Earlier this week, my dad mailed me a bunch of my old grade-school papers and report cards and drawings and such. The true gem amongst these is this series of color sketches of “Movie Previews” (or rather, “Preveiws”) I drew when I was seven. I’ll present these largely without comment, other than to point out the following:
1. My spelling has improved since 1981. Curiously, my handwriting has not.
2. “Cathy Crack” is the name of an intrepid girl detective who first appeared in a lavishly illustrated (and totally bonkers) short story I wrote in 1981, The Case of the Crystal Cat. It should be noted that my sister Ingrid also churned out an illustrated story featuring an intrepid girl detective. Hers was named Peggy Paint. We were heavily into alliterative names at the time.
3. I think The Land Where Yesterday is Tomorrow is a decent enough title -- kind of wistful and melancholy, kind of enigmatic -- but Who Killed My Boss? is freaking genius.
Coming soon!
Cathy looked as a powwerful young girl peeked from behind a clothes dummy.
(Cathy Crack 2#)
P.S. not out yet!
Cathy stared at the picture over her bed.
(Cathy Crack 2#)
SPECIL
The Miricale reached up and caught the ball.
(from "The Miricale")
Comming soon!
The Miracle handed me a picture.
From "The Miracle"
Coming soon!
"Forgive me," Kathleen whispered.
From The Land Where Yesterday is Tomorrow
Sequel to "A Dragon's Haloe"
Paisy stared at the scetch in her hand.
From "Who Killed My Boss?"
1. My spelling has improved since 1981. Curiously, my handwriting has not.
2. “Cathy Crack” is the name of an intrepid girl detective who first appeared in a lavishly illustrated (and totally bonkers) short story I wrote in 1981, The Case of the Crystal Cat. It should be noted that my sister Ingrid also churned out an illustrated story featuring an intrepid girl detective. Hers was named Peggy Paint. We were heavily into alliterative names at the time.
3. I think The Land Where Yesterday is Tomorrow is a decent enough title -- kind of wistful and melancholy, kind of enigmatic -- but Who Killed My Boss? is freaking genius.
Coming soon!Cathy looked as a powwerful young girl peeked from behind a clothes dummy.
(Cathy Crack 2#)
P.S. not out yet!
Cathy stared at the picture over her bed.(Cathy Crack 2#)
SPECIL The Miricale reached up and caught the ball.
(from "The Miricale")
Comming soon!
The Miracle handed me a picture.From "The Miracle"
Coming soon!"Forgive me," Kathleen whispered.
From The Land Where Yesterday is Tomorrow
Sequel to "A Dragon's Haloe"
Paisy stared at the scetch in her hand.From "Who Killed My Boss?"
Comments
"Who killed my boss?" is friggin' awesome. You were ahead of your time for descriptive movie titles.
Ingrid: Yeah, it's hard to think of any movie poster that wouldn't be improved by slapping "P.S. not out yet!" at the bottom.
Is Cathy Crack whack?
Dan: Cathy Crack is indeed whack, yo. Cathy's best friend Pam owns a mechanical bull, which to my seven-year-old brain was pretty much the coolest thing ever.
When in doubt, just draw a picture of a picture. Works every time...