{"id":4337,"date":"2017-05-04T08:14:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4337"},"modified":"2017-05-04T08:14:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T14:14:14","slug":"art-from-akin-duzakin-roger-mello-and-claude-ponti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=4337","title":{"rendered":"Art from Akin D\u00fczakin, Roger Mello, and Claude Ponti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/image, gaardersmall.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Is our planet the only one with life on it?<br \/>Or is the universe teeming with life?&#8221;<br \/>&#8212; From Jostein Gaarder&#8217;s <\/em>Questions Asked<em>, illustrated by Akin D\u00fczakin<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/Questions-Asked-coveruse2.jpg\"><BR>&nbsp;<BR><BR>&nbsp;<BR>I&#8217;ve got some art today as a follow-up to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/looking-elsewhere-imports\/\">my Kirkus Q&#038;A last week<\/a><\/strong> with Kendall Storey, Co-director of Elsewhere Editions, the new children&#8217;s book imprint from Archipelago Books. <\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got art from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jostein_Gaarder\">Jostein Gaarder&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>Questions Asked<\/em>, illustrated by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.akinduzakin.com\/\">Akin D\u00fczakin<\/a><\/strong>, to be released this month; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/no.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Roger_Mello\">Roger Mello\u2019s<\/a><\/strong> <em>You Can\u2019t Be Too Careful!<\/em>, released in April; and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.claudeponti.com\/\">Claude Ponti&#8217;s<\/a><\/strong> <em>My Valley<\/em>, released in March.  <\/p>\n<p>Pictured above is an illustration from Gaarder&#8217;s and D\u00fczakin&#8217;s book (and the cover to the left). <\/p>\n<p>Below is a bit of art from the other two. <\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>From <em>You Can&#8217;t Be Too Careful!<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/1-mello pageslarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/1-mello pagessmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;The gardener will not leave his post. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/2-mello pages 2large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/2-mello pages 2small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;&#8230; He dreamed of playing the bagpipes.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/You-Cant-Be-Too-Careful-coveruse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>From <em>My Valley<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/1-house tree, my valleylarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/1-house tree, my valleysmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;House Trees don&#8217;t grow just any old way. &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/sad giant, my valleylarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/sad giant, my valleysmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;&#8230; A Giant came into the Valley.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge spread)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2017\/05\/My-Valley-coveruse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>All art used by permission of Elsewhere Editions.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Is our planet the only one with life on it?Or is the universe teeming with life?&#8221;&#8212; From Jostein Gaarder&#8217;s Questions Asked, illustrated by Akin D\u00fczakin &nbsp; &nbsp;I&#8217;ve got some art today as a follow-up to my Kirkus Q&#038;A last week with Kendall Storey, Co-director of Elsewhere Editions, the new children&#8217;s book imprint from Archipelago Books. 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