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Marie-Pascale's avatar

Dear Carson!

Congratulations on your first unboxing video and your skilled script-writer! Hurray to teamwork! I watched the video start to finish without turning up the speed which goes to say: It was very entertaining! I’ve got 2 questions: 1. I totally want to hit subscribe but I don’t seem to be able on the embedded video and couldn’t find your channel on YouTube. Would you post a link? Or is this just part of the game and there is no channel? If so: Well played!

2. What is this box? Who gets it? Why is there a preprint in it and not the actual book? Just curious since I am not familiar with this concept.

Waving from a rainy morning in Hamburg, Germany!

Marie-Pascale

Carson Ellis's avatar

Hi! There is no channel, but thanks for wondering. The box is promotional. I imagine it goes out mostly to book stores and reviewers. It’s typical to send out advanced copies for promotion to get people excited about the book early.

Debi Gliori's avatar

Oak gall and rusty nail ink is amazing. Waterproof too. I love drawing with it, channelling my medieval monk thang alongside my procrastinating illustrator on a tight deadline schtick.

Jason Carreiro's avatar

Always happy to see this charming newsletter show up in my inbox. You're a bright, shining ray of positivity, and a creative inspiration. Thank you for sharing your light. Also, congrats on the book!

Emma Straub's avatar

The book is glorious the ink is glorious the pot of marigold stew is glorious you are glorious <3

Witold Riedel's avatar

Oh this is fantastic. We have some of your drawings and prints here in Lisbon, carried with us from New York and London. And I went to the very school to which the father of the Grimm Brothers went. And my bus stop had a plaque for the spot where the Brothers were born in Hanau. And so it will be great to get the book for our boys so they can connect all the dots. 🤭

Julie Rossini's avatar

Eheh, Thank you for the unboxing Carson and for the very legit-making script, Milo :) That was really convincing.

Made me giggle :)

Can’t wait for the book which I am off to preorder at my local English bookstore in France !

Patti's avatar

Yay! I just preordered Rumpelstiltskin from Spoke and Word books yesterday. I can’t wait to read it and share it with my class!

Kreh Mellick's avatar

LOved the unboxing and anxiously awaiting our Rumpelstiltskin to arrive. Hooray for new classics from our fave illustrator!

Also, always super fun to see into other studios. I spotted a scanner on your desk and am curious if you would share the scanner that you use? Very important tool and desperate for my own.

Thank you Moon Queen!

Carson Ellis's avatar

Thanks! It’s a large format epson expression. Very old! I’ve had it for at least 20 years.

Sarah Allen's avatar

Those Cat in Space books are so great! And I cant wait to read Rumpelstiltskin 🙂

Sarah O'Dea's avatar

Looking forward to this! Du Iz Tak & Home are big favourites in our house ❤️‍🔥

Lisa Holbrook Lewis's avatar

Please tell Milo his script was on point! Best unboxing I've seen yet.

Isabelle Gallant's avatar

This video was so charming! Can't wait to buy the book.

Theresa's avatar

I love Milo’s script so much! Great job :)

Marie's avatar

Your homemade ink work reminds me of a fantastic documentary, The Color of Ink. It may be hard to find, but it's incredibly beautiful and inspiring.

Sarina's avatar

Carson! You really would love Spa Land in Busan if you have time while you're in Korea. It's a nice train ride up and worth it!! The show looks incredible and everything you touch just gets brighter and better, thank you! :)

Katri's avatar

Water tower witch’s hut!! Such a badass place to be brewing up a storm of delights!