{"id":3638,"date":"2015-02-04T00:01:03","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T06:01:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2015-02-03T21:08:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T03:08:49","slug":"seven-questions-over-breakfast-with-jeff-mack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3638","title":{"rendered":"Seven Questions Over Breakfast with Jeff Mack"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nAuthor-illustrator Jeff Mack<\/a><\/strong> has been a busy guy the past couple of years. He has illustrated a handful of picture books and chapter books; in 2008 he published the first picture book he both wrote and illustrated; and he\u2019s even written and illustrated his own graphic novel\/fiction hybrid, the cartoon-illustrated Clueless McGee<\/em> series, all about an enterprising fifth-grade private eye. <\/p>\n

Jeff is visiting this morning to talk about his work, share lots of art, and talk about what\u2019s on his plate this year. For breakfast, he\u2019s opting for French toast with cream cheese, jelly, and fake maple syrup. It\u2019s the breakfast of champions, he tells me, which he sometimes also has for dinner. I’m all for that, as long as we have some coffee too. <\/p>\n

Let’s get the basics while we set the table for seven questions over breakfast. I thank Jeff for visiting. <\/p>\n

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Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Are you an illustrator or author\/illustrator?<\/font><\/p>\n

Jeff<\/font><\/strong>: I\u2019m both.<\/p>\n

Jules<\/font><\/strong>: Can you list your books-to-date? (If there are too many books to list here, please list your five most recent illustrated titles or<\/em> the ones that are most prominent in your mind, for whatever reason.)<\/font><\/p>\n

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Jeff<\/font><\/strong>: Books I wrote and illustrated: <\/p>\n