to A.A.Milne’s stories was Ernest H. Shepard? He’s quite a scratchy messy illustrator when you examine his line work carefully. He came to resent ‘that silly old bear’ who overshadowed all the rest of his work.

The reviews are coming in for THE FALL OF LIGHT. One in Canvas, the other in the ODT. I told myself that I wouldn’t read any reviews, but yesterday morning I was beside myself with anxiousness and looked at the NZ Herald site before I’d eaten breakfast. There’s also an interview of me running in The Listener, which you can read in full during the week starting Monday. So far the reviews are good (touch wood!) but neither of the reviewers have paid much attention to how the pictures and words intersect. Then again, you’re pretty limited with what you can say with 300 words. I’m not sure how I’m going to endure all this waiting. I think I want to be put to sleep and then woken up when it’s all over.

Oh, and here is the song I like to sing to myself when I feel like I have no control over the outcome of things. It’s strangely calming.