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Recently I got to see (hear) author George Saunders, talk about his new book: Lincoln In The Bardo. I made this sketch whilst listening to him. It doesn’t really look like him, but, oh well. I really enjoy this kind of work; capturing what people say and the whole combination of text and pictures thing. As part of my work as an illustrator I get to do this. I get to go into places where cameras may not be allowed (eg, prison) and capture what’s going on, in sketches and words. It’s hard to keep up with people talking so you end up with bits of the conversation. I like to think that the words I do catch are the important ones, but to be honest, I think that is a romantic view of it. More often than not, it’s just picking up bits of prosaic conversation. But, I still like that. It’s still significant, I guess.

Hmmm, still a romantic view? Look, just read this instead, it’s more interesting than anything I can come up with. It’s late and I should be in bed.