How long did it take to produce The Very Clumsy Click Beetle?
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle has gone through the same process that most of my books do. An idea begins with a blip, a fragment that gradually grows. It grows sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly (some ideas never mature) — parts of it develop effortlessly, other parts develop painfully. Sometimes I feel it’s the best ever, or the worst ever. This process can take a year or more, steadily on and off. The production of The Very Clumsy Click Beetle embodied the message of perseverance. Because of technical difficulties the publication date was delayed one full year. But we (publisher, printer, binder, and I) did, in the end, make it work. When did you start doing collage art? Is this your favorite medium to work in-or is it because it’s your trademark that you continue to illustrate in this style? I learned collage in art school. After art school I was a poster artist. I always liked big, bold images, which are important in poster design. I love to do collages — the whole process of it
