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Megan Hodges's avatar

I love hearing how this book came to be and all the behind the scenes SO much! Neil, contact me for ideas on the followup, "Fortunately, The Pizza".

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Skottie Young's avatar

yes!!!!

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Tyler Lariscy's avatar

But what kind of pizza?

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JD Lewis's avatar

Nothing with pineapple.... Pineapple ​can be the antagonist

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Tyler Lariscy's avatar

The craziest part so far to read has been how smoothly it all went! I too would've thought Neil Gaiman would be somebody who would be quite particular about interpretations of his work. Awesome to hear that he respects the creativity of others and how they would interpret it! And also how conscientious he was of printing the books with the water color texture possibly looking like water damage. It's really cool the project went so well as I imagine it makes the memory of it that much better!

I love milk! I go through about a gallon or so a week myself. So it's super fun to see the different drawings of the bottles and spilt milk! Though I admit I cried just a little.

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Skottie Young's avatar

OMG!!!! I think milk is GROOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSS!

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Tyler Lariscy's avatar

*insert Vader's nnnnnnnooooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

This is why they tell you to never meet your heroes!!

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Skottie Young's avatar

hahahaha. Yup. You should move on and drown your sorrows in a gallon of your gross milk.

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Tyler Lariscy's avatar

I think I'll make it 2 gallons for the day I'm having! And let's just go ahead and make it 2% to be on the safe side! *sobbing while chugging*

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Austin Davis's avatar

Getting my nib and ink well, brb. Lol Dude this is awesome. Im diggin the insight to your work and thoughts on this platform. Keep grinding man.

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Damian's avatar

Really LOVE to read how one of my favpurite books was made!!! Tell us MORE!!! MOOOOOREEEEEE!!!! :D

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JD Lewis's avatar

I loved reading about your process in creating the work in this book! I could see Neil Gaiman being one way or the other: 1) the way you expected where he would be very hands-on and providing feedback on what exactly he was looking for, or 2) realizing that he was the author and you are the artist, letting you do what you are best at. I'm so glad it was the latter!

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Skottie Young's avatar

yeah, he was a gem. It was a pretty amazing collaboration.

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Jay Burns's avatar

Dude, you're just amazing! Would love to hear any I hate Fairyland (or pretty much whatever, hell you could talk about your favorite cereal honestly) stories.

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Skottie Young's avatar

Awesome. Well, you're in luck. I'm going to be adding an audio commentary for premium subscribers very soon. Hopefully next week.

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Kenny Endlich's avatar

Had you seen any of Chris Riddell’s illustrations prior to starting yours? What do you think of the differences between them?

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Skottie Young's avatar

I did see his, but his book came after mine...and will be talked about next week in part 3.

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