In the vein of the great Edward Gorey and Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, an irresistible little book of monster drawings, all on post-it notes.
John Kenn Mortensen was born in Denmark in 1978. He is a writer and producer of television shows for children. The father of a pair of young twins, he finds he has very little time to do anything much, but when he does have a spare second, he draws pictures of monsters on post-it notes.
I’ve probably already seen more monsters than most do in their
whole life, but I’m still none the wiser as to why some monsters
work and others don’t. I know even less about why certain monsters
push a special button at the back of my brain, evoking all kinds of
half-forgotten dreams and feverish imaginings from my earliest
childhood. What I do know is that John's monsters absolutely hit
the spot
*Geek Culture*
Mortensen's drawings are quite wonderful. The yellow sticky canvas
is transformed, the monsters come to life, each with their own
personality. And oh, how many monsters and so many types: forest
monsters, ghouls, ghost monsters, continental monsters, furry
monsters, twin monsters, tentacled monsters, fish monsters,
invisible monsters and a single human monster .... It is an
incredibly fine concept. Each one completely individual and
irrepressible. The monsters are cute at the same time as sinister,
and often have a slightly Victorian vibe – tentacles and tweed
*Naked Literature Magazine*
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