Sketchbook #90

Started a new sketchbook. Number 90. 'Argh! Just when we were winning!'

 

Hotel Blanc

From my sketchbook. When i was thinking about what to give this post as a title, I thought of the song 'Hotel Blanc' by Edward Ka-Spel, which is one of the most surreal pieces in my collection.
 

Everything Hangs Together - the cover design

The cover design for my upcoming book. Again, it will be in Dutch only (sob). It is sceduled for the spring of 2025. The title translates as Everything Hangs together. The story is quite complex and I won't go deep into that, but basicly it deals with the tension between random chance and interconnectedness. IRL you do not want to accept much of the latter, bc that's paranoid. On the other hand, in narratives, random chance is perceived as weak.

 

More sketches / Working on Book #what lives under the bed

 Some sketches. Was talking with a publisher about my book idea, “what lives under your bed”. It’s a series of monsters that come out when the kids are mis-behaving, did Timmy forget to floss? The Garglflank might come out and swallow you up. Don’t eat in bed, or Ugly Ted might get the idea your friends, and come out  and eat up what’s left. 

It’s fun making things to scare kids. I hope to inspire them to do the same to each other. 

Live music in The Golden Glove

Page from my upcoming book. I could not resist the reference to The Golden Glove by Fatih Akin. (If you haven't seen it, it's about the grimiest bar in post-war West-Germany)