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Beach House
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Storming the Capital
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Next Door
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Airdales
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Adventures of a Ship
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Waterfall
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White Duck
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The Road
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Jon Klassen
Guest Posting 20 - 24 April 2009
Jon grew up in Ontario, Canada, and went to animation school at Sheridan College just outside Toronto. He’s lived mostly on the west coast of America since then, working at animation studios that were nice enough to give him work visas and currently works at one of these in Los Angeles. He also has two cars that, combined, are worth less than a nice bicycle. A true professional and always a joy to work with, Jon Klassen will no doubt establish himself as one of the best out there.
What have you got planned this week?
Try and finish reading “Blood Meridian”, but I will probably not do this, because I found this other book called “The Uses of Enchantment” about why children relate to fairy tales. There is a lot less scalping of Mexicans in the new book.
What do your parents think you do?
They think I can do anything. I have very good parents.
Who do you look like?
I like Pieter Breughel (the elder), Harry Nilsson, Burl Ives, and Stanley Kubrick. I like more people than that, too.
What’s your favourite sense?
Sight. I was going to try and do an unexpected answer, but i just can’t.
Tell us something people don’t know about you…
I have never seen ‘Risky Business’.
Did your education count?
Kind of. It got me out of the house.
What word can’t you spell?
‘Colour’, apparently. The americans took out the ‘u’, but i’m holding on to it while i’m here.
Tell us a good fact
Palm trees are not native to California.
What’s Next?
I need new pants.
What’’s your ‘Plan B’?
Astronomy.
Guest Posts
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Square America
- Guest posted by Jon Klassen 20 April 2009
Square America is a site that collects old photographs (from America), and divides them into categories and themes. Recently they put up a searcheable archive so that you can categorize them yourself.
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Amy Bennett
- Guest posted by Jon Klassen 21 April 2009
Amy Bennett makes miniature models of imaginary places, and then paints scenes from them. Her latest series, “At the Lake” is very, very good.
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The Books
- Guest posted by Jon Klassen 22 April 2009
The Books are a two-man outfit from New York. They are prone to using samples in their songs and their lyrics are often excerpts from random passages, but most of the actual melodies and words are played and sung by them. Their live shows are extremely pleasant experiences, as they put together videos using samples of old stock footage and films that go with their songs up on a screen behind them. Their website is a little vexing, but a few of their videos are available on youtube, and all of their albums are worth having.
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Takashi Iwasaki
- Guest posted by Jon Klassen 23 April 2009
Takashi Iwasaki was born and went to school in Japan, then went to another school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He still lives there. His embroidery and collage pieces are especially good.
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Harold J. Treherne
- Guest posted by Jon Klassen 24 April 2009
Harold J. Treherne was a farmer in Saskatchewan, Canada, and began drawing in 1957, when he was 58 years old. When asked why he started then, he said “Just caught up on me, I guess. I had thought about it on and off for years, you know, but the family was around me – didn’t give me enough thought to do anything.” He drew things that were in his house and around his town. He has a website dedicated to his work that is kept up by his son, though it has frustratingly small images on it.
