Mother's Dogs, originally uploaded by poeks.

Better late than never, right?

Hatch, originally uploaded by poeks.

Scanned doodle painted in Photoshop

As a lover of all the Sedaris children, I was delighted to learn that David is soon coming out with a new tome to delight all and sundry, When You Are Engulfed in Flames. He'll be in town at Barnes & Noble, Union Square on June 4th if anyone wants to join me!

Ugh, is Coraline really not coming out until January 16, 2009?! 2009? I'm not sure I can wait that long. I recently read Agent's 99 copy, and the novella has quickly moved through the ranks to become, perhaps, my favorite Neil Gaiman children's book. Hell, I even picked up a copy of Subterranean's special edition of Coraline (illustrated by Dave McKean). I'm looking into ways of making 2009 arrive faster, but so far no luck. 

In the mean time, there's this:

And this:

And this, which is completely unrelated to the film, but has some really neat cut-out illos:

If that's not enough to convince you, then perhaps the fact that Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French star as Miss Forcible and Miss Spink!