We're losing original creative heritage everyday. I was reading
a feature on Alan Aldridge who among other things illustrated 'The
Butterfly Ball and The Grasshopper Feast'.
I remembered being shown this book while chilling out with a
mate a long time ago and the impression it made on me then;
gorgeous, trippy visuals of great depth and character able to unite
adults, kids and experimental adolescents alike. Just look at them!
So I rushed to Amazon to reunite with this work, which is still as
original today as at the time of publishing.
But stone me if it wasn't out of print! Has the world of
publishing lost its mind? A national treasure of anti-clichédom is
drifting into the world of collectibles. It should be on every
agency shelf. Every brand manager should read it to the kids
hourly! Bring it back. Now.
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