Distressed Beeping (Page 45 Signed Bookplate Edition) h/c back

WHAT a beautiful bookplate! We are so stoked! I love what Andi's done with our logo.

From the creator of THE BOOK TOUR, KERRY AND THE KNIGHT OF THE FOREST etc, single-page autobiographical musings in which Andi Watson makes magical the mysteries, oddities and absurdities of his everyday life.

Trust Andi to make the most of everything that would mean the very least to anyone else! Alternatively: everything is special (and it really is) if you open your heart to it and grin yourself stupid.

Hurtling meteorites, falling masonry, the watch-and-wonder of nurturing nature; travels abroad, travails at home; heebie-jeebies in a hardware store ("Meltdown in aisle ten...")! Things from childhood that don't turn out to be true.

Also, fascinating insights into Andi's creative process fr9m losing his favourite pencil to graphic novel construction from scratch. (Clue: it ain't as easy as it looks, so if it looks hard, then... yeah.)

Each of the individual top-left title panels is design heaven and a masterclass in dramatic story summation, succinct teasers or the final witty/wry word on what will follow.

As to the craft of colour composition, every opportunity is so evidently relished from tumbling, cyclonic sheaths of paper to honey-coloured bee-buzzing wildflowers. And his Neighbour Totoro.

Other very special guest appearances include Snoopy in his Sopwith Camel kennel and a smattering of British weekly comic characters.

Sublime! Also: self-published so quantities v strictly limited.