Do Ya Dig Democracy?

So how cool is this? My pal Liam O'Donnell, a very talented author of kid's books and graphic novels, wrote a hilarious educational book about the history of democracy, and guess who got to illustrate it? Why me, silly! The book is called Democracy and is part of the Cartoon Nation series, which is published by Captstone Press.

Lots of fun to illustrate, and so cool to get to work on a project with someone I know and like! Mind you, it ain't like we really got to literally work together – he wrote the script a while ago, and in the mean time I had contacted Capstone Press with an interest in doing any kind of cartoon work for them, and as luck would have it, I got a job, and it was to illustrate Liam's book! But it's still a wonderful feeling to be able to put our talents together for a book, especially one that has a sense of humour. Here are a few more of my fave pages from the book.

I'm especially thrilled that I got to do a cartoon about Johannes Gutenburg. Thanks, Liam, for stressing the importance of the creation of books in the development of democracy! And doing caricatures of various politicians was a blast!

Though I suppose that Giuliani is really a non-issue now, isn't he? And um...I would suggest that the paragraph below could really be considered fiction as opposed to non-fiction, but hey, that's just me....

I think little bit of Twister in the the U.S. election would jazz things up a tad, don't you?

Comments

[Kerry]

Seriously brilliant. Well done Patricia!

[Lyn Hopper]

Twister, YES! Everyone is taking themselves way too seriously...

[AngelNicki]

That is a cool book! It reminds me of Schoolhouse Rock, sort of! I hope lots of schools make use of it!

[Ellen]

Love it! Great job!
Also, I wanted to thank you for your kinds words on the Ruth Ohi post. I did consider going in that direction a while back, if I ever do again, I'll gladly take you up on your offer. Thanks again!

[Beth]

Way to go. Love the drawings - and the concept of a humorous kid's book on democracy.

[liam]

The book looks great Patricia - you did a fantastic job making my lame jokes funny. It was an honour to write a Gutenburg joke for the Queen of Printing Press comics herself (not sure if that's a title you want on your business card.)

Here's to more book collaborations in the future, that is if you'll have time to fit me into your schedule. ;)

[Jack Ruttan]

These are awesome. Very funny.

[james grasdal]

This looks fantastic. There really needs to be more books like this. Easy to read, fun to follow and a pleasure to look at. I'm sure having the fun and vibrant visuals to go along with the historical text really helps with comprehension. Great stuff, Patricia (and Liam too).