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Art by Phil Foglio and Cheyenne Wright.

This is what happens when I leave a copy of MAKE Magazine lying around the studio.

Phil was asked by ISFIC Press to do a cover for The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock. I'm embarrassed to say that we didn't realize that this was going to be a cover for an actual for-sale book. (We were in the middle of doing a program book cover and other convention work for the same people....) Phil was in a hideous time-crunch, so I (Kaja) read through the stories and told him: "Okay. You're going to draw a guy building a dragon in his garage...and if you don't put in a crab stealing a pocket watch, I will cry." That day, the people in the studio were me, Phil, and our friend Carol Monahan (Queen of Cheapass Games). We had all been working rather hard, and we decided that it would be completely awesome to make the guy building the dragon look like Jake von Slatt, of the Steampunk Workshop. In hindsight, we probably should have asked first, but we were all a little punchy and in a hurry, and there was a great picture of M. von Slatt right there on the cover of MAKE...heh...

Well, he's been very nice about it. So...whew!
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~svettzwo Mar 19, 2011
Great picture! Great book! Great artists! Great author! Great combination!

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~svettzwo Mar 19, 2011
Great picture! Great Book! Great artists! Great author! Great combination!

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"Why, that's unheard of! In fact, that's the MOST unheard of thing I've ever heard of!"
King Leonardo
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~Myster-Web Mar 11, 2010
Shiny! :)

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~Sehvrin Feb 2, 2010
It's a beautiful picture. Lovely atmosphere.

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~ggfangirl Jan 24, 2010
Beautiful and funny. Perfect. :)

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~Jazzine Jan 8, 2010
LOL awesome job!! love this:love:
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Mood: Love ~sangosiena Dec 16, 2009
I seriously love the crab.

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Razors pain you, rivers are damp, Acid stains you, and drugs cause cramps. Guns aren’t lawful, nooses give, Gas smells awful – you might as well live.
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*ArtSnarks-Artifacts Dec 15, 2009   General Artist
Fabulous!
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Mood: Joy ~glitterpoodle Dec 15, 2009
Indeed, the back lighting is just perfect. I love every facet of the dragon! This is beautiful!!!

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~TheVikingGoddess Dec 14, 2009
Delightful! I particularly like the light, as well as the gauge on the hat.

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The lunatic, the lover, and the poet are of imagination all compact.
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