Trip pic: NAKED! by the Cam, at the University of Cambridge

Yes, I got some odd looks from passers-by....

NAKED! in Leicester Square last week

Some NAKED! trip photos

Here are some trip pics in the UK from last week!

NAKED! with Yoda in Trafalgar Square:

NAKED! with Yoda in Trafalgar Square

NAKED! at Buckingham Palace:

NAKED! at Buckingham Palace

NAKED! jacket flap author and illustrator portraits

My Simon & Schuster art director (Laurent Linn -- did you know he used to work for Sesame Street?!?) asked me if I could come up with some illustrations of Michael and me to use on the jacket flap for NAKED! instead of photos.

Here are the choices I came up with for Michael:

I wanted to give Michael a choice of portraits, from dignified to cool to er...NAKED!

Guess which one he chose? Yup.

Here's the portrait I did of me to match:

I have to confess that I never imagined in a MILLION ZILLION YEARS that I'd ever have a book coming out where I'd appear on the jacket cover NAKED! :-)

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Just over six months until you can get NAKED!